As month of the January has already been passed away and there haze on the future of the internet will be clear in coming times. As an influential blogger opinion leaders and media experts are coming to a conclusion with respect to the prospects of the year. Here are given some of the ideas which has been attributed to and around which the future of internet is ascribed to be based upon.

Area of media consumption is considered as first starting point for the internet activities in the year 2010. As with empowerment of the consumers and advancement of technology, it is evident that media will play more relevant role in proliferation of technologies. The content would have more presence at multiple locations, formats and channels. The content would be personalized and showcase what has been aspired and shared by a consumer. The content under media consumption would going to be contextualized as places of content derivation would drive content and its format and its capacity to share things with and upon around it.

Another area to be worked out in year 2010 is advertising that is promising great future as it is expected that social media expenditure would grow by 7% by next year to $1.3 billion, however, is far less as only 5.5% of total online advertising expenditure. However, non advertising form of social networking would keep growing despite all odds and would keep on growing, tremendously.

The next trend for internet growth in year 2010 would be media engagement where media portals would be needed to devise methods as to ascertain how to get mixed up with community and users at the base level working at roots as for conversations and attracting peers. The influence of social media would keep on growing in year 2010 as businesses are investing more and more in community building as to derive out the results as a marketing driver.

Webinars as a method for exploring ways for cheap and affordable means for the professionals to get into business meets in affordable and an easy manner. It is also expected that in year it is also possible that a company may arrive with simple to launch, clickable web meeting tool that could be easily be evaluated and dispersed ideas around the people.

The next trend that would be lived with and around in the next year is the smart phones that would have more and extensive use in coming times too and mobile phones would be preferred place for the payment and other retailing services. Moreover, technologies would be summed up with and would be adjusted in real time peripheral for compelling, engaging and highly addictive result in instant quick time. This trend would be more evident with from Google Wave reaching to its maturity, Facebook’s acquisition of Friend Feed and with emphasis over other real-time protocols.

Cloud Computing, the trend which emerged from 2008 was under tremendous growth under 2009 and is expected to grow more robustly in 2009 as making data accessible from anywhere on the Earth, with Giants like Microsoft, Apple and Adobe are moving towards and lateral in that direction.

Finally, Open Source, that would be in liven with respect to and courtesy of open source software projects be available to masses on the large to generate revenue on the basis of simple architecture and infrastructure.