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9 May 02 - If you're looking for truth, look
for weblogs. Well, a truth of sorts - at least that truth hasn't
been misrepresented (Editors note: you're fired!). Interesting article
about the big media lie.
Spin gone mad: Looksmart
broadens Infospace deal. How exciting.
The Internet may be in danger of being consumed
by dinosaurs. Interview with net freedom fighter Lawrence Lessig
describes how content and innovation may be stifled as big media
companies seek control of the network.
8 May 02 - The magic
box scam. Inventor claims to have invented a device that sends
high bandwidth data over conventional phone lines.
How Google
got it right. Hi-tech darling used old fashioned word-of-mouth
to spread it's message.
Looksmart
fallout continues. Influential search spokesman Danny Sullivan
damns with faint.. erm..criticism.
7 May 02 - Is Yahoo
losing the plot? Internet directories morph in order to find
a workable business model.
It looks like it's "possible" that the
MS operating system can be divorced from internet browser. A computer
scientist testifying
for Microsoft may have done the company more harm than good.
The BBC launch a Google-powered
search engine.
6 May 02 - According to Jamie Kellner, chairman
and CEO of Turner Broadcasting, "Any time you skip a commercial....you're
actually stealing the programming". Huh? We've ignored at least
100 banner ads this morning alone - better turn ourselves in :)
To see if Hollywood considers you a criminal, see the top
10 new copyright crimes.
Interview with the Mama.com search service on monitoring
Pay-Per-Click fraud.
Winners don't necessarily take all. A look at how
link
popularity can be used to your advantage when you exploit niches.
3 May 02 - More on the AOL-Google deal. Article
raises a good point about the (lack of) future of search properties
such as AltaVista, Inktomi and Looksmart. It looks like there's
a search shake-out on the horizon.
Hollywood vs the computer: Hollywood are concerned
that you might want to set-up
your own broadcasting service.
Satirewire interviews
the AskJeeves search engine, which explains how the Internet
is somewhat like a non-arthritic New Zealand bee.
2 May 02 - Googles quest for world domination
continues unabated. Google announces multi-year
deal with AOL.
Another media behemoth objects
to deep linking. What will they object to next - tv guides?
We blame poor web design(er) metaphors that imply sites have only
one front door. What is the web if not a collection of hyperlinks?
1 May 02 - New Flipper
meta search engine ensures users won't be able to get that damn
theme tune out of their heads.
Interesting community building project.
Reader contributed photos sharing a common theme.
Mixing George
Bush and Britney
Spears is funny.
Also reveals that Washington Post political reporters have way too
much time on their hands.
30 April 02 - Will content providers soon be able
to charge
micro-payments for access to content? Reverse SMS billing offers
one solution.
Does Google editorialise?
Their AdWords service highlights how the previously "there
are no rules" Google has erm...quite a few rules, actually.
29 April 02 - Overture
beats wall street expectations. Paid search the new darling
of the online marketing world.
Now that we've become a clearinghouse for Google
press releases, here's another: Google updates news
searches. Now you can search by date and (shock) relevance.
Looksmart continues with the revolutionary business
model: place feet in mouth, shoot feet. They're even got their own
satirical sites.
23 April 02 - Undocumented Google feature: date
based searching.
Google (again - you'd think there was only one search
engine) deftly deals
with Scientology law suit.
And in a shocking "non-google" related link,
Windows zealots will appreciate this Apple
paraody. (Disclaimer: We have both PCs and Apples. We have no
strong allegiances either way, so long as the T1 is working :)
22 April 02 - German rail operator sues
Google for indexing a page that offers instructions on how to sabotage
railway systems.
Will they ever learn? Designers
who use JavaScript for their site navigation without offering
an alternative render sites invisible. Clueless.
Battle lines are drawn once again -Hollywood and Silicon
Valley face off over copyright. Yawn. Hollywood didn't much like
the video
recorder either.
Yahoodwinked
- We promise to respect your privacy and your wishes -- until such
time as we don't.
20 April 02 - We've been asked why we don't feature
any New Zealand sites on our weblog. Well, none have appeared on
our (very) personal radar, until today. Try this:you can spin round
and round while looking down on Wellington.
...and spinning round is best done when listening
to the Strokes - in our
humble opinion (very cool site, too).
19 April 02 - Interesting article
on how linking strategies contribute to the success of your site.
Peer review is now "everything" on the web.
What do weblogs and Marxism have in common? We know
one thing - traditional print media has a new fight on it's hands.
Find out why Weblogs
Are To Words What Napster Was To Music
The first casualty
of war is truth - refreshing take on the supposed war on terrorism.
18 April 02 - According to the record companies, the
internet is responsible for killing the music business. Strangely
enough, they said the same thing about the player piano roll. Perhaps
failing
to understand the customer might have something to do with it?
Google files patent
application. One interesting section refers to "...mapping
information...based on a standard telephone keypad". wapgoogle.com
anyone?
15 April 02 - Looksmart manage to alienate their entire
customer base with a nasty bait and switch. A lesson in how
not to win friends and influence people.
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