Google Introduces Feed Reader
Continuing its push into the universe of blogs and feeds, Google has launched a feed reader application. Google Reader is a browser-based application that works with virtually all popular browsers on...
What now?
What an amazing 24 hours... I did at least 20 press interviews, spoke with 100+ people at the Web 2.0 conference, and have been emailing and IMing with our bloggers constantly. I'm fried... but it's ...
Six AdSense optimization tips for forums
1. Format is important for multiple ad units — Placing a skyscraper above the fold on the left side of your forum seems to produce slightly better performance than other positioning. However, when ...
A post of thanks...
I've said it before, When they scroll the credits of my life …
The orange icon...
There are five parts of the experience for feeds in IE7: discovering if a webpage has a feed …
Man-made diamonds sparkle with potential
BOSTON — In the back room of an unmarked brown building in a run-down strip mall, eight machines, each the size of a bass drum, are making diamonds. — That's right — making diamonds. Real ones, all...
China to develop its own DVD format
Announced next-generation standard based on HD DVD — SHANGHAI, China - For the second time in two years, China has announced plans to develop its own next-generation DVD standard to break the monopo...
Grassroots journalism: Actual content vs. shining ideal
Community news sites get a lot of hype, but can they produce quality journalism? A survey, from pineapple salsa to virtual village greens. — Community sites filled with local news and humming with ...
Yahoo! RSS awareness whitepaper
Yahoo! conducted a study of Internet users in August in an attempt to quantify the ubiquity of RSS among Internet users. Yahoo! released a whitepaper covering some of their findings after surveying o...
The Hidden Money Trail
Those programs that pelt you with ads and bog down your PC are financed by some of America's largest companies. — Allison Smith will never forget the week before Memorial Day 2005. — Roaming the I...
Semel On Yahoo Being New To Search, More Open To Google
Terry Semel at Web 2.0: "We'll Always Be More Open Than Google" from Yahoo's Jeffrey McManus is a very nice rundown of the Q&A between Yahoo CEO Terry Semel and John Battelle out at Web 2.0. But man,...
REVIEW: Google Reader
The trend in RSS adoption sees consumers moving toward invisible services such as My Yahoo! and tools built into the browser such as Firefox's Live Bookmarks. Accordingly, dedicated services with pow...
If Everyone Thinks It's a Bubble, It's Not a Bubble
Our Web 2.0 conference is prompting all sorts of people to declare that the Bubble-with-a-capital-B is back, Web 2.0 is over, and here we go again. The only problem with this is, if everyone agrees i...