Yahoo Remixes Site Explorer

The webmaster tool from Yahoo has emerged from beta after a couple of years of testing and tweaking, with new features added to the product.

Does The MySpace Vote Matter?

One week ago, MySpace announced plans to hold its own little Presidential primary, and we all “oohed” and “aahed” (or at least thoughtfully “hmmed”) on cue - it sounds like an interesting idea, right?  But new data implies that MySpace’s elections won’t in any way predict the real deal.

Scaling a Tag Cloud

Like many of you I’m using tag clouds (or related navigation concepts) on a couple of sites, like CoverBrowser.com. Sometimes I run into the problem of scaling the cloud, when the page is about to get too large and complicated to serve as an overview.

YouTube Goes Retro With Banner Ads And Pop-Ups

When Google bought YouTube, the second question people asked (after "what about the copyright nightmare?) was about how Google planned to introduce advertising into a pure video vacuum. YouTubers have never been keen on being sold anything, not even Paris Hilton.