Webmaster Central Now Taking Comments

One of Google's official blogs, and one of the most useful to site publishers anywhere, has taken down the wall between posters and visitors to allow comments.

SmugMug Sheepishly Accepts Odd Payment

When a family who moved from New Zealand to the UK had a problem getting a payment processed for their SmugMug account, they humorously offered a sheep as payment.

Answerbag Stuffs Answers On Your Site

There's a new API and web service available on the Internet. This one comes from question and answer site Answerbag, whose founder Joel Downs said the API offers sites flexibility in monetizing their pages.

Retrevo Pulls In $3.2 Million

Retrevo, which has labeled itself “the ultimate in consumer electronics search,” reportedly became $3.2 million richer today. The company acquired the money through a venture financing round. SearchEngineWatch’s Eric Enge broke the news, and according to him, “The round was led by Norwest Venture Partners (NVP), and Alloy Ventures, a Series A investor, also participated . . .”

PR Blogging: When Disaster Strikes

Disaster can strike a business at any time. Despite an entrepreneur's careful plans to handle any possible emergency, life has a way of throwing the odd curveball. Sometimes those major issues feel like a hailstorm, and it's landing right on your head. Of course, that's only the beginning.