Links or Content? Nope, Attention

WebmasterWorld recently had another debate on which is more important: links or content. But the debate is flawed. Links or content alone are just one type of asset. You might be able to profit from either for a while, but ultimately the real measure of relevancy and staying power is attention.

Twitter + Etiquette = Twitterquette?

I'm not an early adopter. I'm not even, necessarily, a late adopter. When pagers were en vogue I eyed them as suspiciously as I would electronic leashes. It wasn't until after living in Japan that I learned mobile phones had some worth – just because I sort of had to have one there. I'm an observer, not an adopter.

Online Shopping Grows 30%

Online shopping continues to grow and 39 percent of adults reported making a purchase online at least monthly, versus 30 percent in 2005, a 30 percent increase over two years, according to a new study from icrossing, "How America Searches: Online Retail."

Yahoo IDs Get Rough Start At MyBlogLog

About nine months have passed since Yahoo acquired MyBlogLog, and, starting a few days ago, MyBlogLog introduced support for Yahoo IDs.  The companies might have done better to hold off for even longer, though, as the process was pretty rough.