Danny Sullivan Goes Digging With Sphinn
The search maven has launched a social community site with a Digg-ish feel and a search engine focus.
Webcasters Will Have To Pay Up On Sunday
It’s a sad day for small Internet radio stations, to be followed by a painful Sunday. The US Court of Appeals denied an emergency stay of execution requested by Webcasters to postpone royalty payment hikes implemented by the Copyright Royalty Board.
AOL Settles With States On Cancellation Policy
AOL has reached a settlement with 48 states and the District of Columbia over their confusing cancellation policy.
iShare Could Challenge Orkut, YouTube
Google’s Orkut is extremely popular in some countries, while YouTube has been successful just about everywhere. And now iShare, a service from Rediff, intends to compete with both services, which begs the question of whether both – or neither – of them should be concerned in any market.
EFF Effs With The FBI, Wants Your Help
Hugh D’Andrade of the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) says that in order to keep funding as a nonprofit, they have to be able to show that their work is "important and relevant." I don’t think he has to worry about that. I’ve said it before, after watching more than one EFF-spanking, you don’t eff with the EFF.
Google To Ban Ephedra Ads
Google’s crackin’ down – some AdWords users have received an email stating that the company will soon forbid any advertisements related to the drug ephedra.
Blogging is About the 80-20 Rule
To demonstrate world-class expertise, says Jakob Nielsen, avoid quickly written, shallow blog postings.
Instead, says the web usability guru, invest your time in thorough, value-added content that attracts paying customers.
Facebook? Why Now?
John Battelle asks a compelling question: why Facebook and why now?
Scott Rosenberg of Slate follows up with another point: that Facebook’s friends definitions are all messed up.
A Basic Lesson On Marketing To The “Wego”
Raise your hand if you have heard the term "blego." Ok, that’s probably not a good experiment since I can’t see you … but it’s an increasingly common word being used to describe the hyperactive egos of many bloggers.
OS Licensing for SaaS
Open Source came before, if not provided a platform for, Software as a Service. Open Source Licenses have a big loophole for the most common method of software distribution today. Tim O’Reilly addresses this while making yet another argument for open data.