Posts with category: Web
How do you read your feeds?
Yeah, you could say I regularly work hours that many would call, well, kind of crazy — and when I’m not working I tend to stay fairly busy with something or another. But if there’s one thing I can’t seem to get ahead and stay ahead of most days, it’s my feeds. I have about [...]
Hulu: I’m in and I’m impressed
To some small surprise, someone somewhere at Hulu hooked me up with a beta invite to the service. I hadn’t previously put my name in the beta bucket, but I’m glad I got a chance to check this out because Hulu, despite it’s awful name (which, aside, reminds me of Hufu, human flesh substitute for [...]
Google ranks being restored; fun with algos
Last week’s Google ranking smackdown hit a lot of high profile sites (Engadget included). Was it just been an unfortunate fluke, or did it spring a bunch of these publications (Engadget included) into action, encouraging them to take a closer look at how Google perceives their sites? I’m not entirely sure which, but it looks [...]
Engadget moves to 2nd place? Not quite!
Gotta love Denton’s showmanship and ability to spin, the man’s a master of what he does. Unfortunately, in his post today about Gizmodo overtaking Engadget, he got a number of facts wrong, not the least of which being that Engadget’s moved to the number two slot. Granted, that mostly had to do with the fact [...]
Disable IntelliTXT and keyword popovers: some solutions for the end user
With tons of links, props, comments, and almost 600 Diggs (and counting) it’s clear that I’m not alone: people REALLY don’t like keyword popovers. So I did a little of the old Google n’ compile to come up with some possible solutions to get rid if this garbage advertising while the rest of the internet [...]
An open letter to friends and colleagues on keyword popovers
Dear every site advertising with keyword popovers, You know who you are, and many of you are people I consider friends and colleagues in the industry. You’re smart, independent businesspeople carving out your niche in the new media landscape. You know how to connect with your audience. And yet you use keyword popover ads. You’re [...]
I heart GoogleHacks
I love Google hacks — generally speaking it’s a great way to get at indexed but un-linked-to “content” on the web. Unfortunately I’m not a fan of remembering archaic search operators, which is why I just fell head over heels for the eponymous app. GoogleHacks here, simple and beautiful (and probably better off as a [...]
Facebook and the now-abolished 4th amendment
I’ve been thinking about this a lot the past couple of days. I’m really glad Facebook has been so insanely effective at holding rapt the attention of blogs and online media, and my hat goes off to Mark Zuckerberg and his whole crew for landing a Steven Levy story and getting his mug right on [...]
New York Times identifies my pal Fake Steve — Forbes’s Daniel Lyons
So it’s Daniel Lyons, apparently meaning Fake Steve is a senior editor at Forbes magazine. Namaste. Update: Ok, it had to be on Engadget. Sorry, just had to.
Bloggers: unite?
Software engineers can’t even seem to get themselves a decent union, but maybe they could take a few cues from their outspoken wordsmith counterparts online. A new campaign has apparently begun to start a bloggers’ union and secure standardized pay rates, benefits, etc. Of course, I think the the whole concept takes for granted the [...]
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