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Why Tagging Matters

equidistance — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 22:28:34 +0000

Their survey, conducted in December of 2006, found that 28% of internet users have tagged or categorized content online such as photos, news stories or blog posts.” And that “On a typical day online, 7% of internet users say they tag or categorize online content.”

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Google to release Presentation program on docs and speadsheets

equidistance — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 22:27:56 +0000

I’m sure many people wondered if Google will release a presentation tool, after building Google Docs&Spreadsheets. Well, the answer is yes, and the code-name of the tool is Presently (a play on Writely, the name of the online word processor bought by Google).

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This billboard will cause some traffic!!!!

equidistance — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 22:27:34 +0000

This billboard created by Grey Worldwide for a lubricating cream is sure to cause some traffic!

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WordPress 2.1 called “Ella”

equidistance — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 18:35:48 +0000

Named after famous jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, WordPress 2.1 hits the net. The most popular blogging software offers new features like autosaving of entries and a lot of nice gadgets - old plugins might be at high risk of not working any more though, since the database model has changed to improve performance. datenschmutz has more on the subject. (article is in German)

Will Digg follow by going nofollow?

equidistance — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 18:33:20 +0000

Last week, Wikipedia changed their external links to all use the microformat “nofollow” so that all outbound links carry no search engine optimization weight. So far it appears to be the right thing to do. So my question is… should Digg do the same thing to prevent spam like the MarketWire spam?

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18 Cool Things Google Could Do With YouTube

equidistance — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 18:32:45 +0000

Google made an official statement this morning about its plans for
YouTube; those plans are interesting - but there’s a whole lot more
that could be done. Here’s a list of 18 cool things the company
could do now that it owns the world’s leading source for online video.

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MP3 Downloading Stations Coming to Starbucks

equidistance — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 18:24:59 +0000

Yes, I’ll take a double tall non-fat extra-dry vanilla cappuccino and Stadium Arcadium by the Red Hot Chili Peppers.

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Browser Popularity Project

equidistance — Sat, 06 Jan 2007 18:59:59 +0000

A new way to check the browser popularity. Offers great, real time, statistics as well as dynamic images you can place on your site. See for yourself!

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Coming soon: Microsoft Windows Home Server?

equidistance — Sat, 06 Jan 2007 18:59:42 +0000

There’s been radio chatter this week of a possible new addition to the Windows family: a “Home server.” If the chatter is right, Microsoft will unveil it at CES.

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Time.com to Launch New Design, Blog

equidistance — Sat, 06 Jan 2007 12:30:23 +0000

Time magazine’s Web site on Monday will launch a new design, 24/7 news coverage and a news aggregation blog, The Ag. The first issue of the newsweekly with its new on-sale day, Friday, is going on sale. “The news environment has shifted,” observes managing editor Rick Stengel.

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