The Washington Post has an insightful article on click fraud. To Texas-based Auctions Expert International LLC, it was an easy way to make money on the Internet. Sign up with Google, which functions as a kind of online ad agency, and agree to let the online giant place ads on your Web site. Then, every […]
Month: April 2005
Six Apart releases Movable Type 3.16
Six Apart releases Movable Type 3.16 (via Matt Mullenweg) and says there are over 100 significant improvements to application security, usability and reliability. This sounds like a fantastic release as I saw numerous complaints about the prior release(s) not having enough improvements.
Google code
This may not be news to some, but Google Code was released rather quietly in what looks mid to late March. I just happened to stumble on it here, but I figure more people know about this and I’ve just been oblivious to the development (pun intended).
New Gawker site Sploid launched
Gawker launched a new site in their network yesterday called Sploid. From the site’s description, Sploid is a news site with a tabloid mentality — top stories up top, played big, as fast as they break. If there’s a political line, it’s anarcho-capitalist: sniffing out hypocrisy and absurdity, whether from salon left or religious right.
Solar death ray
I at first thought this site was some kind of late April Fools joke, but no, its true. And somehow, I’m strangely fascinated by it. How can you resist a site where you can request an object be melted by a solar death ray?
Google to start 'video blogging'
The BBC has an article on Google beginning an experiment in video blogging. The company plans to archive video clips. Video blogging – vlogging – is still a new phenomenon but is expected to take off as web space becomes cheaper – or even free – and digital cameras become ever more sophisticated. More info […]
Ajax summary
Jesse James Garrett of Adaptive Path has a nice summary of AJAX (via CMS Watch).
Yahoo 360 invites available
If anyone would like an invite for the Yahoo 360 service, please just leave me a comment on this post with your name and valid email (will not be displayed in comment). If you also get the service up and running, please share your thoughts on Yahoo 360 as a comment as well. My review […]
Yahoo 360 Review
I’ve had a chance to use the new Yahoo! 360 (thanks Mindsack) and the following is my review. I can’t say that I’m terribly impressed with Yahoo 360 and I will not be using it anytime soon for blogging. Everyone is comparing it to other blogging tools, but I’m not sure if that is an […]
Non-techie explanation of RSS
Whatâ??s Next Online has an excellent post that explains most major aspects of RSS in a non-techie way (via Blogging Pro).