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Of Link Rot and Personal Blogging Paid Members Public
Every now and again I take a little time to tidy up the ever-growing archives of this blog. Tidy up the appearance, check for link rot, correct years-old spelling mistakes, add tags to posts published before Movable Type had a tagging system, that sort of thing… I’ve just done
Why Gatekeepers and Sticky Sites Fail Paid Members Public
This has been said many times, and in many ways, but Dave Winer has put it very clearly [http://www.scripting.com/stories/2009/08/14/gatekeepingIsALosingStrate.html], and in a way traditional publishing organisations should take to heart: > A long time ago [http://www.scripting.com/2005/12/
Nationals Fail at Attribution & Linking Paid Members Public
Why are national media outlets so awful at giving credit? The (e)Grommet documents a case of the BBC crediting the hosting service, and not the creator [http://egrommet.net/2008/09/08/gallagher-smackdown-on-stage/]. And the Daily Mirror has republished something provided to them by a Travel Weekly journalist [http:
"Interesting" is the Basis of Blogging Paid Members Public
Blogging isn't just an act of writing, it's a process of sharing what you find interesting.
Your Site Doesn't Have a Homepage. Get Over It. Paid Members Public
Old Media that’s got a little bit of New Media lip gloss on has a somewhat totemic attachment to the idea of “landing pages” – magic pages that will attract search traffic through their SEO gravity. These pages can actually be incredibly useful, as long as they fulfil a genuine
Work in Progress: Types of Blog Post Paid Members Public
Types of Blog Post (and how to create them) The Link Post Blogs originated as weblogs or logs of people’s web travels. Each post was just a link with a small bit of commentary, to give the reader an idea of why it was worth visiting the linked site.
Hack-o-rama Paid Members Public
Things I’ve been meaning to link for a while: * Dan Blank points out that the lesson of the exposure of Fake Steve Jobs [http://danblank.com/blog/2007/08/09/editors-as-their-own-media-brands/] is that journalists can really inovate, if given the chance. * Scoble gives an idea of the competition and
When The Rain Falls, People Write Paid Members Public
One of the ways that blogging complements traditional news is the way it can give you a real insight into the reality of people’s experience. Take this story of a farm being submerged [http://www.farmingfriends.com/farm-flooded/] by the deluge of the last couple of days, which I
