Full-up Google choking on web spam?

Seeded on Fri May 5, 2006 12:17 AM EDT (The Register (UK))

With creating junk web pages so cheap and easy to do, Google is engaged in an arms race with search engine optimizers.

google, technology, spam, seo, search-engine, serps

Netcraft Survey: Web Now Tops 80 Million Sites

Seeded on Sun Apr 9, 2006 9:38 PM EDT (FT.com)

There are now more than 80 million web sites on the Internet, as the April 2006 survey received responses from 80,655,992 sites, an increase of 3.1 million hostnames from March 2006.

technology, internet, survey, web, server, hostname

Operators making money on Opera Mini: Two million users surf 4 million Web pages every day

Seeded on Sat Apr 8, 2006 1:59 AM EDT (opera.com)

Opera Software's new mobile Web browser, Opera Mini, has attracted two million users around the world.

technology, opera, mobile, cell, web, browser

Become the Next Millionaire For Dummies

Seeded on Tue Apr 4, 2006 2:18 PM EDT (loadaveragezero.com)

Will all the rumors flying around about the millions of AdSense dollars that Mozilla is making from Firefox Google search, maybe it's time for Blake Ross to write a "new" book? Check out this hilarious book cover created by a friend of mine.

google, technology, search, community, design, humor, browser, rumor, firefox, commentary

The New York Times Redesigns, Influenced by Blogs

Seeded on Mon Apr 3, 2006 8:05 PM EDT (sixapart.com)

Today, the New York Times launched its site redesign, announced by a prominent editor's note on the homepage. There's a few lessons for bloggers to learn from the redesign, as well as some evidence that the Times itself has been learning from bloggers.

technology, design, new-york-times, blog, web

Vigilantes Go After Phishers

Seeded on Sun Apr 2, 2006 11:50 PM EDT (redherring.com)

Phishers beware. A vigilante group is on the prowl for online fraudsters who are stealing personal information by luring unsuspecting victims to look-alike web sites.

technology, security, theft, spam, phishing, identity

Apple's B-day Wish: Mac Users

Seeded on Sat Apr 1, 2006 6:07 PM EST (redherring.com)

Three decades ago, Apple Computer made a name for itself by selling taupe-colored boxes that popularized the idea of computers for personal use.

technology, apple, birthday, mac, osx

Firefox Growth, Internet Explorer Decline Driven By Windows Users, Not Linux

Seeded on Thu Mar 30, 2006 1:44 AM EST (emailbattles.com)

Some memes die hard. Along with the persistent claim that the popular Firefox browser platform is only for Windows-haters, we often see the comment that simply downloading something... even 100 million-plus of something... doesn't mean people are using it.

technology, browser, firefox, ie, market-share

15 Best Skylines in the World

Seeded on Mon Mar 27, 2006 11:52 PM EST (diserio.com)

The downtown core of big cities across the Americas, Europe and Asia are the cultural pulse and economic engines of urban regions where millions of people live.

city, world-news, urban, architecture, skyline

The New Wisdom of the Web

Seeded on Mon Mar 27, 2006 3:41 PM EST (msnbc.com)

Why is everyone so happy in Silicon Valley again? A new wave of start-ups are cashing in on the next stage of the Internet. And this time, it's all about ... you.

web2-0, technology, web, ajax, flickr, social-software, folksonomy

Apple Computer Set to Mark 30th Birthday

Seeded on Sat Mar 25, 2006 12:52 PM EST (The Washington Post)

Just one week after the 5th anniversary of Mac OS X, Apple will celebrate 30 years of computing history.

technology, history, apple, computer, mac, osx

World's Fastest Internet

Seeded on Tue Mar 7, 2006 12:45 AM EST (The Times)

Introduced this month, the system will allow 20,000 households to surf the web and download material at speeds up to 2,000 times faster than present services.

technology, internet, service, broadband, isp, highspeed

Your Personal Shopper With the Initials RSS

Seeded on Mon Mar 6, 2006 11:07 PM EST (The New York Times)

To make RSS more widely understood, executives and analysts agree that retailers will have to do a fair bit of hand-holding. Shoppers browsing for the latest fashions will be reluctant to click on a geeky initialism or a daunting "what is RSS?" link hovering nearby.

rss, technology, retail, shopping, feed

Blog Buzz Helps Companies Catch Trends in the Making

Seeded on Sat Mar 4, 2006 3:15 AM EST (The Washington Post)

ConAgra Foods Inc. got an early warning from chatter on the Internet that the low-carb craze was fading. The huge food company seized the chance to promote an alternative menu, its Healthy Choice soups, entrees and lunch meats.

technology, blogs, internet, web, trends, blogosphere

A requiem (beta) for Edgeio

Seeded on Thu Mar 2, 2006 1:59 AM EST (Rough Type: Nicholas Carr's Blog)

Edgeio, the much-hyped Web 2.0 tag-sale site, has only been live for a few hours, but it's already wearing a corpselike look.

ebay, vc, technology, web-2-0, startup, classifieds, craigslist, beta

30 Million Blogs And Counting...

Seeded on Sun Feb 26, 2006 5:08 PM EST (The Washington Post)

There's been some recent chatter about whether we're entering the twilight of the blogs, even though it feels like we're only in the late morning. Noon, at the latest.

technology, blog, gallup, technorati, blogosphere

MySQL Turns Down Bid From Oracle

Seeded on Thu Feb 16, 2006 1:42 AM EST (CNET)

MySQL Chief Executive Marten Mickos confirmed the acquisition attempt in an interview at the Open Source Business Conference here but wouldn't provide details such as when the approach was made or how much money Oracle offered.

technology, business, open-source, oracle, database, mysql

Rough Cuts

Seeded on Mon Feb 13, 2006 11:46 AM EST (loadaveragezero.com)

In the age of Web 2.0, even books are in beta.

web2-0, technology, ajax, beta, ruby, oreilly, flickr, programming, developer, ebook

New Grant System Excludes Mac Users

Seeded on Mon Feb 13, 2006 10:48 AM EST (The Washington Post)

What if the federal government were about to give away more than $400 billion in grants, but only people whose computers ran on Microsoft software could apply?

technology, web, hud, grants, mac, windows, nih, us-goverment

Security Fixes Come Faster With Mozilla

Seeded on Sun Feb 12, 2006 6:30 PM EST (The Washington Post)

In a follow-up to his earlier piece on Microsoft security updates, Brian Krebs takes a look at how Mozilla stays on top of flaws discovered in their flagship Firefox Web browser.

technology, security, web, browser, firefox, mozilla

First Impressions Count - Very Quickly

Seeded on Wed Jan 18, 2006 11:12 PM EST (loadaveragezero.com)

From a very interesting short article on nature.com, is a summary of a study published by Behavior and Information Technology that reveals users will give a Web site the thumbs up within 50 milliseconds of seeing it load.

technology, design, web, psychology, user-experience, behavior, presentation, user-interface