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Wikipedia vs. Britannica in a No-Holds-Barred Debate
The Wall Street Journal online hosted a debate between Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales and Dale Hoiberg, the editor-in-chief of Encyclopaedia Britannica. I've included a brief excerpt (in which Jimmy Wales lays the smackdown on Dale Hoiberg) below:...
Entry #1: Generating Our Stuff on Their Space
User generated content seems to be a pendulum-swing against the 1980s and ‘90s-style elitism that had all aspects of the media, including the web, tucked away in the firm grasp of a small, skilled group. Now, the opposite is true: In no other public way can the regular folks you see promoting themselves on Bebo or dishing out ...
Entry #2: Put on Your Asbestos Pants - Trailfire Bookmark Service Reviewed
Seattle Internet startup Trailfire is attempting to blaze a path through the web bookmarking community and straight into your disorganized life. Besides a misleading appeal to pyromaniacs, the service offers some features that are unique, straightforward to use, and potentially very advantageous. Trailfire is essentially a bookmark plug-in for yo...
Entry #4: Are the 'Digg 100' the New Rupert Murdoch?
The user-submitted, Web 2.0 world is, in theory, built upon the idea of a democratic, free-flow of news and ideas: free of the framing, restraint and editorial control of the mainstream media. Unfortunately, much has been made recently of the not-so-egalitarian power structure that exists on bookmarking sites such as Reddit and, particularly, Digg.With an estimated ...
Entry #6: User-Generated Content, aka Free Speech
"This site is blocked because its content may be offensive to the political, moral, or religious values of the United Arab Emirates."Last year, two talented young Americans left their home in Seattle for a one-year stint in Dubai at a TV startup. They were homesick and hurtling from the culture shock, both on the street and in the workplace. Hungry to reconnect and shivering ...Level Up Your SEO Skills With Our Free Training
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How to Name a Web-Based Business
There's no doubt that naming a business, particularly an online business, is an incredibly frustrating task. A number of parallels can be drawn between this process and the web design hangups Matt discussed in July. Recently, a new friend from San Jose's SES show, John Anderson, ...
How You Can Help SEOmoz Hire
After more than 100 resumes, 20 interviews (including a few grueling ones), we've narrowed down our candidates to 5 standouts. This diverse group will be asked to write a blog entry over the weekend and submit them to us on Monday morning, at which point, we'll let you vote on which blog entry you like best. The entries will be anonymized, but they're all on a similar topic (though I expect to ...
Mystery Guest Clues You Into Pop Culture
This morning, Mystery Guest made an appearance in Cranium's new online version of their Pop 5 Game. It's a take on guessing pop culture references based on visual clues and the web team has done a great job making it into a Flash game. ...
You Know You're in a Seedy Sector When...
Three of the top six results at Google are user-hijacking, cloaked re-directions to low quality ads disguised as SERPs, i.e. Note that the UCLA page goes to a listing at Jercys.co...