Maybe it’s the irony, or that it’s just funny that the biggest news story in recent times just isn’t being told. Extra! Extra! Read all about it! Newspapers and citizen ‘bloggers in ‘Net news coverage blackout scandal! I got an email from Colombian Carol, informing me of a paid-for ‘blogging offer on Springwise: “Understanding that […]
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No, not that 300, this 300. This is my 300th article, and to commemorate this most auspicious of occasions, my new address goes live as of this evening. So from now on, you’ll be able to get to my ‘blog with a much simpler name, that being blahblahtech.com, which is somewhat more memorable than the […]
“New York Times Surrenders To Social News” I love that headline! There’s nothing like a good journalistic ‘the sky is falling!’ type dilemma to pull in the readers. Is there any truth in the headline? Of course not, but I wish I was one visitor behind the Tech Crunch article with this article. “The New […]
Despite what the neigh-sayers are putting about, ‘blogging is taking its toll on news coverage. Gone are the days of a 6 o’clock exclusive; this is the time when scoops are claimed in back-bedrooms after an internet conversation with drunken colleague tumbling out of a board meeting in different time zone, and from a bus […]
Google adds sitemaps to webmaster tools, which makes news more discoverable “Google is making it easier for webmasters to make sure their articles get on Google News with their newly-announced Sitemaps for Google News tool. Sitemaps for Google News is an XML-based, open source protocol that is supposed to allow for greater control over Google […]