Random Articles

• Search Engines Not Following There are two semantic phenomena made prominent with the advent of tagging: We use related words to describe a concept wrapped in a point-of-view. If memory serves, in his Ontology is Overrated presentation Clay Shirky uses “film”, “movies”, and “cinema” as an example. Each of these words describes similar, but different things. We use the same word to
• The Podcast is the Ad This is the most straight-forward, up-front reason why independent podcasters have had a difficult time becoming ad-supported. “Most periodical publications, whether they are print, audio or television, are essentially ad delivery mechanisms. Because of this, big media publishers don’t start by coming up with ideas for new magazines, radio or television shows - they start by
• Ads vs Commercial Messages I just noticed BMW.com isn’t running Google AdWords. Huh. Dave Winer talks about why (it’s his metaphor anyway) - same reason this blog isn’t either (or any of the blogs I contribute to).
• How Can You Resist the Chevy Tahoe?  Chevy decided to open up the art direction of their new Tahoe to the world. Brilliant idea. This falls under the ’spell your name right’ category of publicity. From my perspective, it doesn’t matter if people create ads critical of the vehicle, they’re still creating ads for the vehicle. Which means they’re talking about the vehicle.
• WP-GotLucky: Google Search Query Plugin Updated Finally updated the WP-GotLucky download to the one I’ve been using, and David Seah fixed up for me. This version has RSS feeds by default (the previous one only did email) and automatically puts the most recent search queries in your Admin Dashboard.