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Aug 29, 2005
Scoble Vs. Duncan
posted at 08:53 AM - Category: General
Two bloggers who'm I have immense respect for are
going 10 rounds in the sphere over "conversation". I'm with Duncan on this one accept for his use of "Free Speech" in the argument. He nails the important part dead on though and that moderating people posts just to keep things in line with your opinion is wrong. Sure, go delete spam, porn, warez and other inappropriate content. But don't delete opinions just because they disagree.
Having run several large community sites in which conversation is the key to site, your going to get accused of deleting things to "censor" people all the time. It might not be true, but if you delete something the first argument will be "censorship" or "free speech". Sometimes your just cleaning up the clutter and when you do, I suggest full disclosure on why something is deleted. It doesn't have to be a public disclosure. You can nip any problems in the bud by sending an email to the person who's post is being deleted explaining why. If the post has already had some attention and comments you may need to explain to the members of your site. People are naturally suspicious and I've found that clear, direct communication solves most of those problems. I've found it best to close conversations that go wrong rather than delete them, but sometimes it just can't be avoided.
I'm a firm believer that each site can and should have its own editorial standard. If you don't allow certain content and you've made that clear on your site, then by all means you should delete those kinds of posts, with or without explanation. The key is having a clear policy on what is and isn't acceptable in the first place and you can avoid most of these problems up front.
posted at 08:53 AM - Category: General
Two bloggers who'm I have immense respect for are
going 10 rounds in the sphere over "conversation". I'm with Duncan on this one accept for his use of "Free Speech" in the argument. He nails the important part dead on though and that moderating people posts just to keep things in line with your opinion is wrong. Sure, go delete spam, porn, warez and other inappropriate content. But don't delete opinions just because they disagree.
Having run several large community sites in which conversation is the key to site, your going to get accused of deleting things to "censor" people all the time. It might not be true, but if you delete something the first argument will be "censorship" or "free speech". Sometimes your just cleaning up the clutter and when you do, I suggest full disclosure on why something is deleted. It doesn't have to be a public disclosure. You can nip any problems in the bud by sending an email to the person who's post is being deleted explaining why. If the post has already had some attention and comments you may need to explain to the members of your site. People are naturally suspicious and I've found that clear, direct communication solves most of those problems. I've found it best to close conversations that go wrong rather than delete them, but sometimes it just can't be avoided.
I'm a firm believer that each site can and should have its own editorial standard. If you don't allow certain content and you've made that clear on your site, then by all means you should delete those kinds of posts, with or without explanation. The key is having a clear policy on what is and isn't acceptable in the first place and you can avoid most of these problems up front.
Aug 26, 2005
Blogger being sued over blog comments made by visitors
posted at 08:11 PM - Category: General
Dave Taylor of Business Blog Consulting posted blogger Sued for Comments Appearing on his Weblog in which he explains that Aaron from SEO Book is being sued by Traffic Power.com (no link for these losers - my personal opinion, mind you) because of comments visitors to his site made about the company. They appear to be upset that someone was "lying" about them in the comments. Here is my comment I made ont he post:
The only thing I can see them having a case on is if they proved the facts wrong and asked Aaron to remove the comments. If he refused then he could be in a heap of trouble. But if they are indeed just going after him because they couldn't go after the person who made the comment then they are in for a rude awakening and I hope the courts slap them down quickly.
posted at 08:11 PM - Category: General
Dave Taylor of Business Blog Consulting posted blogger Sued for Comments Appearing on his Weblog in which he explains that Aaron from SEO Book is being sued by Traffic Power.com (no link for these losers - my personal opinion, mind you) because of comments visitors to his site made about the company. They appear to be upset that someone was "lying" about them in the comments. Here is my comment I made ont he post:
I have a feeling this will not make it to court. I'm not lawyer, but I'm pretty sure that blog comments fall under the protection of "Service Provider", which has stood up in court to protect forums and ISP's alike. Site administrators are not responsible for the comments that others make. If that were the case this this whole Internet thing is in trouble.I don't think Traffic Power has a leg to stand on. They know better than this bullshit. They should be going after the person who made the comment.
The only thing I can see them having a case on is if they proved the facts wrong and asked Aaron to remove the comments. If he refused then he could be in a heap of trouble. But if they are indeed just going after him because they couldn't go after the person who made the comment then they are in for a rude awakening and I hope the courts slap them down quickly.
Aug 24, 2005
Is Trackback Dead?
posted at 09:06 AM - Category: General
Kevin thinks that "Trackback is a Zombie" while Jeremy thinks "Trackback is Dead". It certainly is on it's last leg in its current form. It was a great idea and still is, but anything that is "automatic" will be abused. Not 10% of the time, not 50% of the time, but 100% of the time! The average joe won't break the covenant and spam you, but the spam bloggers out there will use your trackbacks relentlessly. 99.9% of my trackbacks are spam. I got so much trackback spam on one of my blogs that I removed it entirely and I'm considering removing it from all my blogs, which is sad. For the few people who do use it correctly it can be very useful in fostering a great conversation across blogs.
Trackback is on it's way out and I can't say I'll be sad to see it go after all the abuse I've received through it. I hope something better comes along.
posted at 09:06 AM - Category: General
Kevin thinks that "Trackback is a Zombie" while Jeremy thinks "Trackback is Dead". It certainly is on it's last leg in its current form. It was a great idea and still is, but anything that is "automatic" will be abused. Not 10% of the time, not 50% of the time, but 100% of the time! The average joe won't break the covenant and spam you, but the spam bloggers out there will use your trackbacks relentlessly. 99.9% of my trackbacks are spam. I got so much trackback spam on one of my blogs that I removed it entirely and I'm considering removing it from all my blogs, which is sad. For the few people who do use it correctly it can be very useful in fostering a great conversation across blogs.
Trackback is on it's way out and I can't say I'll be sad to see it go after all the abuse I've received through it. I hope something better comes along.
Aug 23, 2005
Webmaster's Weekly #11
posted at 09:18 PM - Category: General
<Shameless self promotion>
I just sent out a new issue of Webmaster's Weekly the newsletter for busy webmasters. Read it, subscribe and share it with friends!
</Shameless self promotion>
posted at 09:18 PM - Category: General
<Shameless self promotion>
I just sent out a new issue of Webmaster's Weekly the newsletter for busy webmasters. Read it, subscribe and share it with friends!
</Shameless self promotion>
Aug 22, 2005
The names are all wrong - blog is dead!
posted at 10:50 AM - Category: General
Weblogs Work seems go get it, and despite my lack of love for Movable Type, Menta Trott gets it too. I've said it before, the word "blog" has no meaning. Not now, not in the past, and it certainly won't in the future. It doesn't mean anything to people outside the sphere, and inside it means something different to everyone.
"Blog" isn't the only word with problems. RSS, Tags, and the myriad of other "geek speak" words need to be dropped. I'm guilty of it and I plan on making an effort to be more inclusive with my terms. Most of the things we take for granted are alien to the majority of visitors to our sites, most of whom don't even know they are reading a blog (nor do they need to know). Like anything, it just has to work. They come to the site (blog, whatever) and get the info they were looking for. It needs to be that simple. RSS feeds need to explain themselves so that more people can take advantage of them. It's time we stopped holding on to these elite, and un-descriptive words in favor of actually being "useful". You know, that usability thing web developers are always talking about. It extends to terminology too.
posted at 10:50 AM - Category: General
Weblogs Work seems go get it, and despite my lack of love for Movable Type, Menta Trott gets it too. I've said it before, the word "blog" has no meaning. Not now, not in the past, and it certainly won't in the future. It doesn't mean anything to people outside the sphere, and inside it means something different to everyone.
"Blog" isn't the only word with problems. RSS, Tags, and the myriad of other "geek speak" words need to be dropped. I'm guilty of it and I plan on making an effort to be more inclusive with my terms. Most of the things we take for granted are alien to the majority of visitors to our sites, most of whom don't even know they are reading a blog (nor do they need to know). Like anything, it just has to work. They come to the site (blog, whatever) and get the info they were looking for. It needs to be that simple. RSS feeds need to explain themselves so that more people can take advantage of them. It's time we stopped holding on to these elite, and un-descriptive words in favor of actually being "useful". You know, that usability thing web developers are always talking about. It extends to terminology too.
Aug 18, 2005
Four Australian bloggers make the feedster 500
posted at 10:51 PM - Category: General
Four Australian Bloggers (Cameron Reilly, Arthur Chrenkoff, Duncan Riley and Darren Rowse) have managed to make the feedster 500 list, a list compiled by the blog search engine feedster.com listing the most popular blogs for the last month. These guys are some of the nicest guys you'll have the pleasure of talking to, despite what you may have heard. They certainly deserve to make the list and I'm proud of how they've taken this and put some marketing funk on it to get some publicity out of it. I suspect the shameless marketer in Ducnan Riley is behind this plot. Maybe if we can distract the Aussies with some Canadian competition we (American's) can squeeze them off the list entirley. ;)
Without further ribbing, go read the press release
Source: Shameless plugging from Duncan. Your evil genius is inspiring. ...Read More
posted at 10:51 PM - Category: General
Four Australian Bloggers (Cameron Reilly, Arthur Chrenkoff, Duncan Riley and Darren Rowse) have managed to make the feedster 500 list, a list compiled by the blog search engine feedster.com listing the most popular blogs for the last month. These guys are some of the nicest guys you'll have the pleasure of talking to, despite what you may have heard. They certainly deserve to make the list and I'm proud of how they've taken this and put some marketing funk on it to get some publicity out of it. I suspect the shameless marketer in Ducnan Riley is behind this plot. Maybe if we can distract the Aussies with some Canadian competition we (American's) can squeeze them off the list entirley. ;)
Without further ribbing, go read the press release
Source: Shameless plugging from Duncan. Your evil genius is inspiring. ...Read More
Microsoft is right, RSS needs to be renamed!
posted at 01:29 PM - Category: General
The adoption of RSS needs to be transparent to consumers. When they see a site and click "subscribe to web feed", that makes it a little more clear than "RSS 2.0". I'm guilty of making my RSS links vague. I'm used to having tech savvy readers on my sites but as I write for more broad audiences I want to be more inclusive. One thing is, instead of linking to a feed (which is often shown as garbage in many browsers), link to a page that explains exactly what the feed is and ways to use it.
RSS (the name) needs to die. It's worse than the word "blog".
Microsoft Rethinks RSS Name Change - Yahoo! News
posted at 01:29 PM - Category: General
I know people are "up in arms" about Microsoft wanting to rename RSS. It seems the more technical type people are more worried about what they'll do to the technology rather than the name, which is a valid concern. But many browsers have called RSS by other names, including feeds, live links and others. The reason RSS hasn't caught on more is that most people don't know what it is. It needs a name that will give the users some idea of what to expect. Web Feeds, as MS has proposed, is a step in the right direction. I'm not sure if it's perfect, but it is better."Both Scoble and Mike Torres, MSN Spaces lead program manager for Microsoft, claimed in their blogs that Microsoft has no plan to rewrite RSS but is trying to come up with a way to name the technology in a way that is generally accepted in the industry and among Web users."
The adoption of RSS needs to be transparent to consumers. When they see a site and click "subscribe to web feed", that makes it a little more clear than "RSS 2.0". I'm guilty of making my RSS links vague. I'm used to having tech savvy readers on my sites but as I write for more broad audiences I want to be more inclusive. One thing is, instead of linking to a feed (which is often shown as garbage in many browsers), link to a page that explains exactly what the feed is and ways to use it.
RSS (the name) needs to die. It's worse than the word "blog".
Microsoft Rethinks RSS Name Change - Yahoo! News
Aug 17, 2005
Design In-Flight is now a web zine
posted at 02:08 PM - Category: General
Source: wg:Design In-Flight returns...
posted at 02:08 PM - Category: General
Hey look - the once PDF-only designer's magazine has returned in a slick new web format at: http://www.designinflight.com/Not much else to say accept, way cool.
Source: wg:Design In-Flight returns...
Create "Nice Forms" for your site
posted at 11:40 AM - Category: General
Forms have long been the bane of my web development existence. So many things about forms bug me, most of all the "reset" button. Forms can be a nightmare for users and designers alike. If you get a nice looking form that works well for your users you can increase the number of people who end up filling out your form. Nice Forms is a great way to style up your forms. As noted at Digital Web be aware that this will effect tabbing, which can make it harder for users to get through your form as they expect them to work, but they sure do look nice!
Source: Digital Web Magazine
posted at 11:40 AM - Category: General
Forms have long been the bane of my web development existence. So many things about forms bug me, most of all the "reset" button. Forms can be a nightmare for users and designers alike. If you get a nice looking form that works well for your users you can increase the number of people who end up filling out your form. Nice Forms is a great way to style up your forms. As noted at Digital Web be aware that this will effect tabbing, which can make it harder for users to get through your form as they expect them to work, but they sure do look nice!
Source: Digital Web Magazine
Jul 20, 2005
Fears that Ajax will ruin current advertising models
posted at 02:03 PM - Category: General
For those who don't know, Ajax is a method of using Javascript and XML to access data and functions without refreshing a page. It's poppuing up in all kinds of web applications.
Marketing Vox has a post suggesting that Ajax may have adverse affects on current models for selling advertising or anything else that relies on "traffic".
From Marketing Vox:
Most Web sites aren't quite as interactive, some are more so. But the majority of traffic heavy sites get hits from search engines or incoming links. Most users are just there to watch. Only a small percentage of visitors will actually participate, even in a forum.
The next thing is learning curve. The average webmaster won't be dashing out to add Ajax all over there site. And when experienced webmaster do start using Ajax and they see that their revenue has dropped, Ajax will probably be out the window.
Ajax has it's place, in web applications where it can actually help. I don't think this will have much impact on anything else. Flash has been out for ages and it hasn't changed the advertising model. I don't see a lot of content sites sporting flash only designs.
via Steve Rubel
posted at 02:03 PM - Category: General
For those who don't know, Ajax is a method of using Javascript and XML to access data and functions without refreshing a page. It's poppuing up in all kinds of web applications.
Marketing Vox has a post suggesting that Ajax may have adverse affects on current models for selling advertising or anything else that relies on "traffic".
From Marketing Vox:
"If sites track traffic and sell ads based on pageview impressions, everything changes when users start interacting with the site and making multiple changes without ever refreshing a page. Does all of that count as a single page view? Or do we need to count clicks, or use a stopwatch to time how long they spend on each 'page'?" Paul writes.I don't think this is anything to worry about. For starters, most web pages don't *need* ajax, and the ones that do usually don't need advertising to begin with. For example, take a site I run (lit.Org) where users can post a story or poem. The control panel lets them manage their writings. This is one area that doesn't have any advertising because no one would ever click on it there anyway. Second, users can leave comments. This would be a great place for Ajax. The page view has *already* happened and when a user leaves a comment they don't have to refresh which also removes a false "impression" anyway. The other 99% of my pages don't need Ajax.
Most Web sites aren't quite as interactive, some are more so. But the majority of traffic heavy sites get hits from search engines or incoming links. Most users are just there to watch. Only a small percentage of visitors will actually participate, even in a forum.
The next thing is learning curve. The average webmaster won't be dashing out to add Ajax all over there site. And when experienced webmaster do start using Ajax and they see that their revenue has dropped, Ajax will probably be out the window.
Ajax has it's place, in web applications where it can actually help. I don't think this will have much impact on anything else. Flash has been out for ages and it hasn't changed the advertising model. I don't see a lot of content sites sporting flash only designs.
via Steve Rubel
People are stealing your work
posted at 01:19 PM - Category: General
Anne Holland of Marketing Sherpa posted "Blog Copyright Theft On The Rise" and touched on a subject that's been plaguing blogs and other content sites. There are some very unscrupulous people out there who have no qualms about filching your work and reposting it. Sometimes even taking credit for the work.
Anne put it very sussinctly :
I have a google alert setup on some of my stuff. I suggest you check your work in google regularly too. The only way to stop these people is vigilance.
posted at 01:19 PM - Category: General
Anne Holland of Marketing Sherpa posted "Blog Copyright Theft On The Rise" and touched on a subject that's been plaguing blogs and other content sites. There are some very unscrupulous people out there who have no qualms about filching your work and reposting it. Sometimes even taking credit for the work.
Anne put it very sussinctly :
The second group of thieves are profit-driven, generally seeking Google AdSense revenue. They publish as many blogs as possible populated with lifted content, and sit back to collect commission checks from Google on ad clicks. Some have created automated programs that suck up content from around the Web and post it without need for a human editor.This isn't just a problem for bloggers. I run several writing sites and my two most popular have had members join and repost copyrighted work as their own. No financial gain, they did it to "fit in", sadly. But there is a whole industry of black hat "money grabbers" trying to make money of the hard work of others.
I have a google alert setup on some of my stuff. I suggest you check your work in google regularly too. The only way to stop these people is vigilance.
Jul 18, 2005
Web Dev Source is back!
posted at 09:43 PM - Category: General
Web Dev Source has been on Hiatus since October of last year. A few months before that (June) my wife Aeryn started having various symptoms and we made several treks to see doctors. After a while, she was pretty ill and around the first of the year we found out that she had Cancer. Everything took a back seat, obviously. This month we finally got some good news and after some rough treatments, she's currently in "watch and see" mode. This is a 5 year process. In the mean time, we both want to get back to work and for me, that means blogging here regularly. For those who visit my other sites, stay tuned as many of them will return to life in the next couple of weeks as well.
Let me apologize in advance for the flurry of posts about to happen. I have a lot of catching up to do and there are a few things I think you'll be interested in. Lets not waste anymore time, you and I. Lets just get right at it.
posted at 09:43 PM - Category: General
Web Dev Source has been on Hiatus since October of last year. A few months before that (June) my wife Aeryn started having various symptoms and we made several treks to see doctors. After a while, she was pretty ill and around the first of the year we found out that she had Cancer. Everything took a back seat, obviously. This month we finally got some good news and after some rough treatments, she's currently in "watch and see" mode. This is a 5 year process. In the mean time, we both want to get back to work and for me, that means blogging here regularly. For those who visit my other sites, stay tuned as many of them will return to life in the next couple of weeks as well.
Let me apologize in advance for the flurry of posts about to happen. I have a lot of catching up to do and there are a few things I think you'll be interested in. Lets not waste anymore time, you and I. Lets just get right at it.
Oct 11, 2004
Sweet Homesite Tip
posted at 11:56 PM - Category: General
Vinnie posted a sweet homesite tip for coverting lines to an unordered list. And no, I didn't know about this already! Nice.
posted at 11:56 PM - Category: General
Vinnie posted a sweet homesite tip for coverting lines to an unordered list. And no, I didn't know about this already! Nice.