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Scoble freaks out over negative comments

Robert Scoble, the blogosphere’s historical cheerleader extraordinaire, seems to be in a bit of a state.

He’s published an overview of all the things he considers wrong with tech blogging, a list that includes negative reader comments, conflicts of interest, a lack of focus on writing follow-up articles, and so on. Poor chap: he’s quite the grump.

Scoble might be right about a number of things, but he’s got it a little bit wrong when it comes to ‘negative comments’. He blames, among other things, the various tools employed to stop spam, claiming these hurdles prevent mass interaction. There’s a bit more to it than that...

by Chris Lake 24 July 2008 13:32pm 1 comment

Site review: Telegraph.co.uk revamp

Telegraph.co.uk unveiled its new look website this week, with the stated aim of increasing the number of pages each visitor views on the site.

New Telegraph homepage

We've taken a look to see how it shapes up...

by Graham Charlton 24 July 2008 08:45am 1 comment

Mainstream media benefits from outbound links - study

David Eaves has taken a look at the linking policies of major US and UK news websites, and found a correlation between the number of outbound links and incoming links.

This, he says, indicates that rather than taking away valuable page views, being generous with outbound links can actually benefit publishers by increasing the number of incoming links.

by Graham Charlton 22 July 2008 08:48am 2 comments

Five cool podcasting tools

Podcasting certainly isn't for everybody, but it has grown in popularity over the years and for good reason.

by Patrick Oak 18 July 2008 08:45am 0 comments

Is "community" a panacea for ailing newspapers?

Through TechDirt, I stumbled upon an interesting debate that questions whether the concept of "community" as it relates to newspapers is a major part of the industry's woes - and a potential part of the solution to those woes.

by Drama 2.0 17 July 2008 08:45am 0 comments

The internet's biggest problem?

Winston Churchill once stated: "A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on."

This statement has never been truer than today. Thanks to the internet, a lie can be propagated around the world before the truth is ever discovered.

by Drama 2.0 16 July 2008 09:30am 5 comments

Guardian Media buys a blog

Some members of Old Media may be going through some tough times, but those who say that Old Media doesn't "get it" and is dying should take note of what's happening. Old Media is buying New Media.

by Drama 2.0 14 July 2008 09:25am 0 comments

Site review: Borders' new UK offering

Having recently ended its partnership with Amazon and launched a new e-commerce site in the US, I expected that Borders would develop a similar version for the UK.

However, the redesigned Borders.co.uk has now gone live and it is completely different to its US counterpart.

We’ve taken a look to see how they compare...

by Graham Charlton 14 July 2008 08:53am 2 comments

Huffington: attempts at neutrality in journalism are overrated

At the Personal Democracy Forum in New York City, Arianna Huffington, founder of The Huffington Post, used her time on stage to ostensibly deliver the type of message the audience was looking for.

by Drama 2.0 30 June 2008 09:58am 0 comments