Article Word Counts
We all have read great 500 word articles and articles that have 200 words of content and 300 words of filler. A good author can tell the difference and will produce 500 words that are great. We have implemented a new 350 word limit for all new submissions – this “floor” as we like to [...]
More Progress Being Made
For those who have been keeping track, it has been a longer than we originally hoped to get the author review process in place to remove the nofollow from your links (Read about the nofollow and other changes here). Thanks in part due to a call from a distressed author, we got the programmer kicked [...]
Online Bookseller Bans Book
Online bookseller Abunga.com has blocked children’s fantasy novel "The Golden Compass." The site allows its customers to vote on books to ban. On its Web site it states, "We watch all books being blocked, and when one gets enough blocks we will pull it from the database." read more More: continued here online bookseller bans [...]
FCC To Investigate Comcast, Verizon
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Kevin Martin says the regulatory agency will investigate allegations that Comcast interferes with p2p Internet traffic. He also said Verizon Wireless would be under the microscope after complaints the company blocked text messages from an abortion rights group. read more More: continued here fcc to investigate comcast verizon
Drag racing on your wedding day?
I read this and had to share it. clipped from today.reuters.com Newlyweds caught in drag race SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian newlyweds kissing on the backseat of their hired car were unaware their chauffeur was street drag racing, until a police siren broke their romantic bliss and ended the race.The chauffeur, clocked at up to 130 [...]
Success 2.0: Twitter Banned In UAE
Twitter apparently makes it too easy to find out your country sucks. Following the fates of Facebook, Orkut, MySpace, BoingBoing and presumably others, Twitter is no longer accessible in the United Arab Emirates. A lot of moral corruption can be accomplished in 140 characters or less, it would seem. Or maybe it’s just too easy [...]
Who Holds the Keys to Video-Related Ads?
Nielsen will release a service enabling broadcasters and cable networks to control and make money from their online video distribution (per today’s WSJ, subscription only). Through fingerprinting technology, the video may be blocked, permitted to load, or “perhaps load only if it is attached to a particular piece of advertising.” This announcement makes me wonder [...]
Online Retailers And Gift Card Redemption
Gift cards are expected to be popular this holiday season and online retailers who are not prepared to handle post-holiday online card redemptions risk losing customers. "The post-holiday season, following Christmas and extending through January, is known for being an active gift card redemption period," wrote Sucharita Mulpuru of Forrester in her October 2007 report, [...]
Verizon Changes Heart, Opens Up
Verizon reversed itself today by announcing the company will open its network to wireless devices, software, and applications not offered by the company. This comes just two months after the company sued the federal government to block openness requirements for the winner of the 700 MHz band of wireless spectrum. A change of heart? Maybe. [...]
Comment Spam on The Blog Deleted
By ArticleSnatch on May 8, 2008
I’m not sure about other bloggers out there, but we seem to get our fair share of comment spam. Sure WP-SpamFree catches several hundred per day from automated bots and scripts, which is pretty cool. I’m glad that they started tracking it and showing me the number of blocked messages in the dashboard – it [...]
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