Google Blogoscoped recently asked some A-list bloggers to talk about their most popular posts, and how the post impacted the readers, and traffic to their blogs. Bloggers included in the list are Michael Arrington (Techcrunch.com), Steve Rubel (Micropersuasion.com), Om Malik (GigaOm.com) and more.
As bloggers, we can all learn from their experiences. A must read.
According to the timeline on W3.org, the web turns 16 today.
The first web server was nxoc01.cern.ch, later called info.cern.ch, and the first web page http://nxoc01.cern.ch/hypertext/WWW/TheProject.html Unfortunately CERN no longer supports the historical site. Note from this era too, the least recently modified web page we know of, last changed Tue, 13 Nov 1990 15:17:00 GMT (though the URI changed.)
Social bookmarking sites capitalize on the principle of the wisdom of crowds when deciding what content to promote to the sites’€™ front-pages. What happens as these sites start to mature is that a group of prolific community members rise above the rest of the community. Once a select group begins to be considered ‘€˜better’€™ than the rest, sites relying on socially driven content run into the information cascade problem and the wisdom of crowds doesn’€™t work anymore.
The Japanese discussion board 2ch.net may have the answer.
To test how long inaccurate pieces of information would last on Wikipedia, Alexander Halavais, assistant professor of communications at Quinnipiac University altered some entries on the site. The false information entered was that Frederick Douglass (the abolitionist), lived in Syracuse, N.Y. for four years, and that the Disney film The Rescuers Down Under won an Oscar for film editing.
Wikipedia volunteers eliminated all the fabrications within three hours of being posted.
Rogier at NotUsable.com has compiled a list of 87 questions every webdesigner should ask himself when designing a website, to ensure usability. The questions include the following categories: technical, images, content, navigation, structure, forms, multimedia, and extra features.
How does Blog Herald fare according to the list?
