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Web 2.0 Weekly Wrap-up, 23-29 May 2005
Written by Richard MacManus / May 30, 2005 8:51 PM / 1 Comments
sponsored by: This week: the future of Web sites in a world of RSS, highlights from ION RSS, new Web 2.0 developments, Techie post of the week. Future of Web


Google Search in Books goes live - And Amazon has it too
Written by Richard MacManus / May 29, 2005 2:01 PM
Google has just released its beta book search product Google Print (hat tip Diablo). The new service lets people search within the text of a book. Interestingly, I note that


Ads in RSS should be measured by branding value, NOT click-through
Written by Richard MacManus / May 28, 2005 3:25 PM / 3 Comments
I have a theory about ads in RSS. It's based on my assumption that people won't click on ads in feeds enough for publishers to make much money. So I


Aggregator Ambience: The cure for Information Overload?
Written by Richard MacManus / May 27, 2005 1:31 PM / 1 Comments
I was intrigued by this extract from the Headshift weblog: "The new Web 2.0 tools and services help create an ecosystem of connected people and information - as David Weinberger


Web 2.0 and RSS services for hire
Written by Richard MacManus / May 27, 2005 10:20 AM
I'm on the look-out for more part-time writing, analysis or consulting work. I can't say too much about it here, but if you have any work opportunities for me -


Web Apps are the new black
Written by Richard MacManus / May 25, 2005 10:19 PM / 7 Comments
Rands in Repose has written the best post about web apps I've read this year. I'll pick out the highlights here and finish with some thoughts on re-inventing the page


Bringing Web 2.0 to The People
Written by Richard MacManus / May 24, 2005 12:11 PM
Jim Cuene gave an excellent presentation to the Minnesota Interactive Marketing Association last week, on the subject of Web 2.0. The accompanying powerpoint presentation (3.2MB) is a nice overview of


On Interfaces: Rojo, Bloglines, My Yahoogle
Written by Richard MacManus / May 23, 2005 4:37 PM / 3 Comments
Bloglines creator Mark Fletcher opines: "I have over 200 subscriptions in my Bloglines account [...] There's no way I could follow that many sites in My Yahoogle. Sometimes I'm asked


Web 2.0 Weekly Wrap-up, 16-22 May 2005
Written by Richard MacManus / May 23, 2005 10:27 AM
sponsored by: This week: Summary of Google Factory Tour, Recruitment 2.0, Rollups, Techie post of the week, Web 1.0 Summit. Google Factory Tour The Factory Tour and accompanying webcast received


Testing Google AdSense for feeds
Written by Richard MacManus / May 22, 2005 12:01 AM / 2 Comments
I've been approved as one of the beta testers for Google's new AdSense for RSS feeds. So I'm going to be running Google ads in my feed for a few


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