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1) Prepare for the onslaught of brand names as web extensions in domains as early as 2009. In a move that will overhaul how the Internet is navigated, the BBC reports that Icann voted unianimously to relax the rules on top level domain names like .com, .net, etc., paving the way for virtually anything to be used. They also voted to allow characters other than the Roman alphabet, which will no doubt lead to an explosion in Asian and Cyrillic URLs.
2) Heading to Wilno, Ontario, and you want to find the best pierogies in town? Worry no more. GOOG-411 has come to the rescue. Mashable reports it’s finally available in Canada.
3) Twitter pal Collin Douma (the brilliant mind behind Radical Trust) shared this link, noting “Ouch! Sales strategy at capital one caught in photo from street below...”
4) On the clock, and you really shouldn’t be goofing around on Facebook? Colleague Kathryn Presner of Zoonini Web Services sent over this clever little ploy – it makes web pages look like a Word document.
5) Apparently size does matter. At least if you’re a small blog. See why Google Trends for Websites is causing an uproar.
6) Enough already!! Business Week reports that Yahoo Tries to Heal Itself – Again. The company is trying to go on the offensive but it leaves the company explaining its stance to shareholders.
7) So, you’re thinking of making a social application? “Before you get a business model, make sure you have a pleasure model.” That’s just one of the fantastic sound bites from Best Practices for Spreading Your App Without Ruining the User Experience. (Thanks Iain Tait for the heads-up. )
8) Is visual search going to catch on soon? Danny Sullivan at Search Engine Land retorts "Spare me the eye candy!"
9) Repeated exposure to bad pitches turns into some good advice. Richard Laermer stresses that the real challenge in pitching bloggers is that you need to give people a reason to embed or post.
10) Dave Fleet has some excellent tips on how to set up a simple online montoring system for free. A commenter added the extra dimension
of using Yahoo Pipes to funnel the results into one master RSS feed
that you can publish or place in a reader.
FRIDAY FUN
And speaking of Dave Fleet, thanks to him for sharing the link to this gem on Twitter: Creatives Grow Better in the South West.
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collin () (URL) - 07.03.08