Search Engine Land echoes something I said today while offering AOL an brown bag on RSS, “reliance on search and time spent with search may diminish as RSS feeds and other structured content delivery mechanisms are adopted by users.” Spiders and bots are just sophisticated web scrapers. RSS offers better ways of looking at content. Read more…
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You know how to find all of the cool RSS and ATOM “Add Me” buttons. A cinch. But, what about the link codes? Well, I was able to collect all the link codes for you, do here you go, you little whippersnapper! Enjoy!
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People ask me what I think about “full disclosure” and “blogger ethics.” My answer always is, there is no obligation for any blogger to follow the ethical standards of journalists or public officials. Bloggers are bloggers because of the true freedom of speech. Freedom of speech doesn’t demand truth. But, if bloggers want to keep the trust they’ve been given by their readers, then they had better be open, honest, authentic, and transparent. Read more…
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“A folksonomy is a user generated taxonomy, typically Internet-based, that categorizes content such as Web pages, photographs, Web links and other web content using open ended labels called tags. The process of folksonomic tagging is intended to make a body of information increasingly easier to search, discover, and navigate over time. A well-developed folksonomy is ideally accessible as a shared vocabulary that is both originated by, and familiar to its primary users. Two widely cited examples of websites using folksonomic tagging are Flickr and del.icio.us.” Via Wikipedia
No Comments » Posted on May 27th, 2007 by Chris Abraham
In response to a comment from Jay question, “Do you think this folksonomic language will evolve from the collective conversations of myriad users, or will a few “prime movers” establish the vocabulary?,” I replied, “Folksonomy is an emergent system of organization. The patterns, trends, and arc are not designed, they emerge.” Read more…
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