CAN-SPAM Act revisions
The Federal Trade Commission revised the CAN SPAM Act earlier this week; adding four new rule provisions.
Archive for May, 2008
Publishing for Profit and Influence: It’s All About the Passion
After maintaining several blogs for a couple of years, learning about web publishing and observing different niches, I have come to the conclusion that success for web publishers mainly relies on how much passion you have for the topic you cover. Not exactly a ground-breaking insight, you might say. But let me explain how I [...]
Women, blogging and ecommerce
Well over 50% of blog reading women and female bloggers state they have made a purchase decision based on content found in blogs according to a recent survey.
Spamford - $230 million judgement
U.S. District Judge Audrey B. Collins has ruled Sanford Wallace, aka “Spamford”, and his offsider now owes MySpace 230 million bucks in damages.
How to Get More Twitter Followers: Some Methods That Work
Darren Rowse recently wrote a series of posts about increasing your Twitter presence, in which he mainly talks about how to use Twitter by adding value in order to increase your Twitter following. While Darren made several good points, I want to give you my perspective on it, which is somewhat different.
You’re interested in increasing [...]
Who Owns Content?
PC Mag takes on the question of who owns content, especially where RSS Feeds are concerned:
Every day people put virtual truckloads of information into the public domain. Books are published. Newspapers printed. A lot of that ends up on the Internet as well, along with the words of bloggers and other online denizens. All of these people make content public so that others can hopefully benefit from it.
Once it is out in the public domain, who owns it? Well, the author of course, or in some cases, their employers. That makes sense when we’re talking about a web Wage. But sometimes, in order to make it easier for people to find and read the information, it is delivered as an RSS feed. RSS breaks down the information into article-sized chunks and streams it out so that news-reading tools can grab it and display it for users.
Who Owns Content?
PC Mag takes on the question of who owns content, especially where RSS Feeds are concerned:
Every day people put virtual truckloads of information into the public domain. Books are published. Newspapers printed. A lot of that ends up on the Internet as well, along with the words of bloggers and other online denizens. All of these people make content public so that others can hopefully benefit from it.
Once it is out in the public domain, who owns it? Well, the author of course, or in some cases, their employers. That makes sense when we’re talking about a web Wage. But sometimes, in order to make it easier for people to find and read the information, it is delivered as an RSS feed. RSS breaks down the information into article-sized chunks and streams it out so that news-reading tools can grab it and display it for users.
The virtual workplace disconnect
Working from a virtual office can isolate you somewhat; even from your fellow online workers. There’s an increased risk of dehumanizing the workplace as we fly headlong into an increasingly “always on” and online world.