Bidding for President: The Republicans

I took a look at who is buying Google text ads for searches for Democratic contenders in the 2008 presidential election.  Let's now look at the Republicans.

Read below for the ads that I found.  Here's a few general trends I found:...

Online Venom or Vibrant speech?

Washington Post Ombudsman Deborah Howell did a hit job in her column today on the Post’s decision to allow comments on all articles. Here are the first few paragraphs, which pretty clearly demonstrate her attitude:

Not so long ago, the only way to talk back to The Post was to write a civil letter to the editor,...

Link Roundup 5/6/2007

Study Concludes That Many Top News Sites Don’t Do RSS Well

Many newspapers don’t include all articles in their RSS feeds, giving users incomplete information.

How the netroots became the most important mass movement in U.S. politics

Great look at rise of the netroots....

Adrian Holovaty and the Post’s Database Explosion

The other day I stumbled across a YouTube video of pioneering journalists/programmer Adrian Holovaty playing the MacGyver theme song on guitar. (The video is on the YouTube homepage and has been viewed 750,000+ times). Seeing the video prompted me to head over to his site for the first time in awhile....

Yahoo! Photos is sooo Last Year

I've been reading this morning (via CNET and TechCrunch) that Yahoo! Photos, one of the most widely used photo sharing/storage websites is shutting down in favor of its sister site, Flickr.  Yahoo! purchased Flickr in 2005, and since then, Flickr has been gaining massive popularity.  Flickr's tagging and community features are unique services that users can't find on any other site. ...