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Paul Bradshaw asks in a video post: ““What would make you post video comments?”
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“Google has been developing a new algorithm for indexing textual content in Flash files of all kinds, from Flash menus, buttons and banners, to self-contained Flash websites.”
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“The latest analysis from Jakob Nielsen’s UseIt focuses on “bounce rates” and getting that elusive “second click”. It’s pretty much in line with everything experts have been saying on this topic for the last couple of years: unique visitors ar
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“The BBC is moving away from desktop apps made by Microsoft-backed Skinkers and instead bringing production in-house, switching to Adobe’s Flash-based cross-platform Flex and AIR frameworks.”
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“Max Mosley, the president of motor racing’s governing body, has been allowed to pursue his claim for breach of privacy against the News of the World over its report that he took part in a “Nazi-themed” orgy.”
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“The Daily Mirror was not published in the Republic of Ireland today after technical problems meant the content could not be sent to the printer.”
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This might be cool. Digg has created a new feature — which debuts in beta later this week — that analyzes your past Digging activity to discover “Diggers like you.” You can see what they’re Digging, and by extension discover some of the most int
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The Los Angeles Times on Wednesday announced plans to cut 250 positions across the company, including 150 positions in editorial
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Hysterical woman – also a Spanish government minister – ruins AP copy
I don’t mean to sound over emotional – it’ll just be the hormones acting on my smaller female brain – but I’ve got a problem with a report yesterday from the Associated Press about Charme Chacon, the Spanish defense minister.
The ministry has ordered its staff to stop browsing entertainment and sport websites during working hours. Says the report:
Spain’s Defense Ministry, run by a woman for the first time, has ordered its staff to stop browsing sports and entertainment Web sites while on duty, an official said Thursday.
A ministry official said the order was distributed this week, but did not come directly from the new minister, Carme Chacon, who took over last week as Spain’s first female defense minister. She is 37 years old and seven months pregnant.
What relevance do these points (in bold) have to the story? The order didn’t even come directly from Chacon, as the report states, so why let the copy imply that her gender and her pregnancy are somehow related to the situation?
Just in case there’s any confusion over this blog post – I am 24 years old and not pregnant.
Google launches measurement tool for YouTube videos
Google has launched YouTube Insight – a new measurement tool for YouTube users, which will provide stats on the videos they upload.
According to an announcement on the Official Google Blog, uploaders of videos to the site will be able to see figures and graphs of:
- how often their videos are viewed by geographic region;
- how popular their contributions are compared to other videos in that area;
- ‘the lifecycle of a video’ e.g. how long it takes for a clip to gain popularity.
The metrics, says the blog, makes YouTube ‘one of the world’s largest focus groups’ and could be of use to advertisers and content providers in evaluating the benefits of the platform.
Below is a screenshot of how the figures, which can be seen in the ‘My Account’ section of the site, are displayed: