links for 2008-01-09

"The Beeb won't allow YouTube users to embed these videos (or I would have posted them instead of linking.) They're not full eps, they're just highlights. Ack! Another example of the old media not grokking the new. Did we need another?"

"How long before branded USB sticks, with the latest album and a recording of tonight's performance, appear at the merchandise table at gigs? They could cost less than the sweatshirts and still be profitable. Buy the music and the player comes with it".

"Nigerian football fans face the prospect of not being able to see their team in the African Cup of Nations. Broadcasters say they cannot afford to buy the rights. The BON says the company that owns the rights wants 3m euros".

"It was necessary to select the keywords that were going to be used to optimize each page. I made a diagram that helped me be consistent when matching those keywords with: internal links, anchor text, meta tags, and body text for every page".

"A couple of them post only on weekdays, a few once 7 days a week and a couple of others up to 2 posts a day, but on average the posting frequency wasn't huge, but consistent". I thought managing 5 articles a week plus the linklist WAS posting frequently!

"The voting system is intended to allow the most popular stories to get the most exposure. But one of the results is that it heavily favors blogs with huge audiences while those with smaller audiences are left with much smaller odds of gaining exposure".