links for 2008-07-04

"Leading privacy expert Simon Davies said 'The chickens have come home to roost for Google. Their arrogance and refusal to listen to friendly advice has resulted in the privacy of tens of millions being placed under threat.'"

From the comments: "61 people? Wow. And the millions who didn't? It's time we stopped getting worried about a few complaints. And forget that stuff about each one representing umpteen others."

Some people spend far too much time thinking about these sorts of things...

"Bounce rates will vary depending on the source. They should be analyzed in comparison to previous sets of similar data. The performance of search engine referrals should be measured against previous bounce rates and not against another source like Digg."

"First everyone was going to leave Twitter for Jaiku. Then everyone was going to leave Twitter for Pownce. Then everyone was going to leave Twitter for Plurk. Then FriendFeed. There’s just one problem. Everyone is still on Twitter."

Includes: "3. Numbers instead of speaking URLs: Decide, 123 or angelina-jolie-naked, which URL speaks your language, which one you’ll rather click?"

Amongst a very good summary of the issues discussed at Broadcasting House the other week Steve calls me out for watching the football.