links for 2008-11-23

"Maybe nobody's quite learnt how to make money from those big user figures yet. Mail Online's startling growth still only added up to £9m in revenue last year. But halfway to salvation is much better than stuck in the starting blocks."

"The ruler in this case is the government of Abu Dhabi, under the presidency of Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nahyan. So far, the establishment has been as good as its word, allowing Newland more editorial freedom than perhaps any other Emirati publication. The paper has approached subjects such as Israel and Palestine, or religious and social issues, previously regarded as out-of-bounds by many UAE journalists."

"Update: I forgot to add my very own post that I wrote particularly for Bloggers titled: How to Rank Your Blog High in Search Engines. Check it out and I’m sure you will be able to take some useful pieces from it". ROFL - nice one.

"Each of these regionals should have an on-site webmaster. They should be allowed to edit the content, use widgets…. do whatever they please. Adverts may be shifted, yes, but you can bet that more advertisers will want to be on your site when it’s the most popular for local news."

Makes a really good point about not being an expert because you have virtual "friends", but being an expert because you can take a boring topic into the social media sphere and makes sales. But I can't quote from it, 'cos its a video. D'oh!