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I’ve been making some changes to this site recently: upgrading to the newest version of WordPress, choosing a new theme and fiddling with the layout. One thing I discovered is that, unless you’re running a very minimal installation, it’s quite easy to run out of memory, even with only a handful of plug-ins. Versions of the software The latest data from Hitwise suggests that the battle between social networks is pretty much a one-horse race. Facebook wins. Top 10 Social Networking Websites & Forums — November 2009 Facebook gets four times the traffic of its closest competitor, MySpace. Twitter – so beloved of the media and apparently the word In a story from the Onion news network, an archaeologist discovers traces of an ancient network of people known as Friendster. Internet Archaeologists Find Ruins Of ‘Friendster’ Civilization Not so much ‘fake’ news on this occasion. More like news that hasn’t happened yet. I can see this being broadcast 100 years from now. The FT reports that The Economist plans to make headroads into social networks: The Economist newspaper plans to acquire 500,000 fans on Facebook and 750,000 followers on Twitter within six months, in another sign that traditional publishers are looking to social media as a substantial source of web traffic and new readers. via It’s been a little while since I wrote on this topic, but social (and not-so-social) bookmarking is on the rise again. Remember Diigo, Blinklist and Magnolia from all of two years ago? No? And at least 122 others who wanted to become the social bookmarking standard. They all lost to delicious and The latest storm in a teacup to upset the blogosphere is the spectre of ‘fast-food content’. Raised as a threat by McArrington himself, the worry is that fast and loose content quickly generated to match popular keywords will swamp quality content in search rankings. …what really scares me? It’s the rise of fast food content |             | |||
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