The internet is on track to reach 100 million web sites this month.
Frankly I’m surprised by this.
I thought the number of web sites would already be greater than 100 million. Most of the new host names added to the internet are google or microsoft based.
61% of web servers run apache while 31% run windows.
Rather than commenting on peoples sites directly I thought I might go for trackbacks.
According to a report by Think Progress 67% of white students use the internet while only 44% of black students use the internet signifying a digital divide.
The Spiteful Rich live in luxury to spite the poor to make them unhappy according to Brad DeLong. Well thats what JustOneMinute said Brad DeLong said anyway.
2006 Gumball 3000 is a rally which travels across several continents. Like the Cannonball Run except way bigger.
Pakistan offered a peace deal to the Taliban - behave, be peaceful and you will not be bought into custody.
Pakistan have made this deal for an area in Pakistan ruled by the Taliban.
Dell Latitude D820 with Core 2 Duo reviewed over at Engadget. I’m keen to hook one of these new Core 2 Duo’s, and the Dell Latitude D820 seems like a good bet.
Hard to find other companies in Australia offering Core 2 Duo’s yet.
Lifehacker gives Ten reasons to use Google Desktop.
Google desktop is way better than Microsoft search for windows. Way faster. Some people have been concerned about privacy issues.
Michelle Malkin has an article about San Diego-based Fox News reporter John Mattes getting beaten pretty bad. Appartently by he was tag teamed by a wife and husband.
Miller Beer on O’Reilly. Miller apparently sponored some of the immigration marchs which I think is a great marketing/publicity ploy.
Miller probably leaked this themselve’s. Now every Mexican will drink Miller.
Beltway Blogroll reports that a Florida blogger is facing a lawsuit over calling some so called religious dude a con artist.
The Rowenta Toaster by Jasper Morrison is thin, sleek design not only looks good but has several features such as warming tray top, photo sensor browning control, touch sensitive stop/start controls, LED display and audible signals, soft-eject crumb tray and built-in cord storage.
From Modern House Blog. This blog rocks!
Mos Def has been arrested for critisizing the Bush Administration over its efforts in the Hurricane Katrina aftermath in an impromtu freestyle performance out site the vma music awards.
The Obesity pandemic effects women much more than men. Women are more likely to be socially stygmatized and they are also twice as likely to get diabete’s if obese.
Andy Hagan talks about a ‘new’ way to build permanent links that send traffic. The basic idea is to purchase links in blog’s in the actual content area.
Natural links in the content is a proven winner. Just look at how well wikipedia features in search results. Andy talks about the benefits and advantages.
Virgin olive oil Virgin olive oil is rich in antioxidants called polyphenols and in a recent study was shown to have stronger heart-health effects than the more extensively processed “non-virgin” variety.
Thousands got sick and some died from toxic waste in the Ivory Coast. The Ivory Coast is one of the top producers and exporters of Cocoa. The toxic waste is reported to be close to major cocoa storage facilities.
The toxic waste came from a Panamaiam ship used by a Dutch registered company. Check more about it here.
wikiHow which is an online how to manual is making money from adsense. Wiki’s have an advantage of having content created for free in a that gets great results in the search engines. (Due to the deep interlinking in wiki sites)
wikiHow uses wikimedia software the same opensource software used in wikipedia.
John Chow explores the in’s and outs of making money with wiki’s.
Steve Foley of the San Diego Charger’s has been shot 3 times by an off duty cop in dodgy circumstances.
No charges have been laid against Steve Foley at this stage. The cop was off duty in a plain clothes car. He demanded on several occasions for Steve Foley to stop - would you necessarily stop if some random guy waving a gun at you in a plain clothes car told you stop.
The cop shot Steve Foley on Steve Foley’s property.
Something fishy here.
Google Archives will feature news from up to early last century which will be searchable but at this stage will not feature ads.
Not sure if people will have much use for this information unless they’re using it for their school projects. Will there be an API?
Micro Persuasion mentions how people in Web 2.0 are making money in a rather incestous way, failing to attract mainstream advertisers.
Mainstream advertisers are starting to use web 2.0 sites. Lately I’ve seen ad’s from Sony BMG and HBO through blogads on Byron Crawford’s site.
Web ad agency Organic puts ad spending on blogs at $40 million this year. I’m not sure how they come to this figure and I’d be surprised if it isn’t more.
Meanwhile Fairfax Digital is making 62 cents per unique with yearly revenues of $96,000,000 AUD.
Signal vs. Noise (by 37signals) talks about how you can still create wonderful things with primitive techology by showing the how to on old school animation The Adventures of Prince Achmed.
Another interesting link is Art on Paper — Lotte Reiniger’s Paper Animation.
Andy Hagan gives an unequivocal yes toYahoo! Directory. If you back the quality of your site apply for the Yahoo! Directory listing.
Over at Techcrunch theirs an article about a facebook users revolt.
The response to two changes at Facebook has been fast and damning. It makes you wonder if Facebook did any surveys to find out what their users wanted?
Making fast easy money online - Hone Heke comments on web business
