links for 2005-10-08

Mike Orren: "Earthlink joins the hordes trying to do local via aggregation, in this case using Topix and Google." He also notes that "any successful local play has to be a hybrid of original content and aggregation." (which the Earthlink product is not) Mike’s right.  The aggregation can help jumpstart the community with consumer generated…

Scoble points to some new, niche versions of Memeorandum that have been created.  Specifically, he spoke with Gabe Rivera, creator of Memeorandum, who told him about tech.Memeorandum and the latest version of the original which is focused on current events and politics. It’s all computer driven to come up with stories — it uses links…

MoveOn.org continues to generate press for itself over its ability to bundle contributions to targeted campaigns.  The latest example comes courtesy of the Charleston (WV) Gazette: Early Tuesday afternoon, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., sent an appeal over the Internet urging people to contribute to the re-election campaign of Sen. Robert C. Byrd, D-W.Va. In less…

My preferred RSS reader, SearchFox, will cease to exist in 2 weeks.  Esteban Kozak writes in his blog: Thanks for all your help in making SearchFox what it is. We have enjoyed providing this service, and hope that you have enjoyed using it. Please export all of your links and an OPML file with your…

PaidContent draws attention to a potential sleeper issue for Internet content providers, aggregators, and readers: how far can caching go?  The post involves a lawsuit against the Internet Archive (a tremendous service that let’s you look back at what a web site looked like years ago).

An email from MediaPost reports: “Have we reached critical mass on consumer broadband penetration in the United States? Well, apparently JupiterResearch says we have. Jupiter reports that more than 43 percent of online households now connect to the Web via broadband, thus constituting critical mass. Jupiter projects that broadband adoption will reach nearly 80 percent…