links for 2007-05-24

Reuters reports: Nearly one-fifth of Web users who read newspapers now prefer online to offline editions, according to a new study from Internet audience measurement company Nielsen//NetRatings. The first-time study from Nielsen//NetRatings found that 21 percent of those Web users now primarily use online versions of newspapers, while 72 percent still read print editions.

Jason Kottke makes a strong case that Technorati is heading in the wrong direction. That’s it. I’ve had it. No more Technorati. I’ve used the site for, what, a couple of years now to keep track of what people were saying about posts on kottke.org and searching blogs for keywords or current events. During that…

Marketing guru Seth Godin points to a study about how visitors read news web sites. It’s all based on tracking technology designed to show what the eye is looking at on the screen. I’ve only had time to skim the report so far, but it is clearly fascinating reading.  Just take a look at the…

Robert Scoble thinks so.  He argues that Bloglines beats out Technorati because it has more links.  Now, Bloglines may indeed be better than Technorati — I simply haven’t examined it carefully enough to comment.  But you can’t focus solely on quantity at the expense of quality.  All the links in the world don’t matter if…

The sixth episode of the Disruptive Dialogue podcast is now available.  This one was recorded in Bow, NH and is 28:51.  You can download this podcast as an MP3 or subscribe to the RSS feed to make sure you never miss an episode. Topics: 00:34 – Opening & Introduction 02:47 – wealthy people read blogs…