publishing

US Representative John Conyers (D-MI) is on the defensive regarding legislation that would prevent the public posting of taxpayer funded scientific research on the Internet. Opponents argue the bill is a step back for science and that the powers that be behind it are shilling for the paper publishing industry.

Via TC, I discovered IBM released a report on how the they think the $550 billion global ad market might change in the coming years. The predictions look bleak for most ad agencies and traditional media gatekeepers, but good for niche publishers who have a solid stream of attention:

Many bloggers have been touting the benefits of publishing your full blog or site’s full RSS feed. In fact, they have been talking about it for a long time. But did you know that most likely even if you are publishing your full RSS feed you are not taking advantages of its link building benefits?

As Google's ad network gets more efficient and Google controls more bits, almost everything in any commercial market is going to sell something, subsidize another commercial interest, or have ads on it. To appreciate how much this trend will grow, just read the comments on my post about using custom search engines.

It annoys me to no end that people in popular MSM publications who know almost nothing about the internet feel they are qualified to comment on some aspect of it. For example, I recently happened upon an article in the Sunday times by columnist David Bullard. Here’s a sample of what can be found:

Internap Network Services Corporation has announced that its VitalStream Services platform has been integrated into Adobe Premiere Pro software, which allows for publishing of Flash Video content to the Web. Adobe Premiere Pro, a tool for professional video editing, edits content in almost any format and outputs that content to tape, DVD and the Web. Both companies offer their customers the option of improving their online presence with Flash Video Streaming. Business owners, Web designers and developers can post content online with one click.

What's the purpose of site precompilation? As it turns out, improved performance is often brought as an evidence of the benefits of precompilation.

Things have changed a lot for web publishers since I wrote the first edition of Power Linking in 2002. Back then there was only one option for publishing websites for the average, non-geek: static html pages.