Updated 12/17/11 1:05 PM CST.
Due to immense public pressure Congress canceled the vote on SOPA and adjourned until next year! This is a great victory for the internet! The Fight is not over yet, as the bill will come up again, probably on December 21st. The next time the bill comes up we will update you on what is going on and how to fight it. Thanks to the everyday people like you, this anti-free speech bill was not passed!
SOPA is currently being debated by the US Congress.
According to Wikipedia, ” The bill expands the ability of U.S. law enforcement and copyright holders to fight online trafficking in copyrighted intellectual property and counterfeit goods.[2] Now before the House Judiciary Committee, it builds on the similar PRO-IP Act of 2008 and the corresponding Senate bill, the Protect IP Act.[3]“
The bill is aimed at online privacy but will give the government the power to censor the internet, affecting users worldwide. Read on below to learn more and help stop this bill! (continue reading…)
Oh the website value calculator… These worthless things seem to spawn faster than the speed of light. They may be all over the internet, but that doesn’t mean that they have any real value. These things should never be taken seriously to judge the true value of your website. (continue reading…)
Just a couple of hours ago Digg announced on it’s company’s blog that Matt Williams will replace interim CEO Kevin Rose. Williams had previously been an executive at Amazon for the past 11 years. Williams certainly has a strong skill set for the online world and may be able to help the company which is facing significant backlash over last week’s unveiling of Digg version 4, which is significantly different than the previous version. (continue reading…)
In the last week we’ve seen the internet come down hard on the new Digg. The most prominent critics were obviously casual Diggers who do not like the changes, the constant crashes and Mashable’s over-prominence in the new site. The solution? Reddit should buy out Digg. (continue reading…)
The new Digg is filled with complaints about the new Digg and Diggers are Digging it.
The new version of Digg is only a couple of days old, and already it has generated a lot of errors and a lot of hate. Judging by what we’ve seen on Digg and elsewhere, including many tech blogs, a good portion, if not the majority of users hate the new Digg. Even if they might of liked it, the plethora of errors seen on the site so far have turned off a lot of people. (continue reading…)
I like to submit both my articles and other people’s works to Reddit and Digg. One thing that bugs me is… (continue reading…)
The new version of Digg launched today to mixed reviews, good ideas and lots of fail. Comments across the web from places like Facebook and Twitter show that a lot of users have experienced the same problems I have: horribly slow loading times, problems logging in, discrepancies in the number of Diggs and other errors.
So is the new Digg a good or a bad thing? Well, it looks like a little of both. (continue reading…)
Has this ever happened to you? You’re browsing the web and you see a link to an interesting website or article. Excited to see some new interesting content you click on the link and BAM… it happens… the website re-sizes your browser window without your permission. Annoying isn’t it? Why do webmasters do this?
This trend used to be more popular in the late 90?s and early 2000?s, especially with webmaster-related sites and clipart sites. Back then a lot of those sites had stupid “Click Here to Enter” landing pages with no text and would re-size your browser window. (continue reading…)
WordPress (as many of you already know) is the most popular and one of the most powerful blogging systems available. The great thing about WordPress is the ability to enhance your site’s look, features, and search engine ranking by adding free or low cost plugins.
There are literally thousands of WordPress plugins avaliable. Here I list the top 6 essential free plugins every WordPress blog should have.