---
title: "Web 2.0 Noted"
date: 2005-04-23
author: "Richard MacManus"
categories:
  - name: "ReadWriteWeb"
    url: "/category/readwriteweb.md"
tags:
  - name: "2005"
    url: "/tag/2005.md"
---

# Web 2.0 Noted

[John Battelle](https://web.archive.org/web/20060315003213/http://fmpub.net/archives/2005/04/bizweek_blogs_w.php): “In the Web 2.0 world, it matter less that you have a major media company behind you, what matters is if your voice and point of view are considered valuable by your audience.”

[PaidContent.org: Weekend Readings on Web 2.0](https://web.archive.org/web/20060315003213/http://www.paidcontent.org/pc/arch/2005_04_22.shtml#013359) – hey Rafat, since you hate the term ‘Web 2.0’, I’m available to do this feature for you if you like 😉 Seriously…

[Tom Foremski meets Doc Searls](https://web.archive.org/web/20060315003213/http://www.siliconvalleywatcher.com/mt/archives/2005/04/thoughtleaders.php): “Doc is right, blogging should be easy. It should be as easy as writing an email to a colleague or buddy. It’s not easy breaking stories, writing news, interviews, analysis and features–the type of journalism that we also have on SiliconValleyWatcher-but the blogging part, like this entry, should be easy.”

[Chris Nolan: The Stand Alone Journalist is Here…](https://web.archive.org/web/20060315003213/http://journalism.nyu.edu/pubzone/weblogs/pressthink/2005/04/21/nol_stnd.html)

[del.icio.us analysis](https://web.archive.org/web/20060315003213/http://www.erickaakcire.net/delicious/pilot/): Feedback, Motivation & Sociality in an Online Tagging Service, by Ericka Menchen

[Fascinating stats from topix.net](https://web.archive.org/web/20060315003213/http://blog.topix.net/archives/000074.html): “Topix.net has 187k subs total on My Yahoo, compared with 7k on Bloglines. My Yahoo is \*huge\* in rss.” [Susan Mernit](https://web.archive.org/web/20060315003213/http://susanmernit.blogspot.com/) was the one who got the ball rolling on this and [she comments](https://web.archive.org/web/20060315003213/http://susanmernit.blogspot.com/2005/04/topix-scrapes-bloglines-dishes-cool.html) “Larger implications of feed packaging and redistribution continue to be interesting…both from an ad perspective (think of the revenue these feeds could carry and who gets the $$) and from a licensing/permissions perspective.”

[ Yahoo is cut down as Google soars](https://web.archive.org/web/20060315003213/http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story.asp?guid={4523F5D8-56CE-4A84-8300-8465C32BE73B}&siteid=mktw&dist=nbi) – Marketwatch turns the tables on Yahoo and waxes lyrical about Google’s finances.

[ Steve Outing: New Kingpin of Online News?](https://web.archive.org/web/20060315003213/http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/columns/stopthepresses_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000893246): “Thanks to blogs, aggregators, RSS feeds, and other options, fewer and fewer readers are entering news sites through home pages. So it’s time to adjust.”

[Josh Porter has feedback for Rojo](https://web.archive.org/web/20060315003213/http://bokardo.com/archives/feedback-for-rss-feed-reader-rojo/), the new(ish) RSS Reader on the block.

[Adaptive Path: It’s a Whole New Internet](https://web.archive.org/web/20060315003213/http://www.adaptivepath.com/publications/essays/archives/000430.php) – this is why I want Josh and I’s Digital Web article to be published asap… we finished it a week or so ago and it’s due out 4 May.

[Team RSS](https://web.archive.org/web/20060315003213/http://davetravel.scripting.com/2005/04/22#a1030) – can I have one of those badges? 🙂

[David Weinberger](https://web.archive.org/web/20060315003213/http://www.hyperorg.com/blogger/mtarchive/003925.html): “In the ninety seconds MSNBC gives over to blogging, they want to pair A-Listers into a he-said/she-said report on a Major Topic.” – so David quit. Good on ya mate.

[Daring Fireball](https://web.archive.org/web/20060315003213/http://daringfireball.net/2005/04/adobe_translation): Translation From PR-Speak to English of Selected Portions of Adobe’s ‘FAQ’ Regarding Their Acquisition of Macromedia

*Originally published on ReadWriteWeb ([archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20020204040018/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/web_20_noted.php))*