---
title: "Web 2.0 Sampler"
date: 2005-07-20
author: "Richard MacManus"
categories:
  - name: "ReadWriteWeb"
    url: "/category/readwriteweb.md"
tags:
  - name: "2005"
    url: "/tag/2005.md"
---

# Web 2.0 Sampler

![The Long Tail](https://web.archive.org/web/20060508063643im_/http://www.readwriteweb.com/images/longtail.jpg) – [There are 1.12 million feeds in Bloglines that “matter”](https://web.archive.org/web/20060508063643/http://blog.ask.com/2005/07/what_feeds_matt.html), says Ask Jeeves Blog (meaning at least 1 person subscribes to it. nb: [SEW](https://web.archive.org/web/20060508063643/http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/blog/050719-205802) and [Niall](https://web.archive.org/web/20060508063643/http://www.niallkennedy.com/blog/archives/2005/07/bloglines_feed.html) both point out that some blogs have multiple feeds) – [Feedburner begins to expand](https://web.archive.org/web/20060508063643/http://www.burningdoor.com/feedburner/archives/001334.html) into “major media accounts and global relationships” (fulfilling all the hype I lavished onto them in my [Best Web 2.0 Companies of 2004](https://web.archive.org/web/20060508063643/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/002609.php) post last year) – [ Comparing tech companies to countries](https://web.archive.org/web/20060508063643/http://www.zephoria.org/thoughts/archives/2005/07/16/which_evil_nation_state_are_you_similes_for_microsoft_yahoo_and_google.html) (check out the comments – there are some funny comparisons. e.g. “delicious is Chechnya: Comprehensible only to those inside.”) – [Profile of Bokee, China’s top blogging network](https://web.archive.org/web/20060508063643/http://www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=26700) (they’re planning a “virtual currency”, a la Korea’s Cyworld, which will enable Bokee bloggers to charge their readers) – [Study finds usability issue with blogs](https://web.archive.org/web/20060508063643/http://www.catalystgroupdesign.com/cofactors/?p=111) (if you’re a blog consultant, [the PDF report](https://web.archive.org/web/20060508063643/http://www.catalystgroupdesign.com/cofactors/upload/Blog_usability_report.pdf) is well worth pondering) – [Tony Gentile tells us to expect](https://web.archive.org/web/20060508063643/http://www.buzzhit.com/2005/07/catching-up-on-hotjobs-meta-search.html) continued integration in Yahoo’s network (yes the social networking, aggregation, RSS, media, etc pieces are all coming together quite nicely for Yahoo) – [PaidContent.org on Yahoo’s Silicon Valley and Hollywood goings-on](https://web.archive.org/web/20060508063643/http://www.paidcontent.org/pc/arch/2005_07_19.shtml#014861) (see also [ WSJ.com](https://web.archive.org/web/20060508063643/http://online.wsj.com/public/article/0,,SB112173811336389079-TsXKLLToIKdZY0iEm9zrICfnbAA_20060719,00.html?mod=blogs) and [Om Malik](https://web.archive.org/web/20060508063643/http://gigaom.com/2005/07/19/yahoos-people-problems/)) – [Greasemonkey has a serious security flaw](https://web.archive.org/web/20060508063643/http://mozdev.org/pipermail/greasemonkey/2005-July/004022.html) (Mark Pilgrim sounded the warning and the [Greasemonkey blog has details](https://web.archive.org/web/20060508063643/http://greaseblog.blogspot.com/2005/07/mandatory-greasemonkey-update.html)) – [Slashdot community debates the future of Firefox](https://web.archive.org/web/20060508063643/http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/07/19/197226&tid=154) (as one commenter said, “I want to know how firefox devs plan to address security concerns with the browsers.”) – [Backing up your Gmail account](https://web.archive.org/web/20060508063643/http://kc5mpk.com/blog/archives/2005/04/20/gmail-backup/) (use pop3 or the auto-forward feature)

nb: The photo of the dog and its long tail is [from Anil Dash’s Flickr photo stream](https://web.archive.org/web/20060508063643/http://www.flickr.com/photos/anildash/18595859/).

*Originally published on ReadWriteWeb ([archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20020204040018/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/web_20_sampler_1.php))*