Feedrinse is a basic RSS feed filter that can be used to filter one or multiple feeds so that only selected articles will be included in the mashup. This could remind a few users of Yahoo Pipes. The service provided by Feedrinse is however basic in comparison to that of Yahoo Pipes. A user of Feedrinse may add up to 500 feeds to the service and group those feeds in different channels. He can do so by adding them manually in a web form or importing a opml file that contains a list of feeds. The filters can then be...
Om Malik has some brash advice for Yahoo. Too bad no one will find it: Three different publications' logos clog the top of his article's page. The lead paragraph is disrupted with another promo link, a broken stock ticker link, and a blogroll for Kara Swisher, whose name really ought to link to Google Finance to disclose her wife's current worth in GOOG shares. Second paragraph: "Yang's decision isn't a surprise ... In June 2008, I wrote about ..." Om, I know you love it when we pick on each other, so here you go: Start your friggin' article already....
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Link: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081023/a... A woman in Japan was arrested after her virtual husband divorced her and she killed his avatar in retaliation. So, yes, she was arrested for illegally logging into his account and erasing it, but isn’t that the same as murder? Contribute: Add an image, link, video or comment »...
Yahoo's Inquisitor adds new abilities to the search box of Firefox, Internet Explorer, and Safari.(Credit: CNET News) Yahoo has released a plug-in called Inquisitor that gives some new horsepower to the search box in Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Safari. Inquisitor is designed to help people get to information faster, according to a Yahoo Search Blog posting Wednesday. It suggests search terms as people start typing, showing an updated list of possible Web sites below the search box. The results are individualized, too: it spotlights Web pages a person has already visited and customizes search results according to previous searches....
Link: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081017/o... In the Epic Fail department, on Friday an Iranian team accidentally ate a massive sandwich assembled to beat the world record before it could be measured by judges. Contribute: Add an image, link, video or comment »...
Link: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081013/a... Levi Johnston tells the Associated Press he’s not being forced into a shotgun wedding. Other highlights from the interview: he got the Bristol tattoo because he went out caribou hunting and lost his promise ring, and he didn’t register in time to vote for his future mother-in-law. Contribute: Add an image, link, video or comment » The Best Links: Levi Johnston - Featured on BuzzFeed Levi Johnston Speaks On Baby, Obama, Sarah Palin Levi Johnston is All, Like, Whatever...
Yahoo Smush It finds Web site images that can be put on a diet.(Credit: CNET News) Yahoo, which has considerable expertise in maximizing Web site performance, has long offered advice on how to speed up sites up by minimizing photo size. Now it's released a tool to help Web programmers automate the process. The Web-based tool, called Smush It, can perform multiple operations to shrink graphics file sizes without impairing visual appeal, Chris Heilmann of the Yahoo Developer Network said in a blog post after tool creators Nicole Sullivan and Stoyan Stefanov announced the tool at this week's Ajax...
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Posted by randfishIt should come as no surprise that having a widget or sidebar element on a news, blog or articles website is great for traffic and page views. Online outlets have been using them to boost readership, email-a-friend features and page views per session counts for years. But, did you know that they're also great for SEO? Let's take a look at some examples, and investigate the myriad of benefits "most popular" sections provide: Slate.com Slate's most popular widget isn't the best designed or most fully featured, but it provides the basic concept - display a list of stories...
As Web technologies evolve, new, innovative ways to absorb information via the Web browser are being created. Some, like Google Reader, and blogs on SportsBlogs Nation are utilizing keyboard navigation, letting you type letters to jump from one new item to the next, while others let you move between screens by using the arrow keys, instead of clicking the mouse. An enterprising developer, Michael Buchanan, is hoping that nested GUIs, which he calls "Microspaces", will be a new way to approach navigation - letting you view a page within a page, within a page, all without opening a new browser...
