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I have always wondered what the stats are like for well-known websites like google.com, yahoo.com, flickr.com and digg.com and today I found exactly what I wanted to know.
Some 3 months ago, complete.com posted a blog post on Top-50 Websites – Ranked by Unique Visitors.
First on the list is yahoo.com, standing at [...]

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Remember all the talk about the founder of Wikipedia looking to build a human-powered search engine which took place some time last year? Well, looks like an alpha version of the search engine has been released and it is called wikia search.
Although in the About page it was mentioned that [...]

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Most of us have a selection of websites that we go to everyday. I once read an article which talked about how the websites you frequent could be used to tell the kind of person you are. In this post, I am going to list down 10 websites that I visit (almost) [...]

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When I saw this article, Today’s Web 3.0 Nonsense Blogstorm, my immediate reaction was: ‘Web 3.0 already?’.
That’s right, just when most of us are finally comfortable with all the buzz about Web 2.0 such as ajax, user-generated content, citizen journalism, social networking, just to name a few, a new one is coming to [...]

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If you are seeing Out of Service message when you go to Digg.com, it is probably because they are pushing their redesign live. I got a glimpse of the new design this morning when trying to access the site.

Looks like new features such as Videos and Podcasts will be introduced soon too. [...]

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Saw the above screenshot on Worse Than Failure: Curious Perversions in Information Technology website, and I found it so hilarious that I couldn’t resist the urge to post it up here.
That’s right; every “dynamic-looking” page was, in fact, static. It was going to be a long maintenance contract…
Source: When the Query String Is [...]

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I am sure you have heard of all the hype about the fastest growing social networking site, Facebook. Facebook has become very popular, so much so it even creates new jobs in IT & T industry. How do I know, I hear you ask. Have a look at this job [...]

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First, we had Directory Listing

Followed by Free 4 All Links

Then there was a hit with The Million Dollar Homepage

And then came Color Cubes

And today, in “web 2.0″ age, we have Tag A Cloud

Technorati Tags: evolution, link farm, web 2.0, www, links

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In this article, the author talks about 12 things you can do to turn your website into a web 2.0 friendly website. But because I do not have a personal web 2.0 site, let’s just use this blog as a model.
1. Replace esomething.com with MYsomething.com – Not applicable. [...]

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Many people seem to be neglecting the importance of a good Page Not Found (404) page when designing a website. A good 404 page should help visitors find what they are initially looking for, and keep them on the site. Not having an effective 404 page can cause a great loss of [...]

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