http://info-fetishist.org/2008/04/23/digital-content-semi-free/ yeah, it's long -- I didn't have time to make it shorter Wed, 21 Jul 2010 16:44:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://info-fetishist.org/2008/04/23/digital-content-semi-free/#comment-84 Anne-Marie Tue, 29 Apr 2008 22:04:33 +0000 http://infofetishist.wordpress.com/?p=77#comment-84 Huh. Yeah, that's pretty much the same, isn't it. I guess the snarky way of looking at it is that one thing they're doing differently is get noticed. They've been off my radar for a while, but I've seen a zillion mentions of it this time around, and that wasn't the case before. I think you're on the money to point to the widgets -- offering something more of value to the content creators they're targeting than links in the hopes of getting some buzz and some use? That makes some sense to me. Especially given that links is something they can't now nor will they ever do better than Wikipedia. Huh. Yeah, that’s pretty much the same, isn’t it. I guess the snarky way of looking at it is that one thing they’re doing differently is get noticed. They’ve been off my radar for a while, but I’ve seen a zillion mentions of it this time around, and that wasn’t the case before. I think you’re on the money to point to the widgets — offering something more of value to the content creators they’re targeting than links in the hopes of getting some buzz and some use? That makes some sense to me. Especially given that links is something they can’t now nor will they ever do better than Wikipedia.

]]> http://info-fetishist.org/2008/04/23/digital-content-semi-free/#comment-83 caleb Tue, 29 Apr 2008 15:30:01 +0000 http://infofetishist.wordpress.com/?p=77#comment-83 I've been trying to sort out what Britannica is doing differently from what they launched last year (http://blogoscoped.com/archive/2007-01-04-n57.html) and I was struck by the widgetization of the main text of their articles inside their site. I am inclined to dislike it, but I'm not sure yet. I’ve been trying to sort out what Britannica is doing differently from what they launched last year (http://blogoscoped.com/archive/2007-01-04-n57.html) and I was struck by the widgetization of the main text of their articles inside their site. I am inclined to dislike it, but I’m not sure yet.

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