Userland: "Today we released the Comments feature for Radio UserLand. The feature adds a link to a popup window for each item on your weblog, allowing readers to discuss your observations, answer questions, or drag you down a notch or two with a nice juicy flame."
Mars Atlas Revisited: A new 1 kilometer per pixel map of Mars is now online.
Library of Congress - Portals to the World: "Selective links providing authoritative, in-depth information about the nations and other areas of the world. They are arranged by country or area with the links for each sorted into a wide range of broad categories. The links were selected by Area Specialists and other Library staff using Library of Congress selection criteria. When completed, the project will include all the nations of the world."
In case you've read this AP story about Google adding Pay-Per-Click (PPC) advertising, the way Google has implemented PPC is a VERY GOOD thing. Sites like Overture actually let advertisers influence your search results. In Google, PPC only affects the advertisements (or "Sponsored Links") down the right side of the screen.
Tonite: 20:02/20.02/2002
It seems that the Google update has begun sooner than I expected. Try these three searches: [1] [2] [3] Notice the difference in the URLS? See the differences in the results? (If there is no difference in the number of results wait a while -- then try again.) During updates, Google has three different databases. Over the next 3-5 days the databases will merge and co-mingle. Sometimes there will be more results on www2, sometimes on www3 and sometimes on www itself. This is when Google is the most dynamic, and most fun! Eventually, it'll settle down. But it sure is fun to watch. (This change is called the "Google Dance")
Sinclair Lewis: "Advertising is a valuable economic factor because it is the cheapest way of selling goods, particularly if the goods are worthless." (thanks Bill)
Foxnews has a weblog.
Google adds pay-per-click advertising. Yay! "With cost-per-click (CPC) pricing, you pay only when a customer clicks on your ad, regardless of how many times it's shown."
Jeneane Sessum on Reading Gonzo--Engaged asked some really great questions about Google. I answered them.