The UK government is looking in to giving websites rating similar to those used for movies, Reuters reports, and they are reaching out to the United States to get involved.
While the idea of stricter restrictions for kids' access to certain web content may not be a bad one, the idea of some government appointed official determining ratings is scary. Or will it be put to a vote? Will we get to vote on who becomes the web czar? How many people will be involved?
Reuters reported Andy Burnham, Britian's Culture Minister, said "the government was planning to negotiate with the administration of U.S. President-elect Barack Obama to draw up new international rules for English."
"This is not a campaign against free speech, far from it; it is simply there is a wider public interest at stake when it involves harm to other people. We have got to get better at defining where the public interest lies and being clear about it," Burnham told the UK Telegraph.
Censorship of the internet by governments is nothing new, but the US government is not the same as China. This initiative seems like a slippery slope. It is definitely something everyone should keep aware of, if it starts you should be recognize the people acting as censors - they will be the same guys pulling the books from our library shelves.
GoDaddy's New .Me Domains Turning Into Circus
Seems GoDaddy is having some problems with their just launched .me domains. People were applying left and right for them and obviously GoDaddy seemed to have a "box office" hit with the new domain extension.
專注於當前任務
盡管「簡單就是美」這條法則備受大家推崇，但並不是人人都能夠貫徹其理念。在設計 UI 的網頁設計時候，仍會不自覺地嘗試在頁面上放置盡量多的網頁設計功能，並相信能夠籍此方便用戶。功能所指的網頁設計不只是一般的網頁設計功能，還包括內容、設計元素，甚至一條連結等。
舉個例子，「最新消息」、「熱門文章」等欄目已經成為網站的網頁設計標準配備，SEO們要如何決定這些欄目是否應該出現在某個頁面之上呢？有哪些因素應該列入考慮範圍？要知道每個功能都有其作用，一個功能的網頁設計增減必會帶來得失，決策者的網頁設計工作就是在其中取得平衡。例如這些欄目能夠增加其他頁面的網頁設計曝光率，對站方來說有利無害，但以用戶角度來看則未必。加入一些不必要的網頁設計功能不但減漫了頁面的網頁設計下載速度，也增加了用戶的網頁設計認知負擔。
問題還不止於此，無謂的網頁設計功能與資訊很可能令用戶在試圖達成某一目標時分心，減低網站和用戶的網頁設計效率。分心的網頁設計原因可能是這些多餘的網頁設計資訊具有吸引力，使用戶忘記了手頭上的網頁設計工作。正如一篇學術論文旁邊放著一堆了八掛新聞的網頁設計連結，人們還能夠專心閱讀原文嗎？又或者購物網站在產品 A 的網頁設計資料頁面上推薦著產品 B，用戶還能夠輕鬆作出購買決定嗎？
SEO個人認為，每一個頁面都負責著一個主要任務，而一個功能能否協助用戶達成當前任務，是決定其去留的網頁設計重要考慮因素。如某頁面的網頁設計任務是介紹某產品，而非協助用戶發現其他類似產品，則無必要在頁面上強調「類似產品」這欄目。
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Google OS Arrives, In the Form of a Browser
Rumors of a "Google Operating System" have been around for a few years now, fueled by Google's expansion into e-mail, analytics, desktop search, Web applications, pizza delivery...well, maybe not that.
Today, Google has made a significant step toward becoming a Web-based operating system by launching a beta version of the open-source Google Chrome browser, which has been optimized to run Web applications rather than simply rendering HTML on a page.
"All of us at Google spend much of our time working inside a browser. We search, chat, email and collaborate in a browser. And in our spare time, we shop, bank, read news and keep in touch with friends -- all using a browser. Because we spend so much time online, we began seriously thinking about what kind of browser could exist if we started from scratch and built on the best elements out there. We realized that the web had evolved from mainly simple text pages to rich, interactive applications and that we needed to completely rethink the browser. What we really needed was not just a browser, but also a modern platform for web pages and applications, and that's what we set out to build."
Chrome's main features include a beefed-up Javascript engine (aka V8), which will improve performance of AJAX apps like Gmail and Google Docs. It also offers better memory allocation, and an architecture that keeps apps running in separate windows as isolated processes -- so a crashed app won't bring down the browser, and security is markedly improved.
The browser includes its own URL box, which Google is calling the "Omnibox." It incorporates features from Google Suggest, browser history and search history.
As with the Google Toolbar before it, Chrome will also present an opportunity for Google to collect more user behavioral data. On the plus side, that could help Google develop better Web analytics applications. More cynically, Google can also take this mountain of user data and use it to better monetize its ad platforms.
While this move can be seen as a challenge to Microsoft on the browser front, it's more of a threat to Microsoft's Windows operating system. By developing its own open-source browser, Google is able to establish de-facto standards for Web applications.
Combined with Google Gears coming at Web applications from the developer side, and there's not much use for a desktop operating system any more.
Hidden Costs of Social Media for Do-It-Yourselfers
Almost every company or business has a social media page and has had the dubious pleasure of trying to design it, implement that design and maintain the page over time. While social media for do-it-yourselfers can be rewarding and fun, it can turn into a drudgery, and eventually the page may fall into disrepair. That’s [...]
Google的離職富翁們都在幹什麼？
Georges Harik 曾是Google第一批10大工程師之一，他原擔任Google新產品主管，目前，Harik是一家非營利性人工智慧實驗室的網頁設計投資人暨創始人。 1999年春天，Harik 結束了在 Silicon Graphics 的網頁設計工作，正在工程師世界裡面尋找自己的網頁設計生計，他還想進行一年的網頁設計環球旅行，但一位朋友將他推薦給了 Larry Page，這位推薦人也是 Page的網頁設計朋友，Harik於是就用了幾小時和 Page談了搜尋。之後，Harik 擱置了自己的網頁設計環球旅行計畫，與Google公司簽約，成為一名軟體工程師。 現在，Harik 相信那次的網頁設計選擇是非常的網頁設計幸運。2005年11月，他離開Google，他的網頁設計財富讓他實現了自己不曾想像過的網頁設計的網頁設計生活方式，比如搭飛機去上企管課程，或者在加州 Palo Alto 市買下3千多平方英尺（約84坪）的網頁設計豪宅，在那裏，他和自己的網頁設計兄弟姐妹住在一起，Harik還是電腦科學家。（他的網頁設計妹妹在 YouTube上班。） 為Google打造搜尋引擎的網頁設計經歷讓他有改變世界的網頁設計自豪。Harik說：「走進任何一家咖啡店，人們都在使用你曾經嘔心瀝血的網頁設計東西，這種感覺很好 台中網頁設計，這就是一種回報。」在Google任職的網頁設計7年時間，Harik 協助開發出 Gmail 和 Google 的網頁設計廣告平台。
SearchDay | Show Me the Money: Bidding for Profitability
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