Can Google Hit It Out Of The Park Again?
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Don Park on the Google IPO
Don Park on the Google IPO
08/21/2004 03:48 AM
Don asks what's the big deal.
His point of view is interesting.
It's very true that Google has failed to keep up with the
"search engine optimization" tricks that cause links to porn sites to
show up on our Referers pages and blog post comments. As we've said
here several times, and thought many more, Google is the place where
this practice should be stopped. It's because of Google that our sites
are littered with links to these offensive sites that have nothing
to do with ours. If they're smart enough to come up with tricks
like Google News and Local Google, why can't their search engine
recognize comment and referer spam and not use it in determining page
rank? Of course they can. Why don't they? I'd love to hear an
explanation. Better yet, I'd love to see them fix it. It's a bug in
Google's software.
Maybe secretly Google really doesn't like blogs. Maybe it's not
so secret. They still haven't deigned to support the standard format
for syndication, as every other tech company and major publisher has.
Why Google has a stake in breaking the standard is another puzzle. How
does this relate to Don't Be Evil. We've asked this question a few
times, only to be met with the usual Google stone wall.
This is not a public company but they have public stock now.
And while they think they're real special, like Don Park, I'm not so
sure they are. I made $800 on my Google stock yesterday, that paid for
my hotel and gas and then some. But I'm paying for their deafness in
other, imho more important ways. This is a company that desperately
needs competition, and I hope they rise to it, instead of folding, as
the previous Silicon Valley wunderkind (with the same backers) did.
"National Park"
"National Park"
11/14/2003 10:56 PMDomain Park
Domain Park
01/16/2004 11:04 AMGoogle encourages parked domain owners to fill em up with AdSense ads.
Tech put in park
Tech put in park
05/25/2004 02:15 AMUSA Today May 25 2004 6:17AM GMT
"Have You Seen The Well To Do, Up And
Down Park Avenue?"
"Have You Seen The Well To Do, Up And
Down Park Avenue?"
02/13/2004 02:37 PMPliestocene Park?
Pliestocene Park?
09/09/2004 03:34 AM
Why no
Pliestocene Park? "Everyone seems to assume that
the primeval condition of the Great Plains was bison and prairie dog,
with the occasional pronghorn herd, but no other large mammals. Yet
for 1.65 million years, North America teemed with large animals: the
'
pleistocene megafauna.' Then
as the last ice age was ending and the first humans were coming over
from Siberia, most of them died out." Sad -- doesn't everybody
want
a
pony?
Intel wants to help park your car
Intel wants to help park your car
05/27/2004 07:59 PMZDNet May 27 2004 10:49PM GMT
Shopping for Don Park
Shopping for Don Park
02/01/2005 08:35 PM
I searched myself on Web's
Biggest (via Ross
Mayfield) and got this ad-sponsored search result:
Shop
For Don Park Large Selection
MonsterMarketplace features over 2000 merchants. Compare prices on
Don Park and save
Hmm. Apparently I am on sale. So I followed the link
and got:
Dog
Park at Amazon.com
Amazon.com/dvd
Save up to 35% on top sellers. Qualified orders over $25 ship free
Ergo, I am a dog park available for 35% off at Amazon. I
wonder if being a dog
park is better than being a fire hydrant.
Menlo Park
Menlo Park
04/09/2005 06:24 PM
That's where I'm going today. I'll be working at blogs.sun.com HQ from
Monday through Wednesday.
"Wicker Park"
"Wicker Park"
09/03/2004 08:27 AMJosh Hartnett stars in this romantic thriller that fails to raise a
single goose bump, but does raise the question: What if the lead
character's cellphone worked?
postcards from the park
postcards from the park
01/27/2004 07:06 AMbrad's outstanding look back at the 1904 louisiana purchase exposition
Joyce Park
Joyce Park
09/01/2004 03:50 AMTroutGirl .. Joyce .. blog
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"Liberate Central Park"
"Liberate Central Park"
08/30/2004 09:06 PMArmageddon was a walk in the park...
Armageddon was a walk in the park...
09/07/2004 12:41 PM
Because spaceflight, in and of itself, is just way to
easy. On 08 August 2001, NASA launched
Genesis. It was a
spacecraft that would spend 1125 days in space, including 884 days
collecting 0.4 milligrams of solar particles. At that point, it would
launch a 500 lbs return vehicle that would travel 600 mph back to
earth. When it enters the atmosphere, at approximately 11:55am EST on
Wednesday of this week, it will be going close to twenty-five
thousand mph. Oddly enough, this is the easy part of the
mission.
Because then, two minutes later, NASA is going to catch it. In
mid-air. With a helicopter. Really.
The Gates in Central Park
The Gates in Central Park
03/14/2005 04:25 PMI dragged my ass out of bed at 6:45 this morning so that I could be
in Central Park when they unfurled The Gates, the
16-day public art project by Christo and Jeanne-Claude. I was not
disappointed. The whole art question notwithstanding, The Gates are an
amazing and moving spectacle, and it was great seeing so many people
in the park this morning, sharing the experience. Here are some photos I took:
There's so much in the news these days about our differences,
conflict, and fear...The Gates are a perfect antidote for all that and
for New Yorkers, a chance to come together and celebrate the city
without terrorism or a power loss being involved. If you're in New
York anytime before February 27th, I urge you to head to Central Park
to check it out.
Deer Park Alpha 1 Available
Deer Park Alpha 1 Available
06/05/2005 11:15 PMInvestigation into park accident
Investigation into park accident
04/14/2004 03:44 AMA child and a woman remain in hospital after an accident at a County
Durham theme park which injured 12 people.
Serious accident at theme park
Serious accident at theme park
04/15/2004 11:35 AMA teenage girl is airlifted to hospital after a serious accident on a
Pembrokeshire theme park rollercoaster.
Boy guilty of park stabbing
Boy guilty of park stabbing
08/05/2004 12:21 PMA 16-year-old boy is found guilty of attacking a woman jogger in a
north London park last year.
Barefoot in Central Park
Barefoot in Central Park
06/24/2005 05:13 PMA really interesting article in today's New York Times, Kick Off Your
Shoes and Run Awhile, discusses a developing trend: running
barefoot.
During the past decade two barefoot-style training
methods for runners have been developed based on the same principle:
that legs, not shoes, are the best shock absorbers. That is, you land
on your forefoot, instead of your heel, and paw back.
Many people now think that structured running shoes are leading to
"lazy feet", that is feet that have under-developed muscles and are
therefore more prone to injury. Running barefoot, or with new less
structured shoes, may help strengthen feet and eventually lead to less
injury. I'm curious about the claim, though not entirely convinced.
The article says a lot of things that make sense to me.
Open Park and the Smithsonian
Open Park and the Smithsonian
06/05/2005 10:58 PMThe Washington Post is covering the story about the
Smithsonian's refusal to allow Open
Park, a non-profit I co-founded, provide free WiFi connectivity on
the Mall in Washington DC. We were quite disappointed when the
Smithsonian pulled an about-face and abruptly denied access to its
rooftops. Open Park's proposal would cost the museum nothing, and
would faciliate many of the Smithsonian's articulated goals.
Please show your support for Open Park -- call your
Congressman!
Ray Park Takes On All Challengers
Ray Park Takes On All Challengers
07/25/2004 02:21 PMWe may know him best as Darth Maul, but Ray Park proves he's got mad
skills with a lightsaber as he uses the Master Replicas weapons to
take on all challengers....including Jake Lloyd? See all this and more
in a new gallery from Comic-Con
right here.
T in the Park probe launched
T in the Park probe launched
07/10/2004 12:43 PMPolice investigate sales of bogus tickets to Scotland's biggest music
festival, taking place this weekend.
Park and pay by mobile comes to London
Park and pay by mobile comes to London
01/10/2004 12:28 AMPutney Chutney
Museum of Park Slide
Museum of Park Slide
07/08/2004 05:20 PM
Museum of
Park Slide.
Hyde Park, Cincinnati OH
Hyde Park, Cincinnati OH
11/14/2003 08:05 AMAwakenings Coffee House, on Hyde Park Square, has free wifi. For Macs
with airport cards, the password is $9999999999 (that's ten 9's
after the $)
Anatomy of a Water Park
Anatomy of a Water Park
09/07/2004 10:35 AMAmusement parks are discovering the winning ways of water attractions.
The sounds of "South Park"
The sounds of "South Park"
04/05/2005 02:06 PMWing, the Chinese singer featured on a recent episode of "South Park,"
is all too real.
Dan Rather: Park Avenue Ordinary
Dan Rather: Park Avenue Ordinary
12/19/2004 03:15 PM"Rather's sins were the sins of a celebrity journalist, a star, also
known as a bigfoot, to whom no one in CBS could tell the truth until
it was too late, and the network had been put on the wrong side of the
story by Bigfoot's recklessness (plus his ignorance of the Web.)"
Creationist theme park
Creationist theme park
05/03/2004 11:00 AMBoingBoing reader
Michael says:
With all the talk on weird theme parks on Boing Boing lately, I
thought readers might enjoy this New York Times article on a dinosaur
theme park in Orlando that is run by creationists.Apparenly, it
explains that dinosaurs were created on "the 6th day" and the Grand
Canyon is evidence of Noah's ark. Amazing quote: "There are a lot of
creationists that are really smart and debate the intellectuals, but
the kids are bored after five minutes," said Mr. Hovind, who looks
boyish at 51 and talks fast. "You're missing 98 percent of the
population if you only go the intellectual route." Intellectual
route?
Link (
NYT, stupid site registration or bugmenot.com
workaround required; thanks also to Rose for suggesting this item)
There's a Mountain Lion in My Park
There's a Mountain Lion in My Park
05/26/2004 06:18 PMFollowing on the heels of a Mountain Lion in My Neighborhood in
downtown Palo Alto, I have a little news to break. My sister and her
boyfriend were hiking in Foothills Park they rounded a corner to
encounter a Mountain...
Lights in Plague Park
Lights in Plague Park
12/02/2003 01:26 AM Plague Park has a rather unusual collection of lights hanging from a
tree. In the darkness they look like...
"South Park Studio"
"South Park Studio"
04/12/2005 05:29 AMAustin Park Gets Wireless
Austin Park Gets Wireless
05/20/2004 11:29 AMAustin Wireless City worked with the City of Austin to build a hotspot
in Republic Square Park: The two have also partnered for hotspots at
One Texas Center and city hall. Republic Square is the first of four
Austin parks to get wireless. The City of Austin is apparently really
supportive of Austin Wireless City projects, which will only encourage
more Wi-Fi in Austin....
Open Park launches
Open Park launches
04/29/2004 09:11 AM
The Open Park Project is a non-profit working to establish free public
WiFi connectivity on the National mall in Washington, DC. I'm one
of the co-founders, along with Washington telecom lawyer Greg Staple
and two others. On Wednesday, Open Park launched its
Website and its first location, on
Capitol Hill.
Hard to believe, but this is the first public outdoor WiFi hotspot in
Washington, DC. The area around Supreme Court, the Capitol
Visitor Center, and the Library of Congress is now "lit." Next
stop: a wireless mesh from the Capitol to the Lincoln Memorial.
Not just for free connectivity, but ultimately serving as a testbed
for
new wireless technologies and applications. We've received a
generous hardware donation from Tropos Networks and plan to announce
support from other companies and foundations soon.
I'm excited about this project both for the important symbolism and
for
the real practical benefits of a WiFi zone in the heart of the
Nation's
Capitol.
melt the statues in the park
melt the statues in the park
01/04/2005 03:32 PMA few readers have told me that WWdN is nominated for Best Big Name
Blog in the 2004 Best of
the Blogs awards, so I headed over there to see who else was
nominated, and to perhaps correct the assertion that I'm a Big Name
anything.
Holy crap, am I in some good company. Namely, Tony Pierce and
Dooce.
So look, here's the thing: If you're going to go there and vote,
you'd better vote for Tony. Right now he only has 13 votes, and that's
because I can only vote once a day. I'm serious. This isn't some sort
of false humility -- it's a fact. Tony Pierce writes one of the best
(and more often than not THE best) blogs on the Internets. Go read his
site if you doubt me. Tony is fearless, funny, and talented. And pick
up his book How
To Blog while you're there.
Open Park - Home
Open Park - Home
04/29/2004 09:02 AMThe Open Park Project .. Website
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Park N Shop chooses Microsoft
Park N Shop chooses Microsoft
04/03/2005 05:45 AMAME Info Apr 3 2005 8:23AM GMT
Park service for murdered jogger
Park service for murdered jogger
01/27/2004 05:18 AMDetectives investigating the murder of Margaret Muller will return to
the park where she was stabbed a year ago.
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