Archive for 2008
Demo For The Press
I created a page aggregating PressDemocrat.com's available local news feeds. It's clean, light, and navigable. Take a look and let me know what you think:
My goal is to facilitate a conversation around making the page better. I want everyone's feedback on how to make the page better. I'm open to try anything. The page is [...]
Guide to Watching NBA Basketball Games Online
A large portion of Google referrals to this blog come from people like you searching for one of the following: "NBA stream", "watch NBA games online", "streaming NBA games", "NBA streaming", and "stream NBA". Since I don't have actual streaming NBA games on Buzzyeah, I thought it might be helpful to put together a little [...]
Other Places To Find Me On The Internet
I update Buzzyeah with new posts very infrequently, so I thought I'd point out a few places where I update on a daily basis (if not a multiple-times-a-day basis).
1) @andrwmyr at Twitter
Here you'll find a diarrhea stream of news links I think are cool, my half-baked opinions and thoughts, what I'm up to on [...]
Excellent Reader Comment On “Make PressDemocrat.com Better, Pt 3: Local News Focus”
When a reader leaves an insightful, thoughtful comment on Buzzyeah, it will get reblogged. Like this comment:
What you say is true. I used read the PD first thing in the morning and then check my internet news aggregator. Now I check the internet aggregator first and then the PD. I find that [...]
Make PressDemocrat.com Better, Pt 3: Local News Focus
When I visit PressDemocrat.com, I go for one thing: Sonoma County news. Someone in Mendocino County might visit the site for Mendo County news, which is great, but not the reason I visit. Ok, with that said, how do I locate Sonoma County news on PressDemocrat.com. Ahh... herein lies the problem. Local news granularity is [...]
Must Reads For News Organizations Moving To Greater Web Presence
Scott Karp's Publishing 2.0 blog is an excellent conversation starter around the topic of news organizations increasing, bettering their Web presence. I've been reading it heavily. Here's a couple interesting posts:
Reinventing Local News Distribution On The Web (Scott Karp on Mar 13, 2008)
Drudge Report: News Site That Sends Readers Away With Links Has Highest Engagement [...]
Questions for PressDemocrat.com’s Online Director
My local newspaper The Press Democrat is one of the best, as far as non-national newspapers go. I read it online and since their site is my only source for local news it's very important to me. And, like most consumers, I want my favorite products to get better. This is why I'm trying to [...]
Tip: When Buying Online, Use Google To Find Product Promo Codes
This is a very basic tip that works almost 90% of the time.
Here's what you do:
1. When you get to an online checkout page, stop, and find the "Enter promo code" box.
2. Open Google in another page and search for something like "(Product you're buying) + promo code".
Note: Make sure you use the [...]
Excellent Reader Comment On “Make PressDemocrat.com Better, Pt 1″
Reader comment:
"You make some strong points. The Press Democrat has a long ways to go. And I'm not just saying that because you advocate for me to have a bigger presence in the publication. ;)The one thing you left out was the need to improve our forums and comments. Right now the comments are often [...]
Make PressDemocrat.com Better, Pt 2: Improve Comments, Improve Conversations
If you read Pt 1, you'll know that I'm a lifelong Press Democrat reader and interested in making PressDemocrat.com better. In the post, I talked about four areas where PD.com could make their site more Internet friendly.
This post is going to look at a more defined area on PressDemocrat.com: Comments. I've heard plenty grumblings (here, [...]
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