The Ma.gnolia Blog
Where the Ma.gnolia community meets to discuss social bookmarking and online life.
A Dirty Shame
This week Andy Baio uncovered how one unscrupulous link spammer was filling his account with Timesonline.co.uk bookmarks, shining a little spotlight on the world of link spamming, SEO, and SMO.
Today, he followed up with a post gathering reactions from those of us running some of the sites on which this user had created accounts. There’s some great stuff in there, though I feel that I came across somewhat less eloquent than my colleagues. Guess that’s what happens when you’re interviewed via IM.
One of the things I’d mentioned was that spamming ”... costs us real money in time and resources.” To understand what I mean by this, I thought it would help to illustrate some of the different kinds of promotion we encounter as well as some statistics on service usage.
Continued...Posted by Larry on January 31, 2008 | 10 comments | Mark This Post
Extra, Extra!
We’re getting ready to send out the latest Ma.gnolia newsletter, and thought we could do something different from the usual cross-posting that we do to the blog for those who don’t receive the monthly email from us.
We also wanted a way to make past newsletters available for new members to learn about features, tips, and how Ma.gnolia has changed over time. The solution is the Vault of Newsletters Past, which you can now visit to find recent newsletters whether or not you receive them by email.
So, starting today, instead of posting the newsletter to the blog, we’ll just post a note to the here and on Twitter to let you know about each new edition added to the Vault.
Posted by Todd on January 28, 2008 | 0 comments | Mark This Post
Transition
We’re only a month into 2008, but already the theme of the year, from politics to personal, has been change. Next month, we’ll be making a change at Ma.gnolia, as I wrap up my full-time work as Product Manager. While I’ll still be a member of the Ma.gnolia community and contributing in small ways, my working days will be spent bringing what I’ve learned here to new projects and people. I’m particularly looking forward to spending more working time with companies in Vancouver, where I live.
Working with Ma.gnolia has been, by far, the most fulfilling 3 years of my professional life so far. I reflect on the experience some more on my own blog, but one thing that can’t be repeated enough is how fortunate I’ve been to work with Larry and to get to know the Ma.gnolia community.
There’s no master list of lessons learned, but one thing that keeps coming to mind is how much more optimisim I have about the capacity of the web to bring out our more positive aspects. The amount of advice and good will we’ve received from people we’ve never met is heartening. I think the same is true for many a web service, and this behind-the-scenes fact doesn’t get enough mention when people talk about online interaction.
Together, we’ve done a lot with Ma.gnolia, and there’s much more to come. So even if you’re not hearing as much from me, personally, you can be sure that I’ll be watching from the wings.
Posted by Todd on January 23, 2008 | 8 comments | Mark This Post
Flowers on the Go
As someone who travels often, perhaps too often, there are plenty of times that I found myself on an unfamiliar street and wishing I could find that one restaurant, shop, or museum I’d bookmarked months ago.
As you can imagine, or might know, the cell phone experience for Ma.gnolia has been less than ideal. That is until now, with the unveiling of M.gnolia!
Continued...Posted by Larry on January 11, 2008 | 4 comments | Mark This Post
A Solstice Podcast
Tonight brings us the longest night of the year; and, if you’re yearning to curl up with a podcast, you’re in luck.
Yesterday Chris Messina and I posted our first podcast for the Citizen Garden, where we discuss the usual suspects: the social web, identity, community and our hopes and aspirations for the year to come.
Enjoy the podcast; but even more, enjoy the season and the coming new year.
Posted by Larry on December 22, 2007 | 0 comments | Mark This Post
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