August’s most-popular links: Topix, Google Maps, anonymous comments, registration, web-time vs. newspaper-time

These are the links from my reading list that got the most clicks in August (along with any notes I wrote on the link, or sometimes a quote from the linked article).

1. Topix is not necessarily your friend: “Publishers get quite worked up about Google and Yahoo “stealing” their news, but for the most part, and especially in the case of Google, those sites are just redirecting traffic to publishers’ sites. In the case of Topix, Topix is taking publishers headlines and photos and giving very little in return”
2. Google LatLong: How long will it take at rush hour?: “Let’s say you want to leave from Berkeley to catch the sunset from the beach at Half Moon Bay, to relax on the sand and watch the sun sink into the Pacific. We all know Google Maps will tell you how to get there. Now it’s better at helping you decide when to leave to catch your sunset on time.”
3. What is your solution for managing anonymous comments?: “Websites may hold their nose as they continue to run mostly anonymous user comments, but with a few exceptions, no administrator wants to demand that everybody start using a real name.”
4. Comments, registration rise at paper websites: “One third of large newspaper web sites now let readers comment on stories, while three out of ten require registration or payment to access their online material, according to a recent survey of how the top 100 U.S. newspapers are adapting web technology.”
5. More time spent on Web than newspapers: study: “In 2006 consumers spent the most time with TV, followed by radio, which together combined for nearly 70 percent of the time spent with media. That was followed by recorded music at 5.3 percent, newspapers at 5 percent, and the Internet at 5 percent.”

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