The Professional http://www.theprofessional.co.za Geek stuff unveiled Thu, 06 Nov 2008 01:47:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 en CNN.com serves a record 276 Million Page Views on US election day http://www.theprofessional.co.za/2008/11/06/cnncom-serves-a-record-276-million-page-views-on-us-election-day/ http://www.theprofessional.co.za/2008/11/06/cnncom-serves-a-record-276-million-page-views-on-us-election-day/ #comments Thu, 06 Nov 2008 01:37:49 +0000 admin http://www.theprofessional.co.za/2008/11/06/cnncom-serves-a-record-276-million-page-views-on-us-election-day/ This from TechCrunch:

CNN emails to tell us they brought in 27 million unique visitors to their site on election day yesterday, a record. Comscore says they averaged just 5 million unique daily visitors in September, so this is more than 5x normal traffic. The site also generated an astounding 276 million page views. An average day on CNN is about 35 million page views, according to Comscore worldwide stats. And all that without the Magic Wall and pseudo-holograms that kept people glued to CNN cable channel all day.

Michael Arrington on November 5, 2008


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]]> http://www.theprofessional.co.za/2008/09/28/tim-ferriss-web-20-keynote/ /feed Web 2.0 mindmap http://www.theprofessional.co.za/2008/09/28/web-20-mindmap/ http://www.theprofessional.co.za/2008/09/28/web-20-mindmap/ #comments Sun, 28 Sep 2008 02:15:14 +0000 admin http://www.theprofessional.co.za/?p=35 This mind map was constructed by Markus Angermeier following a piece written by Tim O’Reilly on the topic of Web 2.0. Wikipedia has detailed explanations for all the terms listed on the image. Link to “[W:Web 2.0]” and experience for yourself. The actual image there is a .svg with live links to all the relevant pages. Prepare to spend some time there.

]]> http://www.theprofessional.co.za/2008/09/28/web-20-mindmap/ /feed Web 2.0 in a (tiny) nutshell http://www.theprofessional.co.za/2008/09/28/web-20-in-a-tiny-nutshell/ http://www.theprofessional.co.za/2008/09/28/web-20-in-a-tiny-nutshell/ #comments Sun, 28 Sep 2008 02:06:03 +0000 admin http://www.theprofessional.co.za/?p=33 This short video clip really describes the core concepts of Web 2.0. If you do not understand a word of it (exept for the occational “is”, “this”, “that”, “we” etc.), or the terminology, do not worry! Keep reading articles on this blog and keep coming back to this one until you have it all figured. Life is a jouney, not a destination.

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November 2004. In Part 1 of this Read/Write Web interview, I talk with Richard MacManus about the Web 2.0 Conference, the relationships between Apple and the web and Microsoft and the web, and data ownership and lock-in. In Part 2, we explore business models for web content, including discussion of RSS. And Part 3 focuses on eBooks, social networking, collaboration, and Remix culture.

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Soon your Facebook profile will be searchable through the major search engines like Google, Yahoo and MSN. As of today users is given one month to change their privacy settings on their profiles.

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PB Wiki

Wet Paint

Wikispaces

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