Has it begun to occur in the minds of some that homepages are losing their influence and that they are not the gateways to site content anymore? Weblogg-ed highlights one aspect of web content that is being heavily influenced by RSS.

In this case it is the loss of the weight of influence of the homepage. Weblogg-ed references articles from Digital Web and CyberJournalist that spotlights this growing trend.

This indeed may require a rethinking of information architecture (IA) by those who participate heavliy in content design and presentation. Especially when you consider the normal web design paradigm. The homepage has traditional stood as the pinnacle from which all presentation, navigation and optimization flows. A website needed seriously consider user interface design and help direct a user through a website to and predetermined conclusion. The conclusion could be to create ...   more »

Some Blog statistics about the growth of blogs can be found here:

Blog Stats Redux · MarketingVOX


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© 2004 T. L. Pakii Pierce:
How To Blog - The Journal
Layman's Guide to Blogging for Fun and Profit   more »

Steve Rubel provides some random Blog and RSS links from the past few days.

These links are good reading on what is generally happening in the land of Blogs and RSS.

Check them out.

Reference:

Blog and RSS News Link Dump


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© 2004 T. L. Pakii Pierce:
How To Blog - The Journal
Layman's Guide to Blogging for Fun and Profit   more »

I blogged back on Sept 30 in and article entitled Yahoo Takes RSS Mainstream at my RSS Powered Report blog about how Yahoo had been beta testing RSS search in their search results. I urged you then to take advantage of getting your RSS feed into Yahoo! asap.

All you need to do is open a free New My Yahoo! account and add your feed as part of your personalized content. The New My Yahoo is heavily driven by RSS content for which Yahoo! was testing RSS search.   more »