The web and Internet industries are fast-paced, and sometimes you can’t catch everything that goes on. This weekly series will recap the articles I read throughout the week to help you keep in the know of interesting facts about what’s happening.
Every day I make an attempt to read a variety of articles relevant to web, Internet, business and technology. Some will make it to the site, and some will miss the cut and make it to this list. I will provide you the link to the story along with some final thoughts.
Headlines from the Week of 1/27/2012
YouTube Users Watch 4 Billion Videos a Day, But Don’t Stick Around Long
“Online videos can increase time and engagement on your site, but even the master itself struggles on prolonged engagement.”
Google Tweaks Search Results to Punish Ad-Heavy Websites
“The search giant has a lot of ads itself, but it will punish sites with too many ads ‘above the fold.’ This isn’t necessarily a bad thing for common users.”
Enterprise Content Management: Lessons from the Trench
“I really enjoyed this article. I’ve lived through content migrations and am currently working through another. Good lessons.”
Facebook Posts Only Live For 3 Hours
“An interesting look at how long posts ‘survive’ on Facebook. It goes to show timing can be very important.”
‘HTML5 Please’ Helps You Decided Which Parts of HTML5 and CSS 3 to Use
“Keeping track of all the approved elements of HTML5 on modern browsers can be a pain.”
Google+ Is Now Open to Teens, Offers New Safety Features
“Like Google+ or not, they’re making moves that are making them solid players in the search/social network.”
Twitter to Censor Content in Certain Countries
“Is this a mistake? Twitter once said it wouldn’t do this sort of thing. Are you okay with it?”
