The steal-o-meter
Mark Glaser at MediaShift analyzes the different types of aggregation and decides whether they’re “promotion” or “stealing.” I’m glad that Serendeputy fall squarely in the promotion camp (along with Google News).

The Nichepaper Manifesto
Umair Haque’s take on the newspaper of the future. Pretty close to what I’ve been thinking in a lot of ways.

Microsoft’s long, slow decline
“Car enthusiasts lost interest in GM’s cars long before regular people did; the same is happening with Windows.”

Stuck in Legal
I’m in the early stages of writing all the Serendeputy contracts. I’m dreading working with my clients’ legal departments.

This Business of SEO
Good article by Todd Freisen about how it’s hard to sell expertise when customers cannot recognize expertise:

I’m the guy who will be offended when you try and tell me that you think my SEO isn’t worth the price I charge – and you trot out your neighbor’s daughter’s former roommate’s ex-dog walker’s 15-year-old son that has offered to do your SEO for almost free and tell me that’s the competition. After I politely decline to pursue the relationship further and wish you the best of luck with your decision, I’ll hang up the phone and look around my office for something I can afford to lose and throw it against the wall.

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