December 2009
Building The ABC News Radio Digital Platform →
This has been a really good year. While not lacking in frustrations, 2009 was full of many more regards and exciting moments. I work for ABC News Radio and am frequently asked by colleagues,…
How Bit.ly makes money
markpercival:
How does Bit.ly make money, and what’s the future for URL shorteners? I’d like to set everyone straight.
Intro
URL shorteners have been toyed around with since the late 1990’s, although no one was sure of how to monetize them. While they’re easy to create, the traffic which comes to the site directly is far lower in proportion to the redirection traffic, so operating costs tend...
Journalism Panel at Web 2 Open
Announcing bit.ly Pro
bitly:
Today we’re pleased to announce a new service: bit.ly Pro. The Pro service provides custom short URLs powered by bit.ly. Publishers and bloggers will be able to use their own short domain names to point to pages on their sites.
As part of our initial beta program, we’re making custom URLs available to a limited number of large and medium-sized Web publishers and bloggers, including AOL,...
Test Post From Google Docs →
Test Post From Google Docs
Just a quick test of posting to the blog from Google Docs.
I Can Haz Ben Huh Interviewz at Web 2.0 Expo
Interviews From Web 2.0 Expo 2009 [Video] →
My day job is as a manager for ABC News Radio. I’m in charge of platform development policy, web strategy, and content integration. Occasionally I also conduct interviews with political and…