links for 2006-12-06

• Micro Persuasion: The Imminent Demise of the Page View
  Underneath the Internet advertising economy is a key metric that dictates how properties are valued and how online media is bought and sold – the page view. While it’s not the only way to measure the health of a site (time spent and unique users are among
  (tags: metrics measurement pageviews Advertising web2.0 traffic widgets)
• del.icio.us will eat itself (kottke.org)
  The internet spiral
  (tags: del.icio.us humor)
• » Google Earth in 4D | Googling Google | ZDNet.com
  Google skipped right past the third dimension and landed directly in the fourth (time) by offering historical maps on Google Earth.
  (tags: google history maps googleearth map earth time)
• Content Businesses Don’t Scale Anymore » Publishing 2.0
  Can anyone think of a content business — meaning a company that produces original content — that has scaled dramatically in recent years? I can’t. Look at the businesses that have scaled — Google, MySpace, YouTube — all platforms for content, bu
  (tags: Content LongTail media aggregators publishing newspapers business)
• O’Reilly Radar > The Economics of Disaggregation
  “The fundamental error in most discussions of disaggregation is that they assume that the goal is to provide more value to the end-user. It’s exactly the opposite: the goal is to provide a greater return to the producer.”
  (tags: business longtail economics media strategy internet disaggregation)
• The Future of Web Ads Is in Britain – New York Times
  If you want a glimpse of the future of advertising, you can hire a consultant — or you can travel to Britain.
  (tags: UK advertising online)
• Wordie
  Like Flickr, but without the photos. Really really really good stuff.
  (tags: words social web2.0 language lists culture writing)