Comments on: A taxi to The Telegraph please… and just drop me outside the front door, no need to come in. http://outwithabang.wordpress.com/2008/04/01/a-taxi-to-the-telegraph-please-and-just-drop-me-outside-the-front-door-no-need-to-come-in/ Talking the talk about walking the digital walk Wed, 23 Apr 2008 21:28:03 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Jason http://outwithabang.wordpress.com/2008/04/01/a-taxi-to-the-telegraph-please-and-just-drop-me-outside-the-front-door-no-need-to-come-in/#comment-56 Jason Thu, 03 Apr 2008 14:03:59 +0000 http://outwithabang.wordpress.com/?p=30#comment-56 Most index pages are inefficient - they only contain content from one source, they generally aren't personalised, and there are lots of them. Technology is overcoming these problems - mainly with RSS. I think the only index page I ever look at on the web is the BBC news homepage - because I regard them as the authority on ranking news story's importance. I haven't looked at any index pages on this blog, and I probably never will... because I subscribed to the RSS from this page. Most index pages are inefficient – they only contain content from one source, they generally aren’t personalised, and there are lots of them. Technology is overcoming these problems – mainly with RSS.

I think the only index page I ever look at on the web is the BBC news homepage – because I regard them as the authority on ranking news story’s importance.

I haven’t looked at any index pages on this blog, and I probably never will… because I subscribed to the RSS from this page.

]]> By: Rick Waghorn http://outwithabang.wordpress.com/2008/04/01/a-taxi-to-the-telegraph-please-and-just-drop-me-outside-the-front-door-no-need-to-come-in/#comment-40 Rick Waghorn Wed, 02 Apr 2008 19:17:50 +0000 http://outwithabang.wordpress.com/?p=30#comment-40 Ian, That's fine; what triggered the front door argument was Martin's excellent use of the 'front door' to the Telegraph, the Daily Mail in his own second search box illustrations... and , clearly, none of us can afford to turn anyone away. Even if they come through the window. That said, I still think that there's a little land-grabbing going on here... a dash more empire-building, and certainly a rich opportunity to learn more about which Telegraph 'window' punters prefer to gemmy open on the way to rifling through that Telegraph paid-for content... Ian,

That’s fine; what triggered the front door argument was Martin’s excellent use of the ‘front door’ to the Telegraph, the Daily Mail in his own second search box illustrations… and , clearly, none of us can afford to turn anyone away. Even if they come through the window. That said, I still think that there’s a little land-grabbing going on here… a dash more empire-building, and certainly a rich opportunity to learn more about which Telegraph ‘window’ punters prefer to gemmy open on the way to rifling through that Telegraph paid-for content…

]]> By: Ian Douglas http://outwithabang.wordpress.com/2008/04/01/a-taxi-to-the-telegraph-please-and-just-drop-me-outside-the-front-door-no-need-to-come-in/#comment-23 Ian Douglas Tue, 01 Apr 2008 23:35:18 +0000 http://outwithabang.wordpress.com/?p=30#comment-23 Rick That'd be OK if the passengers asked for the Telegraph, but they don't, they ask for Obama or Mugabe. The Google Taxi takes them to articles, not website. No one pulls up at the front door any longer, so should we turn everyone away just because they want to come in the window? Rick

That’d be OK if the passengers asked for the Telegraph, but they don’t, they ask for Obama or Mugabe. The Google Taxi takes them to articles, not website. No one pulls up at the front door any longer, so should we turn everyone away just because they want to come in the window?

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