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Friday, December 28, 2007
Some speculation as to why no one comments on Google News. (Partly, it's because you can only comment if you're in the story, but that may not be the only reason.) Trying to layer Web 2.0 (or whatever you care to call today's version of connectivity) on conventional algo-generated news aggregation is yet another case of taking what's old and trying to make it new without fundamentally changing it. (Topix is one player Battelle and Masnick didn't mention.)
Google has in some sense been lucky that its financial performance has allowed it to plug embarrassing gaps in its ability to foster community. The quality of commentary and tagging on Google Video, for example, paled in comparison with that on YouTube. But a few billion dollars later, that problem was solved for Google.Labels: google news
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Andrew Goodman
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D'oh!
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