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Ted Strickland on MySpace
Thanks to MySpace, I know he’s a Leo. Sorry ladies, this straight Democrat is married. Will Ohio and Ted be BFF? IMHO, yes.
tidor noticed Ted’s MySpace profile long before I did.
Sadly, voters can’t be virtual friends with Ken Blackwell, Frank Jackson, or even Capri Cafaro for that matter. Don’t these [...]

URLFAN is a quick way to see what bloggers and web sites are linking back to your own site.
Much like alexa.com, URLFAN is one way to judge how effective your online presence is. In many ways, having a good number of blogs linking back to your site shows just how the most engaged online users [...]

USAToday.com has redesigned their content pages. (Business, Sports examples.)
The look is much cleaner than the old design, which used a vertical, color-coded navigation that was scrunched into the upper left side of the page.
You can still see elements of the old look on their section front pages. (Business section example)
Coding wise, they’re still using tables, [...]

I’ve been using netvibes.com for about four months and I can’t see browsing the Internet without its functionality.
It’s fast, easy to use and speeds up my web consumption dramatically.
For some reason, I can’t stomach using Yahoo’s feed reader and although I have more feeds loaded up in SharpReader, it’s far easier to just visit netvibes [...]

podbop.org is a nifty way to sample artists coming to a town near you.
The site is already doing great in my book — it reminded me that the Electric Six are coming to Cleveland soon.

A few media companies experiment attempt to co-opt Web 2.0 companies

A new web site looks like a winner for getting new customers to place cable advertising. spotrunner.com offers off-the-shelf advertising and campaign scheduling via their website.
They claim to offer national coverage, and the three demo ads they have online are pretty smart for generic ads.
I don’t know why this couldn’t be recreated on a local [...]