
If you ask Google a question, and Google’s algorithms don’t know the answer, they will refer you to a social answers sites. The leading social answers sites are Answers, Wikipedia, and Yahoo! Answers. Wikipedia is not a traditional question and answer site, but I included it because of its social features and it often appears in Google’s [...]



Blogging to Spur Conversation
Akismet is good at combating most comment spam, but it doesn’t catch everything. Sometimes it’s difficult to tell if someone took the time to read my blog and comment, or if they just posted a generic comment. If you comment, “nice blog,” or even post a longer comment that does not mention me or anything [...]