links for 2008-04-03

Rick with some math on how many eyeballs the 'Google taxi driver' might swipe from newspaper site search.

"It's quite sweet to think that BBC Online has now joined the list of 'national treasures that must never change', that are 'not as good as they were' and 'are going to hell in a hand-cart.'"

Whenever I think people sound crazy when they come out with pronouncements like this, I always think about someone trying to explain electrical appliances in the household to someone in the 1700s. Or even mp3 players to someone in the 1930s.

"As an employee you can be held accountable if you fail to meet established goals. Too many bloggers initially set goals and then never follow up with tracking them or holding themselves accountable. Of course, I’m not suggesting that you fire yourself"

"The imbroglio between Macedonia and Greece has been resolved by the coming to light of an ancient manuscript ceding sovereignty over both territories in perpetuity to Kosovo". Bulgarian April Fool that will not have raised laughs in Athens or Skopje.

Excellent list of Firefox plugins if you wanted to get started down the route of analysing what is going on with competitor sites.