phosita ::: quick links for 2005-08-28

Doc Searls thinks the growth of splogs (spam blogs) could threaten free content on the Web (and drive more people to paid content sites once the search engines include premium content in their search results).

"We've seen more than once how it can hurt companies to turn a deaf ear to the blogs. Dell is just the latest example. The business question now: Who makes the money combing through the blogs for the world's companies? I made calls yesterday, and believe me..."

Growing businesses are failing to protect their company name adequately, according to a survey by the UK Patent Office. More than 80% of small and medium-sized enterprises have not registered the name of their business as a trade mark.