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Nielsen//NetRatings announced today that 11 percent of Weblog readers, blog site visitors who claim to read blogs regularly or occasionally, use RSS (Really Simple Syndication) to sort through the increasing number of blogs available. According to Nielsen//NetRatings’ “Understanding the Blogosphere” survey, nearly five percent of blog readers use feed aggregation software and more than six percent use a feed aggregating Web site to monitor RSS feeds from blogs.

“While RSS is an established technology, the growing popularity of blogs has catapulted RSS into the spotlight as a content personalization tool,” said Jon Gibs, senior research manager, Nielsen//NetRatings.

Ok, us Kiwis have invented some weird sports and food… The bungee jump… The Kiwifruit… Mad Dog River boarding (once on a very wet and windy day I suggested that my wife and her sisters might like to try this on a Cat 4 river… heh, heh, heh… it was really funny until they got back to the hotel…)

And now, there is Zorbing… Here’s how Gadling describes it…

Huh? What’s that you say? Zorbing? WTF is that? Well, imagine yourself taking momentary leave of both your senses and the little cubicle you call your office, and harnessing yourself into a VW-sized, transparent ball of plastic. Then imagine someone rolling you down a steep hill at 25 mph. You are the boy in the plastic bubble, on steroids.

All the help you’ll ever need… thanks to nonist…

Thomas Friedman had a terrific column in the NYTimes the other day in which he suggested that if he were to run for office it would be on one platform – to make America’s cellphone service work as well as that of Ghana. Amen.

Having just spent a week in NZ – better than the US on cellphone service (just) but with appalling broadband connectivity – I didn’t get many of my voicemail messages. In fact, one suddenly appeared at 1.20am this morning – our days later. In Silicon Valley – ground zero for all things technogy you can barely hold a call driving up its main arteries. It’s just pathetic. Never have I paid so much for such appaling service.

Mr Friedman, you’ve got my vote!

(btw, if the US ranks behind 15 other nations in terms of broadband connectivity, I can only imagine where NZ sits)

Stumbled onto this one. Must read for anyone interested in SEO.