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Thanks for visiting New Media Bytes. If you like what you see, subscribe to my RSS feed.I don’t know whether to be relieved or shocked. Erica Smith pointed out a great article by the Washington City Paper that depicts the sometimes disconnect between the Washington Post print edition and the washingtonpost.com.
The City Paper story opens [...]

After scanning the web this morning, I wonder ‘How do local sites use news judgment to pick which national stories make their top spots on their websites?” Many national sites are playing up the Valentine’s Day shooting at Northern Illinois University, but many local sites have opted not to mention it.
After cooking dinner, I was [...]

The Washington City Paper posted a memo outlining the Washington Post’s blog standards for what works and what doesn’t. Download the pdf or check out the full text at Adrian Monck’s site.
What interests me most about the Post’s process in creating a new blog is the org’s 9-point checklist, which I assume is given to [...]

Are you a fiend for Google Page Rank? Check your toolbars, because a re-ordering is under way.
The Search Engine community is abuzz with news that Google has dropped the page ranking for a number of highly-reputable sites, including the Washington Post online, the San Francisco Gate and popular blogs. Both the Post and the Gate [...]