Ric Ford: Future of MacInTouch.

Technically speaking Macintouch is probably not a weblog. It has been for a long time my main source of information for the whole Macintosh business.

Today it looks like indipendent news sources like Macintouch are struggling to stay afloat: advertising is not enough: most budgets end up on the big search engines anyway.

We all love this kind of sites but we need to find a way to support them economically. Subscriptions could be a solution. Any other ideas?

Berlusconi in EU 'Nazi' slur. The Italian PM lashes out at a German MEP, appearing to compare him to a Nazi camp guard. [BBC News | World | UK Edition]

Being Italian in these days is embarassing...

A couple of notes so far:

• Google seems to think that on this weblog is relevant as far as collaboration software and in some cases weblogging applications are concerned.

• From the control panel I can decide which ads I don't want on my site (for example competitors). I can't decide which ads I do want on my site.

• I have an high clicktrough rate because *I* am clicking on those ads: no, I'm not cheating, I do find some of those ads interesting... In fact it makes sense: considering that google "reads" my weblog, it should be able to guess what kind of ads appeal not only my readers but also myself. Weblogs are the ultimate profiling system.