Comments on: Get a ZoomCloud for your site http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/03/05/get-a-zoomcloud-for-your-site/ Startup and Technology News Thu, 26 Nov 2009 17:20:25 -0800 hourly 1 By: Torley http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/03/05/get-a-zoomcloud-for-your-site/comment-page-1/#comment-57637 Torley Tue, 30 May 2006 08:55:42 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/03/05/get-a-zoomcloud-for-your-site/#comment-57637 I was just doing some Google searches to see if anyone else has been having a problem with ZoomClouds. Mine hasn't updated (torley.com) even tho I've made plenty of blog entries, and I've noticed others haven't either, like the one on Guy Kawasaki's blog. I've fiddled around with settings to no avail--sadly it looks like my ZoomCloud is stuck in stasis. :( I've contacted the Zoom folks but haven't heard back yet. I wonder what's going on. I was just doing some Google searches to see if anyone else has been having a problem with ZoomClouds. Mine hasn’t updated (torley.com) even tho I’ve made plenty of blog entries, and I’ve noticed others haven’t either, like the one on Guy Kawasaki’s blog. I’ve fiddled around with settings to no avail–sadly it looks like my ZoomCloud is stuck in stasis. :(

I’ve contacted the Zoom folks but haven’t heard back yet. I wonder what’s going on.

]]> By: Agylen » My ZoomCloud http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/03/05/get-a-zoomcloud-for-your-site/comment-page-1/#comment-17172 Agylen » My ZoomCloud Tue, 07 Mar 2006 12:53:57 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/03/05/get-a-zoomcloud-for-your-site/#comment-17172 [...] (Via Michael Arrington.) [...] [...] (Via Michael Arrington.) [...]

]]> By: LIVEdigitally » Blog Archive » On cloud 9… ZoomCloud, that is… http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/03/05/get-a-zoomcloud-for-your-site/comment-page-1/#comment-16905 LIVEdigitally » Blog Archive » On cloud 9… ZoomCloud, that is… Mon, 06 Mar 2006 19:42:10 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/03/05/get-a-zoomcloud-for-your-site/#comment-16905 [...] I guess this week is all about thin air.  First I tried Ether, now (thanks to Michael Arrington at TechCrunch), I’m trying out a ZoomCloud. [...] [...] I guess this week is all about thin air.  First I tried Ether, now (thanks to Michael Arrington at TechCrunch), I’m trying out a ZoomCloud. [...]

]]> By: james http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/03/05/get-a-zoomcloud-for-your-site/comment-page-1/#comment-16897 james Mon, 06 Mar 2006 18:17:57 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/03/05/get-a-zoomcloud-for-your-site/#comment-16897 and drop me a mail and drop me a mail

]]> By: james http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/03/05/get-a-zoomcloud-for-your-site/comment-page-1/#comment-16896 james Mon, 06 Mar 2006 18:16:42 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/03/05/get-a-zoomcloud-for-your-site/#comment-16896 i hate tag clouds. please can some design something better. i hate tag clouds. please can some design something better.

]]> By: Nir Ben-Dor http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/03/05/get-a-zoomcloud-for-your-site/comment-page-1/#comment-16806 Nir Ben-Dor Mon, 06 Mar 2006 08:58:52 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/03/05/get-a-zoomcloud-for-your-site/#comment-16806 I installed it on CoMagz Linkadelic Magazine, hoping that it be a good way to expose what's inside to the front page. What I found is that it does a really bad word in selecting the words. The words list I got is "anniversary · boingboing · blurb · blogs · buttons · copyrighted · domain names · domain · einstein · engadget · email · google · gmail · gift ideas · identity management solutions · leds · media · microsoft · microprocessor · new feature · names · online · personal information · passwords · rights · real estate · scott · service · video sharing · where " Which Absoluteley doesn't represent the content. I checked for example the word "Scott". The sentence in which it appears is " Scott Granneman, from Security focus, has an interesting article about DRM.According to Scott DRM is bad for everybody except Hollywood firms." The title of the article is "DRM pitfalls - Why DRM is a big mistake" And guess what? The word DRM doesn't appear! Anyway, perhaps DRM is not a dictionary word (is it ?) and is too short. I'll keep it a while to see if it's worth the space it requires. You can have a look at http://www.comagz.com/webmagazine/ I installed it on CoMagz Linkadelic Magazine, hoping that it be a good way to expose what’s inside to the front page.

What I found is that it does a really bad word in selecting the words.

The words list I got is
“anniversary · boingboing · blurb · blogs · buttons · copyrighted · domain names · domain · einstein · engadget · email · google · gmail · gift ideas · identity management solutions · leds · media · microsoft · microprocessor · new feature · names · online · personal information · passwords · rights · real estate · scott · service · video sharing · where ”

Which Absoluteley doesn’t represent the content.

I checked for example the word “Scott”.
The sentence in which it appears is
” Scott Granneman, from Security focus, has an interesting article about DRM.According to Scott DRM is bad for everybody except Hollywood firms.”
The title of the article is “DRM pitfalls – Why DRM is a big mistake”

And guess what? The word DRM doesn’t appear!

Anyway, perhaps DRM is not a dictionary word (is it ?) and is too short. I’ll keep it a while to see if it’s worth the space it requires.

You can have a look at http://www.coma...om/webmagazine/

]]> By: ZoomCloud at www.gadgetguy.de - The GadgetGuy http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/03/05/get-a-zoomcloud-for-your-site/comment-page-1/#comment-16805 ZoomCloud at www.gadgetguy.de - The GadgetGuy Mon, 06 Mar 2006 08:56:14 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/03/05/get-a-zoomcloud-for-your-site/#comment-16805 [...] Matthew just recently asked me what a tag cloud is - I hereby refer him to ZoomCloud (which I have now included on this site). I’m not sure it really uses my Jerome’s Keywords Plugin tags, but I’ll give it a try. [...] [...] Matthew just recently asked me what a tag cloud is – I hereby refer him to ZoomCloud (which I have now included on this site). I’m not sure it really uses my Jerome’s Keywords Plugin tags, but I’ll give it a try. [...]

]]> By: Saul Weiner http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/03/05/get-a-zoomcloud-for-your-site/comment-page-1/#comment-16795 Saul Weiner Mon, 06 Mar 2006 07:51:44 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/03/05/get-a-zoomcloud-for-your-site/#comment-16795 I like the time frame feature that I mentioned in my blog a while back. I like the time frame feature that I mentioned in my blog a while back.

]]> By: PrimoMailer.com http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/03/05/get-a-zoomcloud-for-your-site/comment-page-1/#comment-16754 PrimoMailer.com Mon, 06 Mar 2006 04:27:31 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/03/05/get-a-zoomcloud-for-your-site/#comment-16754 Same, here. TagCloud didn't work for me either. :( Same, here. TagCloud didn’t work for me either. :(

]]> By: Russell Limprecht http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/03/05/get-a-zoomcloud-for-your-site/comment-page-1/#comment-16750 Russell Limprecht Mon, 06 Mar 2006 04:03:19 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/03/05/get-a-zoomcloud-for-your-site/#comment-16750 I added mine tonight. TagCloud never did work for me. I added mine tonight. TagCloud never did work for me.

]]> By: Frank Gruber http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/03/05/get-a-zoomcloud-for-your-site/comment-page-1/#comment-16738 Frank Gruber Mon, 06 Mar 2006 03:00:46 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/03/05/get-a-zoomcloud-for-your-site/#comment-16738 I may have to give ZoomClouds a try since the TagCloud I created over a month ago is still not working properly. :( I may have to give ZoomClouds a try since the TagCloud I created over a month ago is still not working properly. :(

]]> By: web20guy http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/03/05/get-a-zoomcloud-for-your-site/comment-page-1/#comment-16732 web20guy Mon, 06 Mar 2006 02:38:23 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/03/05/get-a-zoomcloud-for-your-site/#comment-16732 Trying to automate the process of tagging will not work. it defeats the purpose of tagging. delicious works because ppl tag it. Google thinks otherwise, that machines should tag and not ppl. Trying to automate the process of tagging will not work. it defeats the purpose of tagging. delicious works because ppl tag it.

Google thinks otherwise, that machines should tag and not ppl.

]]> By: Craig Bromberg http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/03/05/get-a-zoomcloud-for-your-site/comment-page-1/#comment-16727 Craig Bromberg Mon, 06 Mar 2006 02:28:56 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/03/05/get-a-zoomcloud-for-your-site/#comment-16727 Remember what headlines and deks and pullquotes and captions were/are for? Context, urgency, telegraphing ideas. See a headline, you know just how important the story is. When someone finally gets around to inventing a presentation layer XML that faithfully recreates what headlines do in different fonts, tag clouds will be seen as the screen wasters they really are. Remember what headlines and deks and pullquotes and captions were/are for? Context, urgency, telegraphing ideas. See a headline, you know just how important the story is. When someone finally gets around to inventing a presentation layer XML that faithfully recreates what headlines do in different fonts, tag clouds will be seen as the screen wasters they really are.

]]> By: Tyler Kovacs http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/03/05/get-a-zoomcloud-for-your-site/comment-page-1/#comment-16726 Tyler Kovacs Mon, 06 Mar 2006 02:24:40 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/03/05/get-a-zoomcloud-for-your-site/#comment-16726 Techcrunch: your best source of Gabe-related news. :) Techcrunch: your best source of Gabe-related news. :)

]]> By: RBA http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/03/05/get-a-zoomcloud-for-your-site/comment-page-1/#comment-16709 RBA Mon, 06 Mar 2006 01:46:22 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/03/05/get-a-zoomcloud-for-your-site/#comment-16709 Met, there's a difference between tags "as we know it" and what you'd see in a cloud built by ZoomClouds or TagCloud. The latest are (in theory at least) the result of extracting relevant terms or keywords from the latest posts. When I see 'ether' or 'digg', I can tell Mike has been talking about those services lately more than, say, about Flickr or garbanzo beans. That really is it, and some people may find it quite useful and others will think of it as YAUBF :-) Are these really *tag* clouds? Well, they look like them :-) A more proper definition could be a "what have I been talking about lately" cloud. Granted, it's just a feature, a plugin, an add-on. Nothing sophisticated. Nothing where one could build a multimillion dollars business model around. Not the next big thing, and so on, but if it actually tells something about a blog and perhaps even assist new visitors in getting an idea about what's going on in there lately, then well, that's it. How else could you do that automatically inside a 200x200 pixel box? :-) Met, there’s a difference between tags “as we know it” and what you’d see in a cloud built by ZoomClouds or TagCloud. The latest are (in theory at least) the result of extracting relevant terms or keywords from the latest posts.

When I see ‘ether’ or ‘digg’, I can tell Mike has been talking about those services lately more than, say, about Flickr or garbanzo beans. That really is it, and some people may find it quite useful and others will think of it as YAUBF :-)

Are these really *tag* clouds? Well, they look like them :-) A more proper definition could be a “what have I been talking about lately” cloud.

Granted, it’s just a feature, a plugin, an add-on. Nothing sophisticated. Nothing where one could build a multimillion dollars business model around. Not the next big thing, and so on, but if it actually tells something about a blog and perhaps even assist new visitors in getting an idea about what’s going on in there lately, then well, that’s it. How else could you do that automatically inside a 200×200 pixel box? :-)

]]> By: Michael Arrington http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/03/05/get-a-zoomcloud-for-your-site/comment-page-1/#comment-16701 Michael Arrington Mon, 06 Mar 2006 01:20:48 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/03/05/get-a-zoomcloud-for-your-site/#comment-16701 Hey, it is what it is. Some bloggers may like it. I find the eurekster tagcloud to the right useful. Hey, it is what it is. Some bloggers may like it. I find the eurekster tagcloud to the right useful.

]]> By: met http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/03/05/get-a-zoomcloud-for-your-site/comment-page-1/#comment-16695 met Mon, 06 Mar 2006 00:52:14 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/03/05/get-a-zoomcloud-for-your-site/#comment-16695 People should use tags in a proper way :) It made sense on something like flickr (where it made it easier to identify photos). If Riya works as they say it would, the tagging of photos would be redundant, too. But tagging posts as ether? digg?, etc Similar to the previous example, you could tag an article as humor or rumor, coz this attribute might not be discernible by a search engine (yet). People should use tags in a proper way :)

It made sense on something like flickr (where it made it easier to identify photos).
If Riya works as they say it would, the tagging of photos would be redundant, too.

But tagging posts as ether? digg?, etc

Similar to the previous example, you could tag an article as humor or rumor, coz this attribute might not be discernible by a search engine (yet).

]]> By: PLH http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/03/05/get-a-zoomcloud-for-your-site/comment-page-1/#comment-16694 PLH Mon, 06 Mar 2006 00:49:37 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/03/05/get-a-zoomcloud-for-your-site/#comment-16694 When it's well crafted, I think a tag cloud can give you a nice idea about a blog's hot topics. I probably wouldn't need a tag cloud for TechCrunch - I already know what the site is about, but when I land on a new blog, a tag cloud, rather than confusing me (as some people who dislike tag clouds would say) actually saves me time: in one shot I get a pretty clear picture of the things being discussed there. Neccessary? Hardly, but that doesn't mean it can't be useful for some people. When it’s well crafted, I think a tag cloud can give you a nice idea about a blog’s hot topics.

I probably wouldn’t need a tag cloud for TechCrunch – I already know what the site is about, but when I land on a new blog, a tag cloud, rather than confusing me (as some people who dislike tag clouds would say) actually saves me time: in one shot I get a pretty clear picture of the things being discussed there.

Neccessary? Hardly, but that doesn’t mean it can’t be useful for some people.

]]> By: nec http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/03/05/get-a-zoomcloud-for-your-site/comment-page-1/#comment-16689 nec Sun, 05 Mar 2006 23:44:35 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/03/05/get-a-zoomcloud-for-your-site/#comment-16689 YAUBF => Yet Another Unneccessary Buzzword (or Bullshit) Feature YAUBF => Yet Another Unneccessary Buzzword (or Bullshit) Feature

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