Sunday, February 11, 2007 8:22 AM
Blawg's Sunday Paper, a quick spin through the blawgosphere and the week that was.
Internet Marketing Consultant Jonathan Fashbaugh wrote about Domain Equity:
Your domain name has online equity. Like equity in the financial world, this equity can go up and down, but in general, it builds slowly over time. With every day that your website is online, it builds that equity with the search engines. The more that you promote your domain name using organic search engine marketing, the more quickly you'll build that equity.
He also suggested this nugget:
We know from the Google patent that Google factors in a domain's age when evaluating a website. If the domain is older, Google assumes that it may be a more worthwhile website because it has stuck around for so long. Likewise, if a domain is just purchased for one year, Google factors in the possibility that this may be a fly-by-night, even spam-driven website.
Meanwhile, over at the Law People blog, Ronda Muir talked about Extreme Lawyers in the context of new research on long workweeks from The Center for Work-Life Policy:
Many doctors, lawyers and candlestick manufacturers may fall into the extreme category based on many of these standards but one thing is for sure: loving their jobs is not usually part of the extreme lawyer package. Attrition rates and simple "expressed dissatisfaction"--whether in surveys or on-line-- that have reached astronomical levels attest to that.
The take-home is that we can not blame the hours alone on lawyer dissatisfaction. There could be such a thing as an extreme lawyer who loves his/her job. And there are steps that can be taken to move your extreme lawyers towards that happier (and ultimately more profitable) place. Are you taking them?
Corporate Attorney Hanna Hasl-Kelchner said ...beware of how you use your BlackBerry. It’s convenience and portability can also be it’s Achilles heel...in her post Smokin’ BlackBerrys at Legal Literacy. The post mentioned PDA's being a date stamped smoking gun and was spurred by a recent story in Inside Counsel.
Paul M. Bush at Legal Dockets Online highlighted What Isn’t Available Using CM/ECF:
As attorneys and other professional researchers continue to grow more comfortable with the improving technology for obtaining court case dockets and filings, they have come to expect instant comprehensive results using the Internet. Since CM/ECF systems have been successfully implemented throughout the U.S., some researchers incorrectly assume that all case dockets and filings can be located and downloaded using CM/ECF. It’s important to recognize that certain court case information is not presently contained within a CM/ECF database.
Visit Mr. Bush's post and site using the links above to get more detailed information and a list of what is not accessible via CM/ECF.
Professor Susan L. Smith at Environmental Law Prof Blog wrote a whole series of posts related to unfolding climate change legislation and storylines: Worldwatch Hit on Exxon Mobil, Responses to IPCC 4th Assessment, Follow the Bouncing Global Warming Legislation Ball, Congress and Global Warming, etcetera.
The American Constitution Society's ACSBlog pointed out the recent writings of Professor Stephen Vladek: Vladeck on Reinvigorating the Press Clause.
Michael Smith continues his prolific posting at his blawg, Eastern District of Texas Federal Court Practice. For anyone appearing before, or otherwise interested in, this Court (especially its patent-related decisions), you should definitely check it out.
IPA Blawg, from the Indiana Paralegal Association, talked about Paralegals and Smartphones: I am willing to go out on a limb with this one, but I have come to the conclusion that smartphones are quickly becoming a requirement for paralegals. Whether we like it or not, we live in a world of invisible fences and constant communication (as one of my collegues constantly reminds me).
And, finally, Chris Anderson at The Long Tail blog asked eBooks want to be free. What about audiobooks? I found his commentary in answer to this question to be worthwhile as well as his followup question, What if I put a free version of the audiobook on my own site and actively encouraged people to download it? and answer.
Enjoy your Sunday.