Amalgamated Links for 07-19-2006

by Teresa Valdez Klein on July 19, 2006

Wal-Mart made an abysmally ham-handed attempt at creating a social networking site. AdAge slammed them hardcore. Can they do anything right on the Web other than sell cheap stuff? I haven’t seen any indication.
Jason Calacanis has been offering the most prolific users of social bookmarking sites like Digg and Delicious $12,000 a year to bookmark interesting information for Netscape instead. (Thanks to Janet Johnson at Marqui for the interesting link!)
A recent study from the Pew Internet & American Life Project bore out the idea that most bloggers are interested in reaching only a very small niche audience, and are focusing primarily on personal perspective. Bring on the Long Tail model! Via TailRank.
Google Guide offers a nice cheat sheet of Google operators to make your searches more efficient. Via Digg.
India has released its blocks on some Web sites (subscription only) after the international community protested.
European travel guru Rick Steves has launched a blog.