Alec Saunders SquawkBox

I’ve been using a superb WordPress plug-in called Jerome’s Keywords. What does it do?

1. Makes it easy for me to tag every post I make.
2. Sends those tags to Technorati so I get indexed properly there.
3. Inserts those same tags into the header of every page using the META KEYWORD tag.  Every page on my site is automatically keyworded correctly.
4. Allows me to create a super-cool Technorati style heatmap of what I post about most frequently.

Awesome job Jerome!

Bill Campbell over on Skype Journal is very critical of the Skype Voice Services business model.  It’s a consequence of not owning your own platform and API, as I said earlier today.  Everyone has to get paid!  Now, having said that, giving up 70% of your revenue to the distribution channel, in exchange for the weak promotional benefits offered, seems rich. Compared to packaged software distribution where there is an actual cost to warehousing and carrying credit, it’s very rich.

And for the last word on the Ebay / Skype story, we head to Fark — "Ebay reportedly in talks to buy Skype. Talks fail when at the last second some jerk bids $3,000,000,000.50"

Here is an interesting press release: Freeworld Dialup and Voxeo Announce Innovative Developer Solutions for SIP.  Apparently Voxeo and Tellme did deals with Pulver’s Freeworld Dialup in 2003 that are just like the Skype deal they’ve done.  As usual, Jeff is ahead of the pack.

Bryan Richards at VoIP Magazine enumerates all the reasons why a Skype / EBay merger doesn’t make sense.  Amen.