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http://nootag.com/blog The next step towards the perfect Internet Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:30:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en    In my previous post, I've started a discussion about the negative influences of philanthropy, with the intention of projecting some of those insights on the Internet. I've argued that philanthropy causes inefficiency by preventing progress from happening. The main argument presented by those who oppose this notion, is that ... http://nootag.com/blog/2008/07/18/with-philanthropy-we-feel-no-pain-while-have-no-gain/ In the concept of NooTag we often mention the use of economic incentives. We believe that incentives are the most effective measure for getting users to maximize public welfare, or in more simple words to make sure that users would act in a way that would leave just about everyone ... http://nootag.com/blog/2008/06/14/good-incentive-bad-incentive/    I believe that philanthropy causes an inefficient distribution of resources, which means that everyone would be better off without it. Philanthropy addresses needs that are meant to be fulfilled by other economical agents, like the government and the market. However, in most cases it fails to deal with those ... http://nootag.com/blog/2008/06/10/philanthropy-is-a-holdback-of-progress/    For awhile now, I’ve been talking about the causes of the low quality of Information on the Internet. The first issue that I've brought up was that the content producers are not getting enough compensation for their effort. Nevertheless, from time to time, we still encounter relatively decent content, ... http://nootag.com/blog/2008/06/10/not-just-money/ Today our blog got a brand new header, which corresponds to the design of the upcoming NooTag website. The header also unveils the NooTag logo, which was created by our designer and will be used for our website as well as for our blog. http://nootag.com/blog/2008/05/09/new-header-logo/    Google has recently launched a rather ambitious project, a free encyclopedia service by the name Knol. The most challenging aspect of this initiative is the confrontation with Wikipedia rather than the implementation of the service itself. Why would Google want to make such a move? The first reason is ... http://nootag.com/blog/2008/05/06/the-w-will-get-wikipedia-to-beat-knol/ My partner Alex has been posting many interesting posts that express our ideas and point the finger at the problems that we see with the web today. If you’ve been reading the previous posts on this blog, then you should know that in our opinion there are many many problems ... http://nootag.com/blog/2008/05/05/nootag-development-update/ One of Alex's articles was published on Alt Search Engines today. The article talks about how we see the future of the Search Engine market and illustrates why progress has to be made in a way that differs from the current one. We are not publishing it here because it's exclusive ... http://nootag.com/blog/2007/12/20/the-economical-path-towards-the-future-search-engine/    First of all I'd like to put in order the sequence of the discussion in this blog. Earlier, I've claimed that the quality of the information on the Internet is too low due to the failure of the search engines to perform their role as mediators in the information ... http://nootag.com/blog/2007/10/24/why-websites-dont-get-their-money/ My last few posts were dedicated to a discussion about advertising as a mean of payment for information. Now I'm ready to go back on track to the main subject of this blog, the information on the Internet. The economic mechanism behind the information market in the virtual world is ... http://nootag.com/blog/2007/10/24/advertising-on-the-internet/