Journalism Net Picks of 2003 December 30, 2003 9:09 PM Subscribe
JNet's Top Picks of 2003: a random selection of some of the best, most topical or just plain fun sites for journalists. posted by boost ventilator (2 comments total)
Random is right.
The selection of the Geektools Whois seems a bit naive. Why go to Geektools over any other Whois tool out there. I personally find samspade.org's version more comprehensive, and certainly the windows client version is handier.
Likewise, using Alexa as a measure of credibility is a bit ignorant, as Alexa measures traffic by the usage of their toolbar. This is the very same toolbar that any self-respecting Spyware detection 'bot will wipe off your system in a heartbeat. All you can really tell through the Alexa statistics is how popular a site is with Alexa users, which are understandably a much small subset than the internet as a whole. posted by thanotopsis at 9:02 AM on December 31, 2003
Yeah, these are good resources, but pretty far from "the best" out there.
(And I like samspade.org's or CoolWhois.) posted by Vidiot at 9:27 AM on December 31, 2003
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The selection of the Geektools Whois seems a bit naive. Why go to Geektools over any other Whois tool out there. I personally find samspade.org's version more comprehensive, and certainly the windows client version is handier.
Likewise, using Alexa as a measure of credibility is a bit ignorant, as Alexa measures traffic by the usage of their toolbar. This is the very same toolbar that any self-respecting Spyware detection 'bot will wipe off your system in a heartbeat. All you can really tell through the Alexa statistics is how popular a site is with Alexa users, which are understandably a much small subset than the internet as a whole.
posted by thanotopsis at 9:02 AM on December 31, 2003