Links for 13-12-06

• SEOmoz’s Web 2.0 Awards
  A who’s who and who’s cool of Web 2.0 (Even though this is almost a year out of date, it’s still got some great basic info and links.)
  
• By Some Measures, Blogging May Be Peaking
  An overview and analysis of blogs and blog citations by uber-blogger Steve Rubel: ” [W]hile blog volume may be peaking (I underscore that we still need more data), online expression is evergreen.”
  
• On measuring influence in the Blogosphere and What does influence mean on the Blogosphere
  A couple of interesting posts on mearsuring the influence of blogs from UMBC, the faculty and students from the Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering of University of Maryland, Baltimore County.
  
• Web 2.0 for feds: A few federal agencies have ventured into the virtual realm of wikis, avatars and video sharing known as Web 2.0
  “The [US] government should go further and embrace the change that Web 2.0 represents, said Rajen Sheth, product manager for the enterprise group at new media behemoth Google, which recently acquired YouTube. Sheth said agencies should use Web 2.0 to encourage greater participation in government. The federal government’s success in the virtual realm will depend on timing and good risk management, other industry observers say.” The best information is right at the end of this article, from a US magazine similar to our CIO Government Review.