links for 2007-06-03

  • Microsoft is no longer alone in offering a routing API. At their Developer Day, Google launched a Directions API — not a big surprise (Radar post). This will allow third-party sites to offer directions directly on their site.
  • However, according to a recent study from Lyris, tweaking the content of your emails will likely make little impact on your deliverability rate.
  • Facebook Polls launched Friday night with a fair bit of fanfare. It’s a tool with a wealth of possibilities but be warned: don’t mention the competition in your poll questions!
    (tags: facebook polls)
  • I’m addicted. This is just a cool, simple game!
  • This week, Six Apart attempted to block what they genuinely believed were inappropriate blogs and it backfired. Given the proliferation of blogs, it’s time to examine your own approaches to deleting user-generated content from your sites.
  • An interesting article! If you’re a business that want’s to leverage your expertise in a certain industry or topic, why not help to write the Wikipedia article? You can not make the copy advertising driven, but you can put your site up as a reference.