September 3, 2003

AOL vs. LiveJournal

Christian Crumlish

Much ado has been made recently about AOL blocking LiveJournal referrers. Some think it is a misguided attempt to deep linking or bandwidth-stealing (linknig to hosted images). Other see it as a preemptive strike against the most likely competitor to AOL Journals.

Ross Mayfield ponders both interpretations and more, gathering a number of other links about the controversy in one place. His entry is a good place to start if you are catching up on this issue.

Posted by xian at September 3, 2003 6:23 PM
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