WebMarkers Blog

MakeUseOf.com is a top site for reading about Web 2.0 apps and SaaS (Software as a service) type applications.  WebMarkers fits into that sites categories pretty well.

Over at MakeUseOf.com, they've released a list titled "40 Unusual Websites you should Bookmark" and I'm proud to report that WebMarkers is in the list.  WebMarkers made the top 40 most "unique and unusual" services (I assume that's a good thing).

Thanks MakeUseOf!  Thanks to ... (read more)

I released an updated server version tonight (Dec 3, 2007).

The purpose of this update is to modify some logging to catch errors a little better.  It is still a beta, right?  There are still some minor bugs I'm working out, hopefully this helps diagnose them.

[update]
Ok, there was a small problem.  I'm using MS-SQL server as the back end database in WebMarkers.  It sort of choked.  It's back now, no data loss or anything...  (it's backed up ... (read more)

It was a busy weekend for me at WebMarkers.  There has been phenomenal traffic since Friday.  I did a little investigating and found that at least 2 prominent bloggers have written posts on their own sites about WebMarkers, encouraging readers to try it out.  This is the word of mouth I was really hoping for.  I think if I was charging a flat fee (say $20 per year) for a WebMarkers subscription, it would not be as interesting to some people.  The idea of "name your ... (read more)