Topic: Britannica web access for blogs

[Clive]

If you have your own blog, you can take advantage of a new service from Encyclopaedia Britannica to enhance the experience of anyone that reads it.

Web publishers can get free access to the Britannica Webshare service and insert 'widgets' - essentially applications that make it quick and easy for surfers to get more from the web - on their site.

For example, if you were to write a blog about John Prescott, you could insert a widget that would take visitors to the entry for Prescott in the encyclopedia, as well as the entry for bulimia, the eating disorder he claims to have suffered from.

However, visitors will only be able to see the entries for the specific subjects and are not given free access to the entire encyclopedia.

The people behind the site attempted to clear up the definition of the term 'web publisher' to explain who was entitled to sign up.

"If you manage a website, edit a website, or contribute regularly to a website or different website, you qualify for a subscription," said Tom Panelas of Encyclopaedia Britannica.

If you match that description you can apply on the Britannicanet.com website for free access to the service. Currently, the service has been "swamped" with applications, so be prepared to wait.

http://britannicanet.com

[sam]

hmmm, is this them trying to fight back against wikipedia?

[Simon]

I have to say, I find blogs totally uninteresting, but perhaps I haven't been reading the right ones!   

[sam]

tut tut, I mostly do... apart from my own but then again I only run mine primarily for myself as a journal - if anyone else reads it more the better :-D