Last week I had an email get stopped by a spam filter.   I’m sure you have the same problem often.  However, because it doesn’t let you know when an email is caught by a spam filter, you have no idea whether or not your email has been received by the recipient.
If you are merely [...]

The answer is YES! 
While you may never get feedback from your customers on your well-written privacy policy, I can assure you they will give you feedback if you:

Do NOT disclose how you handle their user data
Mislead them about where their user data goes

Morality and ethics ARE still important in this information age.  If you [...]

After Monday’s Technorati story, and the latest gripes, Technorati is feeling the heat of their users:
Randy: I’m asking for zero new features. All I want is the existing features to actually work. Without my results being infested with splogs. Without bogus results from months past. You know, current non-spammy results.
Bloglines as well is weathering a [...]

InternetRetailer has a lengthy introduction to RSS in this months’ issue, focusing on RSS marketing and the superiority of RSS over email.
Titled "Cutting through the clutter: RSS bypasses e-mail - and may be the ultimate segmentation tool," some of the most interesting highlights from the article include:

Part of the appeal of content delivery via
RSS for [...]

Comment spam is almost out-of-control.  Bloggers are spending an hour or more per work day clearing out their comment spam and it simply has to be stopped.  If you add to that, the hour or so of email spam deletion many of us deal with everyday, that’s a sizeable chunk of spam-delays for bloggers.
Darren at [...]

Web users continue to cautiously divulge their personal information, but as RSS use becomes more prevalent, these reluctant sharers will avoid email opt-in lists completely.
If you are producing a regular newsletter or if you are merely curious about blogging, you might think about RSS publishing for these reasons:

Users opt-in and opt-out with no work on [...]

RSS Syndication allows you to deliver your message to people who request it, rather than bombarding thousands of consumers who may or may not want to read about your product.
This tightly targeted delivery method prevents your annoying people with your costly but pervasive advertising, and branding your product unfavorably. 
Unfortunately, many businesses are still clinging [...]

Every week much time is spent categorizing and organizing email, especially business email.  In fact, McAfee just completed a survey highlighting the time we spend dealing with spam:
According to the Americans surveyed, email spam is the No. 1 technology time waster (49%) by wide margins over other tech annoyances including automated voice response systems (24%) [...]

The interface you use speaks volumes about the company you are promoting.  Unfortunately, Blogger has gained a reputation for being the RSS publishing site that can’t get their spam-blogs under control. 
"This morning, I had 67 matches for the term which is really unusual. Looking at the results painted quite a picture. It looks like [...]