The display advertising units that the Online Publishers Association released last year are gaining traction among OPA members, and even some non-members.

Last September I wrote about Richard Wallace's startup, The Next Silicon Valley, a global news and insight website established to connect VCs and tech companies in order to help promote regional economic development in emerging markets. Bloggish back in September, the site – officially launched on Jan. 14 – is now a fully functioning media outlet. 

Golf Digest redesign

Golf Digest launched a site redesign last week. Spokeswoman Meg D'Incecco cited four key improvements:

Website redesigns are vital projects that don’t happen often enough for most of us to get good at them. Developers and designers know exactly what they need to do, but struggle because the rest of the players often … don’t. Here are some guidelines for assigning responsibilities to make your next website redesign more successful.

 2000:

In the early days, ESPN.com, was branded exactly like the cable channel. By 2009 the site had assumed its own identity.

Though if you notice, even in 2000 ESPN still knew what would attract pageviews: fantasy sports.