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OPA seeks legal action against new body

By Simone Puterman

25 Feb 2008

DIGITALWATCH: A new organisation for ranking South African websites, the Website Association of South Africa (WASA), launched late last week amid controversy: the Online Publishers Association (OPA) of South Africa is now seeking legal action against WASA for publishing its members' Nielsen//Netratings rankings allegedly without permission. The OPA is expected to release a statement later today, Monday, 25 February 2008.

The debate in the blogosphere so far:

MatthewBuckland.com: Another SA online ranking site launched
AndyHadfield.com: INTERVIEW: WASA, the Website Association of South Africa
VincentMaher.com: WASA launch: tough politics
Neverness [Ian Gilfillan's blog]: WASA launches

Update Monday 25 February 2008, 4.42pm:

VincentMaher.com: WASA Vs OPA: A peaceful solution is on the table

Simone Puterman

About Simone Puterman

Simone Puterman (@SimoneAtLarge) is currently editor-at-large at Marklives.com and deputy chair of the Sanef online editors subcommittee. After majoring in psychology and linguistics at Rhodes University, and then completing her honours in psychology, she has been in the world of B2B publishing since 1997, with 7.5 year stints at both WriteStuff Publishing and Bizcommunity.com (March 2006-August 2013). Email her at moc.sevilkram@enomis.