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10 ways to promote your website
Last post on Feb 07, 2012, 02:36:19 am
10 ways to promote your website 1. Post newsgroups 2. Press releases 3. Email to VIPs 4. Article submission 5. Reciprocal Links 6. Forum Posting 7. Directory submission 8. Tell...
Hello everyone, sth to consider
Last post on Feb 07, 2012, 01:48:56 am
Hello everyone, My name is Maciej Moscicki and I represent PHP Solutions Magazine. We are looking for authors who could provide us some interesting articles concerning web development,...
PhP Caching
Last post on Jan 30, 2012, 11:29:42 pm
Introduction In this article I will try to give a view of what is the custom caching with php, why and how we can use it. In the...
The digg effect, my experience
Last post on Jan 30, 2012, 01:22:37 pm
Before some days, one friend of mine told me a tip to make my windows xp faster. So I thought to post it in my new forum (I also posted...
The HTML Cheat Sheet
Last post on Jan 25, 2012, 03:23:32 pm
Basic Tags <html></html> Creates an HTML document <head></head> Sets off the title and other information that isn't displayed on the Web page itself <body></body> Sets...
Article : The Less SQL Server Sorts, the Faster It Responds
Last post on Dec 28, 2011, 04:04:49 pm
Learn coding techniques to tweak your SQL queries so that SQL Server sorts less data and returns much faster. To read the full article click here...
When do you add advertising to a new site?
Last post on Aug 21, 2011, 01:51:17 pm
Of those of you who are creating sites to generate revenue via CPC, when do you start putting ads on the site? Do you decide a target exposure (search...
Article : Your Website Copy Could be Letting You Down!
Last post on Oct 14, 2009, 04:21:01 am
[size=12px]A professionally presented business website is a powerful and essential marketing tool: it's the first thing prospective customers will look at before they decide to contact you. If the copy...
SEO Blog Writers/Articles
Last post on Mar 21, 2009, 04:06:21 am
I got this blog that is dormant (I have written in it for ages) and it has PR4. The feed from this blog is on a couple of good sites...
Article : Podcasting: The
Last post on Oct 27, 2008, 07:28:34 pm
[size=12px] The word ?podcasting? is used often around the internet these days, although many people are still not exactly clear on just what a podcast is!  Simply put, a podcast...
43.016 articles database for sale (only 10 copies available)
Last post on Oct 17, 2008, 12:19:45 pm
I am selling a database of 43016 articles contained in 206 categories which you can use to enchance your site with articles or start your own ezinearticles :) The...
How to promote a forum
Last post on Aug 15, 2008, 04:52:58 am
Well this is a tough one, as there are too many forums out there, and it is too difficult to enstablish a good one. So I will start from...
digg.com - a great place to submit your articles
Last post on Jul 07, 2008, 11:57:07 pm
Have anyone here ever used digg.com ? I like the idea, that the users decide which articles go in the top, and I heared that people who submit articles...
Whats Your Forum?
Last post on Jul 06, 2008, 04:02:29 am
Hi, Post a link to your forum here! Mine is http://uniquewebmaster.com...
[website] web2announcer.com
Last post on Jun 23, 2008, 11:14:14 am
Latelly I had an idea to create a site that will merge all the web 2.0 top stories in one site. So I managed to create http://web2announcer.com/ My...
What is CPC?
Last post on Feb 17, 2008, 09:06:30 pm
This is from wikipedia Cost Per Click or CPC (as it is often initialized to) is a phrase often used in online advertising and online marketing circles. With...
Submitting Articles to Article Directories
Last post on Jan 19, 2008, 02:09:40 pm
My first article was recently accepted into EzineArticles.com and I was given expert status. Other webmasters say EzineArticles is the only article directory one needs to submit to since it...
Duplicate content will not get you banned!
Last post on Dec 07, 2007, 05:23:23 pm
Thats right. If it does, then why are article directories still here and growing? Im speaking from experience, of course. What is your open minded...
Article : Determine Whether a Given Column Name Is an Identity or Not
Last post on Aug 31, 2007, 09:47:38 pm
This tip lists two ways in which you can find out whether a given column name is an identity or not in SQL Server. To read the full...
Blog posts
Last post on Jun 13, 2007, 07:10:14 am
Hi there! I am offering my blog to people (temporarily) for  posting their articles. The blog is about SEO, web design and web masters. You write Your own Article with...
A great resource for starters and pros
Last post on Jun 05, 2007, 06:13:26 pm
Today I found this great site about everything regarding to a successfull site the url is http://www.websitepublisher.net/successful_website/ Check it out...
ResellerClub Beta Program Generates Tremendous Response
Last post on May 12, 2007, 07:58:11 pm
ResellerClub, one of the largest private labeled end to end Web service provider, has announced that it has recorded an overwhelming response for its recently launched beta program. Hundreds of...
ServerPronto Sets Bandwidth Standard with Gigabit Dedicated Servers
Last post on May 12, 2007, 11:55:09 am
Whether it is concern over malicious attacks or just the need for scalable bandwidth to accommodate traffic spikes, ServerPronto has its customers covered with a new option: the gigabit port....
blocking robots with robots.txt
Last post on Apr 12, 2007, 09:39:02 am
Hello, just tried some robots.txt validator and I'm surprised about the result, this is not OK: User-agent: Slurp User-agent: * Disallow: /includes/ Disallow: /cache/ Disallow: /classes/download.php Disallow:...
Reciprocal link exchange - relative to your site
Last post on Feb 26, 2007, 05:10:48 pm
I want some link partners for my new article directory web site. Here is how it works : You add one link from any page of your site...
Articles Software/Script in Asp.Net
Last post on Jan 31, 2007, 11:16:08 pm
I'm looking for a good articles software/script. I've seen some but they are all in PHP/MySQL. I'd like to know which options are that uses Asp.Net/SQLServer. Thanks for your comments....
Articles On Sale
Last post on Dec 30, 2006, 03:13:10 am
Hi There are a few (18)  finance related (more specifically business loans) articles available on sale. All articles are unique and will not be sold again. These were written...
101 ways to build link popularity
Last post on Dec 27, 2006, 11:52:32 pm
Just found this great piece of information regarding link building. As a webmaster for years, I can say that I haven't done lot of the tips & techhniques presented...
FTC Goes To The Public On Net Neutrality
Last post on Dec 09, 2006, 12:02:19 pm
What was pretty much a non-issue less than a year ago has the Federal Trade Commission scratching its head and asking for guidance - finally. The FTC announced it would...
Social Networks Launch Brand Awareness
Last post on Dec 09, 2006, 12:01:54 pm
An interesting case study from Hitwise succinctly illustrates how social networks can serve as a launching pad to mainstream brand awareness. They've done this by tracking the rise in popularity...
Top 20 U.S. Websites
Last post on Dec 09, 2006, 12:01:28 pm
The results are in! The names of the top 20 U.S. domains have been released, and you might have guessed the winner. To read the full article click...
Nielsen: Holiday eShopping Up and Up
Last post on Dec 09, 2006, 12:01:02 pm
As expected, shopping online continues to rise year over year, up four percent in total. Nielsen//NetRatings reports that from the end of October this year through the first week of...
Mobile Avatars and Multimedia Brand Marketing
Last post on Dec 09, 2006, 12:00:37 pm
CBS Interactive, along with Artificial Life, Inc., have announced the launch of an avatar-based mobile game based on the "America's Next Top Model" reality television show. This is the first...
OMG! Teens Prefer Instant Messages To Email
Last post on Dec 09, 2006, 12:00:12 pm
An AP-AOL study reveals some surprising, and not so surprising, data about instant messaging. To read the full article click here...
Google China VP Poised To Jump Ship
Last post on Dec 09, 2006, 11:59:46 am
Only last week, the president of Yahoo China resigned.  Now Johnny Chou, the vice president of Google China, is making a similar move.  Chou has arranged to leave the company...
The IM Gap and Contextual Relevancy
Last post on Dec 09, 2006, 11:59:21 am
As a 28 year-old writing professional, instant messaging is a foregone conclusion to the scope of my work. Every moment of my working day is spent logged in to the...
Google To Put You To The Test?
Last post on Dec 09, 2006, 11:58:55 am
A new Google service has been spotted; it might issue tests and exams to students.  The service could quiz potential job candidates, as well.  Or it could do something else...
Scrooge Returns, Opens Shop On eBay
Last post on Dec 09, 2006, 11:58:31 am
Of all the humbug things to do at Christmas. A seller on eBay taught his kids a lesson last year (one they'll be describing to a therapist one day) by...
US Online Retail Breaks a Record...Again
Last post on Dec 09, 2006, 11:58:03 am
Records are made to be broken. To read the full article click here...
New E-Mail, Old Challenges
Last post on Dec 09, 2006, 11:57:39 am
'To Whom are we mailing?' To read the full article click here...
HollyWood's Online Box Office
Last post on Dec 08, 2006, 08:02:15 am
Hollywood has plans to branch out into online movies in a major way. They have been slow to embrace the Internet but it seems they are realizing the great potential...
Yahoo! Gets Tackled By Brady
Last post on Dec 08, 2006, 08:01:51 am
New England Patriots Super Bowl-winning quarterback Tom Brady sues Yahoo! over the use of his image. To read the full article click here...
Blogger Rules Dismissed, Cuz We Say So
Last post on Dec 08, 2006, 08:01:23 am
People are busy. Email piles up. Probably why some of the prominent bloggers I solicited for a response to a British proposal that somebody regulate these free-wheeling, free-speaking modern yarn-weavers...
The Mystery Sale of Metacafe
Last post on Dec 08, 2006, 08:00:59 am
Rumors are swirling that Metacafe, the third largest video-sharing site is for sale. The buyer of the site remains a mystery. Conventional wisdom is that it could be the freshly...
Spears Searches Jump Almost 1000 Percent
Last post on Dec 08, 2006, 08:00:34 am
Britney Spears' forgot-to-do-my-laundry debacle (you know what I mean, don't make me say it) couldn't have been better for her career (and the multitudes of semi-pedophilic or naturally curious masses...
Online Ad Spending to Outpace Overall Ad Market Growth
Last post on Dec 08, 2006, 08:00:07 am
Internet advertising continues to gain on other ad categories. To read the full article click here...
Online Shoppers Plan to Spend More
Last post on Dec 08, 2006, 07:59:43 am
The online holiday shopping season has barely begun and online retailers are already looking forward to a happy next year. To read the full article click here...
Crop Circling Firefox With Asa Dotzler
Last post on Dec 07, 2006, 08:38:54 pm
The man behind SpreadFirefox.com told WebProNews the story of the Firefox Crop Circle, and how a bunch of students pulled off a memorable feat through hard work, persistence, and a...
Yahoo And Social Search
Last post on Dec 07, 2006, 08:38:29 pm
Social search is a big market, and Yahoo, according to Thomas Hawk, may be floundering it.  Other people feel that the company is doing all right in terms of social...
Online Shoppers Search For 'The Poop'
Last post on Dec 07, 2006, 08:38:04 pm
If you were thinking a classic toy came back to life on its own merit - or that Generation X had managed to instill a sense of Seventies coolness into...
Microsoft Enters The Soapbox Derby
Last post on Dec 07, 2006, 08:37:31 pm
Microsoft makes the announcement that it's online video uploading site Soapbox will not be part of the Windows Live brand. To read the full article click here...
Google AdWords Takes You Online
Last post on Dec 07, 2006, 05:54:18 pm
Google has added hosted pages for businesses to its AdWords Starter Edition, as they aim for local companies that may not be online yet to have a web page along...
Google Offers To Educate Egypt
Last post on Dec 07, 2006, 05:53:49 pm
The Egyptian Ministry of Higher Education is getting a helping hand, courtesy of Google.  The search engine giant is going to provide the ministry with Google Apps for Education, which...
Perfected Plugg'd Podcast Search
Last post on Dec 07, 2006, 05:53:19 pm
Audio and visual search start-up Pluggd claims they have perfected their product.  What does this mean for competing sites? To read the full article click here...
Mobile Entertainment Market To Reach $77 Billion
Last post on Dec 07, 2006, 05:52:52 pm
The mobile entertainment industry is large now but the future projected growth is off the charts. A new report from Juniper Research says that by 2011 the global mobile entertainment...
Searching For A Google Christmas
Last post on Dec 07, 2006, 05:52:24 pm
Google's weekly report on the top search gainers, Zeitgeist, came with its usual disheartening revelations, boxed and wrapped by Christmas fanfare. To read the full article click here...
PageRank, According To Lots Of Math
Last post on Dec 07, 2006, 05:51:59 pm
If you want to understand PageRank - really, really understand it - a new paper from David Austin will help you do just that.  The trouble is, you'll need to...
DRM Spells Trouble for Apple,andnbsp;iTunes
Last post on Dec 07, 2006, 05:51:32 pm
Earlier this week, Yahoo released singles by Norah Jones and Relient K in unprotected mp3 formats as part of an ongoing experiment looking at the viability of offering music tracks...
Does Live Book Search Beat Google?
Last post on Dec 07, 2006, 07:56:50 am
Today marks the launch of MSN's Live Book Search, a beta offering aimed at giving users an initial taste of what Live Search has to offer in the realm of...
What Yahoo's Reorganization Means
Last post on Dec 07, 2006, 07:56:25 am
The recent reorganization at Yahoo has created quite a buzz. The reactions to the news have been varied. Some see it as too little to late while others think that...
Google Checkout: A Gateway Service?
Last post on Dec 07, 2006, 07:56:01 am
Earlier this year, Google extended an offer to merchants to take advantage of Google Checkout services for free until the end of the year, a gesture that rival PayPal matched...
Baidu Means Business
Last post on Dec 07, 2006, 07:55:36 am
Top Chinese search engine Baidu gains popularity among the big names in business and technology. To read the full article click here...
SEW Names Sullivan's Successor
Last post on Dec 07, 2006, 07:55:12 am
Incisive Media revealed today that Rebecca Lieb has been promoted to editor-in-chief of the ClickZ network. In fulfilling her new responsibilities, Lieb will take over for Danny Sullivan, providing editorial...
SES: SMO Is SEO With PR
Last post on Dec 07, 2006, 07:54:47 am
As if it needed it, the online world just got another acronym: SMO. Not to be confused with EMO, or the Yiddish pejorative schmo, SMO stands for Social Media Optimization,...
MySpace To Protect Users
Last post on Dec 07, 2006, 07:54:23 am
MySpace is trying to make users experience more secure. They have announced plans to partner with Sentinel Tech Holding Corp, an online identity and background verification company. They are jointly...
Search Over: James Kim Located
Last post on Dec 07, 2006, 07:53:59 am
In a tragic turn of events putting the two week long man hunt to an end, the body of CNET editor James Kim has been located. To read...
Creating and Managing Viral Campaigns
Last post on Dec 07, 2006, 07:53:33 am
Link bait and viral marketing took the stage once again at the Search Engine Strategies Conference in Chicago, presented by veterans of a new frontier. Their presentation reiterated a theme...
eBay Keeps Its Affiliates In Context
Last post on Dec 07, 2006, 07:53:05 am
Affiliates with online marketplace eBay feed the site visitors, and the people they pass along who register and buy on eBay add up to profits for the website and for...
Mobile Entertainment Content to Skyrocket
Last post on Dec 07, 2006, 07:52:15 am
Mobile games and mobile TV are set to lead the way.By Ben Macklin - Senior Analyst To read the full article click here...
2006 Year End Sale! - Blogs For Sale - Save $100
Last post on Dec 06, 2006, 11:40:52 pm
Start earning money today with an Adsense Ready Blog!  Now [COLOR=Red]on sale[/COLOR] until New Year's Day! [COLOR=Red]Save $100![/COLOR] http://www.pqdb.com/components/com_virtuemart/shop_image/product/0d319050eedf368966addf3a27647f3e.jpg What are Adsense Ready Blogs? Adsense Ready...
Iran Bans Western Web Sites
Last post on Dec 06, 2006, 07:33:59 pm
Iran yesterday blocked a number of top Web sites. Among them are YouTube, Web encyclopedia, Wikipedia and Amazon.com. Other sites that are being censored are the online movie database IMBD.com,...
Yahoo Reorganizes Minus Two Execs
Last post on Dec 06, 2006, 05:36:16 pm
COO Dan Rosensweig and media andentertainment head Lloyd Braun will leave Yahoo as the company reorganizes into three new operating groups, all reporting to current CEO Terry Semel. ...
SES Session: Fun With Dynamic Sites
Last post on Dec 06, 2006, 05:35:42 pm
The idea that your site has to be static, or look static, to do well in search engines is getting to be a thing of the past. To...
SES: Advertising on Social Media
Last post on Dec 06, 2006, 05:35:09 pm
This ClickZ track session on advertising with social media was moderated by Rebecca Lieb and included Gary Price, Henry Copeland, Bill Flitter and Marc Schiller. To read the...
Moving On Up: Online Ad Spending
Last post on Dec 06, 2006, 05:34:39 pm
Budgets for online advertising get a major lift in 2006. To read the full article click here...
Microsoft's iCampus Project Complete
Last post on Dec 06, 2006, 05:34:09 pm
The seven-year collaboration between software giant Microsoft and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, known as iCampus, comes to a conclusion. To read the full article click here...
Zibb Zips In With B2B Search
Last post on Dec 06, 2006, 05:33:44 pm
The electronics and construction industries in particular should find the business to business search concept of Zibb.com useful, as Reed Business' RB Search division delivers its first product. ...
Fiction To Fact: Joke Site Just A Mana-tease?
Last post on Dec 06, 2006, 05:33:15 pm
After Conan O'Brian adlibbed a fictional website just to make a joke, the late night talk show host reported back the next night that NBC's legal department contacted him saying...
Quick Hits from SES
Last post on Dec 06, 2006, 12:16:00 pm
Some of the live-blogger posts will be more comprehensive, but here's some quick takes. To read the full article click here...
SES Session: Bulk Submit 2.0
Last post on Dec 06, 2006, 10:49:46 am
Bulk submitting your site to search engines is quite an easy task. Granted, it may sound spammy, but it's not. :) To read the full article click here...
Search Continues For CNET Editor
Last post on Dec 06, 2006, 10:48:26 am
The good news of the rescue of James Kim's wife and daughters has been tempered by the continued search for the missing editor, who left his family on Saturday to...
Internet Advertising Will Weather a Sluggish Economy
Last post on Dec 06, 2006, 10:47:56 am
Growth in Internet ad spending will slow next year before rebounding in 2008.By David Hallerman - Senior Analyst To read the full article click here...
Biggest E-Retail Day in History
Last post on Dec 06, 2006, 10:47:30 am
Go-go-go! To read the full article click here...
Advertisers Avoid Sites With Pirated Material
Last post on Dec 05, 2006, 09:47:49 pm
Copyright infringement is not just a concern for copyright holders but for advertisers as well. Smaller advertisers are especially cautious when it comes to video sharing sites. They fear being...
MySpace Phishes For The Worm
Last post on Dec 05, 2006, 09:47:25 pm
MySpace hooks the phising sites by removing the worm from user profiles. To read the full article click here...
Zune Drops To Fifth In Market Sales
Last post on Dec 05, 2006, 06:47:14 pm
After a promising start for the Microsoft Zune player, market sales dropped drastically. To read the full article click here...
Google Eyes Portugal, Africa
Last post on Dec 05, 2006, 06:46:46 pm
In America, Google is pretty much omnipresent.  Elsewhere in the world . . . well, it's getting there.  The search engine company has announced plans to enter Portugal in order...
Europe Embraces Holiday Shopping Online
Last post on Dec 05, 2006, 06:46:20 pm
This week, comScore Networks released the first in its latest series of studies geared at examining the online shopping activity of European citizens throughout the holiday season. To...
Jaman To Global Videos
Last post on Dec 05, 2006, 06:45:42 pm
New online video downloading site Jaman targets the international market. To read the full article click here...
Departing Execs Cause Tough Times At Yahoo
Last post on Dec 05, 2006, 06:45:07 pm
The way things are going at Yahoo, I wouldn't be surprised to see the company board up its doors and windows - not because it's going out of business, but...
Google Lags In Public Research
Last post on Dec 05, 2006, 03:54:25 pm
Earlier this week, John Battelle took a look at "the practice of academic publishing in the field of search," and more specifically, at how many papers were submitted by each...
Facebook More Popular Than Google
Last post on Dec 05, 2006, 10:41:24 am
What's the most popular Web site for today's youth? There certainly is a large variety to consider. Would you be surprised if males and females ages 17 to 25 both...
Google Goes To The Middle East
Last post on Dec 05, 2006, 10:04:38 am
Google CEO Eric Schmidt spoke recently at the Arab Strategy Forum, and he made some thought-provoking predictions about the region's future.  "The next story in the development of the Arab...
Search Ad Spending: The UK Punches Above Its Weight
Last post on Dec 05, 2006, 10:04:11 am
Search advertising spending per capita is bigger than in the US.By Ben Macklin - Senior Analyst To read the full article click here...
Cheap Phones Multiply Like Rabbits
Last post on Dec 05, 2006, 10:03:47 am
There is a global population explosion afoot...in mobile phones.By James Belcher - Senior Analyst To read the full article click here...
AskCity Drives To Local Search
Last post on Dec 04, 2006, 10:21:35 pm
Local search just became a little more competitive as IACI's Ask.com now has a dedicated product, called AskCity, available with mobile friendliness, walking directions, and multi-step route construction for its...
SES: Video Search Needs Audio Content
Last post on Dec 04, 2006, 10:21:10 pm
To get one's videos indexed correctly by the search engines dedicated to that content, it's the spoken word rather than the pretty pictures that matter most. Mike McDonald listened in...
SES Session: Vendor Spotlight
Last post on Dec 04, 2006, 10:20:34 pm
The vendor spotlight session covered alternatives or additives to going with PPC campaigns from companies like Google and Yahoo. To read the full article click here...
Yahoo And Reuters Want Bigger Picture
Last post on Dec 04, 2006, 10:20:08 pm
If you have a digital camera or a camera phone you can be a photojournalist. That's at least what Reuters and Yahoo are thinking. The two have created a project...
SES Session: Drive Traffic with Google
Last post on Dec 04, 2006, 10:19:43 pm
This was more of a speed intro to some of Google's newer services. Topics included Google Analytics, Google Gadgets, Webmaster Tools and Personalized Search. To read the full...
SES: Optimizing for Video Search Engines
Last post on Dec 04, 2006, 10:19:19 pm
One category of social media optimization that's growing tremendously is online video sharing and social video search web sites. To read the full article click here...
The Integration of Search and Display Marketing
Last post on Dec 04, 2006, 10:18:52 pm
Yahoo! and comScore released the results of a joint research project, entitled "Close the Loop: Understanding Search and Display Synergy," aimed at gauging the impact of search and display advertising...
Update: Apple iPhone Details
Last post on Dec 04, 2006, 10:18:28 pm
New details emerge regarding the specifics of the Apple iPhone; Palm CEO says it is no threat. To read the full article click here...
The (Focused) Future Of Google?
Last post on Dec 04, 2006, 10:18:03 pm
Not all Google products are created equal; some, like Google Catalogs and Google Code, were pretty much doomed from the start.  Many onlookers believe that the company will soon start...
Is Nike+iPod Sports Kit Tracking You?
Last post on Dec 04, 2006, 10:17:35 pm
Researchers at the University of Washington report findings that the Apple Nike+iPod Sports Kit can be used as a tracking device. To read the full article click here...
Google And IU Strive For Net Trust
Last post on Dec 02, 2006, 08:23:29 am
An effort between the search advertising company and Indiana University aims at codifying trust factors to help people avoid scams online. To read the full article click here...
AOL Video's Merry Movie Christmas
Last post on Dec 01, 2006, 10:38:41 pm
AOL Video says Merry Christmas to customers of their online video service by giving away free movies. To read the full article click here...
Apple Tablet Rumors Return Yet Again
Last post on Dec 01, 2006, 10:38:13 pm
The on and off again chatter about Apple finally developing and releasing a Tablet PC device running the Mac operating system has reached a dull roar again, with a prototype...
Internet Archive Prevails Over DMCA
Last post on Dec 01, 2006, 10:37:46 pm
The Internet Archive a non-profit group that was founded in 1996 to build an Internet library can breathe a little easier. The Library of Congress has published six exemptions to...
Bloggers Say 'No' To Proposed Code Of Conduct
Last post on Dec 01, 2006, 10:37:19 pm
It can be debated that bloggers already have their own unwritten laws, a code of conduct to which the prominent bloggers are to adhere. In Britain, the same governmental bodies...
Pulitzer Extends Allowance of Online Content
Last post on Dec 01, 2006, 10:36:52 pm
Though the most prestigious award in writing has yet to fully embrace online content, the Pulitzer Prize Board announced that more online material would be considered; but the board, perhaps...
Live, From New York, It's Saturday Night Webcast
Last post on Dec 01, 2006, 10:36:27 pm
NBC executives are publicly contemplating webcasting the Friday night rehearsals of the popular sketch comedy show, "Sautrday Night Live". To read the full article click here...
Preparing For The GMAT Exam Online
Last post on Dec 01, 2006, 10:35:59 pm
There is a new site that launched on Monday that focuses on preparing potential grad students to pass the GMAT exam. The site is called Grockit and it takes its...
AOL Sponsors Web AIM Mashup Competition
Last post on Dec 01, 2006, 10:35:29 pm
AOL and TopCoder, Inc., today announced the Web AIM Mashup Competition. Web AIM is AOL's new APIs that enables users to integrate AIM features directly into web sites and online...
Google Must Stay 50 Yards Away From N.C.?
Last post on Dec 01, 2006, 10:35:02 pm
While I can't claim to have any personal experience with restraining orders, it seems as if they generally involve two people - two human beings, that is.  Officials in a...
Yahoo! Rolls Out Wii Portal
Last post on Dec 01, 2006, 10:34:35 pm
The site consists of a combination of Flickr photos, del.icio.us links, Yahoo MyWeb, Yahoo Games, and other Wii-related offerings. This is the first of many more Yahoo sites to come...
Youth Market Favors Facebook
Last post on Dec 01, 2006, 10:34:06 pm
Social networking sites are popular among both males and females.By Debra Aho Williamson - Senior Analyst To read the full article click here...
Mobile Consumers Are Getting an Eyeful
Last post on Dec 01, 2006, 10:33:39 pm
Mobile phones are taking on a whole new look. To read the full article click here...
Court Tells Gov't 4th Amdt.Goes For Email Too
Last post on Dec 01, 2006, 12:01:02 pm
A landmark court decision found that the federal Stored Communications Act (SCA) violated Fourth Amendment protections from unreasonable search and seizure by allowing the government to search and seize email...
Google Wants To Make You Healthy
Last post on Dec 01, 2006, 12:00:38 pm
The health care industry is in many ways a Byzantine maze of paperwork and regulations, with the right knowledge not always immediately on hand to the right person at the...
Google Aids Visually Impaired Searching
Last post on Nov 30, 2006, 08:57:32 pm
Google enhances features of its search engine to accommodate visually impaired user queries. To read the full article click here...
Schmidt: Internet Will Determine Next Election
Last post on Nov 30, 2006, 08:57:07 pm
The most recent round of elections had a lot of people thinking about the Internet's role in politics.  Most onlookers agree that it is becoming increasingly important; Google's CEO, Eric...
Google Travels To India
Last post on Nov 30, 2006, 08:56:41 pm
Google search engine is now available to subscribers of Indian mobile phone company, Airtel. To read the full article click here...
Skype Consolidation "Blamed" On eBay
Last post on Nov 30, 2006, 08:56:13 pm
Skype went through another "reorganization" this week, and some people are starting to get nervous.  The company, which was acquired by eBay in September of 2005, has lost (or gotten...
DailyMotion Causing Copyright Commotion
Last post on Nov 30, 2006, 08:55:47 pm
We have all heard about the YouTube and Google saga concerning copyrighted material. To their credit they seem to be doing what they can to prevent infringement. That does not...
A Plea: Don't Overthrow King Content
Last post on Nov 30, 2006, 08:55:21 pm
Traditional media powerhouses, who spent the better part of the 20th Century perfecting content production and distribution, will have to change everything or risk being left behind. But there are...
Yahoo Tells Google To Stuff Its Subpoena
Last post on Nov 30, 2006, 03:05:48 pm
As part of its legal fight against publisher and author groups suing it over its book-scanning practices, Google sent subpoenas to Microsoft, Amazon.com, and Yahoo to gather information about their...
Online Career Sites Remain Popular
Last post on Nov 30, 2006, 08:12:20 am
The Internet plays a key role in many peoples lives. It can entertain and educate. It has also changed the landscape for both job seekers and employers. In October of...
Cyber Monday Spending Shows Increase
Last post on Nov 30, 2006, 08:11:53 am
ComScore reports that online retail spending on Cyber Monday shows a 25% increase from 2005. In total, it is estimated that consumers spent nearly $608 million in retail purchases for...
Google Answers Crashes Out
Last post on Nov 29, 2006, 02:51:53 pm
Even though few of Google's services beyond search have caught on with the public like its omnipresent search engine, the company rarely kills off those projects; that made the announcement...
The Quickest Way To Your Customers Wallet
Last post on Nov 29, 2006, 08:52:03 am
Articles Are The Quickest Way To Your Customers Wallet One way of promoting your website and product can be achieved for free. As an additional bonus, this ?free? method...
Presto Offers Service For The Golden Years
Last post on Nov 29, 2006, 07:44:22 am
A new product launched recently that is a combination of the Presto service and the HP Printing Mailbox. It allows people without Internet access to receive pictures and emails from...
Google Warming, An Inconvenient Article
Last post on Nov 29, 2006, 07:43:56 am
Never mind the convenient connections, let's just talk about what happened. Questions just lead to more questions and we'll never get this article done. Google organized kids the world over...
Italy Bullies Google Over Video
Last post on Nov 28, 2006, 05:02:06 pm
A video of an autistic 17-year-old boy being bullied in a Turin classroom made it onto Google Video, and Italian authorities are furious that the content was not caught by...
link listing at google blog sites?
Last post on Nov 28, 2006, 04:26:02 pm
Hi, just noticed a lot of links on the the official adwords blog site: http://adwords.blogspot.com/2005/12/new-addition-to-quality-score.html a lot of them are from officials by Google but there are...
Google Book Search: The Path To Dystopia?
Last post on Nov 28, 2006, 12:20:21 am
Brewster Kahle isn't happy with Google Book Search.  As director and co-founder of the Internet Archive, he isn't the least bit timid in his criticisms, either.  "Google is trying to...
Google Ends Gaia's World
Last post on Nov 27, 2006, 07:36:38 pm
Opensource three dimensional Earth viewer Gaia received a cease and desist letter from head Google Earth technologist, effectively ending their world. To read the full article click here...
Google Sued By French Film House
Last post on Nov 27, 2006, 07:24:22 pm
Flach Film, a Paris-based film distributor, has filed suit against Google in Paris Commercial court, citing copyright infringement regarding a movie that appeared on Google Video. To read...
Next Time, Fly With SeatGuru
Last post on Nov 27, 2006, 07:23:54 pm
The website has seating diagrams for planes used by the major airlines, and a community that has ranked some of those seats. To read the full article click...
Podcasts Catching On, Slowly
Last post on Nov 27, 2006, 07:23:24 pm
The podcast audience has grown in the past six months, says the Pew Internet and American Life Project, but the new medium still has yet to catch a serious wave....
Google Prevents Plagiarism
Last post on Nov 27, 2006, 07:22:53 pm
Google Book Search prevents authors from going down in literary history as plagiarists by offering a searchable database of books. To read the full article click here...
Early Birds Should Sleep In On Black Friday
Last post on Nov 27, 2006, 07:22:27 pm
I might have mentioned the advantage of spending Black Friday online (or waiting for Cyber Monday) to certain crack-of-dawn-rising family members if not for the tryptophan coma my mother caused,...
Can Apple,Beatles Work It Out?
Last post on Nov 27, 2006, 07:22:01 pm
The Beatles and Apple Computer may be close to reaching a deal to finally make their music available online. According to an article from Fortune, Apple's iTunes is nearing an...
[Website] RingtoneRealm
Last post on Nov 26, 2006, 08:34:39 pm
Well I think it's about time for some good old stick about my fairly new website so, what is your opinion ? Website: www.ringtonerealm.co.uk Cheers, spence  ;)...
Don't Get Scrooged This Holiday Season
Last post on Nov 23, 2006, 03:39:35 pm
If you despise cold weather, crowded shopping malls and parking lots, or if you simply want to shop in your underwear, doing your holiday shopping online will be your savior. ...
Microsoft Casts Net to Catch Phishers
Last post on Nov 23, 2006, 03:39:04 pm
Microsoft is taking a play from the playbook of "Dirty Harry" by telling phishers around the globe to," go a head punk and make their day". They are working with...
Google Releases New Book Search Features
Last post on Nov 23, 2006, 03:38:32 pm
Google has released a major update to its Book Search in an effort to provide a more organic reading experience to the user as well as scholarly resources for readers...
When A Spam Site Isn't Spammy
Last post on Nov 23, 2006, 03:38:02 pm
Blogger Niall Kennedy delved into the murkiness surrounding a site that hit the front page of Digg and several other social media websites, and found a hugely intertwined mix of...
Making The Most Of Social Networks
Last post on Nov 23, 2006, 03:37:31 pm
Search Engine Marketing is now the standard online, a beeline to a measurable ROI. But as marketers try to wrap their heads around social networking, and invent ways to utilize...
Turkey And Black Friday With Search
Last post on Nov 23, 2006, 03:36:59 pm
AOL and Ask each have made an effort to draw attention to their search engines with very topical categories for this week: what to eat and where to shop. ...
Online Chef Shares Turkey Soup Recipe
Last post on Nov 23, 2006, 03:36:30 pm
For the past week you probably have read an article or seen something on TV about how to cook and carve a turkey. What you probably have not seen is...
Majority of Vacationers Plan Trips Online
Last post on Nov 23, 2006, 03:35:59 pm
A report published by eMarketer shows that 58% of vacation planners are planning their trips online. Conversely, only 23% of respondents made use of travel agents in their holiday plans....
VoIP Market Picks Up
Last post on Nov 23, 2006, 12:18:11 pm
After being on hold for years.... To read the full article click here...
Analysts Bullish on Online Ad Spending
Last post on Nov 23, 2006, 12:17:38 pm
You could call it an adslide &mdash; except it's going the other direction. To read the full article click here...
Flickr Livens Up With New Features
Last post on Nov 22, 2006, 05:41:08 pm
The photo sharing site owned by Yahoo unveiled a trio of new features just in time for the holidays so people can take advantage of them when receiving new cameras...
Microsoft Writes Off Google
Last post on Nov 22, 2006, 05:40:38 pm
Microsoft's co-head of the Office software team says the company is not intimidated by Google's web-based word processing and spreadsheet applications, claiming they will not appeal to corporate customers. ...
Verizon Launches Idearc
Last post on Nov 22, 2006, 01:06:47 pm
Verizon yellow pages launched a spin off of their popular SuperPages.com local search engine called Idearc. To read the full article click here...
Science And The Internet
Last post on Nov 22, 2006, 01:06:18 pm
The Internet is widely used by 40 million Americans as a resource for science information according to the Pew Internet Project. 87% of users have at one time used the...
Holiday Search: A Recipe For Couch-Potatoes
Last post on Nov 22, 2006, 01:05:49 pm
Art imitates life, and vice versa, they say. But in the 21st Century, search behavior may be a better mirror. In the weeks leading up to Thanksgiving - the face-stuffinest...
Google Helps News Publishers With Sitemaps
Last post on Nov 22, 2006, 01:05:20 pm
An expressed desire for better indexing from Google News has prompted Google to release a Sitemaps product specifically for those news publishers. To read the full article click...
Pay-Per-Click Not-So-Easy
Last post on Nov 22, 2006, 01:04:42 pm
Pay-per-click advertising is not as simple as it might seem. To read the full article click here...
Over 50% of Vacations Now Planned Online
Last post on Nov 22, 2006, 01:04:06 pm
It's bad news for travel agents. To read the full article click here...
DVD Burning For TV
Last post on Nov 21, 2006, 10:01:08 pm
SnapStream has added a new option to their Beyond TV video recording software. It will allow users to create DVDs for their favorite television shows. Users will be able to...
Advertising.com Partners With Mitsui In Ad Deal
Last post on Nov 21, 2006, 07:46:50 pm
Advertising.com announced a deal yesterday that it will collaborate with Japanese company Mitsui and Co. Ltd. to serve the Japanese online advertising market. To read the full article...
Seven Steps Save Site Shopping Seasons
Last post on Nov 21, 2006, 07:46:20 pm
The rapidly approaching Thanksgiving holiday in the United States will be swiftly followed by "Black Friday," with shoppers heading out to begin dispersing parts of their credit card limits to...
Online Retail Soars as Cyber Monday Approaches
Last post on Nov 21, 2006, 07:45:49 pm
The Department of Commerce reports that online retail sales in the third quarter grew at four times the rate of total retail sales. In total, online retail sales in the...
Google To Check Out On Cyber Monday
Last post on Nov 21, 2006, 07:45:19 pm
Now that we're over last year's holiday marketing trickery?Cyber Monday my big toe!?it's time to accept what the marketing gods have lain before us, and make the most of it....
Urban Mapping Turns To Local Search
Last post on Nov 21, 2006, 07:44:46 pm
Urban Mapping, a company that "prides itself on broad domain expertise," has been around for a while - its maps have actually won several awards.  It's getting fresh attention, though,...
Google Adds 3 New Features to Page Creator
Last post on Nov 21, 2006, 07:44:16 pm
Google has added 3 new features to their Google Page Creator. They are image editing, multiple sites and pages for mobile. The image-editing feature allows users to customize their photos....
Cucumis Translates Freely
Last post on Nov 21, 2006, 07:43:46 pm
Free translation site Cucumis provides an online community for multi-lingual users to share their linguistical knowledge. To read the full article click here...
Yahoo, ATandT Mark Five Years Together
Last post on Nov 21, 2006, 07:43:11 pm
Internet companies are usually pretty forward-thinking; this comes, I suppose, with the territory.  Yahoo made a strange move today, however, by celebrating an event that's well in the past -...
US Increasingly Choose Web Over Malls
Last post on Nov 21, 2006, 07:42:40 pm
Expect this online holiday shopping season to be a blockbuster as 80 percent of American Internet users will purchase gifts online, according to a Zogby International poll commissioned by AOL....
Online Video Trends and Contextual Advertising
Last post on Nov 21, 2006, 07:42:09 pm
PodZinger has announced the results of its proprietary research into consumer behavior and online video advertising viewing preferences. The research reveals that not only will viewers tolerate advertisements that appear...
Fox Dumps Non-MySpace Intermix Pieces
Last post on Nov 21, 2006, 03:52:50 pm
One of the people behind the original deal that placed MySpace in the Fox Interactive Media collection of websites has reacquired most of the parts of Intermix from MySpace's new...
Novell Disputes Criticism Of Microsoft Deal
Last post on Nov 21, 2006, 03:52:09 pm
The agreement between Novell and Microsoft that will have salespeople offering Windows and Linux to customers had triggered substantial criticism, to which Novell has responded. To read the...
Can adTV Capture An Audience?
Last post on Nov 21, 2006, 02:06:13 am
A new website will launch in mid-January and be focused on only commercials. The site will be called adTV. The content will range from new ads to older ads. At...
Gambling Sites Crap Out After Bill Signing
Last post on Nov 21, 2006, 02:05:45 am
It's snake-eyes for the top ten gambling sites as visits plummet in the wake of US legislation passed and signed into law banning online gambling. To read the...
Yahoo!'s Talent Show
Last post on Nov 21, 2006, 02:05:16 am
Search engine giant Yahoo! expands its horizon with an online video contest to find the next great internet star. To read the full article click here...
MySpace Becomes Latest UMG Legal Target
Last post on Nov 21, 2006, 02:04:47 am
Universal Music Group has filed a copyright violation lawsuit against social networking juggernaut MySpace.com. The case, filed in a U.S. District Court in Los Angeles, alleges that MySpace allows its...
Google News Struggles In Scandinavia
Last post on Nov 21, 2006, 02:04:17 am
Media groups in Norway and Denmark have begun, like several others before them, to protest Google News's practices.  The Norwegian association objects to the reproduction of certain images and photographs,...
Downloading TV Shows Leads To More Watching
Last post on Nov 21, 2006, 02:03:44 am
CBS has released results of a poll that indicate viewers who download TV shows watch more TV than the average viewer. The poll shows that half of the users downloaded...
Online Shopping Is A Four-Second Rodeo
Last post on Nov 21, 2006, 02:03:14 am
Online retailers, you have four seconds to get your site loaded before a would-be customer scoots off to a competitor. Add that to what we already know about the time...
Mobile Market Stymies Google?
Last post on Nov 21, 2006, 02:02:46 am
Yahoo and Microsoft have both made advancements in the "mobile" market recently, but Google was nowhere to be seen.  This has left some observers feeling a little baffled, and one...
Which Checkout Line Is Faster?
Last post on Nov 21, 2006, 02:02:09 am
To switch lines or stay put, that is question on the minds of every supermarket shopper at the checkout... To read the full article click here...
Stay One Step Ahead of the Law...
Last post on Nov 21, 2006, 02:01:36 am
...with ethical leadership. By Ben Macklin - Senior Analyst To read the full article click here...
$100 Laptops For Third World Countries
Last post on Nov 20, 2006, 08:00:19 pm
The "One Laptop Per Child" project hopes to distribute $100 laptops to children in third world countries, and they are incrediby close to achieving that goal. To read...
Wikipedia Ban Back On In China
Last post on Nov 20, 2006, 06:16:45 pm
Only one week after the Chinese government released the ban placed on encyclopedia site Wikipedia, the ban appears to be back in effect. To read the full article...
Google's Click To Call Ripe For Abuse
Last post on Nov 20, 2006, 06:16:15 pm
Google is testing a new service called Click-to-Call. It allows users to be connected to businesses they are searching for on the results page. When you click on a business...
Marbles Lost, Blender Co. Mixes Up YouTube
Last post on Nov 20, 2006, 06:15:45 pm
If anyone doubted the wild, wonderful things a marketer can do with a phenomenon like YouTube, they can suspend that disbelief by turning to Blendtec. A $50 demonstration of sheer...
Yahoo's HotJobs Partnering With 176 Papers
Last post on Nov 20, 2006, 02:42:17 pm
The company's deal with seven newspaper groups will give Yahoo a possible extension beyond job classifieds to working with publishers on contextual ads, local search, and other revenue generating possibilities....
Yahoo! Jammed By Peanut Butter Memo
Last post on Nov 20, 2006, 12:18:12 pm
An internal memo by a senior vice president at Yahoo, where he extensively criticizes the company's practices and culture, was leaked to the media; Yahoo comes across as a firm...
Music To Baidu's Ears
Last post on Nov 18, 2006, 12:56:27 pm
Courts in Bejing ruled in favor of Baidu today in a lawsuit based on illegal MP3 downloading on the site. To read the full article click here...
PriceFight Search Engine Steps Into The Ring
Last post on Nov 18, 2006, 12:55:54 pm
There are only a few days left until the holiday shopping season begins in earnest, and a new shopping search engine has made its presence known just in time. ...
Google Goes To The Pitts
Last post on Nov 18, 2006, 12:55:25 pm
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania isn't exactly a top destination for tech companies, but in spite (or because) of this fact, Google has built a new office there.  It looks like it's going...
Product Placement Boosts Brand Recognition
Last post on Nov 18, 2006, 12:54:50 pm
Did you notice the e-ball in the upper left-hand corner of this page? To read the full article click here...
Nonstop Growth for Online Travel
Last post on Nov 18, 2006, 12:54:17 pm
Apparently, the sky is the limit. To read the full article click here...
PubCon: Everything You Need to Know
Last post on Nov 17, 2006, 09:01:37 pm
Or an important indicator, anyway. Webmaster Pubcon is packed this week. To read the full article click here...
AOL Loves Football
Last post on Nov 17, 2006, 09:01:08 pm
Football fanatics rejoice! AOL announced an online video contest, dubbed America Loves Football, that gives fans a chance to submit videos to win big prizes. To read the...
PubCon: Social Media Release Optimization
Last post on Nov 17, 2006, 09:00:38 pm
One of the key components of the presentation I gave Thursday morning at the Las Vegas Pubcon conference presented the idea of press release optimization and social media news releases...
Bix.com Purchased By Yahoo
Last post on Nov 17, 2006, 09:00:08 pm
Yahoo has purchased Bix.com an online site devoted to allowing users to rate and share photos, video, singing, writing, dance, comedy and beauty. Users compete in contests for prizes ranging...
Zimbra Poses Threat to Microsoft
Last post on Nov 17, 2006, 08:59:39 pm
Zimbra, a low-cost email program, might be more competition to Microsoft Exchange than the company had anticipated. To read the full article click here...
Yahoo! Search Now With User Answers
Last post on Nov 17, 2006, 08:59:05 pm
Results generated from Yahoo's search engine now feature a more in-depth social component as part of the company's attempt to incorporate user-generated content via Yahoo! Answers. To read...
Yahoo Maps Route Out Of Beta
Last post on Nov 17, 2006, 02:53:02 pm
After plenty of development, testing, and feedback, Yahoo has declared its Maps service ready to shed the Beta moniker and stand on its own. To read the full...
Microsoft Challenges Small Businesses
Last post on Nov 17, 2006, 02:52:32 pm
The Ultimate Challenge from Microsoft will reward a small business demonstrating the most innovative business idea with cash and a rent-free spot somewhere in Manhattan for a year. ...
PubCon: Clicktracks Dinner and Interview
Last post on Nov 17, 2006, 12:46:08 pm
One vendor you're sure to see at virtually every SES and Pubcon conference is web analytics company, ClickTracks. To read the full article click here...
Google's Stock, UK Search Shares Rise
Last post on Nov 17, 2006, 12:45:40 pm
Google is having quite a day.  The company has been initiated into the SandP 100, and its stock is very close to hitting the $500 mark (may, in fact, hit...
Cingular To Bank On Mobile Phone Service
Last post on Nov 17, 2006, 12:45:07 pm
Soon Cingular Wireless will introduce mobile phone banking to its customers. The features will include funds transfers, paying bills and other online banking transactions. The mobile banking launch is expected...
AIM Hits The 6.0 Mark
Last post on Nov 17, 2006, 12:44:37 pm
Lots of new features for AIM's 42 million users arrived with the latest edition, AIM 6.0, including offline messaging, and conversation logging so people can go back and relive their...
PubCon: Danny Sullivan Speaks
Last post on Nov 17, 2006, 12:44:09 pm
Today's keynote featured the lyrical stylings of Danny Sullivan, whose decade-long observation of the search engine industry has been a fixture of his blogging and conference sessions. WebProNews settled in...
PubCon: The Art of One Page Wonders
Last post on Nov 17, 2006, 12:43:11 pm
Ah-Ha, Bobby McFerrin and Dexy's Midnight Runners are all classic examples of one-hit wonders you may or may not remember from the 1980s. Effective one-page wonders, however, boast a more...
Aggreg8: A Social Networking Site For IT Pros
Last post on Nov 17, 2006, 12:42:43 pm
Microsoft has launched a new social networking site for IT professionals called Aggreg8. Think of MySpace but only focusing on all things IT related. On their homepage is the mission...
"Killer" MySpace Pages
Last post on Nov 17, 2006, 12:42:15 pm
The latest complaint to social-networking site MySpace comes from city officials in Houston, Texas, who claim that MySpace pages are being used to glorify killers. To read the...
Jason Calacanis Departs AOL
Last post on Nov 17, 2006, 12:41:46 pm
The head of Weblogs, Inc, who sold his blog network to AOL for a reported $25 million price tag has followed his mentor, ex-CEO Jonathan Miller, out of the company....
Are Customers Using Emerging Digital Channels?
Last post on Nov 17, 2006, 12:39:55 pm
And how! To read the full article click here...
Trademarked Keywords
Last post on Nov 17, 2006, 12:38:47 pm
A legal gray area. By Ben Macklin - Senior Analyst To read the full article click here...
TechCrunched By YouTube
Last post on Nov 15, 2006, 11:00:05 pm
MIchael Arrington of TechCrunch.com probably did not even finish his morning coffee before rifling through papers on his desk and discovering a cease and desist letter from YouTube. ...
Microsoft, MetroFi Team Up to Offer Free WiFi
Last post on Nov 15, 2006, 10:59:33 pm
Resident of Portland, Oregon with a WiFi enabled PC or laptop will be able to access the broadband network that will deliver speeds up to 1 Mbps for downloads and...
Google To Hold $200 Million In YouTube Deal
Last post on Nov 15, 2006, 10:59:01 pm
The rumor that Google was setting aside $500 million for their deal with YouTube is false. Its only $200 million. CEO Eric Schmidt previously denied the rumor that Google would...
PubCon: Feeding The Search Engines
Last post on Nov 15, 2006, 10:58:26 pm
Proper care and good dietary habits practiced by site publishers will help improve their standing in search; a PubCon panel discussed some good choices to make when feeding the search...
Zune Is No Apple, It's a Lemon
Last post on Nov 15, 2006, 10:57:54 pm
If you didn't see any lines coming from your local electronics store and wrapping around the block, you weren't the only one.  Microsoft's big debut of it's Zune digital music...
DMP Owners Attract Electronics Advertisers
Last post on Nov 15, 2006, 10:57:24 pm
comScore has released a study detailing the habits of online consumers that own digital music players. The devices range from MP3 players to iPods and Microsoft's new Zune music player....
The Microsoft "Conspiracy"?
Last post on Nov 15, 2006, 10:56:54 pm
Microsoft has admitted that their new anti-virus service, Windows Live OneCare mistakenly labeled Google's Gmail as a virus last week. The mishap occurred last week when Google made adjustments to...
PubCon: Contextual Advertising Optimization
Last post on Nov 15, 2006, 10:56:19 pm
Representatives from Yahoo and Google both presented their respective strategies for contextual advertising as part of today's PubCon lineup. WebProNews was on the scene, and here's a rundown of the...
The French Are Invading YouTube
Last post on Nov 15, 2006, 10:55:47 pm
Online video-sharing giant YouTube has had it's fair share of challengers for the title of most viewed video-sharing website.  Now they must defend their title in Europe against the popular...
PubCon: Local and Mobile Search Marketing
Last post on Nov 15, 2006, 10:55:10 pm
The quest for geographically relevant search marketing has been the labor of many a SEO. This afternoon, a PubCon panel discussed upcoming innovations in local and mobile search, and WebProNews...
Are You Ready for eDay, Cyber Monday or Year-Round Holiday Shoppers?
Last post on Nov 15, 2006, 10:54:32 pm
The biggest shopping day online is coming... but no one agrees exactly which day it will be. To read the full article click here...
Mobile Data Drowning Out Mobile Voice?
Last post on Nov 15, 2006, 10:54:00 pm
The boom in US mobile voice revenues will not continue forever. Thankfully for carriers, mobile data revenues are on the rise.By James Belcher - Senior Analyst To read...
Look Out! Here Come the Ad Skippers and Time Shifters!
Last post on Nov 15, 2006, 10:53:28 pm
Even under the onslaught of increased digital video recorder and video-on-demand usage, TV advertising is not dead, not by a long shot. To read the full article click...
A Demographic Snapshot of Online Holiday Shoppers
Last post on Nov 15, 2006, 10:52:58 pm
Online shoppers differ in age and income from store shoppers.By Jeffrey Grau - Senior Analyst To read the full article click here...
Blogging Tips and Mistakes to Avoid
Last post on Nov 14, 2006, 10:57:55 am
For every Matt Cutts and Danny Sullivan, there is John Q. Blogger who just can't seem to increase the readership of his blog. Opinions are a dime-a-dozen in cyberspace, but...
Online Social-Networking Multiplies
Last post on Nov 14, 2006, 10:57:26 am
Following six and seven figure monetization deals for MySpace, YouTube, and Facebook, everyone seems to want to capitalize on the online social-networking industry.  Multiply.com is no exception; they want their...
Google Video Raises Iran's Ire
Last post on Nov 14, 2006, 10:56:57 am
Forget the much-hyped competition between Google and its corporate rivals.  Microsoft and Yahoo may have deep pockets, but the search engine giant's newest enemy may have nukes.  The Iranian government...
Competing With YouTube
Last post on Nov 14, 2006, 10:56:29 am
The speculation over how YouTube will continue to operate and if any other web-based companies can compete with the web video giant is never ending. The comparisons to Napster are...
Google Earth Updates Give History Lesson
Last post on Nov 14, 2006, 10:56:00 am
Google is usually on the cutting edge, or at least near it.  The company's latest "innovations" are intentionally out of date, though.  Google Earth will now feature historical maps dating...
Beware the Hooks: Phishing Has Doubled
Last post on Nov 14, 2006, 10:55:25 am
Phishers are now lining up on the banks of the Internet stream &mdash; and they don't play catch-and-release. To read the full article click here...
The Bottom Line for Business: Online
Last post on Nov 14, 2006, 10:54:55 am
Where is the one place large, medium-size and small enterprises all do business? To read the full article click here...
Sun to Serve Up Free Java
Last post on Nov 13, 2006, 08:20:51 pm
Sun Microsystems, Inc. announced today the release of Java technology as free software under the GNU General Public License version two (GPLv2). The first portions of source code for Java...
Canadian Schools Flee From US Servers
Last post on Nov 13, 2006, 08:06:45 pm
Universities in Canada fear the potential for abuse that could take place under the US Patriot Act, so to avoid the gaze of American investigators they have moved their RefWorks...
VA Tech Says Google CEO Is "The Schmidt"
Last post on Nov 13, 2006, 08:06:09 pm
Google founder Eric Schmidt has given a donation to Virginia Tech's School of Engineering in the sum of $2 million dollars. Schmidt grew up in Blacksburg and was the son...
Gifts For All
Last post on Nov 13, 2006, 08:05:00 pm
Completely perplexed when it comes to the gifts you will be giving this holiday season? Don't worry, you aren't the only one.  Gifts.com's ingenious design is sure to make everyone's...
Is MySpace the YouTube Killer? No!
Last post on Nov 11, 2006, 10:33:56 am
MySpace has some claws and they want to sink them into YouTube.  The question is, can the place for friends "broadcast itself" to a higher number of visitors than YouTube?...
Drop Spots Has Big Plans
Last post on Nov 11, 2006, 10:33:21 am
Google's Drop Spots has much grander plans for their online gift sharing community as I was told in an exclusive interview by the creators of the site. To...
Yahoo E-Mail Offers "Instant Chatification"
Last post on Nov 11, 2006, 10:32:52 am
Yahoo has plans to add an instant messaging service to their Yahoo Mail. It will be following the model of Google's Gmail which added IM several months a go. Yahoo...
Do You Like.com?
Last post on Nov 11, 2006, 10:32:18 am
Do you ever wish you could actually see things that you were searching for, rather than searches just returning results in word form? Riya.com has created the new wave in...
Changing Majors? ? Give Podcasting a Try
Last post on Nov 11, 2006, 10:31:45 am
Social media is rapidly climbing the ladder as a primary method in which news and information is communicated to the masses. Podcasting, in particular, is becoming increasingly popular among technology...
Google Feels The Need For Speed
Last post on Nov 11, 2006, 10:31:09 am
At Google, speed is important.  The company's home page is well known for its quick-to-load simplicity, and a study found that although users claimed to prefer 30 search results per...
Thinking Before Blogging
Last post on Nov 11, 2006, 10:30:38 am
As more and more people discover the joy of keeping a blog on a global Web that zillions of anonymous surfers can peruse, it's probably a good thing to think...
Google Opens Up About Public Domain Books
Last post on Nov 11, 2006, 10:30:06 am
Google blocks access for users outside the U.S. to public domain books, much to the dismay of some.  To make matters worse, the reasons behind this policy were something...
You Have Four Seconds Left
Last post on Nov 11, 2006, 10:29:36 am
A visitor hits your retailing website and waits, and waits, and by the time you finish reading this sentence, she's back to the SERPs to find a better site than...
Who Goes Where (After Sharing and Socializing)?
Last post on Nov 11, 2006, 10:28:52 am
Social networking, photo and video sites send valuable traffic to other destinations.By Debra Aho Williamson - Senior Analyst To read the full article click here...
E-Mail Is Top Conversion Channel for Financial Publisher
Last post on Nov 11, 2006, 10:28:16 am
Where would you &mdash; where do you &mdash; put your money? To read the full article click here...
The Law, Microsoft, And ISPs
Last post on Nov 10, 2006, 05:00:29 pm
A couple of legally-tinged topics consider whether Microsoft's pledge not to assert patents against developers as part of its Novell deal actually do what they say, while a British lawyer...
CEO Blogs Not Censored Yet
Last post on Nov 10, 2006, 04:59:57 pm
It seems that blogs are trying to make a transition away from the simple person-next-door chronicling their activities, moods, likes, dislikes, and thoughts to the higher profile musings and strategies...
Gmail Continues Upgrading Services
Last post on Nov 10, 2006, 04:59:24 pm
Gmail continues moving ahead in the competitive market of free webmail services and has just announced some added new features to its expanding and very popular service. To...
Google Eats The Worm
Last post on Nov 10, 2006, 04:56:15 pm
In a major screw-up that has nothing to do with Tequila, Google sent out the Kama Sutra worm to 50,000 video email subscribers. The worm also known as W32/Kapser.A@mm was...
Buyout Or Bust: Who's Next In Bubble 2.0
Last post on Nov 10, 2006, 10:16:26 am
The burning question, as Internet giants make a ritual of dining on user-generated startups, is about whether this bubbly climate can continue, and what, exactly, makes a good candidate for...
Is Zune The iPod Killer?
Last post on Nov 10, 2006, 10:15:20 am
You would think an epic battle was being fought if you listened to the hype being generated about Microsoft releasing an "equivalent" to Apple's iPod.  Who will win the war...
Google Buys Legal Troubles
Last post on Nov 10, 2006, 10:14:46 am
Knowing that their online video service could not compete with YouTube, Google purchased the company to eliminate competition.  They received a surprise bonus in the form of copyright infringement lawsuits...
Video Sharing Goes Cellular
Last post on Nov 10, 2006, 10:14:12 am
With the less than stellar results companies have seen from the ability to download television shows, rock clips, and other video entertainment onto portable consumer electronic devices, video sharing on...
Drill Down, Then Out; Vertical's Where It's At
Last post on Nov 10, 2006, 10:13:35 am
It's always been relevancy that drives the efficacy of search - that's a no-brainer, and the reason Google is king of general search. But because that search is general, riffraff...
The Politics of the Blogosphere
Last post on Nov 10, 2006, 10:13:01 am
Candidates for political office often run advertisements that portray opponents in a damaging light. Likewise, bloggers are beginning to take an increasing amount of liberty in their negative portrayal of...
JobThread Weaves Job Boards For Slashdot
Last post on Nov 10, 2006, 10:12:29 am
Ultra-geeky and venerable tech news site Slashdot will have its job listings powered by JobThread, a company that provides the site publisher with the turnkey software in exchange for a...
Online Job Seekers Get More Offers
Last post on Nov 10, 2006, 10:11:56 am
People use print and online classifieds about evenly, but when it comes to finding a new cubicle to occupy, job hunters have been landing more offers from the Internet versions....
Online Retailers Face Four-Second Barrier
Last post on Nov 10, 2006, 10:11:17 am
One... two... three... and gone! To read the full article click here...
Cameras Now in Half of Mobile Phones
Last post on Nov 10, 2006, 10:10:38 am
Hello? Say cheese, please. To read the full article click here...
CBS Hunting For The Next YouTube
Last post on Nov 09, 2006, 07:17:12 pm
CBS is looking to buy the next YouTube. Just which site that will be is the billion-dollar question.  The front-runners could be Blinkx, which boasts 6 million hours of video,...
Yahoo, Linksys Put Out "Cool" New Phone
Last post on Nov 09, 2006, 07:16:37 pm
Linksys and Yahoo have partnered to create a new must-have for fans of Yahoo Messenger.  The Linksys Dual-Mode Cordless Phone for Yahoo! Messenger with Voice (CIT310), which could really use...
Adobe Opens ActionScript Code to Mozilla
Last post on Nov 09, 2006, 07:16:01 pm
Adobe announced this week that it has contributed source code for the ActionScript Virtual Machine to the Mozilla Foundation as part of a new open source project entitled Tamarin. ...
In Search Of?The Best Search
Last post on Nov 09, 2006, 07:15:26 pm
So what's your pleasure? What are you specifically looking for on the Internet and where do you go to find it? Does everyone consider himself or herself a ?Googler' or...
Yahoo Blasted On China Issue
Last post on Nov 09, 2006, 07:14:49 pm
Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo have all been blasted for cooperating with the Chinese government, but this time Yahoo was alone in the hot water.  Reporters Without Borders is angry with...
Keyword Marketing Advances
Last post on Nov 09, 2006, 07:14:14 pm
In the world of E-commerce, everyone in the business of hawking something on the Web, big or small, knows how important Keywords and Search Engines can be in leading prospective...
BlogBurst Plucks Money For Bloggers
Last post on Nov 09, 2006, 07:13:37 pm
The BlogBurst service from Pluck will pay people who place highly on its leaderboard of active bloggers, but there is a catch that has participants concerned. To read...
The World Comes To US Sites
Last post on Nov 09, 2006, 04:53:13 pm
As the number of Internet users has increased throughout the world, Americans now comprise a smaller percentage of them. That growth has led to a shift in the numbers of...
The "Anywhere Consumer" Is Here
Last post on Nov 09, 2006, 04:52:39 pm
Thanks to modern technology, a person can shop from pretty much anywhere, at any time.  This person - a retailer's dream - is known as the "Anywhere Consumer." ...
Microsoft Goes Universal
Last post on Nov 09, 2006, 04:52:06 pm
Proving that Microsoft is not the monopoly in all aspects of computer technology, the company has reached an agreement that they hope will help the Zune digital music player compete...
Political Net Ads Low in ?06
Last post on Nov 09, 2006, 10:44:18 am
Industry analysts have been watching the worldwide web closely over the past few months to see how political ads fared in Election '06. Surprisingly, it appears that many politicians do...
YouTube To Go on V Cast
Last post on Nov 09, 2006, 10:43:43 am
Subscribers to Verizon wireless services will soon be able to carry YouTube with them thanks to a deal to bring the popular website together with V Cast. To...
Google Offers Unclear Landing Page Guidelines
Last post on Nov 09, 2006, 10:43:06 am
Google has announced changes to its method of assessing the quality of landing pages as part of its AdWords service. The guidelines for landing page evaluation, however, still remain somewhat...
Leap Onto Google
Last post on Nov 09, 2006, 10:42:31 am
Not all are cell phone providers are bad.  In fact, some might even care about their customers.  A recent agreement between Leap Wireless International Inc. and Google has made that...
Social Web - The Five Percent Solution
Last post on Nov 09, 2006, 10:41:54 am
September 2006 saw just about one out of every twenty US Internet visits hit a social networking destination. That activity had an impact beyond the social networking arena, with sites...
European Online Ad Spend Rising
Last post on Nov 08, 2006, 11:39:50 pm
E-Commerce drives advertising growth To read the full article click here...
Christmas Comes Early for Drop Spot Participants
Last post on Nov 08, 2006, 06:51:13 pm
The creators of the online gift sharing community known as Drop Spot restore a little faith in the human race by starting a chain of giving, linking cities across the...
Microsoft Should Invest in Marketing
Last post on Nov 08, 2006, 06:50:35 pm
Microsoft's annual Employee Giving Campaign raises $63 million for various chartiable organizations, and receives almost no media coverage.  Meanwhile search engine giant Google donates $30 thousand to Creative Commons, generating...
Yahoo! Cures Holiday Headaches
Last post on Nov 08, 2006, 06:50:00 pm
Yahoo! Tech has tried to make it as painless as possible for holiday shoppers to find gadgets with the launch of it's holiday gift center. To read the...
MySpace Rises In Japan
Last post on Nov 08, 2006, 06:49:26 pm
MySpace said "hajime-mashite" (nice to meet you) to Japan today as the News Corp.-owned site teamed up for a 50/50 venture with Japanese telecom powerhouse Softbank Corp. to launch MySpace...
Microsoft Designs School of the Future
Last post on Nov 08, 2006, 06:48:53 pm
Microsoft aids in the design of a $46 million Philadelphia public school that will pave the way for schools in the future. To read the full article click...
Net Video Providers Compete
Last post on Nov 08, 2006, 06:48:20 pm
With streaming video footage on the Internet now becoming a key component in all recent high-profile website successes, Atlas and Doubleclick, two marketing technologies providers, are both offering up competing...
Nielsen Calls Shenanigans On Apple Study
Last post on Nov 08, 2006, 06:47:47 pm
Web usability guru Jakob Nielsen held his tongue when an Apple-sponsored study correlating high productivity with larger computer screens was released. But when Computer World published an article about it...
Intel Pulls SimpleFeed, More Into SuiteTwo
Last post on Nov 08, 2006, 06:47:14 pm
Intel Capital, the investment arm of the global semiconductor leader, brought together a number of companies into SuiteTwo, a hardware appliance containing several collaborative software applications. To read...
Malik Decries Web 2.0 Fatigue, Pixie Dust
Last post on Nov 08, 2006, 06:46:41 pm
As the big Web 2.0 event changes from "Conference" to "Summit," the whole Web 2.0 meme may be approaching "old and busted" status; so far the "new hotness" to replace...
Leaving so Zune?
Last post on Nov 08, 2006, 06:46:08 pm
Microsoft's MSN Music store customers may soon be singing a different tune if they attempt to use a Zune portable player from the company. To read the full...
E-Mail Service Providers in Brutal Battle
Last post on Nov 08, 2006, 06:45:27 pm
If competition is good for business, things are looking up for e-mail marketers, if a little confusing. To read the full article click here...
Internet Redefines Friendships
Last post on Nov 08, 2006, 06:44:53 pm
For teens, IM and e-mail are as important as in-person communication.By Debra Aho Williamson - Senior Analyst To read the full article click here...
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Last post on Nov 08, 2006, 04:05:35 am
Good Day Everyone, just came back from hiatus, after a long legal issue with my ISP I have found some time to do some work to get my skills back...
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Last post on Nov 08, 2006, 01:11:32 am
Hello! It is safe to say that you have heard the phrase ?content is king? time and time again.  But the fact of the matter is that this is...
PaulasPetsPages.com
Last post on Nov 07, 2006, 09:41:31 pm
I just wanted to show you guys a website I just finished for a client. This is my second website that has been designed tableless. I'm getting more used to...
Cyberspies Invade Silicon Valley
Last post on Nov 07, 2006, 01:01:49 pm
Fictional super spies like James Bond may have to retire from all the action, sizzle and international intrigue of days past if the recent trend in stealing company secrets through...
Nokia, FinNode Looking For Mobile Plans
Last post on Nov 07, 2006, 01:00:58 pm
It's not anytime minutes and SMS they want, but they would like to find and reward the winner of a contest for the best business plan in the Web-2-Mobile Business...
Google Brings Samba, CC Early Gifts
Last post on Nov 06, 2006, 10:52:18 pm
Samba and Creative Commons, both with ties in the open source community, benefited from Google's largesse, an early present to a pair of organizations for the holidays. To...
FTC Slaps Zango On The Wrist
Last post on Nov 06, 2006, 10:51:48 pm
Zango Inc., the Web 2.0 incarnation of bubble-era adware and porno-popup company 180solutions, settled up with the Federal Trade Commission to the tune of $3 million (about 23 cents per...
Is Bigger Always Better?
Last post on Nov 06, 2006, 10:51:19 pm
Should your company upgrade to grande? The monetary value of larger flat screen monitors is well worth the return in employee productivity, as proven in a recent study conducted by...
Codename Max Signs Off
Last post on Nov 06, 2006, 10:50:50 pm
Microsoft abrubtly ends its popular year long endeavor known as the Codename Max project, leaving some users puzzled. To read the full article click here...
After Google, NBA Breakup, NHL Steps In
Last post on Nov 06, 2006, 10:50:18 pm
Google Video used to feature official NBA videos, but the deal that made this possible seems to have run its course.  Sports fans aren't entirely out of luck, though, because...
Online Video Advertising: 'You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet!'
Last post on Nov 06, 2006, 10:49:40 pm
Google's acquisition of YouTube was just the beginning. To read the full article click here...
An Online Democracy?
Last post on Nov 06, 2006, 10:49:11 pm
Money, money, money. But where is it all going? To read the full article click here...
YouTube Looks to Go Mobile
Last post on Nov 04, 2006, 12:53:55 pm
YouTube announced its plans to branch out into the mobile marketplace at the OgivlyOne Digital Media Summit. But with no clear monetization strategy and pending copyright issues, the endeavor could...
Ho Ho Dough! $24.3B For Holiday Season
Last post on Nov 04, 2006, 12:53:08 pm
Broadband connections will help online retailers see $24.3 billion in sales for the 2006 holiday shopping period, a 22.1 percent rise over 2005. To read the full article...
Digg Filling In Holes
Last post on Nov 04, 2006, 12:52:11 pm
The social content website Digg has been under scrutiny lately. Apparently, there have been complaints as to how their algorithm is operating for site content placement. To read...
'Tis The Season For A Yahoo Shopping Upgrade
Last post on Nov 04, 2006, 12:49:21 pm
Yahoo Shopping has a new look, and as the company admits, it's "just in time for the holidays."  The redesign's timeliness doesn't necessarily mean it's exploitative, though, and Yahoo boasts...
Groups Want Microsoft Out Of Your Business
Last post on Nov 04, 2006, 12:48:13 pm
Two consumer advocacy groups have filed a complaint with the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) asking the regulatory agency to investigate alleged abuses resulting from Microsoft's adCenter services and the...
Yahoo China Wages War On Qihoo
Last post on Nov 04, 2006, 12:46:55 pm
Yahoo China is preparing to file an aggressive new lawsuit against Qihoo, a rival portal.  The case will reportedly target Qihoo's founder (and former president of Yahoo China), Zhou Hongyi,...
Google Just Now Owns AdSense.com
Last post on Nov 04, 2006, 12:45:07 pm
Three years after Google launched its AdSense service, the company finally owns the AdSense.com domain. Previously, the domain was owned by AdSense Consulting, who bought the domain in 1996. ...
Google Facing Hefty Tab For Video
Last post on Nov 04, 2006, 12:44:10 pm
If anyone was wondering why Google made an all-stock deal with YouTube to acquire it, news of negotiations with media companies that could require big cash payments should answer that...
Online Video Advertising: Hold on to Your Hat...
Last post on Nov 04, 2006, 12:41:53 pm
...but keep one foot on the ground. To read the full article click here...
Microsoft, Novell Make Nice Over Linux
Last post on Nov 03, 2006, 04:29:43 pm
A history of network competition and some contentious patent issues between the two companies have been overcome with the announcement that Microsoft and Novell will collaborate on making Vista and...
Size Of Friends List A Status Symbol For Teens
Last post on Nov 03, 2006, 09:52:16 am
The Breakfast Club is a lot different these days. A leather jacket, a sports car, the right girlfriend may all still be factors (but I wouldn't know, I'm 30) for...
Flickr Drives To SEMA In Vegas
Last post on Nov 03, 2006, 09:51:26 am
The appeal of trade shows planted in the middle of the neon sprawl of Las Vegas cannot be enjoyed in person by everyone who may wish to attend. Fortunately Flickr...
Microsoft Tries User-Friendly Vista Terms
Last post on Nov 03, 2006, 09:50:37 am
Licensing terms for the Vista operating system had been crafted in a manner that drew the scorn and derision of PC enthusiasts who wanted to be able to move a...
Yahoo Starts Matching Souls
Last post on Nov 02, 2006, 11:38:02 pm
Yahoo has partnered with Beliefnet, a "leading spirituality media company" (oxymoron, anyone?), to enhance an online community for spiritual daters.  Dubbed Soulmatch, the site is already up and running; this...
Gmail: Coming to a Mobile Device Near You
Last post on Nov 02, 2006, 11:37:08 pm
Today, Google announced the launch of a new mobile client for its increasingly popular Gmail service. The client is designed to give users the same look and feel that they...
Google Chases Channel Four
Last post on Nov 02, 2006, 11:36:24 pm
Google is raising eyebrows in England with an imminent accomplishment - the search engine giant appears ready to surpass "the UK's main commercial TV channels" in terms of advertising revenue....
MySpace For Trademark Infringement
Last post on Nov 02, 2006, 11:35:43 pm
When capitalizing on the social networking explosion, it's best to not be too obvious that you're ripping off somebody else - especially when everybody knows that somebody else and the...
Is iPhone The Holy Grail of Podcasting?
Last post on Nov 02, 2006, 11:35:02 pm
Reports this week of a deal between Apple Computer and Cingular, coupled with Apple's new speech-recognition patent, have rekindled rumors of the company developing the much talked about iPhone. Would...
Social Network Ad Space: Sorry, Sold Out!
Last post on Nov 02, 2006, 11:33:51 pm
Ad agencies are abuzz. To read the full article click here...
Santa Goes Broadband
Last post on Nov 02, 2006, 11:33:00 pm
Ho, ho, ho! Online sales will be up over 20% this holiday season! To read the full article click here...
Internet Now Serves 100 Million Websites
Last post on Nov 02, 2006, 03:26:47 pm
The World Wide Web was created as a mechanism for scientists to post text and images, and share them with colleagues. Keep that in mind the next time you visit...
EFF Fighting Crook Over DMCA
Last post on Nov 02, 2006, 03:25:59 pm
The potential for misuse of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act reared its head again as a controversial figure has used it to force the takedown of a Fox News screen...
Neighboroo Mashes Your Neighborhood
Last post on Nov 02, 2006, 09:43:25 am
The newly-launched Neighboroo.com brings together the great taste of Google Maps with the rich texture of census and other data to provide a variety of insights into neighborhoods around America....
Office Live Launches in the US on November 15th
Last post on Nov 02, 2006, 09:42:51 am
Microsoft Corp. today announced that Microsoft Office Live (http://www.officelive.com/), a set of Internet-based services tailored to the needs of small businesses, will be coming out of beta in the United...
Three New Partnerships for JumpTap
Last post on Nov 02, 2006, 09:42:18 am
New press release from mobile search technology provider JumpTap. They've announced deals with Autodesk, SuperPages.com and WhitePages.com. To read the full article click here...
Comedy Central Gives YouTube OK
Last post on Nov 02, 2006, 09:41:40 am
After demanding that YouTube remove all of its copyrighted videos last week, Comedy Central has given YouTube the okay to continue hosting video of its TV shows. To...
Nielsen: Republicans Outnumber Dems Online
Last post on Nov 02, 2006, 09:41:00 am
NetRatings, a Nielsen property, published a report today comparing Internet usage along political party lines. The findings also catalog top websites among both Democrats and Republicans, indicating a wide disparity...
Ask Search Share May Climb With Lycos
Last post on Nov 02, 2006, 09:40:23 am
If Lycos as a name does not grab your attention right away, you may be missing the size of the scope of the deal that has Ask replacing a couple...
'I Want My ITV!'
Last post on Nov 02, 2006, 09:32:53 am
Click! Convergence. To read the full article click here...
Setting the Mood with Digital Music
Last post on Nov 02, 2006, 09:32:17 am
Setting the mood with digital music, an exclusive eMarketer conversation with The Orchard's founder. By John du Pre Gauntt - Senior Analyst To read the full article click...
Click Fraud Concern Mounts
Last post on Nov 02, 2006, 09:31:41 am
Success brings increased scrutiny. To read the full article click here...
Mobile Advertising Set to Double
Last post on Nov 02, 2006, 09:31:04 am
And users don't mind... in some cases. To read the full article click here...
Setting the Mood with Digital Music
Last post on Nov 01, 2006, 08:41:41 am
Setting the mood with digital music, an exclusive eMarketer conversation with The Orchard's founder. By John du Pre Gauntt - Senior Analyst To read the full article click...
RSS... What's the point?
Last post on Oct 30, 2006, 12:25:30 pm
I noticed that everyone has RSS feeds. What is the point of an RSS feed? Maybe I'm missing something but isn't an RSS feed just displayed on a page where...
Microsoft Renews Commitment To Search
Last post on Oct 28, 2006, 01:15:13 pm
Microsoft has been called many things, but rarely has it been labeled "complacent," particularly in regards to the search industry, which has been a major point of frustration for the...
Microsoft, Yahoo, Google: "Top Web Properties"
Last post on Oct 28, 2006, 01:14:44 pm
comScore released a list of the top fifteen Web properties earlier today, and there are some very familiar search-related names in the first three positions.  Microsoft's sites lead the way,...
TV Content Yes, TV Set No
Last post on Oct 28, 2006, 01:14:14 pm
TV-DVD sales are on the rise. To read the full article click here...
Who Shops Online and What Do They Do?
Last post on Oct 28, 2006, 01:13:48 pm
Here is a new way to look at online shoppers. To read the full article click here...
Microsoft Grabs $10.8B For Quarter
Last post on Oct 27, 2006, 07:39:54 pm
If you were impressed with Google's successful financial quarter, consider this: their much-ballyhooed competition with Microsoft ends at the balance sheet, as Redmond's juggernaut pulls in as much quarterly revenue...
Google To Restructure, Add AdSense For Audio
Last post on Oct 27, 2006, 07:39:30 pm
It's funny how a whisper can sometimes push a hurricane; expect one to swirl up by Monday. The rumor, as was whispered into the ear of a DM News reporter,...
Picture This Hollywood: Online Ads
Last post on Oct 27, 2006, 07:39:05 pm
Instead of spending tons of cash on providing substantial assistance to federal investigations of torrent trackers, maybe the MPAA should use those funds to educate its member studios about the...
Google Releasing New Blogger Version
Last post on Oct 27, 2006, 07:38:40 pm
Google engineers suffered the wrath of bloggers last week when "a significant number of unplanned outages" of the search company's Blogger blogging platform. Google decided to try the transparency in...
A Plea To Online Grammar Butchers
Last post on Oct 27, 2006, 12:57:37 am
This is a plea for the Language, pruned for the Internet, whittled down to bite-sized chunks, as naked as a tree in winter without the punctuation, spelling, or grammar required...
The Launch of Google Politics
Last post on Oct 26, 2006, 09:51:51 pm
Last month, Google announced that it would form a political action committee to act in the political realm on behalf of the company's interests. The group, labeled netPAC, is already...
When Marketing Online, Don't Forget the Rich
Last post on Oct 26, 2006, 08:12:13 pm
Time for stating the obvious: wealthier people are more likely to have computers, Internet access and credit cards with nice elastic limits. To read the full article click...
Google Give Guidelines A Tweak
Last post on Oct 26, 2006, 08:11:44 pm
The Webmaster Guidelines at Google have been adjusted to permit the indexing of pages carrying a parameter that the Googlebot previously ignored. To read the full article click...
Google Keeps Fretting Over Googling
Last post on Oct 26, 2006, 08:11:08 pm
Merriam-Webster's and the Oxford English Dictionary's addition of "Google" to their multitude of pages as a verb has given Google fits, and the company has been desperately trying to fight...
Racist Blogs Land Google In Hot Water
Last post on Oct 26, 2006, 08:10:37 pm
Google is becoming involved in yet another battle that may test its dedication to "free speech": an Australian group has accused the company's Blogger site of hosting what it describes...
Google Named 3rd Most Valuable Tech Company
Last post on Oct 26, 2006, 08:10:05 pm
Google's moving up in the world, and it just passed IBM.  The search engine giant now holds the title of "world's third most valuable technology company," and is only about...
How Consumer Online Research Impacts Sales
Last post on Oct 26, 2006, 08:09:29 pm
A June 2006 joint study conducted by Yahoo and the Consumer Electronics Association asserts that seventy-seven percent of all consumer electronics purchases were influenced by online research. The study also...
Four Keys To Brand Monitoring
Last post on Oct 26, 2006, 08:08:52 pm
Forrester Research reiterated the importance of being aware of what people say about your brand online, and noted the four key parts to successfully evaluating potential brand monitoring solutions. ...
Yahoo Search Marketing Blog Launches
Last post on Oct 26, 2006, 08:08:12 pm
As promised by Steve Mitgang promised earlier this week, the Yahoo Search Marketing Blog has launched.  With a focus on Yahoo's new search advertising platform, it will, among other things,...
Google Leaks Or Google Plants?
Last post on Oct 26, 2006, 08:07:32 pm
More supposedly secret information has emerged from Google as a leak to a prominent blogger. Considering the company's penchant for secrecy, especially in light of their fight with the Department...
Fashionistas Please Step Forward
Last post on Oct 26, 2006, 08:06:49 pm
Visitors to fashion Web sites are an upscale group of Internet users.By Jeffrey Grau - Senior Analyst To read the full article click here...
Hollywood Studios Getting the Big Picture?
Last post on Oct 26, 2006, 08:06:18 pm
It's not that there haven't been successes. To read the full article click here...
Cast Member Hookey Puts TWiT At Risk
Last post on Oct 25, 2006, 08:29:10 am
Just weeks after This Week in Technology (T.W.i.T) podcast host Leo Laporte lit up a packed ballroom about the future and struggles facing podcasting at the Podcast and Portable Media...
Yahoo Search Marketing Blog On Its Way
Last post on Oct 25, 2006, 08:28:42 am
Yahoo has a search marketing blog in the works, and it should be here soon.  Steve Mitgang made the announcement during an interview with Jennifer Slegg; Barry Schwartz managed to...
Adobe Gets Rich With Digital Editions
Last post on Oct 25, 2006, 08:28:08 am
The people behind Flex and Flash think digital distribution of rich content needs an enlightened approach to generating, hosting, and protecting it. To read the full article click...
Mobile Users Open To Ads, Not To Land Lines
Last post on Oct 25, 2006, 08:27:41 am
Mobile phone users are showing an increased interest in a give-and-take advertising system. According to Harris Interactive, 26 percent of mobile phone subscribers say they'd swap attention for free stuff....
Blogger Eats Dogfood, But So What?
Last post on Oct 25, 2006, 08:27:12 am
Eric Case at Google's Blogger service struck back at a trio of writers over their remarks on Blogger's security. To read the full article click here...
Window Shoppers, Soda Jerks and Dodo Birds
Last post on Oct 25, 2006, 08:26:41 am
Like the big blue public mailboxes, and the pay phones before that, window shoppers are diminishing; perhaps resident mall grandpas too, people-watching and purse-holding. Actual shopping - that is, comparing...
Amazon Shoots Arrow At Google Subpoena
Last post on Oct 25, 2006, 08:26:13 am
Online retailer Amazon.com has no desire to comply with Google's book-scanning related subpoena for information on Amazon's hows and whys of accomplishing it. To read the full article...
Affluent Consumers Buy Electronics Online
Last post on Oct 25, 2006, 08:25:31 am
Nearly all affluent consumers research their electronics purchases online.By James Belcher - Senior Analyst To read the full article click here...
B2B E-Mail List Prices Falling (a Little)
Last post on Oct 25, 2006, 08:24:58 am
A break for business marketers. To read the full article click here...
Google Breaks Out Custom Search
Last post on Oct 24, 2006, 04:09:03 pm
Site publishers can use the Google Custom Search Engine to build the search engine of their dreams, drawing from specific sites and blogs, dressing it up to match the look...
Google Video Ads Spread To China Via CDC
Last post on Oct 24, 2006, 04:08:36 pm
Google's click-to-play video ads are spreading to China, thanks to CDC.  That's "CDC" as in "CDC Corporation," mind you, not "Centers for Disease Control."  The business entity describes itself as...
Google Likes Being Sued?
Last post on Oct 24, 2006, 10:17:32 am
Lawsuits are generally regarded as tools of aggression.  They can be used to legally entangle a company, or to wrest large sums of money from it; rarely are they meant...
Search Genie Offers Three Wishes
Last post on Oct 24, 2006, 10:17:07 am
Genieknows.com looks to offer users a focused search platform centered on vertical topics such as health, gaming, and business. The project, based out of Nova Scotia, is currently in beta...
Getting Hired At Google Just Got Easier (Maybe)
Last post on Oct 24, 2006, 10:16:43 am
Some people would have you believe that it's easier to get a job with the CIA than with Google.  Google has a reputation for putting applicants - who must already...
Dems To Set Off Election Google Bomb
Last post on Oct 24, 2006, 10:16:17 am
The search warfare crews we all remember from the 2004 elections (you know, the "miserable failure" ones) are not taking the upcoming midterm election lying down, or even taking for...
The Feds Discover Social Networking
Last post on Oct 24, 2006, 10:15:49 am
Relax, the Bush Administration isn't trying to invade MySpace; instead, another group has erected a private playground called YoungFeds for the Administration's less-than-geriatric staffers to enjoy. To read...
Internet Video Metrics
Last post on Oct 24, 2006, 10:15:18 am
Fox/MySpace vs. Yahoo! vs. Google/YouTubeBy Ben Macklin - Senior Analyst To read the full article click here...
Canada: Online Upswing
Last post on Oct 24, 2006, 10:14:53 am
O (as in online) Canada! To read the full article click here...
EU More Likely To Access Mobile Web
Last post on Oct 23, 2006, 10:06:55 pm
Almost three-quarters of Americans who access the Internet via mobile phones do so by using one of the major online portals such as Google, Yahoo! or MSN, according to comScore....
Yahoo Seeking Stars For 'Talent Show'
Last post on Oct 23, 2006, 10:06:28 pm
Online celebrity could be a digital video away for some lucky people who enter Yahoo's Talent Show contest, as the company turns to user-generated content again to reinforce its brand....
Danny Sullivan Staying With SES Through '07
Last post on Oct 23, 2006, 10:06:03 pm
The Search Engine Strategies shows will continue to enjoy Danny Sullivan's participation through 2007. To read the full article click here...
Google Involved in Digital Democracy
Last post on Oct 23, 2006, 10:05:37 pm
The 2006 elections mark a new era in the way that candidates for various political offices are promoting their platforms to the voting public. Google Video, YouTube, and Google Earth...
Wikiality: The Voice of The Crowd Is a Whisper
Last post on Oct 23, 2006, 10:05:11 pm
The Wisdom of Crowds idea is a beautiful and elegant theory, despite any Aristotelian reservations you may have about the masses. Internet visionaries have applied the concept as a slogan...
IBM Sues Amazon for Patent Infringement
Last post on Oct 23, 2006, 10:04:45 pm
International Business Machines Corp. has filed two separate lawsuits against Amazon, alleging that the Seattle-based company improperly derived its e-commerce functions from technologies patented by IBM as far back as...
Bloggers Help Promote Vanished Blog Post
Last post on Oct 23, 2006, 10:04:18 pm
Damian Mulley posted a lengthy complaint about alleged spamming by Thinkhouse PR, and that post has evidently disappeared from Google. To read the full article click here...
CBS and Answers.com Bring AnswerTips to the Web
Last post on Oct 23, 2006, 10:03:52 pm
CBSNews and Answers Corporation announced the web launch of AnswerTips, a search tool aimed at enhancing content on the CBSNews.com website. CBS will also provide headlines and breaking news stories...
GOOG Shares Set All Time High
Last post on Oct 23, 2006, 10:03:16 pm
Google stock hit an all-time high at 1:30 p.m. today, the second day after Google reported that it nearly doubled revenue over a year ago. Just after lunch, GOOG went...
Low convertions == Low earnings per click?
Last post on Oct 22, 2006, 07:19:06 pm
I've just found this very interesting post regarding the low quallity advertisers for the adwords program. As Daniel sais, What smart pricing does is take into...
Stanford Says You're Hooked On The Net
Last post on Oct 22, 2006, 11:20:20 am
Internet addiction used to be a joking matter, but it has reached a point where the reality of too much WWW has lead some to busted relationships, job losses, and...
Do you put advertising on your blog?
Last post on Oct 21, 2006, 12:55:39 pm
I am working on a new blog. I've put several posts, but am still working out the kinks and how I want it to be formatted. The question and...
MSN Search Continues Downhill Trend
Last post on Oct 21, 2006, 12:33:45 pm
It's been a brutal search market except for a few. Four of the top ten search engines had significant drops in the number of searches, and MSN gets the title...
Technorati Tackles "Blog Claiming"
Last post on Oct 21, 2006, 12:33:17 pm
Technorati has introducing "blog claiming," which "enables a blog author to associate their identity with their blog."  This move has earned a smattering applause from blogosphere, although a number of...
Money Keeps Following Politics Online
Last post on Oct 20, 2006, 09:27:34 am
People have been actively searching the Internet for political information, and ever since Howard Dean amassed a sizable war chest with a grass-roots Net-centric effort the minds behind political parties...
Google Earth: An Indian Farmer's Best Friend
Last post on Oct 20, 2006, 09:27:07 am
A number of farmers in India were going to have their land taken away.  They would have been compensated, but now, thanks to Google Earth, they may get to keep...
Writing So Searchers Can Find You
Last post on Oct 20, 2006, 09:26:42 am
When writing so people can find you better on search engines, keep it simple. Use short words, not complicated ones. Precise words are even better. But most importantly, use words...
Perspectives on Business Blogging
Last post on Oct 20, 2006, 09:26:13 am
There are certain guidelines that companies should bear in mind when undertaking new ventures into the blogosphere. For starters, an effective blog should be a springboard for conversation as opposed...
Google Dabbles In Dodgeball
Last post on Oct 20, 2006, 09:25:47 am
In May of 2005, Google acquired Dodgeball, and then . . . nothing.  Now, almost a year and a half later, Dodgeball users are being asked to sign in using...
YouTube On Pace To Outgrow MySpace
Last post on Oct 20, 2006, 09:25:21 am
This must have been one of the selling points for Google when deciding to buy out YouTube. According to Compete.com's Jay Meattle, YouTube is beating MySpace in terms of month-by-month...
Product Red: A Gateway for Merchandising
Last post on Oct 20, 2006, 09:24:56 am
Hitwise will announce in an upcoming press release that for the week ending October 14, over 66% of users who accessed the Join RED website continued on to visit the...
Oprah's Good For Your Website
Last post on Oct 20, 2006, 09:24:30 am
Book authors are quite aware that a mention on Oprah is the shortest distance between relative obscurity and the best sellers list. U2 front man Bono, and his corporate sponsors,...
The Virtually Taxable Imaginary Economy
Last post on Oct 20, 2006, 09:24:04 am
If you thought your virtual assets were safe from government pick pocketing, think again. You know that pretend sword you sold for $500? The US government wants its cut. ...
Google Crushes Earnings Estimates
Last post on Oct 20, 2006, 09:23:39 am
Google not only nearly doubled its earnings from the third quarter of 2005, but the company beat analysts expectations by about $50 million. The news sent GOOG shares soaring in...
Direct Mail Drives Traffic Directly to Web Sites
Last post on Oct 20, 2006, 09:23:12 am
Direct mail, even more direct response? To read the full article click here...
Happy 300 Millionth, USA
Last post on Oct 20, 2006, 09:22:41 am
eMarketer presents facts and figures on the US Internet population.By Debra Aho Williamson - Senior Analyst To read the full article click here...
Ms. Dewey Married To Microsoft
Last post on Oct 19, 2006, 02:35:40 pm
The search site featuring the witty Ms. Dewey draws its search results from Windows Live Search, which isn't too surprising considering that she is part of a Microsoft awareness campaign....
Click Fraud Down By 0.3 Percent
Last post on Oct 19, 2006, 02:35:03 pm
The industry average click fraud rate trickled slightly downward in the third quarter according to the Click Fraud Index from ClickForensics; rates for top tier providers like Google and Yahoo...
Google To Literally Corner Online Ad Market
Last post on Oct 19, 2006, 10:46:06 am
Google is on pace this year to capture a quarter of all online ad spending, according to eMarketer, further increasing its dominance in the sector as the sector itself is...
Spamhaus To Appeal Default Judgment
Last post on Oct 19, 2006, 10:45:41 am
After some impressive jurisdiction-based grandstanding, United Kingdom-based Spamhaus has decided to get into the Illinois court ring after all. The nonprofit organization has enlisted the aid of Chicago pro-bono attorneys...
Internet Explorer 7 Released By Yahoo?
Last post on Oct 19, 2006, 10:45:15 am
Yahoo has posted the finalized version of Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 and made the software available for download today. As of yet, Microsoft has not officially released the web browser...
eBay Blocking PS3 Presales
Last post on Oct 19, 2006, 10:44:50 am
Trying to avoid a repeat of last year's X-mas Box 360 madness, where consoles were selling for as much as 10 times their retail price but not always making it...
Google And Security Pass In The Night
Last post on Oct 19, 2006, 10:44:24 am
Organizing all the world's information may be a noble goal, but a couple of prominent blog voices wonder if past security concerns could bode poorly for adoption of Google applications....
Vote for the Web!
Last post on Oct 19, 2006, 10:43:55 am
As more Americans go online to find out about candidates' political platforms, political consultants expect more advertising will follow. Just don't try to link up on MySpace.By Lisa Phillips -...
First Holiday Shopping Forecasts Arrive
Last post on Oct 19, 2006, 10:43:29 am
This year, Christmas may not come with a bow on it. To read the full article click here...
Yahoo Needs An Ad Sales Boost
Last post on Oct 18, 2006, 06:34:12 pm
Two strategic investments and the accelerated release of the company's new advertising system, Project Panama, provided a backdrop to Yahoo CEO Terry Semel's assertion that a 37 percent drop in...
Cornell Joins Microsoft?s Live Book Search
Last post on Oct 18, 2006, 06:33:46 pm
Cornell University has announced joint initiatives with Microsoft and Kirtas Technologies aimed at digitizing a majority of the school's library content. The volumes will be made available online via Microsoft's...
Asian Ad Market Has Room To Grow
Last post on Oct 18, 2006, 06:33:20 pm
Nielsen//NetRatings tested its new online advertising measurement service, AdRelevance, by cutting it loose in the Japanese online sector. The results show that while ad spending is significant, there's still plenty...
Noise And Failure On The Internet
Last post on Oct 18, 2006, 06:32:52 pm
There is too much to see online for most people, and too many ways to receive information. Worse, when people go looking for data they need, their quests fail three...
Google Tests New Website Optimizer
Last post on Oct 18, 2006, 06:32:27 pm
In its AdWords blog, Google outlined plans for beta testing of the company's new Website Optimizer tool. The service is geared at increasing conversion rates for websites and testing different...
Yahoo Drops Search Spell Book
Last post on Oct 18, 2006, 11:34:19 am
For the most part, it seems to be an i-before-e problem, grey-hatters. I choose the grey-hatters because no self-respecting white-hat SEOer would target the poor spelling habits of the average...
Health Sites Reap October Search Crops
Last post on Oct 18, 2006, 11:33:53 am
If companies as a whole have been slow to adopt search marketing, certain sectors may want to reconsider and reallocate their budgets. Health and Medical websites, for example, received 43.5%...
Yahoo Finally Launches Project Panama
Last post on Oct 18, 2006, 11:33:29 am
The in-development advertising system meant to replace Yahoo's current product arrived as part of the company's third quarter financial announcements. To read the full article click here...
Australian SMBs Embrace Broadband
Last post on Oct 18, 2006, 11:32:58 am
Small Business Steps into the Fast Lane. To read the full article click here...
A Bleak Year for US Marketers?
Last post on Oct 18, 2006, 11:32:32 am
Watch out! That's the sky falling! To read the full article click here...
Hedir's web 2.0 tool
Last post on Oct 18, 2006, 08:30:12 am
Hi guys, I don't know whether I am posting the matter in proper forum or not. If it's not please apologise me. I am a regular user of...
Be Careful What You (Re)Sell on eBay
Last post on Oct 17, 2006, 01:17:53 pm
Product resellers are facing staunch opposition from parent companies citing copyright infringement in displaying the product images and names on websites such as eBay. To read the full...
Thinking Outside The Context For Ad Targeting
Last post on Oct 17, 2006, 01:17:29 pm
It's conceivable that when targeting a demographic, tunnel vision could become an issue. To read the full article click here...
Greasemonkey Unites Gmail, Google Reader
Last post on Oct 17, 2006, 01:17:04 pm
Gmail has become pretty much omnipresent in its popularity, and Google Reader also received positive reviews after its last round of tweaks.  Now, Mihai Parparita, a member of the Google...
Google Makes SEO List, Checks It Twice
Last post on Oct 17, 2006, 01:16:39 pm
If you're good this year, SEOers, Google will make sure there are no major changes to how websites are ranked, as the company has done in previous years, just before...
Paid Blogging and Blogosphere Ethics
Last post on Oct 17, 2006, 01:16:13 pm
Influential bloggers are taking a harsh stance against services that offer payment to blog posters in return for product reviews, bringing the question of "blogosphere ethics" to the forefront of...
Notes on the Google-YouTube Deal
Last post on Oct 17, 2006, 01:15:49 pm
Most of the discussion about Google's acquisition of Youtube.com has focused on two issues: first, whether Google overspent or underspent on the popular video-sharing site, and whether the acquisition was...
Google Nabs Yahoo CTO
Last post on Oct 17, 2006, 01:15:24 pm
Yahoo can't be happy right now - Google just stole its chief technology officer in India.  As part of the deal, Prasad Bharat Ram has been given control of Google's...
Edelman, Rubel Respond On Wal-Mart Flog
Last post on Oct 17, 2006, 01:14:59 pm
A long week of commentary after news of the Wal-Marting Across America blog's real backers and bloggers became known has finally elicited responses from top man Richard Edelman and company...
Google Slated For A Quarter Of The Pie
Last post on Oct 17, 2006, 01:14:34 pm
If Google reports $4 billion in US online advertising revenue for 2006, it will have effectively secured 25 percent of the market to itself, the first time a company has...
Google Chases The Sun
Last post on Oct 17, 2006, 01:14:10 pm
The blissful warmth that caresses the Googleplex and its volleyballing, Crocs-wearing, code-crunching Googlers will power 30 percent of the peak energy consumption at its headquarters through the largest installation of...
Does Web Site Popularity Reflect Quality?
Last post on Oct 17, 2006, 01:13:43 pm
Gainers and losers. To read the full article click here...
Mobile Messaging Muscle
Last post on Oct 17, 2006, 01:13:18 pm
Messaging is the least sexy, but most profitable, segment of the huge mobile data market. To read the full article click here...
The Forum Fairy - Paid Posting, Articles, Moderator services and more
Last post on Oct 16, 2006, 12:57:27 pm
www.theforumfairy.com The Forum Fairy The Forum Fairy provides paid posting services, and aims to deliver a far higher standard of work than the competition (we are...
The UK Goes Broadband
Last post on Oct 16, 2006, 10:32:33 am
Brits love their broadband. To read the full article click here...
Google Docs Takes Over For Writely
Last post on Oct 14, 2006, 09:51:39 am
By combining the Writely online word processor and the Spreadsheets service into a single sign-on product, Google has moved ever closer to fulfilling the expectation they will someday place an...
Intel Goes Blogging
Last post on Oct 12, 2006, 12:16:19 pm
The chipmaker has stepped into another arena, that of corporate blogging. But don't look for CEO Paul Otellini listed in the quintet of Intel bloggers, though. To read...
Google?s New Master Plan
Last post on Oct 11, 2006, 10:52:51 pm
Like many other multi-billion dollar corporations, Google has long since based its commercial pursuits on a singular, master plan. The company's vision, it seems, is on the verge of major...
Blogs Enter Courts, Begin Losing
Last post on Oct 11, 2006, 10:52:25 pm
The word "blog" may have been the word of the year in 2004, but 2006 has been the year it was officially recorded in court records. January saw the first...
Google and YouTube: Why?
Last post on Oct 11, 2006, 10:51:54 pm
eMarketer Analyst Comments on Google's latest purchase. To read the full article click here...
Google, Yahoo Offer Search Weather Reports
Last post on Oct 11, 2006, 05:44:20 pm
Both search engines have had updates taking place, with Yahoo issuing its customary "weather report" while Matt Cutts at Google discusses their latest tweaks. To read the full...
ICANN Won't Suspend Spamhaus
Last post on Oct 11, 2006, 05:43:54 pm
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) posted notice that it had neither the ability nor the authority to suspend the domain spamhaus.org. ICANN was requested to do...
IE7: Get Your Compatibility Profile!
Last post on Oct 11, 2006, 09:21:15 am
Scott Graff, Program Manger for IE7 Compatibility, reports that the new version of Microsoft Internet Explorer will be released later this month, and will be delivered to Windows users via...
Yahoo To Pester Aliens With Earth News
Last post on Oct 11, 2006, 09:09:45 am
You gotta hand it to Yahoo. When they do a publicity stunt, they do it right. The Sunnyvale, Calif.-based company plans to beam a digitized time capsule into space from...
Traditional Media Still Gain Consumers' Trust
Last post on Oct 11, 2006, 09:08:09 am
TV, radio, print get the eyeballs during major national events.By Debra Aho Williamson - Senior Analyst To read the full article click here...
Ask Drives RSS Smart Answers To Europe
Last post on Oct 10, 2006, 10:44:11 pm
As part of their drive to rollout new features beyond the United States as quickly as possible, Ask.com has placed RSS Smart Answers on its European sites. To...
Progress Made Towards Netflix Prize
Last post on Oct 10, 2006, 07:57:43 pm
A number of people were suspicious when the Netflix Prize was announced.  $1 million isn't much of a reward, some complained, and others believed that it would be difficult to...
Google Buys YouTube For Entertainment
Last post on Oct 10, 2006, 07:57:13 pm
Watch out Yahoo and I mean " Watch, View, Entertain, Brand". Google not only bought 100 Million video views a day but they just bought something they were lacking, entertainment...
Napster Hounded For Pounds In UK
Last post on Oct 10, 2006, 07:56:47 pm
One of the most recognizable names in online music sales has signed a "digital royalties deal."  Napster, along with MusicNet, "reached a settlement relating to the royalties paid to composers,...
Top AIM Developer Now With Google
Last post on Oct 10, 2006, 07:56:20 pm
Justin Uberti announced Saturday that he has left AOL after nearly 10 years as a lead developer for the company's widely utilized AOL Instant Messenger software. He joins the Google...
It's Official: Google Buys YouTube
Last post on Oct 10, 2006, 04:54:53 pm
Google made the announcement today after a full weekend of speculation and rumor that the company has agreed to buy video-sharing site YouTube for $1.65 billion in a stock-for-stock transaction....
RC2 Review Bodes Poorly For Vista
Last post on Oct 10, 2006, 04:54:26 pm
The timely release of Microsoft Vista hinges, in large part, on the performance of Microsoft Vista Release Candidate 2.  Judging from John Clyman's review of RC2, that January launch is...
Blackboard Partners With Google, SAP
Last post on Oct 10, 2006, 04:53:16 pm
Blackboards are being phased out - whiteboards are the standard teaching tool in classrooms these days.  The Blackboard company is keeping up with the times, though, and making powerful friends. ...
YouTube Founders Giddy Over Google Deal
Last post on Oct 10, 2006, 04:52:49 pm
Chad Hurley and Steve Chen, cofounders of YouTube, prepared a short video message for YouTubers shortly after Google's $1.65 billion acquisition. In between young executive giggle fits, the unspoken message...
Jonathan Coulton Is a Better Marketer Than You
Last post on Oct 09, 2006, 11:06:11 pm
How an artist you have never heard of is changing that fact.By James Belcher - Senior Analyst To read the full article click here...
Microsoft, Ingenio Pair On Pay-Per-Call Ads
Last post on Oct 09, 2006, 11:06:04 pm
The deal between Microsoft and pay per call advertising provider Ingenio will place ads on the Windows Live Search for Mobile service. To read the full article click...
GOOG Predicted To Rise On YouTube Buy
Last post on Oct 09, 2006, 11:05:40 pm
Michael Arrington's rumor that Google was in talks to buy YouTube for $1.6 billion, which he'd given a 40 percent chance of survival, was backed up by both the Wall...
Support For Service Pack 1 Ends
Last post on Oct 09, 2006, 11:04:55 pm
Windows XP Service Pack 1 has reached the end of its rope, at least in terms of official support.  Microsoft will stop producing updates tomorrow, and recommends "that customers who...
What Do Kids, Tweens and Teens Do Online?
Last post on Oct 09, 2006, 11:03:23 pm
BCNU (Or 'Be seein' you,' for anyone over 21). To read the full article click here...
Koders Unafraid Of Google Code Search
Last post on Oct 09, 2006, 09:49:03 am
Google stepping into the playground of other technology areas has caused trembling for companies as powerful as Microsoft. Koders.com views Google's entry into code search as a cue for a...
Crank Up The SEM Keywords
Last post on Oct 09, 2006, 09:48:38 am
Yahoo Store aficionado Rob Snell, who speaks and has written about Yahoo's online marketplace, wants to make sure everyone has converting keywords so they can make lots of cash. ...
Austin Paper Offers Blogs To Local Politicos
Last post on Oct 09, 2006, 09:45:33 am
The Austin American-Statesman has an open offer to host blogs for candidates for office from the Central Texas area. To read the full article click here...
Google, eBay Hang Up Click-to-Call
Last post on Oct 09, 2006, 09:44:47 am
A terse statement posted to the Official Google blog announced the search advertising company will stop its efforts in the click-to-call area. To read the full article click...
Google Click-to-Call Post A Fake
Last post on Oct 09, 2006, 09:44:21 am
The post on the Official Google blog has vanished, which likely means the purported breakup of Google and eBay's click to call deal probably has not disappeared. To...
User-Generated Revenue?
Last post on Oct 09, 2006, 09:43:27 am
As more eyes turn to user-generated content sites, can ad dollars be far behind? To read the full article click here...
GPS Subscriptions Set to Skyrocket
Last post on Oct 09, 2006, 09:41:49 am
'The nearest ATM is exactly 37 feet to your right.' To read the full article click here...
want to start your own online business?
Last post on Oct 09, 2006, 09:16:09 am
Letsworkonline.com is your FREE online resource if thinking about starting your own online business. It features quality articles on all related subjects and reviews some of the top programs that...
Webdigity Gets Reviewed!
Last post on Oct 09, 2006, 08:31:18 am
Fix My Site has done a review on your very own Webdigity! Take a look here. Comments posted to the article are greatly appreciated! Enjoy! -Jason...
The importance of social media
Last post on Oct 09, 2006, 02:16:07 am
Just found this very interesting article regarding the importance of the social media. It is a very long one, but I think it worth the reading :) ...
LibSyn Provides The Podcaster Soapbox
Last post on Oct 06, 2006, 07:07:56 pm
Liberated Syndication is a service that, like many of the other companies at the Podcast and Portable Media Expo, removes the barriers from entering into the podcasting or vlogging world...
Yahoo Site Explorer Tames Authentication
Last post on Oct 06, 2006, 07:05:51 pm
Questions about the new version of Site Explorer touched on a variety of subjects, one of which was authenticating a site with Yahoo. To read the full article...
Google Subpoenas Others On Book Search
Last post on Oct 06, 2006, 07:05:25 pm
Yahoo, Microsoft, and Amazon.com will have to tell Google about their book scanning activities, including titles of works they have scanned, as Google works to fend off litigation from publishers...
Health and Beauty Online: More Than Just a Pretty Face
Last post on Oct 06, 2006, 07:02:24 pm
A site for sore eyes? To read the full article click here...
Online to Surpass Outdoor
Last post on Oct 06, 2006, 07:01:14 pm
Internet advertising is growing worldwide. To read the full article click here...
Podcasting Tips, Tricks For Viral Promotion
Last post on Oct 04, 2006, 05:03:25 pm
It's a rare podcaster who would turn down the chance to get new viewers, and most video bloggers are actively trying to expand their audiences. To read the...
Podcasting As An "Investor Relations Tool"
Last post on Oct 04, 2006, 05:02:59 pm
Podcasting is a fine way to communicate your personal thoughts and feelings on any subject.  It can also be useful in the business world as an "investor relations tool."  A...
"Fossilized Media" Should Take Up Podcasting
Last post on Oct 04, 2006, 05:02:35 pm
A number of print publications are taking up podcasting, and according to Marcus Chan, the multimedia editor of the San Francisco Chronicle, they're wise to do so.  Chan spoke openly...
Google's Secret Search Engine
Last post on Oct 04, 2006, 05:01:46 pm
The Google company is best known its search engine at google.com.  The corporation offers a number of other features, to be sure, but most of them are clearly branded -...
Why and How To Podcast
Last post on Oct 04, 2006, 05:01:18 pm
Larry LaCost's welcoming smile was the first to greet us when we arrived at the Podcast and Portable Media Expo. A year's worth of podcasting is enough to make Larry...
Podcasting Could Resurrect Employee Comm
Last post on Oct 04, 2006, 05:00:48 pm
There were so many concepts, and so much information packed into Shel Holtz' presentation on using podcasts for internal communication at the Podcast and Portable Media Expo, that we'll have...
Pimp Your Web Ride With Google
Last post on Oct 04, 2006, 05:00:12 pm
Enjoy placing the digital bling on your blog with Google Gadgets, previously available only for the Desktop and Personalized Homepage. To read the full article click here...
Facebook Will Pay If It Goes To Yahoo
Last post on Oct 04, 2006, 04:59:45 pm
Microsoft has an advertising deal in place with the Facebook social networking site, and if Facebook goes to Yahoo or anyone else they will have to pay Microsoft a "breakup...
Piczo Plays It Safe
Last post on Oct 04, 2006, 04:59:16 pm
After enjoying a successful run in the United Kingdom and other countries, social networking site Piczo has arrived on US shores, and CEO Jeremy Verba emphasized safety and privacy as...
Tweens and Teens: Do You Know the Difference?
Last post on Oct 04, 2006, 04:58:46 pm
They may be small in stature, but they have a huge influence. To read the full article click here...
An Imminent Shift in Consumer Electronics?
Last post on Oct 04, 2006, 04:58:21 pm
So many devices but how do they all work together? To read the full article click here...
User-Generated Content Gets Sticky
Last post on Oct 04, 2006, 04:57:54 pm
Sites that offer user-generated content soar in the UKBy Debra Aho Williamson - Senior Analyst To read the full article click here...
Is There a Doctor in the Chat Room?
Last post on Oct 04, 2006, 04:57:12 pm
Medic! To read the full article click here...
Yahoo Wraps Up Hack Day
Last post on Oct 02, 2006, 08:12:02 pm
Hackers spent 24 hours on September 29-30 with various Yahoo engineers and other coders for fellowship and rapid application development using Yahoo's myriad APIs and technology to build demos for...
Crunching Numbers Doesn?t Interest Podcasters
Last post on Oct 02, 2006, 08:11:35 pm
"This is really the holy grail," said Patrice Curtis, of Curtis Research Group to a nearly empty room at the Podcast Metrics session of the Podcast and Portable Media Expo....
For Podcasters, It?s Love, Not Money
Last post on Oct 02, 2006, 08:11:09 pm
At the close of the Podcast and Portable Media Expo, the feeling is that you are among an elite group of Web 2.0 trailblazers. True, they're all running businesses and...
Google Adds A Garage
Last post on Oct 02, 2006, 08:10:42 pm
At 1,880 square feet, the house at 232 Santa Marguerita Avenue in Menlo Park, California could fit neatly inside the Googleplex, but once upon a time all of Google occupied...
7 Deadly Sins of Business Podcasts
Last post on Oct 01, 2006, 06:46:49 pm
Leesa Barnes, author of the book Jumpstart Your Podcast, is a veteran, if there can be one in the podcast world, of using the medium as a marketing vehicle. ...
Laporte?s Podcast Agenda: Don?t Screw It Up
Last post on Sep 30, 2006, 10:16:27 pm
It's only fitting that Leo Laporte should open this year's Podcast and Portable Media Expo with the first keynote - he's some sort of god among this crowd - the...
PayPerPost - Anyone using it? Credibility issues?
Last post on Sep 30, 2006, 09:08:10 pm
Somehow ended up on a blog that led to a BusinessWeek article discussing this program. The idea is that someone offers a pre-determined amount of money to bloggers in...
Facebook Plans Sponsored Stories
Last post on Sep 30, 2006, 12:50:22 pm
Advertising will come to Facebook, the social networking site formerly restricted to those possessing .edu addresses and now opened to the public for membership. To read the full...
Local Search Continues to Grow
Last post on Sep 30, 2006, 12:49:57 pm
comScore Networks just released new data on the growth of of the local search market. To read the full article click here...
Google Reader Significantly Updated
Last post on Sep 30, 2006, 12:49:32 pm
Google has made some significant upgrades to its Google Reader RSS aggregator platform. As TechCrunch explains... To read the full article click here...
Microsoft AdCenter Advertisers Want More
Last post on Sep 30, 2006, 12:49:07 pm
ClickZ looks at the favorable response to Microsoft's AdCenter platform. They love the traffic, they just need more of it! To read the full article click here...
Is Google Protecting Your Publisher ID?
Last post on Sep 30, 2006, 12:48:20 pm
Jensense writes that a growing number of publishers are seeing hackers edit their websites, substituting the publisher's AdSense ID for another, in order to basically steal that publisher's revenue. ...
Schachter "Totally Thrilled" With Delicious
Last post on Sep 30, 2006, 12:47:32 pm
The social bookmarking site recently passed one million registered users, just ahead of its third birthday. Joshua Schachter isn't settling for a slice of Delicious birthday cake; he's got plans...
Fighting for the Video Game Market
Last post on Sep 30, 2006, 12:47:00 pm
Zap! Pow! Beep! To read the full article click here...
Mobile Math for Marketers
Last post on Sep 30, 2006, 12:46:34 pm
Hint: Money and influence tend to be related. By John du Pre Gauntt - Senior Analyst To read the full article click here...
persnal blog, humor, pop-culture links needed!!
Last post on Sep 30, 2006, 01:18:32 am
2 days ago (the 20th of August) I started a new blog via Blogger, http://whudahexup.blogspot.com/, in this blog, I post things that I find interesting, be it music news, entertainment...
Google Talk Opens Up For All
Last post on Sep 29, 2006, 05:40:16 pm
No more Gmail account requirement - that was the biggest change to the Google Talk registration process, as Google now feels confident enough to open the service to anyone with...
HP Yahoos Its PCs
Last post on Sep 29, 2006, 05:39:39 pm
A Yahoo-HP co-branded toolbar will be one of the Yahoo brand features appearing on new notebooks and desktops produced by HP. To read the full article click here...
Thou Shalt Obey Web Design Rules
Last post on Sep 29, 2006, 05:38:45 pm
They are actually more like guidelines, really, but the blogger behind 33rockers did a nice job of assembling Ten Commandments of web design for new and experienced webmasters alike. ...
Google Says No To Brazilian Judge
Last post on Sep 29, 2006, 11:00:14 am
A Brazilian federal court wants Google to hand over data about users of the Brazilian Orkut service, but Google will respond with a brief that refuses the request. ...
Microsoft Responds On Open XML Complaint
Last post on Sep 29, 2006, 10:59:48 am
The issue of Office Open XML formats interoperability with other applications moved a network administrator to post a substantial critique of Microsoft's efforts. In turn, a Microsoft Office program manager...
HP Ripped By Congress Over Spying
Last post on Sep 29, 2006, 10:59:22 am
CEO Mark Hurd, ex-board chairman Patricia Dunn, and former general counsel Ann Baskins were among the Hewlett-Packard employees who were lambasted by Congress for their roles in a spying scandal...
Local Search Led By Google, Yahoo
Last post on Sep 29, 2006, 10:58:56 am
Those two Internet players own nearly 60 percent of the local search market, which continues to grow at a strong pace. To read the full article click here...
YouTube Buyer Would Be A "Moron"
Last post on Sep 29, 2006, 10:58:30 am
Mark Cuban had more criticisms for prospective buyers of popular video sharing site YouTube, due to the site's continual use by people for posting copyrighted works without permission. ...
Viral...and Stealthy
Last post on Sep 29, 2006, 10:58:02 am
To be, or not to be...an ad. By Ben Macklin - Senior Analyst To read the full article click here...
The Future of Online Ad Spending
Last post on Sep 29, 2006, 10:57:35 am
Growth is down from the last two record-breaking years, but it is still very robust. To read the full article click here...
Does Social Networking Mean Social Shopping?
Last post on Sep 29, 2006, 10:57:11 am
'Hey, guys! You won't believe the great deal I just got on Amazon.com.' To read the full article click here...
Your Mother Plays Video Games
Last post on Sep 29, 2006, 10:56:44 am
Odds are Mom likes sudoku...if it's free.By James Belcher - Senior Analyst To read the full article click here...
Blogging From Space
Last post on Sep 28, 2006, 11:31:41 pm
I'd imagine that until you've blogged from space, you've lost all bragging rights. Anousheh Ansari, who recently became the first female private space explorer, takes a break from watching a...
News Flash: SEO Can Help Your Business
Last post on Sep 27, 2006, 04:12:16 pm
A little website optimization can go a long way toward helping an entrepreneur get a site placed highly enough in search results to make a marked impact in the bottom...
Yahoo Catches Up With Busy "Family 2.0"
Last post on Sep 27, 2006, 04:11:48 pm
A Yahoo and OMD study found that modern families are using technology to their advantage.  "Family 2.0," as the study calls it, is "harnessing pervasive technology and media to help...
Pew: The Internet Will Eat You
Last post on Sep 27, 2006, 04:11:18 pm
With bated breath, we waited two full months for Pew Internet's latest insight into the online community. Finally, Pew slapped the Web with a 115-page glimpse into the future confirming...
Internet Advertising Spend Booms Again
Last post on Sep 27, 2006, 04:10:47 pm
The first half of 2006 was a record-breaker in terms of online advertising money, according to a report from the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). To...
Over A Million Delicious Users Served
Last post on Sep 27, 2006, 04:09:50 pm
Del.icio.us, the bookmarking service purchased by Yahoo, has registered over one million users of the service now. To read the full article click here...
Google Still Irked Over Belgian Case
Last post on Sep 27, 2006, 04:09:23 pm
Google's VP for Content Partnerships, David Eun, posted a long entry to the Official Google blog explaining the company's approach to content, and its position that Google helps content creators...
Online Ad Spending Projected to Grow by 28% in Q3
Last post on Sep 27, 2006, 04:08:51 pm
It's time to compare numbers. To read the full article click here...
MySpace Tackles Internet Safety
Last post on Sep 27, 2006, 04:08:23 pm
Can a linkup with Seventeen magazine help the site's image?By Debra Aho Williamson - Senior Analyst To read the full article click here...
Alternative search engines
Last post on Sep 27, 2006, 08:01:24 am
I was just reading an article about the top 5 alternative search engines. The article is pointing that google has the 50% of search results, so I wonder should we...
Rival Throws Sour Grapes At Facebook Founder
Last post on Sep 26, 2006, 07:52:03 am
It seems Facebook.com founder Mark Zuckerberg stepped on a few toes on his way to the top, and those toes are swinging back around to catch him in the pants....
Google Searches For Stones In Belgium
Last post on Sep 26, 2006, 07:51:11 am
Shortly after some impressive huff-and-puff grandstanding, Google decided it best to comply with a Belgian court order after all. The company initially refused an order to post a ruling against...
Google Set To Steal Froogle's Thunder
Last post on Sep 26, 2006, 07:50:46 am
Google's main search engine is soon going to take on some distinctly Froogle-ish characteristics.  Supposedly, Google "has no plans to monetise this product-search capability with display ads or listing fees,...
US Online Ad Spending Figures Released for First Half of 2006
Last post on Sep 26, 2006, 07:49:51 am
A record-setting pace. To read the full article click here...
Gender and Online Shopping
Last post on Sep 26, 2006, 07:49:25 am
Who knew? The index finger drives online shopping behavior... By Ben Macklin - Senior Analyst To read the full article click here...
Submit your link to the JLWD directory
Last post on Sep 25, 2006, 08:45:50 am
you can now submit your links easily to the J Love Web Design directory by first creating an account at J Love Web Design, and then clicking the Submit Link...
Google, Yahoo Facing Click Fraud Pressure
Last post on Sep 23, 2006, 11:56:22 am
A lengthy look at the issue of click fraud, where search advertising companies and site publisher networks profit from bogus ad clicks that cost advertisers real money, indicated a light...
Samsung Exec Pleads Guilty To Price-Fixing
Last post on Sep 22, 2006, 11:50:33 pm
Thomas Quinn, a Samsung Semiconductor executive, has pleaded guilty to federal charges of fixing prices for dynamic random access memory (DRAM). Quinn conspired with competitors in a scandal that affected...
Whistle While You Work, Everyone Else Is
Last post on Sep 22, 2006, 11:49:42 pm
It's 9:00 AM: Let the Music Begin. To read the full article click here...
Live Expo Offers Users New Advertising Options
Last post on Sep 22, 2006, 06:53:26 pm
Microsoft and AdMission have announced a development that may greatly benefit advertisers who use Windows Live Expo's free classifieds.  This "customized version of AdMission Spotlight" will allow users to "opt...
AOL Accused Of Fraud And Forgery
Last post on Sep 22, 2006, 06:52:58 pm
If a senior-level executive at a company cuts a deal with you, would you assume that senior-level executive has the authority to make that deal? Jake Steinfeld, of Body by...
Sprint's Botched Blogger Product Review
Last post on Sep 22, 2006, 06:52:10 pm
When Sprint sent an LG Fusic phone to a blogger in hopes he would write about it and Sprint's new Power Vision Network, they may have understood the slight possibility...
Microsoft Deploys Live Search On Nokia
Last post on Sep 22, 2006, 06:51:22 pm
Microsoft and Nokia reached an agreement that will place Live Search into Nokia's Mobile Search platform, which will make Live Search available to users of Nokia's high-end N Series multimedia...
Yahoo Flashes New Development Center
Last post on Sep 22, 2006, 06:50:55 pm
A Flash Development Center opened on the Yahoo Developer Network with a variety of resources for ActionScript 2 and 3 application builders. To read the full article click...
How To Pick Up Girls (And Make Link Bait, Too)
Last post on Sep 22, 2006, 06:50:30 pm
Link building is one of the fundamental elements of SEO. While there are various ways to increase your inbound link count - in the trenches of buying, selling, and trading...
Web Services Overtakes Security
Last post on Sep 22, 2006, 06:50:05 pm
Coverage of the Society of Information Management's annual SIMposium conference reveals that Web services technology has eclipsed security as the top focus for senior IT executives. To read...
Ho, Ho, Ho 2006
Last post on Sep 22, 2006, 06:49:36 pm
'Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus.' To read the full article click here...
Convergence Frenzy: Mobile VoIP
Last post on Sep 22, 2006, 06:49:11 pm
VoIP is already transforming consumer home phone service, now it may be set to shake up the world of mobile phones. By Ben Macklin - Senior Analyst To...
Blogging basics
Last post on Sep 22, 2006, 11:33:17 am
As the blogotition contest is still running, I put some time to find some good blogging related articles, and here is what I come up with. The ABCs of...
Foodies Love the Net
Last post on Sep 21, 2006, 05:51:40 pm
For recipes and weight-loss information, look n o further... By Ben Macklin (Senior Analyst) To read the full article click here...
Yahoo Disappoints With Weak Ad Sales
Last post on Sep 20, 2006, 09:15:07 pm
Advertising buyers in the financial and automotive sectors have been tightening their purse strings, in what is either a cyclical slowdown in ad spending that will perk up later in...
Yahoo Plugs In To Current TV
Last post on Sep 20, 2006, 09:14:40 pm
The Yahoo! Current Network launched today as Yahoo complements its marketing blitz with this new service announcement. To read the full article click here...
Napster Contemplates Sale
Last post on Sep 20, 2006, 09:14:14 pm
Napster's looking for a friend, or a sugar daddy, whichever one makes a better offer. The controversial and troubled music download service announced the company was seeking partnerships, or a...
Reaching The Online Latino Market
Last post on Sep 20, 2006, 09:13:47 pm
Though there are clear distinctions between the online habits of what AOL calls "acculturated" or "unnaculturated" U.S. Hispanics, the results of "The AOL Latino 200 Hispanic Cyberstudy" suggest that blended...
Oracle, SAP Get Into Nerd Fight
Last post on Sep 20, 2006, 09:13:19 pm
Feeling cocky about Oracle's blowout quarter, CEO Larry Ellison outlined in a conference call last night, in no uncertain terms, the reasons SAP sucks and why it should be more...
Yahoo Ad Changes Being Made
Last post on Sep 20, 2006, 09:12:54 pm
The changes Yahoo has started to implement with the display of its ads will affect some, but not all, of the member sites in the Yahoo Publisher Network. ...
Web Is Preferred Resource For Dieters
Last post on Sep 20, 2006, 09:23:33 am
Consumers researching weight loss information are far more likely to look for it online than offline, according to a recent comScore report. That makes sense because, obviously, offline research may...
Reddit Carried Early News Of Thai Coup
Last post on Sep 20, 2006, 09:23:08 am
Social bookmarking site Reddit received running commentary from one of its users in Bangkok as a military coup began to take place. To read the full article click...
'You've Got Ads'
Last post on Sep 20, 2006, 09:22:38 am
Read your e-mail, read an ad. To read the full article click here...
Back to School and Back Online
Last post on Sep 20, 2006, 09:22:12 am
For decades marketers have been seeking ways to reach college students during their formative years, when they are first buying products in their own right and making decisions about brands...
Intel Creates Super-Spiffy New Chip
Last post on Sep 19, 2006, 07:01:36 pm
The latest prototype from Intel involves some very popular buzzwords - "silicon," "hybrid," and "laser" are all present, and the company's Silicon Hybrid Laser (HSL) chip could act as "a...
Amazon Offers To Hold Your Stuff
Last post on Sep 19, 2006, 07:01:10 pm
Amazon.com released two new service in beta today to help decentralize an online business owner's operations by providing product storage and special shipping rates, as well as a branded website...
Picasa Meets The Web
Last post on Sep 19, 2006, 04:57:53 pm
Google unveiled the latest updates to its Picasa photo organizer, and those included a new feature called Picasa Web Albums. To read the full article click here...
Adobe Unveils CS 2.3, Teases About CS3
Last post on Sep 19, 2006, 09:51:50 am
Adobe announced that Acrobat 8 Professional software will be integrated into Adobe Creative Suite 2.3 Premium to support Adobe PDF workflows. In a separate indication, Adobe CS3, code-named "Red Pill,"...
AOL, Intel Launch PC-to-TV Programming
Last post on Sep 19, 2006, 09:51:25 am
AOL and Intel launched an on-demand video service for Intel Viiv-based PCs. The joint effort provides AOL Video's online library of movies, TV shows, music videos, concerts, and sports videos,...
Warner Hugs YouTube, Starts Talking Gibberish
Last post on Sep 19, 2006, 09:50:35 am
YouTube didn't just get a mammoth deal with Warner Music Group. The video-sharing site got schooled in how to talk in press release, and what to call its new intellectual...
Flash! Mobile Adult Video Arrives
Last post on Sep 19, 2006, 09:50:06 am
You ain't seen nothing yet! And you may see a whole lot more of it, too. To read the full article click here...
Online Ad Spending: Not There Yet...
Last post on Sep 19, 2006, 09:49:41 am
Internet ad spending is still growing fast but it still trails most major ad spending categories. By James Belcher - Senior Analyst To read the full article click...
Belgians Ban Google From Their News
Last post on Sep 18, 2006, 11:56:03 pm
The Chilling Effects website revealed a judgment rendered by the Court of First Instance against Google that would ban them from indexing news and photographs from Belgian media sites. ...
Google Moves Unclicked Sponsored Results
Last post on Sep 18, 2006, 07:55:08 pm
Reportedly, Google is testing a system that removes the top sponsored results, moving them to the side panel, if a user consistently doesn't click on the ads. To...
Is Google Polishing An Apple Ad Deal?
Last post on Sep 18, 2006, 06:46:25 pm
When Google CEO joined Apple Inc.'s board of directors, speculation abounded as to what that meant for possible Google/Apple integrations. To read the full article click here...
Ajax Endangers Pageviews As A Metric
Last post on Sep 16, 2006, 01:48:08 pm
Hits eventually yielded to pageviews when it came to counting web traffic, but the growing usage of Ajax technologies that refresh content without triggering a new pageview could bury that...
Yahoo Hires Newspaper Pro To Run Classifieds
Last post on Sep 16, 2006, 01:47:43 pm
Looking to consolidate its listings services while horning in a bit on Craigslist's local classifieds business, Yahoo! has hired former Knight Ridder executive Hillary Schneider to head up the company's...
Motorola Takes A Snap At Samsung On YouTube
Last post on Sep 16, 2006, 01:46:54 pm
Motorola is getting the stink-eye from Samsung after a Motorola-owned video spoof showed up on YouTube. The 15-second video showed a woman snapping a Samsung's 6.9 millimeter-thick Ultra mobile phone...
iPods, Your Identity, Get Digital Insurance
Last post on Sep 16, 2006, 01:46:28 pm
Homeowners', flood, car, health, unemployment, and now iPod insurance? How would like to add identity theft insurance to your plan? With the digital age now comes digital insurance. ...
Did You Register Your AdWords API Token?
Last post on Sep 16, 2006, 01:45:40 pm
If not, you could be in for a surprise when Google starts disabling developer tokens on October 1st as the new changes for the AdWords API token take effect. ...
Communication Counts in Online Customer Relations
Last post on Sep 16, 2006, 01:45:12 pm
There are a lot of ways to treat online customers right. And wrong. By James Belcher - Senior Analyst To read the full article click here...
Mobile Ad Market on a Roll
Last post on Sep 16, 2006, 01:44:47 pm
Advertising is about to catch up with mobile customers. To read the full article click here...
So You Think You Want To Be A Vlogger
Last post on Sep 15, 2006, 10:31:38 am
If you're establishing and promoting a video blog (vlog), then there are a few key people to talk to about it. One of those is Rocketboom's Andrew Baron. WebProNews publisher...
Web-to-TV: A Star Is Born Every Second
Last post on Sep 15, 2006, 10:31:11 am
It won't be long until, if you so choose, that you can be a TV star, even if your show only shows up on a handful of sets. The technology...
Web Video: Bad Is the New Good
Last post on Sep 15, 2006, 10:30:45 am
Bad is the new good. That seems to be the consensus of a handful of media executives trying to wrap their minds around this Web video thing. Where's the control?...
VON: Venture Capital And Leadership
Last post on Sep 15, 2006, 10:30:18 am
Money. Startups need it, investors have it, and venture capital firms can bring them together. Though the prospect of composing a business plan and getting it in front of a...
Yahoo Mail Beta Delivered To All
Last post on Sep 15, 2006, 10:29:51 am
Yahoo has some 80 million users in the United States, and the next time they login to check their email they will be offered the opportunity to switch to the...
YouTube Inspires MeToobs
Last post on Sep 15, 2006, 10:29:23 am
Word around the blogfire is that both News Corp. and Microsoft are working on their own versions of YouTube, one trying derail outbound traffic, the other doing its usual killer...
Niche Sites Rule Back-to-School
Last post on Sep 15, 2006, 10:28:56 am
Nielsen//NetRatings released a report on Tuesday revealing the top ten fastest growing online shopping destinations during the back-to-school rush. The results indicate that timing is important for targeting the right...
AOL Delivers My eAddress
Last post on Sep 15, 2006, 10:28:30 am
The free option from AOL allows users to pick up a .com or .net domain and add up to 100 additional usernames to that domain. To read the...
Google Earth Adds Cool Stuff With Boring Title
Last post on Sep 15, 2006, 10:28:02 am
Need a guided tour about what's going on the world? Google announced the addition of Featured Content, a collection of multimedia overlays in Google Earth. The Featured Content offering informs...
The All-Matt Cutts Channel
Last post on Sep 15, 2006, 10:27:36 am
One website has collected the best of comments by Google engineer Matt Cutts into a list of 21 great tips from the best known engineer from the Googleplex who doesn't...
Mobile Marketing: Follow the Money
Last post on Sep 15, 2006, 10:27:03 am
Get your message in the message.... To read the full article click here...
Use YourSpace to Sell OurStuff
Last post on Sep 15, 2006, 10:26:36 am
Social networking + viral marketing = e-commerce revenue. By James Belcher - Senior Analyst To read the full article click here...
Microsoft Joins the Robot Wars
Last post on Sep 14, 2006, 04:34:24 pm
Will an Apple-bot speak with a Microsoft-bot?By Ben Macklin - Senior Analyst To read the full article click here...
China: Broadband Giant, E-Commerce Infant
Last post on Sep 14, 2006, 04:33:57 pm
China will have more broadband households than the US within five years. Is it the next e-commerce superpower? By James Belcher - Senior Analyst To read the full...
Google Promotes Banned Books
Last post on Sep 13, 2006, 04:35:44 pm
Despite America's reputation as a free society, the practice of banning books in schools and even some libraries has happened through the years. Google and the American Library Association will...
Yahoo To Celebrate Hack Day
Last post on Sep 13, 2006, 04:35:10 pm
Attendees of the first public Hack Day at Yahoo can learn a variety of developer tricks including some on Search. To read the full article click here...
Is There Any Money In Peer-to-Peer?
Last post on Sep 13, 2006, 04:34:38 pm
YouTube pays nearly $1 million per month in bandwidth fees, a 7 figure deterrent to some interested in the business. A digital movie seller may only break even, as per-download...
Web development tools
Last post on Sep 13, 2006, 12:36:41 pm
Just found this very interesting article regarding web development tools, that I thought my webdigity fellas (especcially the newbies) will be interested in. The article has many links to...
Free press release service?
Last post on Sep 13, 2006, 12:19:45 pm
Latelly I would like to take some promotion  experiments with press releases. As this is something new for me, I would like to find a free service to send...
Facebook To Offer Open Registration
Last post on Sep 13, 2006, 09:43:45 am
Facebook may have its eyes on the prize - the social networking site, which was at one time open only to college students, intends to open its doors to everyone...
Pulver-izing the Keynote at VON
Last post on Sep 13, 2006, 09:43:14 am
Jeff Pulver assured the VON crowd during his keynote address that they were witnesses to the next great disruption. Video on the Net will change what we do, how we...
VON: Ted Leonsis Is Really Happy
Last post on Sep 13, 2006, 09:42:45 am
AOL's vice-chairman spoke at the Fall 2006 VON conference about the Internet and the future of video online. He thinks video is just beginning a strong move into being a...
VON: Here Comes Internet Television
Last post on Sep 13, 2006, 09:41:48 am
Veoh CEO Dmitry Shapiro seems as philosophical as his title is poetic. Speaking at the Video on the Net Conference in Boston, an extension of VON, Shapiro begins with the...
Apple Launches All But The Queen Mary
Last post on Sep 13, 2006, 09:41:17 am
New iPods, an updated iTunes 7 complete with Movie Store, and a deal with Disney for full-length movies were all part of Apple's Showtime event. To read the...
First Made-For-Internet Movie To Premiere
Last post on Sep 13, 2006, 09:40:48 am
The first made-for-the-Internet, "theatrically budgeted" movie will premiere on AOL this Halloween, AUTOMATIC producer Adam Shapiro told the attendees at this year's VON. Shapiro was part of a roundtable discussion...
VON: Exploding Television
Last post on Sep 13, 2006, 09:40:18 am
BuzzMachine blogger and media critic Jeff Jarvis brought his wit and style to the Fall 2006 VON conference in Boston. To read the full article click here...
VON: Film, TV Incorporate The Net
Last post on Sep 13, 2006, 09:39:46 am
"Snakes on a Plane" became the latest film to capitalize on the power of the Internet to build buzz, and it won't be the last film to do so. ...
Facebook Opens Up
Last post on Sep 13, 2006, 09:39:07 am
Anyone will be able to join, but how many will?By Debra Aho Williamson - Senior Analyst To read the full article click here...
In-Store Pickup: The Devil Is in the Details
Last post on Sep 13, 2006, 09:38:39 am
Retailers face a host of operational challenges that can undermine a seemingly straightforward service. By Jeffrey Grau - Senior Analyst To read the full article click here...
Adsense Templates
Last post on Sep 13, 2006, 06:38:15 am
the Adsense Gurus are not sellng ready-made adsense sites anymore... since other internet marketeers are giving these away for free already and thus have become passe... they came...
Microsoft Opens Windows Live Search
Last post on Sep 12, 2006, 03:18:28 pm
The new search platform from Microsoft officially debuted at Live.com and will also deliver the search results on the MSN website. To read the full article click here...
Primetime Goes Online Premiere-turely
Last post on Sep 12, 2006, 08:04:28 am
As the Net and TV converge, online and offline powerhouses are looking for ways to blend content offerings. To ease that transition, networks are giving viewers a glimpse of upcoming...
UK On To A User-Generated Future
Last post on Sep 12, 2006, 08:04:03 am
Participation at user-generated content sites in the United Kingdom has soared hundreds of percentage points over the past year, indicating the pervasive reach Web 2.0 has and may continue to...
VON And The Tuesday Dress Code
Last post on Sep 12, 2006, 08:03:37 am
The Fall 2006 VON conference begins this week as VoIP competition heats up and the efforts of small firms and major Internet players gather plenty of interest in the field....
9/11 Through The Eyes Of Search
Last post on Sep 12, 2006, 08:03:13 am
Yahoo, Ask, and Google each demonstrated different ways to mark the fifth anniversary of the September 11th, 2001 attacks. To read the full article click here...
Digital Telly Commonplace by 2011
Last post on Sep 12, 2006, 08:02:45 am
The UK shows the way. To read the full article click here...
Mobile Spending in the US: Will Non-Voice Services Save the Day?
Last post on Sep 12, 2006, 08:02:21 am
'Can you hear me now...or read my message or search the Web or watch the news?' To read the full article click here...
VON Reveals Bill Gates is Boring
Last post on Sep 11, 2006, 08:03:02 pm
Think you'd like to watch TV at Bill Gates' house? No, you wouldn't, according to Shari Barnett, Director of Media Services, Microsoft TV - unless you consider physics fun. During...
Yahoo Taps Vapps For Yaps
Last post on Sep 11, 2006, 06:13:59 pm
Users of Yahoo Messenger with Voice can download the ConFreeCall plug-in for their clients and run conference calls with up to 500 participants. The free service provides several call management...
Answerbag Seeks Its Answer, Your Question
Last post on Sep 11, 2006, 06:13:30 pm
The question and answer segment of social media has a lot of big names playing in the space, but not many of their users may recognize Answerbag, a social QnA...
DOJ Arrests Porn Site Operator
Last post on Sep 09, 2006, 12:03:06 pm
A Brazilian website operator was arrested in Orlando, Fla. On charges of conspiracy to distribute "obscene matters," the U.S. Dept. of Justice said in a joint-statement with the U.S. Postal...
The Web Makes Long-Distance Beer Buddies
Last post on Sep 09, 2006, 12:02:18 pm
When a company describes its product as Amazon.com meets Minority Report, it's not terribly clear if that's a good thing. But receiving a text message on your mobile that's good...
When Was the Last Time You Saw the Googlebot?
Last post on Sep 09, 2006, 12:01:53 pm
The Google crew cleared up a bit about how the Googlebot caches webpages. The date at the cached page reflects the last time the page was modified. To...
Online Travel Takes Off in India
Last post on Sep 09, 2006, 12:01:26 pm
Supply and demand are working together to spur tremendous growth in online travel bookings. By Jeffrey Grau - Senior Analyst To read the full article click here...
Downloading TV
Last post on Sep 09, 2006, 12:01:00 pm
Different box, same shows To read the full article click here...
Forum Affiliate
Last post on Sep 09, 2006, 02:57:21 am
Forum Affiliates. Are there any forum that I can affiliate with? I have heard this is a good way of promoting a forum....
Ask Feeds You Hurricanes
Last post on Sep 08, 2006, 05:33:35 pm
Ask.com has provided some updates to its Smart Answer service, making some additions to deliver information about hurricanes and tropical storms to users of the search engine. To...
Go Go Katie Couric Google Gadget
Last post on Sep 08, 2006, 05:33:09 pm
Just when you thought it was safe to load up the Google Personalized Homepage, CBS and Google have released a new gadget featuring the network's new anchor. To...
Putting A Face On Consumer Product Reviews
Last post on Sep 08, 2006, 05:32:42 pm
Web 2.0 is an honor system where everyone expects the crowd to be noble and then becomes angry at the reality of honor systems. Anonymity is a ski mask for...
Advertising on Social Networks: The New Frontier?
Last post on Sep 08, 2006, 05:32:12 pm
Say hello to advertising 2.0.By Debra Aho Williamson - Senior Analyst To read the full article click here...
Mobile TV: Big in Japan (and South Korea and China)
Last post on Sep 08, 2006, 05:31:47 pm
Asia dials into mobile TV. By John du Pre Gauntt - Senior Analyst To read the full article click here...
What You Already Knew About Web-TV
Last post on Sep 07, 2006, 08:07:32 pm
Science and academics have conditioned us to accept that intuition, or a hunch, is only a portal to discovery. Until the idea is tested, it is, at its base, still...
Borrell: Local Ads $7.7B In 2007
Last post on Sep 07, 2006, 08:07:07 pm
Spending for local online advertising should continue to power upward in 2007, as research from Borrell Associates forecasted a 31.6 percent increase in spending for online ads. To...
Digg Unearths Controversy
Last post on Sep 07, 2006, 04:14:44 pm
Accusations persist that a small group of users dominate the promotion of stories that reach the front page, but Digg is fighting back against perceptions of being controlled. ...
The Week In GeekLove: MyBlackBook.org
Last post on Sep 07, 2006, 09:04:35 am
Are the names and faces of your nocturnal exploits beginning to fade into a maybe-I-should-get-tested blur, there stud? Liar, they are not. But if your fantasy world is rich enough,...
Students Suffer a New Digital Divide?
Last post on Sep 07, 2006, 09:03:22 am
Geography, income, age and now....your parentsBy Debra Aho Williamson - Senior Analyst To read the full article click here...
Crocodile Hunter Crashes News Sites
Last post on Sep 07, 2006, 06:07:23 am
Early reports of the sudden and tragic death of 44-year-old Steve Irwin sent millions of people online to find out if the rumors were true. To read the...
Woman to Google: Define 'Fraud'
Last post on Sep 07, 2006, 12:23:47 am
A Washington, D.C-based corporate psychologist and jog bra seller filed suit against Google last week for $250,000 claiming the company wrongfully removed AdSense from her website. To read...
Vista Leader Exploring Amazon Instead
Last post on Sep 06, 2006, 04:42:01 pm
Microsoft senior vice president of the Windows Core Operating System Division, Brian Valentine, departed the company after 19 years and just a few months short of Vista's announced launch date....
Bargain Hunters Lose Papers, Find Craigslist
Last post on Sep 06, 2006, 04:41:35 pm
People are more and more putting down the red markers, forsaking ink-stained fingers in favor of carpel tunnel and blue-light specials at online classified websites. comScore reports the industry has...
eBay Launches Web Smart Guide For Safety
Last post on Sep 06, 2006, 10:53:33 am
According to a recent survey, a lot of Australians feel the online world is becoming a safer place to shop - 76 percent, to be exact. To read...
Visitors Value Video Viewing Variety
Last post on Sep 06, 2006, 10:53:09 am
A survey by AOL and AP found that 54 percent of Internet users have watched or downloaded a video clip. To read the full article click here...
Quoth The Googlebot, "304!"
Last post on Sep 06, 2006, 10:52:45 am
The latest news from Google Webmaster Central disclosed how the search engine's spider saves a webmaster from unnecessary bandwidth costs. To read the full article click here...
Google Surrenders Orkut Data To Brazil
Last post on Sep 06, 2006, 10:52:20 am
Google is giving in to an order to share data on some of its Orkut users.  The company put up a good fight, but folded as the Brazilian government threatened...
Google Reaches 3/4 of Online Europe
Last post on Sep 06, 2006, 10:51:56 am
The top online properties in Europe don't exactly mirror the ones in the U.S., but the list is similar, with rearrangements, omissions and additions. comScore's list of European online hotness...
Warner Bros Presents Digital Ads
Last post on Sep 06, 2006, 10:51:09 am
The long-time Hollywood power will expend some energy to focus on short-form marketing content destined for the Internet and mobile phones. To read the full article click here...
Unique content
Last post on Sep 03, 2006, 05:04:13 pm
I have added an article on www.mycontentwebsite.com/article.php. You can add this article to your site free. Title: To which directory should you submit your article? Category: Webmaster ...
Google Ranking Factors - SEO Checklist
Last post on Sep 02, 2006, 04:59:00 pm
Very intersting article http://www.vaughns-1-pagers.com/internet/google-ranking-factors.htm...
Grab For The Blog Traffic
Last post on Sep 02, 2006, 12:34:27 pm
SEOmoz's Rand Fishkin has twenty-one suggestions on ways to improve blog traffic, ranging from the choice of blogging software to building the brand. To read the full article...
AdWords API Users May Be Bugged
Last post on Sep 02, 2006, 12:34:02 pm
A couple of bugs have been reported at the Google AdWords API blog, and web developers using the API should be on the lookout for these issues. To...
Have You Heard? Pixsy Launched StarHabit
Last post on Sep 02, 2006, 12:33:37 pm
The site will do photo and video search with a focus on celebrity gossip and news, as Pixsy demonstrates what its technology can do. To read the full...
Net Neutrality Wins More Senators
Last post on Sep 02, 2006, 12:33:12 pm
The Net Neutrality movement is gaining support among U.S. senators. At the close of the August recess, the SaveTheInternet.com coalition added four previously uncommitted legislators to the cause. ...
Live OneCare Family Safety Beta Available
Last post on Sep 02, 2006, 12:32:45 pm
Microsoft opened up its Windows Live OneCare Family Safety beta this week. Parents can sign up to test the service designed give them more control over what their children see...
Starbucks Freezes Internet Coupons
Last post on Sep 02, 2006, 12:31:54 pm
A small campaign aimed at bringing iced coffee drinkers to Starbucks in the afternoons and evenings backfired when their coupons quickly multiplied online. To read the full article...
YouTube In Your Facebook
Last post on Sep 02, 2006, 12:31:29 pm
YouTube is getting into Facebook's arena, adding a video-networking angle for college students. Part of the Groups section of the site, students can share videos from last night's ballgame, or...
Microsoft's "Sina Steals" Post Explained
Last post on Sep 02, 2006, 12:31:04 pm
Microsoft's Garry Wiseman claimed yesterday that Sina, a Chinese classifieds site, "had not only lifted our previous user interface's look and feel, but also directly copied some of our graphics." ...
Spain Trails Neighbors in E-Commerce
Last post on Sep 02, 2006, 12:30:35 pm
Spain's e-commerce market has yet to attract a large percentage of female and older online buyers. By Jeffrey Grau - Senior Analyst To read the full article click...
Newspapers Expand Their Online Audience
Last post on Sep 02, 2006, 12:30:08 pm
You lose some, you win some. By Ben Macklin - Senior Analyst To read the full article click here...
African Americans Fuel Broadband Growth
Last post on Sep 02, 2006, 12:29:43 pm
High-speed Internet penetration will approach 50%.By Debra Aho Williamson - Senior Analyst To read the full article click here...
Give Me Some of That HDTV
Last post on Sep 02, 2006, 12:29:17 pm
Quality and quantity demanded. By Ben Macklin - Senior Analyst To read the full article click here...
Submit articles : Is it worth it?
Last post on Sep 02, 2006, 11:59:50 am
I read in various webmaster related sources that submiting articles is a good promotion techinque. Is that true? Have you ever done it, and do you know where to...
Domains with hyphens or not?
Last post on Sep 02, 2006, 10:21:23 am
This question come to my mind while I was chatting with Olaf regarding some domain names. What do you think? Is it better to have a domain with hyphens...
Furl bookmarks
Last post on Sep 01, 2006, 10:23:10 am
Has anyone used Looksmart's Furl as a promotion tool? Can you share some information? http://www.furl.net/...
Firefox 2 Beta 2 Available To You
Last post on Aug 31, 2006, 08:18:57 pm
The obligatory notice about the Firefox 2 Beta 2 browser being a developer preview release made available for testing purposes only has been duly noted. To read the...
Lycos Blinkx Back Into Existence
Last post on Aug 31, 2006, 02:24:37 pm
Blinkx founder Suranga Chandratillake admits that Lycos has been "out of the glare" for quite some time, largely due to foreign ownership. But Lycos reminds the industry the portal still...
What program do you use to write your codes?
Last post on Aug 31, 2006, 01:56:37 pm
Do you use notepad or do you have a favorite editor? Me, I use a free but very powerful and flexible editor called 1st Page 2000 from Evrsoft....
Can MySpace Save Boxing?
Last post on Aug 31, 2006, 09:44:38 am
Mixed martial arts events like the Ultimate Fighting Championship, and the slick and savvy World Wrestling Entertainment bouts, draw more attention from the younger male fanbase than boxing does. ...
UK Gov't Violates Own Copyright On YouTube
Last post on Aug 31, 2006, 09:44:14 am
Because of a copyright violation, the UK Cabinet Office, Britain's "head office," was forced to yank a public service video from YouTube. But the complaint came from an unlikely place...
Yahoo A Go for Windows Mobile
Last post on Aug 31, 2006, 09:43:27 am
Users of mobile handsets running the Windows Mobile operating system can now download Yahoo! Go for Mobile to remotely access Yahoo services. To read the full article click...
Yahoo Searches For Mortgage Rates
Last post on Aug 30, 2006, 05:12:36 pm
As part of the revisions to their real estate site, Yahoo has added mortgage rate information to its search functions and returning those rates on the search results page. ...
IBM Express Track Targets VARs
Last post on Aug 30, 2006, 05:11:43 pm
IBM's Express Track program "is reaching out to thousands of local IT resellers around the world" in a "$100 million global drive." To read the full article click...
Microsoft/Red Cross Hope All Are Safe and Well
Last post on Aug 30, 2006, 05:11:18 pm
On the anniversary of the Hurricane Katrina disaster, Microsoft announced an upgrade to its KatrinaSafe.org website, created through an extensive partnership with the Red Cross. A new site, called Safe...
Greenpeace Rankings Slice Apple
Last post on Aug 30, 2006, 05:10:52 pm
The controversial group Greenpeace has published a Guide to Consumer Electronics, and Apple and Lenovo aren't happy about it.  A number of companies were "ranked on their use of toxic...
AOL Kicks Off Football 2.0
Last post on Aug 30, 2006, 05:10:27 pm
Just in time for the flurry of 2006 kickoffs, AOL launched FanHouse, a football blogging community, with 75 blogs dedicated to NFL and NCAA teams. To read the...
Google Chief Joins Apple's Board
Last post on Aug 30, 2006, 05:10:01 pm
Apple today announced that Google CEO Eric Schmidt, was elected to Apple's board of directors. Schmidt adds the new position to Google's board of directors and Princeton University's board of...
AOL PlayLincs Gamers Through AIM
Last post on Aug 30, 2006, 05:09:35 pm
The young male demographic may be found in concentration among the gamers in the world, and a new initiative by AOL and Super Computer International (SCI) makes features available to...
Google Reads Up On Book Downloads
Last post on Aug 30, 2006, 05:09:07 pm
Visitors to Google Book Search will have the opportunity to download and print classic titles from the service. To read the full article click here...
Educators Push Linux Switch In India
Last post on Aug 30, 2006, 05:08:39 pm
Microsoft received a swift punch to the gut from an Indian state government looking to lower education costs by encouraging its school system to switch to Linux-based computers. ...
The Tactics of Online Marketing to Kids
Last post on Aug 30, 2006, 05:08:07 pm
How do you talk to the kids? By Ben Macklin - Senior Analyst To read the full article click here...
What Do 'Heavy Users' Do Online?
Last post on Aug 30, 2006, 05:07:41 pm
Americans are using the Internet more and more, and advertisers want to know how. To read the full article click here...
Podcasters' Guide To Avoiding Lawyers
Last post on Aug 29, 2006, 12:15:53 pm
Boston attorney Jeffrey P. Hermes asks the question: "Do podcasters know their legal obligations?" The answer to that is largely, well, probably, "no." Though cases involving Internet content and properties...
Have You Heard the Latest about MVNOs?
Last post on Aug 29, 2006, 12:14:17 pm
The mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) business has taken some lumps, but as mobile competition shifts focus the MVNO business model is reshaping itself. To read the full...
Google Apps No Microsoft Threat Yet
Last post on Aug 28, 2006, 06:12:55 pm
Google debuted its Apps for Your Domain as a hosted communications option for domain owners, and it is being touted in some places as a gauntlet being tossed down in...
Canada Denies Request To Block Hate Content
Last post on Aug 28, 2006, 06:12:30 pm
Canadian telecom regulators denied the request of a Jewish human rights lawyer, asking the government to allow Internet service providers to block access to U.S.-based white supremacist's websites. ...
Are Employers Liable For Technology Addiction?
Last post on Aug 28, 2006, 06:12:06 pm
The advent of the always-connected workforce has spurred a management researcher to ponder the liability of employers who take advantage of employee's "propensity toward workaholism and technology addiction" as employees...
Forbes Pulls a Stupid; Bloghers Electra-fied
Last post on Aug 26, 2006, 11:18:09 am
The first rule of Write Club is: do not anger the feminists. The second rule is: do not anger the blogosphere. And if you're stupid enough to anger the feminists...
MySpace Ponders Print
Last post on Aug 26, 2006, 11:17:42 am
When in doubt about proper market exposure, flood it. Looking for every possible way to profit from the purchase of MySpace.com, News Corp., like a good business, is mulling over...
Rate Hike Causes Sellers To Drop eBay
Last post on Aug 26, 2006, 11:17:14 am
Frustrated customers often threaten that they'll never shop at a store again.  Now, a number of online retailers have become angry at eBay, and many of them claim they'll never...
Google Bestows Much Love Upon Webmasters
Last post on Aug 26, 2006, 11:16:47 am
The revamped Google Webmaster Central has enough changes in place that it merits a second look for our readers. To read the full article click here...
BellSouth Rescinds DSL Fee
Last post on Aug 26, 2006, 11:16:20 am
BellSouth had planned to continue collecting a $2.97 per month fee from its 3.2 million DSL customers, even though that fee had been originally collected for the federal government's Universal...
South Korea Ranks First in E-Government
Last post on Aug 26, 2006, 11:15:50 am
The US ranks fourth. By Ben Macklin - Senior Analyst To read the full article click here...
Really Seldom Syndication
Last post on Aug 26, 2006, 11:15:23 am
RSS has marketers' attention. Most US employees do not know what it is. By James Belcher - Senior Analyst To read the full article click here...
Query and List, PhP Main Page Auto Listing of User Actio
Last post on Aug 25, 2006, 02:38:13 pm
"I'm looking for PHP that would Query my user interactive pages and list those changes in my news page for when other users enter they see what has been added...
Google Joins Child Porn Fight
Last post on Aug 25, 2006, 12:19:44 pm
Google added its name to two lists of corporate heavy-hitters who've teamed up with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) and its international sister agency ICMEC to...
German Ingenuity, As Applied To Wikipedia
Last post on Aug 25, 2006, 10:17:01 am
The German-language version of Wikipedia may see some changes in the very near future.  A new editing system, designed to reduce the amount of vandalism (and plain inaccuracy), is going...
AOL Video Seals New Deals
Last post on Aug 25, 2006, 10:16:34 am
AOL is strengthening its own entry in the battle against the likes of YouTube and Google Video.  Early this morning, the company announced that AOL Video has formed partnerships with...
Ask Counts Geiger For Exec Post
Last post on Aug 25, 2006, 10:15:44 am
Ex-PayPal chief technology officer Chuck Geiger has taken on the executive vice-president of technology and engineering role for Ask.com. To read the full article click here...
Brazil Barks Up Wrong Google
Last post on Aug 25, 2006, 10:15:18 am
When pressuring a major corporation to comply with a major government mandate, it's a good idea to commence communications with said company's legal department. The sales team is generally clueless...
China.com Brings On Google
Last post on Aug 25, 2006, 10:14:49 am
Search and advertising services from Google are part of the China.com experience for visitors to the portal site. To read the full article click here...
Canadians Consider Web Content Block
Last post on Aug 25, 2006, 10:14:24 am
A neo-Nazi activist's call for violence of a Canadian lawyer on his Blogspot blog and his Website prompted that lawyer and others to request Canadian regulators to authorize ISPs to...
Google Patents Editorial Favorability
Last post on Aug 25, 2006, 10:13:53 am
The US Patent and Trademark Office awarded Google a curious patent on Tuesday, filed for in 2000. The patent covers a "system and method for supporting editorial opinion in the...
Yahoo Flickrs Photos Into Search
Last post on Aug 25, 2006, 10:13:26 am
Image search isn't just for the Yahoo index anymore; images posted to the Flickr photo sharing service will now show up in searches on Yahoo. To read the...
Sony's $65 Million Online Video Buy
Last post on Aug 25, 2006, 10:12:56 am
The category's rapid growth may yield more deals.By Debra Aho Williamson - Senior Analyst To read the full article click here...
Game Console Market to Get More Competitive
Last post on Aug 25, 2006, 10:12:28 am
Marketers who want to reach console gamers will have to look beyond Sony. By James Belcher - Senior Analyst To read the full article click here...
Selling Online: 'A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words'
Last post on Aug 24, 2006, 09:35:22 am
'Show me the model!' To read the full article click here...
Where Are All the Mobile Internet Users?
Last post on Aug 24, 2006, 09:34:55 am
Billing, bandwidth and content issues. By Ben Macklin and John Gauntt - Senior Analysts To read the full article click here...
Google Base Releases GData API
Last post on Aug 24, 2006, 09:34:26 am
Google released its Google Base data API, GData for short, that allows developers to write dynamic and interactive applications for Google Base. This opens up the possibility of Google Base...
NetSuite Plugs In Keyword Marketing
Last post on Aug 24, 2006, 09:34:00 am
The Keyword Marketing Module provided by on-demand business software firm NetSuite would be available to its customers at no additional charge. To read the full article click here...
Ohayo, GMail. Welcome to Japan
Last post on Aug 24, 2006, 09:33:34 am
Gimeru. That's how they're going to say it in Japan, to the excruciating annoyance of thousands of ex-patriot English teachers, harping again that its goo-guhl, not goo-goh, it's jee-may-uhl, not...
Indeed Hits a Million Per Month
Last post on Aug 24, 2006, 09:33:06 am
Job search engine Indeed.com pinged me to brag on themselves a little. The company has broken the million job seekers per month barrier, a 300 percent increase in 2006. ...
Blogs Of The Washington Post-Adolescents
Last post on Aug 24, 2006, 09:32:40 am
Anybody with kids knows an unedited comment can fly from the little darlings' mouths in the most inappropriate of places, making socially conscious parents sudden candidates for a Child Services...
BellSouth Also Grifting DSL Fees
Last post on Aug 24, 2006, 09:32:14 am
Just as Verizon has replaced the Universal Service Fund fee customers paid each month with a new fee that goes straight into their bank account, BellSouth will likewise keep the...
Microsoft Says Let My People Go
Last post on Aug 24, 2006, 09:31:47 am
If they don't have reasonably unfettered Internet access at work, younger jobseekers may look for an employer with less draconian policies. To read the full article click here...
Product Placement on the Rise
Last post on Aug 23, 2006, 09:38:08 am
The days of generic cola cans in movies are over. Whoever pays for placement now gets their can, bottle, car, what-have-you on screen &mdash; with the label prominently displayed. ...
Sprint to Roll Out WiMAX
Last post on Aug 23, 2006, 09:37:43 am
Welcome to 4G. By Ben Macklin - Senior Analyst To read the full article click here...
Verizon Replaces Fed Fee With House Money
Last post on Aug 23, 2006, 09:37:16 am
Now that the Universal Service Fund has drawn to a close, Verizon Communications will impose a fee on new and existing digital subscriber line (DSL) customers. To read...
Yahoo Japan Covers Gypped Auction Goers
Last post on Aug 23, 2006, 09:36:50 am
The concept of "face" in Japan is an important one. Yahoo! Japan appears very committed to maintaining its business honor in the country by footing the bill for its auction...
Google Audio Player Comes To Light
Last post on Aug 23, 2006, 09:36:24 am
Google has entered a new market yet again, although the company isn't doing its own press on this one.  Intrepid bloggers found, while exploring Gmail, that there is a new...
YouTube's Night In Paris
Last post on Aug 23, 2006, 09:35:58 am
YouTube's quest to maximize its monetary potential culminates with a night in Paris. Sorry. Wrong preposition. A night with Paris. Kicking off the premiere video site's venture into rich media...
SEO: Cutts Scratches A Niche
Last post on Aug 23, 2006, 09:35:33 am
It took Google blogger Matt Cutts about six paragraphs to produce SEO advice that made more sense than a host of other articles on the subject. Cutts advises his readers...
IE7 Closer To CSS Compliance
Last post on Aug 23, 2006, 09:35:06 am
Microsoft has the next version of its web browser ready for shipping, and the IE team detailed a number of changes and tweaks they have made to the browser to...
Forget Googling, Go Ahead And Yahoo
Last post on Aug 22, 2006, 05:43:17 pm
Upon hearing that the big name in search has been objecting strenuously to having its name used as a verb, Yahoo decided to have some fun with the controversy. ...
Google Base Adds Traffic Stats
Last post on Aug 22, 2006, 05:42:49 pm
The Google Base team added a few new features to its "My items" dashboard, allowing merchants to monitor search engine results pages (SERPs) impression, click-throughs, and page views. ...
ATandT Yahoo! Collaborate On Photo Sharing
Last post on Aug 22, 2006, 05:42:24 pm
ATandT and Yahoo! recently launched a photo-sharing service named, rather to the point, ATandT Yahoo! Photos, for subscribers to the companies' jointly offered broadband service. To read the...
Zazzle Turns To API For Dazzle
Last post on Aug 22, 2006, 05:41:57 pm
The Create-A-Product API will be available to site publishers as part of Zazzle's effort to enable product creation and monetization through affiliate websites. To read the full article...
Go Ogle Somebody, Not Google Them
Last post on Aug 22, 2006, 05:41:32 pm
Google doesn't like Boggle or Scrabble or word jumbles in court. Neither do judges, it seems. All those exercises in logic, or perhaps regular arguments with teenagers, proved helpful to...
Google Mapping KML Applications
Last post on Aug 22, 2006, 05:41:05 pm
Google used the Star Trek Convention in Las Vegas this week as a launching pad for mobile maps functions based on key markup language (KML) files, downloadable from fellow Trekker...
YouTube Ripe For Purchase By Apple?
Last post on Aug 22, 2006, 05:40:39 pm
Rumors abound about who wants to, who can, and who will buy YouTube (assuming that it's ever offered for sale).  Some of the most-mentioned names include Google, NewsCorp, and Time...
AOL's Data Valdez Takes First Staff Casualties
Last post on Aug 22, 2006, 05:40:14 pm
It was assumed around the office, well, pretty much everywhere, that after AOL's Data Valdez, heads were going to roll at the company. According to the Wall Street Journal, they...
Firefox Developers Invited To Microsoft
Last post on Aug 22, 2006, 05:39:47 pm
Sam Ramji of Microsoft's Open Source Software Lab extended an invitation to Mozilla's Firefox development team to spend some time at Redmond to receive Vista support for the Firefox browser...
LibreDigital Answers Google Books
Last post on Aug 22, 2006, 05:39:22 pm
Google's dustup with publishers around the globe last year over its plan to digitize every book in its path, sans permission, gave someone an idea. What if we do that...
To Cure What Ails Them, Americans Reach for a Mouse
Last post on Aug 22, 2006, 05:38:53 pm
Weight loss? Depression? The Internet offers a plethora of 'information.'By Lisa Phillips - Senior Analyst To read the full article click here...
E-Mail Benchmark Rates
Last post on Aug 22, 2006, 05:38:27 pm
Everyone in the e-mail business wants to know how their metrics compare to industry norms &mdash; and now they can find out. To read the full article click...
You Have 800 Million Messages (All in Chinese)
Last post on Aug 22, 2006, 05:38:02 pm
Chinese Internet users are in a hurry to communicate. To read the full article click here...
Broadband Notes from a Small Island
Last post on Aug 22, 2006, 05:37:36 pm
Britons spend a lot of time with online entertainment.By Ben Macklin - Senior Analyst To read the full article click here...
Online Retailers Continue to Ring Up Impressive Sales
Last post on Aug 22, 2006, 05:37:10 pm
Web sales growth remains strong as consumers spend more across a wider range of online product categories. By Jeffrey Grau - Senior Analyst To read the full article...
Time to Take Another Look at IPTV
Last post on Aug 22, 2006, 05:36:45 pm
Driven by widespread adoption of broadband, IPTV is an idea whose time is finally coming. To read the full article click here...
Live From Mountain View, It's Google WiFi!
Last post on Aug 17, 2006, 04:13:08 pm
The search advertising company lit up its freely available WiFi network for its home city of Mountain View, CA, for citizens to try. To read the full article...
Online Oddities: Fact or Fiction Edition
Last post on Aug 17, 2006, 04:12:43 pm
W's AOL search records, orangutan dating site, Firefox crop circles, and Microsoft on LSD. Chalk these incongruent pairings up for what makes this week in August 2006, the best online...
Link Popularity On The New Web
Last post on Aug 17, 2006, 04:12:17 pm
Link building experts Andy Hagans and Aaron Wall say the world of link building has changed. But even though the rules have changed, as search engines become more effective at...
YouTube Wants "Every Music Video Ever"
Last post on Aug 17, 2006, 04:11:50 pm
YouTube, the company without a business strategy, seems to have developed at least one idea about what it wants to "do."  Co-founder Steve Chen announced his goal "to have every...
Brown Says FirstGov Does Heckuva Job
Last post on Aug 17, 2006, 04:11:22 pm
The FirstGov information website serves as the US Government's official portal on the Internet, and Brown University recognized it as the top-ranked federal site. To read the full...
WebProNews Hits The Opera
Last post on Aug 17, 2006, 04:10:55 pm
Users of the Opera web browser now have a new choice when customizing their Opera Portal news selections - Top News from WebProNews. To read the full article...
Online Retail Site of the Year?
Last post on Aug 17, 2006, 04:10:21 pm
And the 2006 Award for Best Online Retail Site goes to.... By Jeffrey Grau - Senior Analyst To read the full article click here...
US Payments Rely on PINs, Not Coins
Last post on Aug 17, 2006, 04:09:54 pm
Cash? How quaint!By Lisa Phillips - Senior Analyst To read the full article click here...
The Cost of Spam
Last post on Aug 17, 2006, 12:34:45 am
There is something fishy going on. By Ben Macklin - Senior Analyst To read the full article click here...
eBay Vendors Call For Google Auction Site
Last post on Aug 16, 2006, 11:54:34 pm
At first, the cause sounds like it might be a write-off; just one angry person's crusade against eBay.  It's not, though - the awkwardly named group "Google We Need An...
Young Copycats Worry Entertainment Industry
Last post on Aug 16, 2006, 05:39:39 pm
"Hey, it's OK. I'm just burning a few songs for my girlfriend." To read the full article click here...
BBC Exec Wants To Open The Archives
Last post on Aug 16, 2006, 05:39:08 pm
How would you like to have access to 1.2 million hours of video footage? To read the full article click here...
Comcast Cohen-cidence? I Think Not
Last post on Aug 16, 2006, 05:38:16 pm
Comcast veep and "uber-lobbyist" David Cohen provided a saber-rattling editorial to The Mercury News reminding the pro-Net Neutrality ilk that the sky's not really falling without regulation. But if there...
Yahoo Extends Answers To The API
Last post on Aug 16, 2006, 05:37:50 pm
Web developers can get to the question and answer site, Yahoo Answers, through an application programming interface recently made available on the Yahoo Developer Network. To read the...
Press '0' If You've Had Enough
Last post on Aug 15, 2006, 08:39:50 pm
Customer service via online chat is gaining popularity as people get fed up with hold times. By James Belcher - Senior Analyst To read the full article click...
A New Prescription for Pharmaceuticals Online
Last post on Aug 15, 2006, 08:39:24 pm
The e-pill isn't so hard to swallow. To read the full article click here...
Google Launching A Beta Blogger
Last post on Aug 15, 2006, 08:38:54 pm
A slate of updates to the Blogger platform run by Google provides some new features for bloggers and their readers. To read the full article click here...
Alltel Mobilizes Podcasts
Last post on Aug 15, 2006, 08:38:28 pm
Alltel Wireless will be the first in the US to combine podcasting and mobile phones, after inking a deal with podcast community Melodeo, Inc. Called Axcess Mobilcast service, subscribers will...
Blogger Unblocked In China
Last post on Aug 15, 2006, 01:38:26 pm
The Chinese government's ban on Google's Blogger service has apparently been lifted after four years of unavailability. Chinese Netizens were able to regain access to the service as of last...
Homer's Odyssey? I Missed That Episode
Last post on Aug 15, 2006, 01:38:00 pm
A poll conducted by AOL and Mark Burnett Productions ahead of its online reality show "Gold Rush" finds that more people know Homer from the Simpsons than Homer's work on...
SES: Link Baiting - Experienced Marketers Only
Last post on Aug 15, 2006, 01:37:26 pm
Link building sessions at Search Engine Strategies shows are always popular and draw some of the most substantial crowds from the ranks of webmasters and corporate SEO's attending conferences. ...
AOL Snakes In A Userplane
Last post on Aug 15, 2006, 01:36:55 pm
AOL's mergers and acquisitions department lands it Userplane, a provider of private chat and instant message technologies. To read the full article click here...
Windows Live Writer Gets Warm Welcome
Last post on Aug 15, 2006, 01:36:29 pm
Microsoft has released a new desktop-based blogging client called Windows Live Writer, and reports and reviews of it are flooding in.  The general consensus is a positive one, although there...
On The Sublimity of Searching AOL
Last post on Aug 15, 2006, 01:35:40 pm
A week into news about AOL's ginormous data dump and investigators have yet to tire of mining the minds of AOL users. As mirror sites spring up to face server...
Go Jam With Google Code
Last post on Aug 15, 2006, 01:35:14 pm
The fourth annual coding competition presented by Google offers the top 100 programmers in the contest cash prizes. To read the full article click here...
PHP benchmark test
Last post on Aug 15, 2006, 08:03:54 am
just found this page: http://www.php.lt/benchmark/phpbench.php it's interesting that $size = count($x); for ($i=0; $i<$size; $i++) { // } is much faster then for ($i=0;...
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Last post on Aug 15, 2006, 07:50:35 am
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Article Directory Search Engine
Last post on Aug 15, 2006, 03:22:24 am
Excellent Guide Article Search Engine is the perfect solution for webmasters and those browsing the internet in search for Real Quality Information. Unlike any other article directory, our site benefits...
Who's Getting Your E-Mail Message?
Last post on Aug 14, 2006, 04:35:40 pm
Home and work users have different preferences.By Debra Aho Williamson - Senior Analyst To read the full article click here...
AOL Admits To Search Data 'Screw Up'
Last post on Aug 13, 2006, 01:12:35 pm
After the potentially personally identifying search logs of over 650,000 AOL users were published by AOL Research this weekend, AOL issued an apology and a vow to investigate the matter....
SES: Marketing with Social Media
Last post on Aug 12, 2006, 11:08:19 am
This is actually the first session that I covered at the San Jose Search Engine Strategies conference, but I did not get a chance to clean up my notes and...
Checkbooks Ready: Social Media Booms
Last post on Aug 12, 2006, 11:07:53 am
This is Web 2.0's day in the sun. Since Yahoo! bought del.icio.us last December, traffic to the site has more than doubled. In July, user-generated content sites made up five...
AOL Renews Privacy Concerns In Congress
Last post on Aug 12, 2006, 11:07:28 am
AOL's shocking searcher log release has reignited the debate in Congress over whether to restrict Internet companies' use and storage of user data. Though a bill aimed at protecting user...
SES 2006 Week In Review
Last post on Aug 12, 2006, 11:06:39 am
As per usual, this year's Search Engine Strategies Conference in San Jose, Calif., was jam-packed with useful information on the latest online marketing and web design techniques. To...
AOL Wants To Be Your StudyBuddy
Last post on Aug 12, 2006, 11:06:12 am
Under the shadow of the AOL data leak, you may have missed something decent from the controversial company. This week, AOL launched StudyBuddy.com, a search engine created to help kids...
Bloggers On The UK Terror Story
Last post on Aug 12, 2006, 11:05:45 am
The aftermath of a number of arrests in the United Kingdom, and the revelation of a massive plot to destroy US-bound airliners with explosives, may be the point where New...
Seven Ways To Better SEM
Last post on Aug 12, 2006, 11:05:18 am
Business optimization software company Omniture now offers a free guide to improving a website's search engine marketing in seven steps. To read the full article click here...
UK Online Spending Soars
Last post on Aug 11, 2006, 08:23:23 am
Britain is fast becoming a nation of online shopkeepers. To read the full article click here...
Online Video Stats Say It All
Last post on Aug 11, 2006, 08:22:57 am
The numbers speak for themselves. By Ben Macklin - Senior Analyst To read the full article click here...
Google Adds UC To Books Project
Last post on Aug 11, 2006, 08:22:05 am
Google Book Search announced the addition the University of California library to the Google Books Library Project. One of the world's largest libraries, UC's is made up of 100 libraries...
Yahoo Answers Call For Quality Content
Last post on Aug 11, 2006, 08:21:15 am
Voting has a place on Yahoo Answers, as users of the popular question and answer site will see that become part of the site. To read the full...
SES- Two Peas in a Pod: Usability and SEO
Last post on Aug 11, 2006, 08:20:48 am
Moderated by Rebecca Lieb of ClickZ with presentations by Matt Bailey of SiteLogic and Shari Thurow of Grantastic Designs. First up is Shari who answered questions about usability and search....
SES: Schmidt on Privacy, Proprietary Algorithms
Last post on Aug 11, 2006, 08:20:22 am
The sensitivity of search string data is suddenly on everyone's mind  due to news of the AOL data leak on a research site this week. To read the...
SES 2006: The Lighter Side of Link Buying
Last post on Aug 11, 2006, 08:19:56 am
The discussion on buying links at SES San Jose got a little more philosophical than Doug Caverly might have expected. Conference attendees were greeted with a band of Linking Jedi...
AOL Execs: These Are Our Darkest Days
Last post on Aug 11, 2006, 08:19:30 am
The year 2006 is not one AOL will forget, if it survives. It's only August and already the company has been yanked in front of legislatures, slammed by activist groups,...
Google Party Plane Lawsuits Settled
Last post on Aug 11, 2006, 08:19:04 am
The legal dispute between Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin and Oklahoma designer Leslie Jennings over the so-called "party plane" has been settled, according to a report in the...
Yahoo Redirects Webmaster Queries
Last post on Aug 11, 2006, 08:18:38 am
Webmasters on the hunt for certain information through Yahoo Search will begin seeing their queries redirected to Site Explorer, which just received a significant update. To read the...
How Google Could Change MySpace
Last post on Aug 10, 2006, 05:03:41 pm
Now that a search deal is in place, e-commerce could come next.By Debra Aho Williamson - Senior Analyst To read the full article click here...
The Internet and Daily Life in Canada
Last post on Aug 10, 2006, 05:03:17 pm
Internet use does not come at the expense of other media.By Debra Aho Williamson - Senior Analyst To read the full article click here...
SES 2006: Search Engines, Friend Or Foe
Last post on Aug 09, 2006, 06:35:46 pm
The best thing about search engines is how they make it easy to find relevant content out of millions of web sites; that may be the worst thing about them...
SES: SE Algorithms: Can you Please Them All?
Last post on Aug 09, 2006, 06:34:32 pm
Search engine specialists use to spend inordinate amounts of time  creating pages that ranked well at just one search engine due to algorithmic weighting of known and very specific ranking...
Forum Help Zone
Last post on Aug 09, 2006, 05:21:36 pm
This is the forum I own/run! Forum Help Zone is specifically for forum owners/Admin/Staff or Moderators. We have Articles, Discussions and a free service called 'FHZ Personal Help'! The...
Opera : The fastest javascript engine....
Last post on Aug 09, 2006, 05:07:44 pm
Just read a very interesting article about the javascript engine that each browser has. The benchmark (which is available online from the site bellow) shows that Opera is much...
Google Sitemaps Now Webmaster Central
Last post on Aug 09, 2006, 10:28:26 am
They have renamed the website to Webmaster Central and launched some new tools to help their Sitemaps users get more out of the service. To read the full...
Topix.net Debuts Humongous News Search
Last post on Aug 09, 2006, 10:27:59 am
The Topix.net News Search now covers news and blog results going back a year, and provides a capital way of searching through that index. To read the full...
Perl Plus Jifty Equals Hiveminder
Last post on Aug 09, 2006, 10:27:33 am
Yes, Jifty is another web application builder, and yes, Hiveminder is another to-do list; but it is Perl that made them possible. To read the full article click...
Publishers: Rock; Advertisers: Hard Place
Last post on Aug 09, 2006, 10:27:07 am
Some ado was made recently about Google AdSense sensitivity filters blocking revenue-generating ads based on the nature of the content, and replacing those spots with public service announcements. There is...
Google Disputes Third Party Fraud Detection
Last post on Aug 09, 2006, 10:26:41 am
Engineers at Google have performed an analysis of click fraud consultants and claimed they have fundamental flaws in their approaches. To read the full article click here...
SES 2006: Fiery Click Fraud Session
Last post on Aug 09, 2006, 10:26:15 am
The potential for click fraud to drain an advertiser's budget requires those entrepreneurs to audit their paid search ads and be aware of the impact click fraud can have. ...
SES San Jose 2006: Leveraging Social Media
Last post on Aug 09, 2006, 10:25:49 am
Attending morning SES (Search Engine Strategies) sessions after a 4am wake-up, airport crowds, public transit shuffles and schlepping luggage all morning - I was a bit cranky by the time...
SES 2006: A Case Of Duplicate Content
Last post on Aug 09, 2006, 10:25:24 am
Site publishers worry about being penalized for having duplicate content; the panel at SES 2006 in San Jose took on that topic in a session today. To read...
SES: Blog/Feed SEO: Watch Out For Bullets
Last post on Aug 09, 2006, 10:24:57 am
The information flooding out of the Blog and Feed Search SEO session at SES San Jose was so rapid and powerful it knocked all of Mike McDonald's hair off. Because...
Yahoo Unearths Site Explorer Updates
Last post on Aug 09, 2006, 10:24:31 am
Webmaster fans of Yahoo's Site Explorer will enjoy the service's biggest update since December 2005, as Yahoo responds to feedback and requests. To read the full article click...
More Men Zap Ads
Last post on Aug 09, 2006, 10:24:02 am
"If you want to get your clothes extra white zzzzzzzzzzzzaaaaaaaaaaaaaaap!" To read the full article click here...
Residential Broadband Grew 22% during 2005
Last post on Aug 09, 2006, 10:23:37 am
ADSL grew twice as fast as cable Internet. By Ben Macklin - Senior Analyst To read the full article click here...
prweb acquired by Vocus
Last post on Aug 08, 2006, 02:19:39 pm
Just read in Lee Odden's blog about a new acquisition in the web promotion industry. This time Vocus, a public relations company, acquired prweb, one of the biggest (or...
Microsoft Fixing Windows Live Spaces Issues
Last post on Aug 08, 2006, 08:53:02 am
After relaunching MSN Spaces as a Windows Live-branded service with updated features, a combination of issues caused plenty of problems for users. To read the full article click...
Day One of SES San Jose 2006
Last post on Aug 08, 2006, 08:49:28 am
Yesterday was a day of travel and a nice afternoon of downtown San Jose. Here are a few photos. To read the full article click here...
AOL Forks Itself, Leaks User Search Data
Last post on Aug 08, 2006, 08:48:37 am
AOL's public relations nightmare just turned into a night terror. On the heels of months and months of bad news, AOL Research flubbed on a scale so massive that New...
Google Strikes Deal With MTV
Last post on Aug 08, 2006, 08:48:11 am
Google wants its MTV and has tapped Viacom to team-test a video distribution model intended for use by consumers, web publishers and advertisers. Under the deal, Google will distribute ad-supported...
PRWeb Acquired by Vocus
Last post on Aug 08, 2006, 08:47:20 am
A big day for PRWeb! It's been difficult keeping this under wraps, but Vocus, a public relations software company, has acquired press release distribution service, PRWeb in a deal worth...
SES 2006: Demographic Targeting
Last post on Aug 08, 2006, 08:46:54 am
This session focused on demographic targeting. It has become a serious issue for online advertisers who want to find higher quality customers online. To read the full article...
SES: It's Not Persuasion; It's Presence
Last post on Aug 08, 2006, 08:46:29 am
Our trusty Doug Caverly woke up this morning on California time and hoofed down to the Search Behavior Research track at the Search Engine Strategies conference in San Jose. After...
Google Snares Fox In Exclusive Net Deal
Last post on Aug 08, 2006, 08:46:04 am
Hot on the heels of news of Google's agreement to run MTV Networks' videos on its AdSense network, Google has announced a blockbuster deal that will have it powering search...
SES 2006: Searchonomics
Last post on Aug 08, 2006, 08:45:38 am
Speakers at the Searchonomics: Serious and Fun Stats panel on day one of the Search Engine Strategies conference in San Jose covered ad spends, prom dresses, and the eternal surprise...
Who Needs Diamonds?
Last post on Aug 08, 2006, 08:45:10 am
Another blow for old gender myths... To read the full article click here...
Europe's Top Online Retail Brands
Last post on Aug 08, 2006, 08:44:44 am
Household names on both sides of the pond... By Jeffrey Grau - Senior Analyst To read the full article click here...
Australia's Broadband Supply Finally Matches Demand
Last post on Aug 06, 2006, 02:11:28 pm
Broadband driving advertising growth and consumer media spending. By Ben Macklin - (Senior Analyst working from Australia) To read the full article click here...
Google Maps Remembers Your Address
Last post on Aug 06, 2006, 12:43:39 pm
Google's Maps team has implemented a little feature that has been present for a while in competing products like Windows Live Local - the ability to save locations. ...
Auto Sellers Parking In the Wrong Spaces Online?
Last post on Aug 06, 2006, 12:42:44 pm
Are automotive advertisers taking the best route to get to customers? To read the full article click here...
Channel Your Way To AdSense Profits
Last post on Aug 04, 2006, 11:06:37 pm
Placing AdSense blocks on your site is just the first step to using them effectively; get the best information about their performance by using channels. To read the...
AOL Opening Free 5GB Xdrive Storage
Last post on Aug 04, 2006, 11:06:12 pm
As part of the company's shift to an audience-supported model, AOL will offer all Internet users 5GB of free online storage through the Xdrive service it purchased in August 2005....
Cutts Less Kidnapped, More Video-y
Last post on Aug 04, 2006, 11:05:47 pm
Google's Matt Cutts continues his SEO video tutorials, which began over the weekend, adding six more short segments. Apparently the first three were a hit. To read the...
Google Radio Ads Could Get Personal
Last post on Aug 04, 2006, 11:05:21 pm
On his way to a hot date, Joe Goodguy flips on his satellite radio. A voice comes over the car speakers, "that's what you're wearing?" Joe eyeballs his "good shirt"...
ReallyReady Really Better Than Ready.gov
Last post on Aug 04, 2006, 11:04:56 pm
The Department of Homeland Security developed the Ready.gov website as a disaster preparedness information point of presence; one member of the Federation of American Scientists initiated a challenge to improve...
Gliffy Does Flash Diagramming Online
Last post on Aug 04, 2006, 11:04:32 pm
The usefulness of Flash for applications in the browser takes a giant step forward with Gliffy, a tool that provides the kind of diagramming functionality one has to pay for...
Brand Association: SES Advance Look
Last post on Aug 04, 2006, 11:04:06 pm
Hitwise global research general manager Bill Tancer will present "Google, Yahoo!, and MSN: Brand Association" at Search Engine Strategies 2006 in San Jose on Monday; his blog post reveals an...
Apple Goes Mobile With Ford, GM, And Mazda
Last post on Aug 04, 2006, 11:03:41 pm
From the makers of the "people's car" (Volkswagen) to the manufacturers of the car-for-people-with-a-whole-lot-of-money (Ferrari), automakers are prepared to accommodate iPod users.  The Americans have gotten in on the deal,...
Search Advertising For P2P?
Last post on Aug 04, 2006, 11:03:15 pm
Though many aspects of the search market appear difficult to crack - Google's not going anywhere and blog search is flooded - many contend that an untapped search market lies...
Chinese Base Spotted On Google Earth
Last post on Aug 04, 2006, 11:02:49 pm
The latest Google Earth user report stirring up conspiracy theory and head scratching is the image of a Chinese military site that is a scale replica of the ancient country's...
Searching For Small Cars, Cheap Gas
Last post on Aug 03, 2006, 11:04:01 pm
Gas guzzlers gone?By Lisa Phillips - Senior Analyst To read the full article click here...
Murdoch Looking for a Triple-Play (part 1)
Last post on Aug 03, 2006, 11:03:36 pm
Can satellite compete? By Ben Macklin - Senior Analyst To read the full article click here...
Murdoch Looking for a Triple-Play (part 2)
Last post on Aug 03, 2006, 11:03:11 pm
WiMAX to the rescue? By Ben Macklin - Senior Analyst To read the full article click here...
Ted Stevens Tries To Pull a Fast One
Last post on Aug 02, 2006, 11:04:40 pm
Senator Ted Stevens may not have a grasp on how, exactly, the Internet works, but the veteran politician could teach Congressional rookies a thing or too about getting your way...
Yahoo Yodels With New Blog
Last post on Aug 02, 2006, 11:04:14 pm
The Yodel Anecdotal site, debuting as "yet another self-serving corporate blog," will offer an inside look at life within Yahoo. To read the full article click here...
Windows Live Spaces Debuts
Last post on Aug 02, 2006, 11:03:48 pm
The successor to Microsoft's MSN Spaces blogging service launched yesterday with an assortment of new features for its users. To read the full article click here...
Google, Apple Join Khronos Group
Last post on Aug 02, 2006, 11:03:22 pm
The Khronos Group, which focuses "on the creation of open standard, royalty-free APIs," has attracted some powerful new members.  Google, Apple, Dell, and several other companies have joined the consortium. ...
MySpace Users Are Pervs
Last post on Aug 02, 2006, 11:02:56 pm
When the MySpace masses were kicked offline due to last week's power outage, they shut down their computers and went outside for a change, right? Nope. They hit Google and...
Microsoft's Photosynth: "Immersive"
Last post on Aug 01, 2006, 11:03:57 pm
Microsoft has unveiled an impressive new technology, which the company described as a "unique, immersive online photo-sharing experience."  A press release also bragged about how it "renders images with stunning...
YouTube Did Not Beat MySpace, Not Even Close
Last post on Aug 01, 2006, 11:03:31 pm
A Guardian Unlimited story has floated around all day with the headline "YouTube overtakes MySpace," detailing how the video-sharing website had surpassed MySpace in daily global Internet visits. Unfortunately, it's...
Online Ads Up, But Online Video Ads Lag
Last post on Aug 01, 2006, 11:03:03 pm
The Internet may not be ready for primetime.video ads, at least. To read the full article click here...
SixApart Forgets Censorship Is Bad
Last post on Aug 01, 2006, 08:57:49 pm
Tribe.net founder Mark Pincus went to Harvard Business School, not journalism school. This may have been the primary reason he was unsure if using a person's full name to recount...
SEMPO Sponsoring Three SES Events
Last post on Aug 01, 2006, 08:57:22 pm
The Search Engine Marketing Professional Organization will sponsor three major networking events at this month's Search Engine Strategies conference in San Jose. To read the full article click...
Attensa Heats Up Its RSS Appliance
Last post on Aug 01, 2006, 08:56:56 pm
RSS technology continues to move forward in the enterprise world, and if Attensa has its way their Feed Server technology will provide the guiding hand toward greater RSS utility and...
Developer: Windows Vista Is Not Ready
Last post on Aug 01, 2006, 08:56:29 pm
High-level Microsoft executives may be in for more of what they don't want to hear. After one developer says what many were thinking, those inside Vista development fulfill their own...
Eons: For Life (And Death) After 50
Last post on Aug 01, 2006, 08:56:02 pm
Imagine that you're reading through your computer's "alerts" one morning.  There's a Windows update available, your anniversary is in one week, and, by the way, Bob died.  That last piece...
IBM Unveils Email Archiving For SMBs
Last post on Aug 01, 2006, 08:55:36 pm
The CommonStore eMail Archiving Preload runs on an AMD-powered blade server and works with Exchange and LotusNotes to provide email search, storage, and management functionality. To read the...
Google Music Opens; English Books Close
Last post on Jul 31, 2006, 11:04:52 pm
It's official. Google geek-chic has become so sexy they've made a musical tribute. Google: The Musical opens next week in?Minnesota? In the spirit of l337 and Internet English, it may...
SourceForge Redesigns Its Search
Last post on Jul 31, 2006, 11:04:26 pm
Sourceforge.net announced several updates that have taken place to the open source project collaboration site, including an upgrade to its search capability. To read the full article click...
The Logic of Online Gambling Laws
Last post on Jul 31, 2006, 11:04:00 pm
A gambling website that takes bets on anything from poker to sports to celebrity news is taking bets on which of Technorati's top 100 blogs will take the #1 spot...
Analyst Roundtable: Net Neutrality (part 1)
Last post on Jul 31, 2006, 11:03:32 pm
eMarketer analysts weigh in on proposed Net Neutrality legislation. To read the full article click here...
Central Europe Joins the Rush to Digital TV
Last post on Jul 31, 2006, 11:03:06 pm
Digital? Da! To read the full article click here...
Netscape it code modification for wordpress
Last post on Jul 31, 2006, 11:21:04 am
Just found this code modification, which might be usefull to worpress blog owners. The modification gives you the abillity to add a 'netscape it' link to every post of...
YouTube IPO? Shhhh! Don't Say Bubble
Last post on Jul 29, 2006, 04:46:27 pm
Despite denying that online video phenom YouTube could be priced or bought for a bubbly $1 billion, founder Chad Hurley is warm to the idea of an initial public offering....
Want Free Games? Have Some Porn Too
Last post on Jul 28, 2006, 11:08:19 pm
No one in their right mind would offer free game downloads for kids that comes with porno-popping adware right? And surely another right-minded entity wouldn't allow such a proprietor to...
Judge Approves Google Settlement
Last post on Jul 28, 2006, 11:07:54 pm
Google's part in an Arkansas lawsuit comes to an end after an Arkansas judge approved a $90 million settlement reached by the two sides. To read the full...
Zillow Plans To Open API
Last post on Jul 28, 2006, 11:07:28 pm
Yahoo has been using the API as part of its partnership deal with the Zillow home value tracking website, and Zillow plans to open that up to other developers. ...
Google Launches SourceForge Competitor
Last post on Jul 28, 2006, 11:07:01 pm
Even though Google said it is not competing with the SourceForge project hosting site, it's difficult to view it otherwise considering Google's features and other services that can complement it....
Upcoming Lends A Networking Hand
Last post on Jul 28, 2006, 11:06:35 pm
Instead of being a glad-handing poozer, using online resources like Yahoo's Upcoming.org events community can be a much more effective way to network with the people you need to know....
Google Subdomains On Double Secret Probation
Last post on Jul 28, 2006, 11:06:09 pm
UK-based developer Tony Ruscoe, doing some routine Google sleuthing, believes he may have uncovered a few quiet Google projects. Judging solely from subdomains, one might surmise Google has a lot...
Digg Labs Goes Live
Last post on Jul 28, 2006, 11:05:43 pm
Digg.com has introduced its own lab, named (accurately, if not creatively) Digg Labs.  This new addition will allow visitors to test features and consider concepts before they are introduced to...
Rocketboom Has Temporary Identity Crisis
Last post on Jul 28, 2006, 11:04:54 pm
Forget about the past two weeks of the new Rocketboom. The new new Rocketboom is set to roll on Monday. What do you think? More buffalo? Maybe instead of minimalist...
Amazon's Profit Problem
Last post on Jul 28, 2006, 11:04:27 pm
Spending aimed at securing growth in the future is hitting today's bottom line. By Jeffrey Grau - Senior Analyst To read the full article click here...
What On Earth Is Up With Online Travel?
Last post on Jul 28, 2006, 11:04:02 pm
Where do you want to go? To read the full article click here...
World Cup Kick Starts Mobile TV in Italy
Last post on Jul 28, 2006, 11:03:36 pm
The World Cup offered some of the first real numbers regarding mobile TV adoption. To read the full article click here...
Slow Christmas Shopping This Year?
Last post on Jul 28, 2006, 11:03:11 pm
Oh! Oh! Oh! To read the full article click here...
MindTouch DekiWiki Goes Commercial
Last post on Jul 27, 2006, 11:08:23 pm
The release of a commercial open source wiki by MindTouch and announced at OSCON also is available in a private label version for ISPs; this could be a step toward...
Facebook Gives Away iTunes
Last post on Jul 27, 2006, 11:07:58 pm
Facebook is going give away 10 million iTunes music samplers over the next 10 weeks. To read the full article click here...
Spam As A PR Tool
Last post on Jul 27, 2006, 11:07:33 pm
Every company wants you, the public, to know about it.  And a lot of companies would like it if certain writers conveyed the latest product information to you.  This can...
Monster Does Classifieds Deal In Philly
Last post on Jul 27, 2006, 11:07:07 pm
The Philly.com website run by the Philadelphia Inquirer and the Philadelphia Daily News will have its recruitment site run by online job board Monster.com. To read the full...
IE 7 Planned As Automatic Update
Last post on Jul 27, 2006, 11:06:41 pm
Windows users on the XP operating system need to be aware that Internet Explorer 7 will be arriving later this year as an automatic update. To read the...
Verizon Hits Unlimited Users With Limits
Last post on Jul 27, 2006, 11:06:16 pm
The EVDO offering from Verizon Wireless has been touted by the company as an "unlimited" service; instead, the service is very much limited as the telco shut down the account...
US Passes Misleading Hyperlink Law
Last post on Jul 27, 2006, 11:05:51 pm
The US Congress passed a bill into law this week aimed at protecting children from online predators. The law dictates how hyperlinks and domain names leading to sexual content may...
MSFT: Gov't Not Doing Enough For Net Neutrality
Last post on Jul 27, 2006, 11:05:25 pm
Microsoft Corp. said yesterday that "more could be done" by the United States legislature to ensure Network Neutrality principles. The response comes after the software giant petitioned federal regulators for...
Kazaa Loses Its Legal Battle
Last post on Jul 27, 2006, 11:04:59 pm
Kazaa appears to be following the trail that Napster first blazed (and then was dragged down).  The file-sharing network, like its predecessor, is well known for being used to illegally...
Yahoo, comScore Study Car Research
Last post on Jul 27, 2006, 11:04:34 pm
As a self-proclaimed "car guy," I do a fair amount of automotive research on the Web.  A new study from Yahoo and comScore has shown that a lot of other...
EU Proposes Ban on Hidden Airfare Charges
Last post on Jul 27, 2006, 11:04:05 pm
Airlines may be forced to include all surcharges in their advertised prices. By Jeffrey Grau - Senior Analyst To read the full article click here...
Back-to-School Shopping Heads Online
Last post on Jul 27, 2006, 11:03:40 pm
By Debra Aho WilliamsonTrading the headache of the mall for the comfort of home is appealing to some moms. To read the full article click here...
Parents Foresee A Dim Economic Future
Last post on Jul 27, 2006, 11:03:15 pm
According to their folks, kids may have a pretty rough time of it in the future. To read the full article click here...
EU Domain Grabs Lead To Lawsuits
Last post on Jul 26, 2006, 07:24:54 pm
The European Registry of Internet Domain names (EURid) suspended the registrations of over 74,000 .eu domains and accused 400 registrars of warehousing names for resale. To read the...
YouTube Has Huge One-Week Growth Spurt
Last post on Jul 25, 2006, 11:07:48 pm
It's no secret anymore that YouTube is a gangbuster of an online property. Though not surprising, it is still enough to set one back on his heels to learn that...
Keyword Price Hikes Expected In Long Term
Last post on Jul 25, 2006, 11:07:22 pm
Search engine marketers should prepare themselves for "explosive keyword inflation" over the next few years, according to a keynote address given by SearchEngineWatch's Chris Sherman. To read the...
LocalBrit Search Built In 24 Hours
Last post on Jul 25, 2006, 11:06:57 pm
Rome may not have been built in a day, to quote an obvious saying, but the search engine at LocalBrit.co.uk moved from scratch to launch in that time. ...
Oodle Opens Its Classified API
Last post on Jul 25, 2006, 11:06:31 pm
Classifieds search engine Oodle.com made its application programming interface generally available today, and introduced a new affiliate program for API users. To read the full article click here...
Answers.com Makes Game Of Blufr
Last post on Jul 25, 2006, 11:06:05 pm
The online information source Answers.com has turned to creating a game based on its vast repository of data in order to draw traffic to the site. To read...
Case Apologizes For Merger ? Again
Last post on Jul 25, 2006, 11:05:11 pm
Steve Case has already gone on the record to say he regretted the AOL-Time Warner merger, but the AOL founder was referring more to the merger's implementation than to the...
Microsoft Zunes in on Apple's iPod
Last post on Jul 25, 2006, 11:04:42 pm
Can Microsoft Challenge Apple's Dominance in Digital Music? By Ben Macklin - Senior Analyst To read the full article click here...
Hooking Up With Social Networks
Last post on Jul 25, 2006, 11:04:14 pm
Agencies test the waters with investments in Facebook, LiveWorldBy Debra Aho Williamson - Senior Analyst To read the full article click here...
Blu-ray and HD-DVD: Only One Winner? Or Two Losers?
Last post on Jul 25, 2006, 11:03:47 pm
Past format wars can only tell us so much about the future. By James Belcher - Senior Analyst To read the full article click here...
EU Propses Ban on Hidden Airfare Charges
Last post on Jul 25, 2006, 11:03:22 pm
Airlines Want To Regain Control of Their Fare Pricing By Jeffrey Grau - Senior Analyst To read the full article click here...
Monetizing an arcade site
Last post on Jul 25, 2006, 09:12:57 pm
This month I though to create an arcade site. As there is not much time to develop it myself, I decided to purchase a ready script, and after a...
Customized Right Click Menu in Flash MX 2004
Last post on Jul 25, 2006, 07:52:51 pm
Customized Right Click Menu in Flash MX 2004 Author: Oleg Lazarenko | Website: http://www.metamorphozis.com | This tutorial is for people who want to know how to set up...
IT Job Future In Talking, Not Coding
Last post on Jul 24, 2006, 11:05:12 pm
Prospective college computer majors have been fleeing to other majors, since the real skills associated with a future in information technology look less like those one needs from a four-year...
Yahoo Appoints New Data Mining Expert
Last post on Jul 24, 2006, 11:04:46 pm
Doctor Raghu Ramakrishnan will leave the land of badgers and Big Ten football for the opportunity to serve as a research fellow in Yahoo! Research. To read the...
Microsoft Officially Opens Expo
Last post on Jul 24, 2006, 11:04:20 pm
The company set up the Expo.org domain to make it easier to remember, and implemented some feature tweaks and updates to the site. To read the full article...
Technorati Gets "Major Update"
Last post on Jul 24, 2006, 11:03:54 pm
Technorati founder and CEO Dave Sifry made a big entry on the site's Weblog today to celebrate its third birthday and announce a number of updates.  A lot of the...
Amazon Leaks Video Download Plans
Last post on Jul 24, 2006, 11:03:28 pm
Seeking a less crowded and dominated market to exploit, Amazon is reported to be launching an iTunes-esque video download service in mid-August. To read the full article click...
Orchard Plants Himself At Del.icio.us
Last post on Jul 23, 2006, 11:03:30 pm
Les Orchard, author of "Hacking del.icio.us," has been in the process of making his way to Silicon Valley, where he will work for the Yahoo-owned Delicious bookmarking service. ...
Google Base Adds RSS Button
Last post on Jul 22, 2006, 11:04:52 pm
If it's news to Search Engine Watch, then it's probably news to lots of people. For SEW's Barry Scwartz, it just caught his eye and nobody else seem to know...
Rand Fishkin?s Tips For More Traffic
Last post on Jul 22, 2006, 11:04:27 pm
Every site owner wants one thing: more visitors.  After that, their requests might vary from "more with my family" to "more ice cream in the freezer," but they can all...
Gossip, Politicking, Rule Blogosphere
Last post on Jul 22, 2006, 11:04:01 pm
Though bloggers like to talk about themselves the most, blog readers seem to have very specific interests in other things. This week's Pew report said that 95% of bloggers polled...
Google Click Fraud Report In Court
Last post on Jul 22, 2006, 11:03:36 pm
As part of the Lane's Gifts v Google settlement, an independent expert reviewed Google's click fraud processes and practices. To read the full article click here...
Feds' Online Gambling Sting Gets 'Ridiculous'
Last post on Jul 21, 2006, 11:08:21 pm
The US Justice Department is making clear that only certain types of gambling are okay online and there's no exception for advertising agencies running campaigns for offshore sports betting companies....
Google Domains: Search And Everything Else
Last post on Jul 21, 2006, 11:07:54 pm
Only four of Google's domains receive more than one percent of the traffic coming to a Google.com address from a US-based requestor. To read the full article click...
Webhead Tops Supes In Movie Search
Last post on Jul 21, 2006, 11:07:28 pm
Movie fans doing queries on AOL Search have preferred superheroes to devils in Prada and pirates in the Caribbean. To read the full article click here...
Heat Turned Up On Dell Over Notebooks
Last post on Jul 21, 2006, 11:07:03 pm
The now-famous footage of a Dell computer exploding in front of attendees at a Japanese conference has led to the revelation of many more overheating units causing the computer maker...
AOL Adds Closed Captioning For Video
Last post on Jul 21, 2006, 11:06:37 pm
AOL is testing closed captions for streaming news content from CNN aimed at enhancing the online media experience for people who are deaf or hard of hearing. The captioned content...
Blinq Instantly Builds ASP.NET Sites
Last post on Jul 21, 2006, 11:06:11 pm
Microsoft's Web Language Integrated Query tool called Blinq can generate ASP.NET websites based on database schema. To read the full article click here...
How Google Can Find Your Secret Page
Last post on Jul 21, 2006, 11:05:46 pm
Amazingly enough, some webmasters haven't learned about Google yet, and how easy it is to retrieve pages that have been poorly protected from being viewed. To read the...
A Modest Netscape Proposal Continues
Last post on Jul 21, 2006, 11:05:18 pm
Jason Calacanis has continued to work at justifying his offer to bring in the top bookmarkers from competing sites like Digg by paying them to do their news posting at...
WWJD About Net Neutrality?
Last post on Jul 21, 2006, 11:04:53 pm
A fascinating aspect of the Net Neutrality debate is the lack of traditional polarization. It's not a tug-of-war between the politically opposed, but a soundproofed room behind marble walls. The...
Soon To Come: MTVTube?
Last post on Jul 21, 2006, 11:04:27 pm
When MTV President Judy McGrath gave her keynote address at the CTAM Summit, she made her admiration of YouTube quite clear.  McGrath also gave some strong hints that she might...
Amazon's Foray into Online Groceries
Last post on Jul 21, 2006, 11:04:00 pm
Would you like a book with your beef jerky? By Ben Macklin - Senior Analyst To read the full article click here...
Game Downloads Avoid Shelf Space Struggle
Last post on Jul 21, 2006, 11:03:35 pm
Video game publishers want their own version of iTunes. By James Belcher - Senior Analyst To read the full article click here...
StumbleUpon Smiles Upon IE Users
Last post on Jul 21, 2006, 11:25:26 am
If you don't use Firefox, then you probably haven't seen StumbleUpon, a toolbar that "helps you discover great websites."  That's because it was only available for Firefox - until now. ...
US Cracks Down on Online Gambling
Last post on Jul 21, 2006, 10:35:05 am
The House of Representatives passes a new law and the BetonSports CEO is indicted. By Ben Macklin - Senior Analyst To read the full article click here...
Time Compares Apples To Goodmail
Last post on Jul 20, 2006, 11:05:45 pm
If a fish salesman's brother tells you his brother's fish is the best in town, do you take his word for it? Or would you think it, um, fishy? So...
Opera Wants Users To Get Widgety
Last post on Jul 20, 2006, 11:05:19 pm
Opera Widgetize attempts to encourage more of its browser users to create little applications, or widgets, with a few mouse clicks instead of lengthy coding sessions. To read...
IDE for Google Web Toolkit Debuts
Last post on Jul 20, 2006, 11:04:54 pm
Wirelexsoft has introduced an IDE platform for developing Ajax applications based on the Google Web Toolkit (GWT). To read the full article click here...
Gizmo's Attempt At Free Phone Service
Last post on Jul 20, 2006, 11:04:28 pm
Free phone calls have taken a step closer to becoming a reality.  The Gizmo Project is telling people to "call all of your Gizmo friends for FREE on their landline...
Click, Click, Click - FRAUD!
Last post on Jul 20, 2006, 11:03:37 pm
While online advertising continues to stack up huge gains, there's a rat hiding in the woodpile: click fraud. To read the full article click here...
Yahoo, Zillow Peek Into Homes
Last post on Jul 19, 2006, 11:07:15 pm
Instead of wondering just how much the neighbors paid for the house across the street, Yahoo provides an easier way to search for home values with the help of Zillow....
AIM Pro Business IM Debuts
Last post on Jul 19, 2006, 11:06:49 pm
AOL and web conferencing firm WebEx have partnered on the new AIM Pro client, a newly released project that AOL believes will make them ready to capitalize on a $1.1...
ApartmentRatings Moves To Google Calendar
Last post on Jul 19, 2006, 11:06:22 pm
A couple of new features at ApartmentRatings.com use one of Google's newer services to help people plan their moves. To read the full article click here...
National Geographic Shows Musical Inclination
Last post on Jul 19, 2006, 11:05:56 pm
When you think of online music stores, what do comes to mind?  iTunes?  Napster?  How about National Geographic?  That's right - the company known for their focus on animals, landscapes,...
Podcast Audience Gets Older and Wider
Last post on Jul 19, 2006, 11:04:35 pm
Some shifts are detected in the podcast audience. To read the full article click here...
Confessions of a Remote Worker
Last post on Jul 19, 2006, 11:04:09 pm
Find a Volleyball to Talk to? By Ben Macklin - Senior Analyst (and remote worker) To read the full article click here...
Web Freebies Are Mobile Moneymakers
Last post on Jul 19, 2006, 11:03:43 pm
Mundane applications are making mobile pay. By James Belcher - Senior Analyst To read the full article click here...
Yahoo! Pays Film Students In Back-Pats
Last post on Jul 18, 2006, 11:06:23 pm
Yahoo! has invited fledgling filmmakers to submit 12-second video advertisements to promote the website's new look. Grand-prize for best short: two thumbs up, credit for a job well done, and...
Airline Blasted For Using Adjective On Website
Last post on Jul 18, 2006, 11:05:57 pm
Hawaiian Airlines is crying foul over a new-kid-on-the-block rival airline's keyword optimization techniques, claiming trademark infringement. And sure enough, interisland flight competitor Go was busted using the adjective "Hawaiian" several...
Google Still Has AFP In Its News
Last post on Jul 18, 2006, 11:05:29 pm
Agence France-Presse complained bitterly about its content being retrieved by Google News and asked them to stop doing so; apparently Google is still pulling AFP content into News. ...
VisiStat Takes On Grumbly IT Guy
Last post on Jul 18, 2006, 11:05:03 pm
Tina Bean, director of sales and marketing for online analytics firm, VisiStat, has a great pitch. Invoking the image of "the grumbly IT guy" (you know you have one), Bean...
Google And 520 Domain Names
Last post on Jul 18, 2006, 11:04:38 pm
The list of domain names owned by the Googleplex consists of the expected, the unexpected, and the gmmgjd too. To read the full article click here...
Microsoft Extends Hand To Linux
Last post on Jul 18, 2006, 11:04:13 pm
Microsoft is the 900-lb. gorilla in the world of software, and the company likes it that way.  Rarely do you see it work with the open-source community, and among that...
Inbound Link Quality Declared #1 In SEO
Last post on Jul 18, 2006, 11:03:47 pm
For Google, it's not about how many people you know or how many people seem to like you. It's about, mostly, who points to you and says "there's a person...
Movielink Debuts Burn To DVD Service
Last post on Jul 17, 2006, 11:06:20 pm
Movielink launched a new service today that will allow customers to download films with copy-protection software that can be burned to DVD. The new service is a result of a...
India Blocks Access Major Blog Sites
Last post on Jul 17, 2006, 11:05:31 pm
The Indian government was accused of censorship after the Department of Telecommunications was found to have given directives to regional Internet service providers to block access to blogspot.com, typepad.com and...
Netscape's New Look Unpopular With Some
Last post on Jul 17, 2006, 11:05:06 pm
Netscape remodeled its home page in recent days - the site describes itself as "undergoing exciting changes."  But apparently a lot of people don't like the alterations.  There's even a...
Blogs, Blogs and More Blogs
Last post on Jul 17, 2006, 11:04:12 pm
Welcome to the blogstream. To read the full article click here...
A New Latin Beat
Last post on Jul 17, 2006, 11:03:47 pm
&shy;Arriba! To read the full article click here...
Can this be done? I could really use some info.
Last post on Jul 17, 2006, 06:01:34 pm
What I am looking to do is set up 200 google adsense websites. But I want to make the websites self powered. I want the websites to be powered by...
Craigslist Fix Vindicates Authentium
Last post on Jul 16, 2006, 11:03:57 pm
The inability to access the Craigslist.org classifieds sites vexed users of Cox Interactive and caused some to blame software provider Authentium for the problem. To read the full...
AdWords Puts Sites On Target
Last post on Jul 16, 2006, 02:56:48 pm
Site-targeted ad campaigns can use an advertiser's budget more effectively by focusing on those niches where the audience will have a greater interest in the marketer's message. To...
Wyden Confronts Senate On Net Neutrality
Last post on Jul 15, 2006, 07:38:05 pm
The Net Neutrality debate hit the floor of the United States Senate today as Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) made an impassioned plea for Net Neutrality protection, promising to use all...
Offline Sales, Online Ads, Offline Tracking
Last post on Jul 15, 2006, 07:37:40 pm
As Google, Yahoo, and Microsoft ramp up the battle for local search dollars, retailers new to the online world need to track the effectiveness of their online advertising campaigns. ...
More Employers Digging Up Digital Dirt
Last post on Jul 14, 2006, 11:08:43 pm
According job search and recruiting network ExecuNet, only a third of on-the-market executives surveyed have bothered to conduct a vanity search for their name on the major search engines. The...
MySpace Media Safety Campaign Launches
Last post on Jul 14, 2006, 11:08:16 pm
News Corp. launched a major media campaign today hoping that young people on MySpace will stop doing stupid things that gets the company sued. Well, that's not how they put...
Google: You Can Say No To ODP
Last post on Jul 14, 2006, 11:07:49 pm
Some website owners would prefer the snippet accompanying their organic listing in Google search to not come from the Open Directory Project. To read the full article click...
Turner Snaps At Microsoft Rivals
Last post on Jul 14, 2006, 11:07:22 pm
With its Worldwide Partner Conference coming to a close in Boston, Microsoft COO Kevin Turner declared war on companies and technologies aspiring to Microsoft's place in the enterprise. ...
Tapestry Weaves Web Apps With Servlets
Last post on Jul 14, 2006, 11:06:56 pm
A 2006 Duke's Choice Award winner at JavaOne 2006, Tapestry provides a website development framework that builds upon the standard Java Servlet API. To read the full article...
Online Marketing For Offline Buying
Last post on Jul 14, 2006, 11:06:30 pm
Around 60 percent of purchases that begin with online research end at a local store offline. That's mainly because the Internet has yet to let you to try something on...
Earthlink Catches Rubel In Its Closet
Last post on Jul 14, 2006, 11:06:02 pm
Earthlink learned a valuable lesson about this here Internet thingy: if you have a new product you don't want people to know about yet, keep it off the Web and...
MySpace Undeletes Ted Stevens Spoof
Last post on Jul 14, 2006, 11:05:36 pm
MySpace has lots of rules for its members. There's no nudity allowed. Nor does the site tolerate copyright and trademark infringement or deceptive advertising. And for a minute there, it...
SixDegrees Co-Founder On Friendster Patent
Last post on Jul 14, 2006, 11:05:06 pm
Do you sign into your MySpace account eight times a day?  Perhaps Facebook has become your home away from home.  Frankly, I hope not.  But the latest news about Friendster's...
Avoid Lines at Airports
Last post on Jul 14, 2006, 11:04:33 pm
Check-in At Home By Ben Macklin - Senior Analyst To read the full article click here...
Could Click Fraud Jeopardize Online Advertising's Growth?
Last post on Jul 14, 2006, 11:04:05 pm
Did they click or didn't they? That is the question. To read the full article click here...
Rocketboom Fights Attack of Killer Tomatoes
Last post on Jul 13, 2006, 11:09:54 pm
She, that is, not Amanda Congdon, plopped herself down in the anchor chair in a catchers mask and pads. Let the tomato throwing begin. Andrew Baron sits in the corner,...
Googler Backs Feedster; Redlitz Off To Startup
Last post on Jul 13, 2006, 11:09:25 pm
Feedster is expected to announce tomorrow that company president Chris Redlitz is leaving the blog and syndicated content engine to join a startup company to launch later this month. He...
Yahoo Drops Live Search Into Firefox 2.0
Last post on Jul 13, 2006, 11:08:53 pm
The newest beta candidate of the Firefox 2.0 web browser has been online for only a day, but Yahoo has already made one of its technologies available to it. ...
AdWords API Gets A Java Fix
Last post on Jul 13, 2006, 11:08:23 pm
Developers who work with Java and Google AdWords will be delighted to see the newest release from Google's AdWords API team. To read the full article click here...
Computer Programming As Art
Last post on Jul 13, 2006, 11:07:49 pm
This isn't about programming the visuals for the next great Pixar release, or even creating ASCII art for signature files, but whether the craft of programming itself can be artistic....
AdSense.com Rejected By AdSense
Last post on Jul 13, 2006, 11:07:15 pm
Confusion over Google's advertising network and an Oregon-based marketing firm has left the latter dealing with lots of calls and emails for AdSense support. To read the full...
Rocketboom Goes Down In Buffalo Chips
Last post on Jul 13, 2006, 11:06:46 pm
How do you follow an episode of tomato throwing and red paper clip up-trades? It's a no-brainer: buffaloes and creepy music. Rocketboom's second that's-not-Amanda show left the audience in a...
Determining Link Numbers, Made Easy
Last post on Jul 13, 2006, 11:06:13 pm
Link numbers, which quantify how many links lead to a given site, are useful things.  Want to find the best way to calculate link numbers?  Rand Fishkin, the owner and...
Net Neutrality, Meet Jon Stewart
Last post on Jul 13, 2006, 11:05:41 pm
What does it take to for Net Neutrality to get national television coverage? It takes an asinine explanation of the Internet by the chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee. Was...
Reuters Throws Rocks In A Glass House
Last post on Jul 13, 2006, 11:05:11 pm
After Kenneth Lay's death, Reuters put out an article mocking Wikipedia's inaccurate coverage of the event.  And, I have to admit, it was rather funny, if you like that sort...
Casual Gamers Get Serious
Last post on Jul 13, 2006, 11:04:34 pm
Whether they are sitting at the computer or on the soccer sidelines with their mobile phones, women are hard-core online gamers. To read the full article click here...
What Do Listeners Listen To When They Listen To Radio Online?
Last post on Jul 13, 2006, 11:04:03 pm
There seems to be a difference between the radio dial and an Internet click. To read the full article click here...
Your own Adsense Website for FREE!
Last post on Jul 13, 2006, 12:09:52 pm
I stumbled across a free article directory script with 30,000 ready-to-install articles in 27 different topics. You can easily incorporate your own Adsense code or any sponsor for that matter....
IBM Taps Drupal For Dev Project Tutorial
Last post on Jul 12, 2006, 11:07:27 pm
Part one of a new series at IBM developerWorks focuses on the choice of an open source content management platform for their closed community web site progress. To...
Google Patent Apps By The Dozen
Last post on Jul 12, 2006, 11:06:58 pm
Patent applications are apparently cheaper by the dozen. This month, 12 Google filings were published, mostly involving technologies focused on geo-targeting and local search. To read the full...
Oracle Responds To Real-Time Events
Last post on Jul 12, 2006, 11:06:31 pm
The company's Event-Driven Middleware Suite debuted last month can complement service-oriented architectures with its pervasive messaging technology. To read the full article click here...
Microsoft Fined $357 Million, Says ?Ouch?
Last post on Jul 12, 2006, 11:06:03 pm
The European Commission has found Microsoft guilty of disobeying a 2004 ruling on antitrust actions, and fined the software giant $357.3 million.  This isn't the first time the Commission has...
Yahoo! Gets Snippy About Hitwise Report
Last post on Jul 12, 2006, 11:05:35 pm
Yahoo! wasn't at all happy with Hitwise's announcement that MySpace.com had surpassed Yahoo! as most-visited site on the Web. In fact, they were downright indignant. To read the...
Ballmer Hints At Launch Date For Next Windows
Last post on Jul 12, 2006, 11:05:07 pm
Microsoft is arguably king of the delayed product launch.  From older versions of Windows to the latest Office and Vista releases, things often come out much later than was first...
Time To Take Another Look At Business Blogs
Last post on Jul 12, 2006, 11:04:34 pm
To blog or not to blog? That was the question. And when it came to business blogs, most marketers felt they had the answer: "No." To read the...
College Students Spend On Brands That Respect Mother Nature
Last post on Jul 12, 2006, 11:04:04 pm
Green is good, in more ways than one. To read the full article click here...
Further Furor Over eBay Payment Services
Last post on Jul 12, 2006, 09:22:11 am
Last week, eBay announced that it would not allow the Google Checkout service.  It also declared that Nochex, another online payment service, would no longer be accepted.  This decision caused...
Google Maps Does Click To Zoom
Last post on Jul 12, 2006, 09:21:47 am
New features have been enabled on Google Maps, allowing users to try out a couple of different ways to zoom in on a map. To read the full...
Skype Offers Free International Calling
Last post on Jul 11, 2006, 11:06:23 pm
Adding to its aggressive campaign to attract more users, Skype launched a promotional offer called the "Skype Days of Summer" that allows US and Canadian SkypeOut users to make free...
A Nail In The Coffin For Windows 98
Last post on Jul 11, 2006, 11:05:58 pm
From this day forward, users of Windows 98 and Windows ME may be on their own.  Microsoft will stop offering updates and support (even of the "paid" variety) for these...
YouTube Users Go Political
Last post on Jul 11, 2006, 11:05:33 pm
According to YouTube, people watch "more than 70 million videos on this site daily."  That's a very impressive number.  The "consumer media company" has been used most often to show...
Rocketboom 2.0 Delayed, Fans Lash Out
Last post on Jul 11, 2006, 11:05:06 pm
Rocketboom fans have been hanging on for the next boom since Amanda Congdon's dramatic unbooming. The next incarnation is now two days late as the world awaits how the new...
What is the Youth Market's Fave Site?
Last post on Jul 11, 2006, 11:04:36 pm
It's not MySpace or Facebook. By Debra Aho Williamson - Senior Analyst To read the full article click here...
Alternative Advertising / Alternative Views
Last post on Jul 11, 2006, 11:04:10 pm
More ad "alternatives" than ever. To read the full article click here...
Microsoft's iPod Killer Gets Expanded Duties
Last post on Jul 11, 2006, 03:43:11 pm
Microsoft's rumored iPod killer may be much, much, more than that.  In addition to its own features, the product, codenamed Argo, could be part of a larger line of "Xbox-branded...
Google Tells Woman Which Arm To Twist
Last post on Jul 11, 2006, 03:42:46 pm
Google may not voluntary provide information on the identity of its advertisers, but if you have a good case, then the company may tell you how to have the courts...
Google And The Need For Speed
Last post on Jul 11, 2006, 03:42:21 pm
If the scientists who claim news content has a half-life of 36 hours online before it falls off the radar of Internet users are correct, Google's successor online might match...
Firefox Up In Share, Out In Beta
Last post on Jul 11, 2006, 03:41:55 pm
The Mozilla Firefox web browser has begun moving upward again in global market share, and those users can now try out version 2.0 Beta 1 of the browser. ...
Chitika MPU Speaks to you!
Last post on Jul 11, 2006, 08:44:57 am
Catching up with our newest star, MPU (Multi-Product unit), for an interview wasn?t easy.  With so many website requests, this star is in high demand.  But we managed to steal...
Microsoft ODF Plans Nothing New
Last post on Jul 10, 2006, 11:09:38 pm
Microsoft's announcement that it would back the Open XML Translator project, and bridge the gap between Office 2007 and OpenDocument Format as an open source initiative, had been hinted at...
Congdon Replaced By English Accent
Last post on Jul 10, 2006, 11:09:11 pm
How will Rocketboom's Andrew Baron replace his vamoosing attractive, smart, witty, and charming anchor Amanda Congdon? The space in front of the upside down map of the world will be...
Nineteen Rails Secrets To Web Development
Last post on Jul 10, 2006, 11:08:43 pm
Ruby on Rails has increased in popularity among web developers seeking a solid framework for their applications, and some helpful hints can make it even better. To read...
Yahoo! Gets Trippy
Last post on Jul 10, 2006, 11:08:16 pm
Yahoo! continues to bank on social media and user-generated content as a means to capture eyeballs as the company officially launched its Trip Planner service today after months of beta...
PodZinger, TED, And Alex Laats
Last post on Jul 10, 2006, 11:07:42 pm
The TEDTalks series featuring talks by Al Gore, David Pogue, Tony Robbins, and others at the Technology, Entertainment, Design conference can be searched for words and phrases with the help...
Microsoft Protects Your Privacy?
Last post on Jul 10, 2006, 11:07:15 pm
Microsoft is offering Windows users a "private folder"-a password-protected storage space that will make its home on your desktop.  There are a few Faustian catches, though, not the least of...
Running Searchles Around Web 2.0
Last post on Jul 10, 2006, 11:06:42 pm
Dumbfind.com founder Chris Seline isn't above making up silly words to promote his new products. Seline dumbfound that "searchiness" was appropriate for his "searchiest search engine," and recently launched a...
Google Compared To Cult
Last post on Jul 10, 2006, 11:06:13 pm
It's commonly known that the Google corporation has many enthusiastic supporters.  Most of the company's workforce also seems very happy with their employer.  Now, someone's come right out and asked...
Gmail Gets New Features
Last post on Jul 10, 2006, 11:05:44 pm
If you've been annoyed by the inability to delete all of the spam in your Gmail account with one fell click, you can rest easy now-that feature should soon be...
TV Company Says TV Is Better Than Web
Last post on Jul 10, 2006, 11:05:14 pm
A media services company whose bread and butter is advertiser-supplied programming and media negotiation and billing has released a report poo-pooing the reach of Internet advertising and championing broadcast television...
Using the Small Screen to Find Bigger Ones
Last post on Jul 10, 2006, 11:04:38 pm
Televisions top Americans' shopping lists for consumer electronics. But nine in 10 purchasers research online before they visit a store. By Lisa E. Phillips - Senior Analyst To...
Cheat Net
Last post on Jul 10, 2006, 11:04:11 pm
The online line between studying and copying may be blurring. To read the full article click here...
Ways To Get Free Advertising
Last post on Jul 10, 2006, 05:22:26 am
Greetings Everyone I was just wandering if anybody has some ideas on how to get free advertising. Any help will be appreciated. Regards Ebrahim Vawda :)...
Matt Cutts Reins In Googlebot
Last post on Jul 09, 2006, 12:56:59 pm
Ahead of Search Engine Strategies 2006 conference in San Jose, Google's best-known engineer suggested some basic approaches to making a visiting Googlebot behave when it drops by your website. ...
RSStatic: has anyone tried it?
Last post on Jul 08, 2006, 04:19:09 pm
"Most RSS readers simply output a headline linked directly to the article, leaving you giving away page rank. What RSStatic does different is that it takes those headlines, creates a...
Friendster Awarded Social Networking Patent
Last post on Jul 08, 2006, 04:08:35 pm
Being a pioneer of social networking has its drawbacks and benefits. Though Friendster's thunder was stolen by the likes of MySpace, Facebook, and Bebo, a social networking patent may give...
Checkout Poses A Risk To Google
Last post on Jul 08, 2006, 04:08:10 pm
Although Google may think of its Checkout service as an extension of its existing payment system, but it also presents a business shift that portends both risk and reward. ...
The Strongest Brands in America
Last post on Jul 08, 2006, 04:07:43 pm
Tough to beat. To read the full article click here...
Australians Prefer Online Banking
Last post on Jul 08, 2006, 04:07:17 pm
In banking the customer service mantra is: "Convenience, convenience, convenience." To read the full article click here...
Ted Stevens Gets 'An Internet'
Last post on Jul 07, 2006, 11:06:53 pm
The Net Neutrality debate got a little comic relief last week after an impassioned speech by Senator Ted Stevens against legislating certain limitations on broadband providers. Stevens, who is most...
Ruby Challenging JSP On Web Development
Last post on Jul 07, 2006, 11:06:28 pm
JavaServer Pages has been in the web developer arsenal for several years, but "Ruby on Rails" author Bruce Tate thinks Ruby may offer a better approach to web page development....
"White" PSP Ad Creates Controversy
Last post on Jul 07, 2006, 11:06:03 pm
Sony's latest advertising effort is garnering a lot of attention, but not all of the buzz is positive.  The campaign, which promotes the new white PSP model, features photographs of...
IBM Preps Entry-Level Business Search
Last post on Jul 07, 2006, 11:05:38 pm
While Big Blue already makes high-end enterprise search and content integration software, it found a need to make entry-level versions of those products available in the small to medium business...
Microsoft Acknowledges ODF
Last post on Jul 07, 2006, 11:05:12 pm
Microsoft has announced that it will, after countless requests and a long period of foot-dragging, offer support for the OpenDocument Format.  The company has launched an Open XML Translator project...
Microsoft To Market Its Own iPod?
Last post on Jul 07, 2006, 11:04:47 pm
Microsoft is working on its own version of the iPod, according to a number of reports circulating.  The wireless product could even be out by Christmas.  A music service will...
Google Making Health Scrapbook
Last post on Jul 07, 2006, 11:04:22 pm
A report came out today that Google is working on a project called "Google Health Scrapbook," and has enlisted e-health companies like WebMD and Intuit. To read the...
Ubuntu Gains Opera, High Profile Converts
Last post on Jul 07, 2006, 03:27:34 pm
Ubuntu 6.06 LTS, the "Dapper Drake" release, will be able to run Opera 9; this means a pair of technology notables who have switched from Mac to Ubuntu will be...
Digg Hasn't Topped The Times Yet
Last post on Jul 07, 2006, 03:27:10 pm
Online research firm Hitwise found that the New York Times had almost 20 times the traffic of Digg for the week ending July 1st, in sharp contrast to blog posts...
Bono Seeks Yahoo Answers To Poverty
Last post on Jul 07, 2006, 03:26:44 pm
U2's frontman and noteworthy activist takes his turn during the Yahoo Answers "Ask the Planet" promotion and asks for suggestions on battling the problem of global poverty. To...
Microsoft, Massachusetts Fight May End
Last post on Jul 06, 2006, 11:08:08 pm
Although Microsoft has long espoused its Office Open XML format as a suitable alternative to the OpenDocument Format supported by many other tech firms, the company has committed to bridging...
Slightly Sunburned, Congdon Strikes Back
Last post on Jul 06, 2006, 11:07:43 pm
"Dirty laundry is not attractive," writes Amanda Congdon, the now former Rocketboom video blogger with a cult following. Her sudden public exodus yesterday sparked the Internet version of the Star...
Open Source In eHarmony Development Bliss
Last post on Jul 06, 2006, 11:07:19 pm
When it comes to avoiding outages that cost a business $1,000 per minute of downtime, the matchmaking site eHarmony prefers an open source stack for its operations. To...
Group Helps Teens 'Rock Safe' Online
Last post on Jul 06, 2006, 11:06:54 pm
Rocking safe in the digital era doesn't mean making sure the cat's not behind your chair. In Houston, it's about educating online youngsters about the dangers of social networking while...
Site Design According To Drost
Last post on Jul 06, 2006, 11:06:29 pm
Website design is as much an art as a science.  Still, some there are some guiding principles that will, in just about every case, make for a better site.  Herman...
Senator Ripped For Tricky Net Neutral Wording
Last post on Jul 06, 2006, 11:06:04 pm
Proponents of Network Neutrality have been relentless at highlighting individual Congress members' failings to protect Internet freedom. Senators John McCain and Ted Stevens have felt the heat in past weeks....
England Loses, Online Punters Lose Interest
Last post on Jul 06, 2006, 11:05:39 pm
England exiting the 2006 FIFA World Cup tournament is bad news for online bookies. Nielsen//NetRatings reports that upon England's departure from the World Cup, page views at sports and gambling...
The Latest List Of Search Patents
Last post on Jul 06, 2006, 11:05:14 pm
In the who-has-the-most-search-patent-applications competition, Google has won the latest round, with Yahoo coming in second.  (There is, of course, no such contest, but it makes things more interesting to pit...
Broadband Is Quickly Becoming a Package Deal
Last post on Jul 06, 2006, 11:04:47 pm
Triple play or triple pay? To read the full article click here...
Business Blogging Still Bogged Down
Last post on Jul 06, 2006, 11:04:22 pm
Is Big Biz Ready To Blog? By James Belcher - Senior Analyst To read the full article click here...
seo for yahoo/msn?
Last post on Jul 06, 2006, 01:49:17 pm
Hello, it's very strange, If I start with a new site the first visitors I get are from yahoo/msn and later from google. And my own site (already...
Congdon Umbooms Herself, Maybe
Last post on Jul 06, 2006, 09:42:21 am
RocketBoom star video blogger Amanda Congdon shocked not only her fans, but apparently her partner as well, when she announced this morning that she had been "unboomed." Though the details...
Google?s Homegrown Goods
Last post on Jul 05, 2006, 11:07:38 pm
Home-made products tend to vary in quality.  Baked goods, for example, are usually far better coming out of an oven than a cardboard box.  More complicated projects - such as...
Yahoo Suggests Your Site Success
Last post on Jul 05, 2006, 11:07:13 pm
Yahoo has become more active in offering useful information to sites inside and outside of its Publisher Network by posting suggestions on ways to get noticed. To read...
India Sees Big Growth From Small Net Players
Last post on Jul 05, 2006, 11:06:48 pm
Indian small and medium businesses (SMBs) are set to dump a ton of cash into upgrading their Internet infrastructure this year, according to a study by New York-based AMI-Partners. The...
Wall Develops Firefox SEO Extension
Last post on Jul 05, 2006, 11:05:41 pm
Search engine optimization hall-of-famer Aaron Wall has developed an intensive SEO extension for Mozilla's Firefox browser. The tool pulls data from a number of sources to offer search engine marketers...
Microsoft, Google Expand
Last post on Jul 05, 2006, 11:05:17 pm
It seems like two big competitors have both decided they need a little more space.  Microsoft has plans to expand its campus in Redmond, Washington to accommodate roughly 12,000 more...
US Internet Ad Spend to Climb by 25%...Or Is That 33%?
Last post on Jul 05, 2006, 11:04:50 pm
When looking at ad spending figures, always ask what is being counted By David Hallerman - Senior Analyst To read the full article click here...
Debit Plastic Feels 'Real' and It Works Online
Last post on Jul 05, 2006, 11:04:25 pm
Debit cards tied to reward programs are a growth area for banks, especially since fewer than one in ten debit card users today participate in rewards programs.By Lisa E. Phillips-...
A Chitika eMiniMalls Publisher?s Success Story
Last post on Jul 05, 2006, 06:23:48 pm
Tim Flight of GPSReview.net has doubled his revenue! Let?s hear a few words from this much liked Chitika publisher shall we?                  ...
It Pay$ to use Chitika
Last post on Jul 05, 2006, 06:23:05 pm
With billions of ads served, thousands of payments sent, how do we get any sleep? We don?t. And we wouldn?t have it any other way! We are just as excited...
A look at the new Content Referral CPA from Google AdSense
Last post on Jul 05, 2006, 06:19:21 pm
A detailed look at the new Content Referral CPA program from Google AdSense & AdWords. To read the full article click here...
Yahoo Search Marketing Bot goes wild with 83,000 visits to single page in 24 hours
Last post on Jul 05, 2006, 06:18:40 pm
As many publishers know, the Yahoo Search Marketing bot - also known by the "YahooYSMcm/2.0.0" user agent - is responsible for visiting publisher pages in order to provide targeted ads....
New AdSense "Vertical Images" within ad units
Last post on Jul 05, 2006, 06:17:57 pm
AdSense has launched a new beta test called Vertical Images, where an image would take the place of an ad within an AdSense ad unit. These images - which are...
AdSense finally supports channels for tracking referrals
Last post on Jul 05, 2006, 06:17:17 pm
One thing that was definitely lacking from the referral links offered by Google was the ability to track where the referral clicks and conversions were coming from. Publishers with multiple...
Some EU countries may charge VAT on AdSense & affiliate earnings
Last post on Jul 05, 2006, 06:16:36 pm
Normally, European countries only charge VAT on earnings where VAT is charged. However, some European countries are considering charging VAT to publishers on their AdSense earnings, meaning some publishers could...
Local Live Makes The Call
Last post on Jul 05, 2006, 06:12:12 pm
Business listings on Microsoft's Windows Live Local search now display a "call for free" link, connecting one's phone with the business. To read the full article click here...
Google Tops Tech Top 40
Last post on Jul 05, 2006, 06:11:45 pm
Where's Casey Kasem when you need him? His edge-of-your-seat voice would add a nice touch to "The Wired 40," Wired Magazine's annual list of tech movers and shakers, on which...
Google Threatens Telcos With Antitrust Action
Last post on Jul 04, 2006, 11:04:32 pm
If the prospect of a two-tiered Internet system proves to enhance the quality of service of certain traffic for a fee, Google plans to hammer those abusers with antitrust actions....
full text search
Last post on Jul 04, 2006, 04:59:10 pm
just did some search about full text search in MySQL and found this interesting tutorial: http://www.phpfreaks.com/tutorials/129/0.php is there someone else using this feature often with a lot of...
UK Record Industry Goes After Russian Pirates
Last post on Jul 04, 2006, 04:46:18 pm
Russia-based music sharing website AllofMP3.com is set to be slapped by the British recording industry for making pirated music available to UK consumers. To read the full article...
Myanmar Junta Bans Google
Last post on Jul 04, 2006, 04:45:52 pm
Internet users in the country formally known as Burma have been unable to reach Google or Gmail for over a week, as a ban that also effects Yahoo and Hotmail...
Telcos Slash Prices In Response to VoIP
Last post on Jul 04, 2006, 04:45:26 pm
The popularity of voice-over-Internet-protocol (VoIP) telephony services is pushing the telecommunications industry to cut prices as customers jump ship for cheaper voice services. To read the full article...
Google?s Throwaway Product Strategy
Last post on Jul 03, 2006, 11:08:02 pm
It was curious last year when Google's corporate philosophy suddenly had two omissions. The running mantra "Do No Evil" was sidelined, presumably, because the company realized that 800 lb. gorillas...
Google Video Gets All You-Tubey
Last post on Jul 03, 2006, 11:07:36 pm
Google added a host of features to its almost popular Google Video site. Following Web-video phenom You Tube's lead, Google Video gets user ratings, tags, and comments. To...
Eefoof Shares Ad Revenue With Uploaders
Last post on Jul 03, 2006, 11:07:12 pm
While YouTube currently owns the online video sharing world, a new website called Eefoof wants to entice those video uploaders to share in the ad revenue those uploads earn. ...
Google Desktop Breaks The Internet?
Last post on Jul 03, 2006, 11:06:46 pm
No one wants to have to say, "My Internet broke."  When this phrase is uttered, the source of the problem (assuming it's not the user) becomes the object of much...
Another Month For .Mobi Registrations
Last post on Jul 03, 2006, 11:06:21 pm
The Sunrise period for registering domains with the .mobi designation has been extended by a month to September 22nd by registrar Dotmobi. To read the full article click...
Google Reveals Its Achilles Heel(s)
Last post on Jul 03, 2006, 11:05:57 pm
In an act of honesty and openness, Google has released a statement naming the chief problems it faces.  There is a brief description of each predicament, and how or why...
Wikipedia Is Satan
Last post on Jul 03, 2006, 11:05:31 pm
Wikipedia doesn't like Sam Vaknin, and the feelings are mutual. Look up this narcissm aficionado on Wikipedia and you'll find he's been dutifully erased from the wiki-consciousness, a name that...
Blinkx.tv Makes 'Historical' Deal
Last post on Jul 03, 2006, 11:04:42 pm
Have you ever wanted to hear first hand the venerated Albert Einstein disclaim his own mathematics by saying "God does not play dice with the universe"? Video and audio search...
Directory-Owners.Com Launch (Press Release)
Last post on Jul 01, 2006, 10:16:52 pm
Directory-Owners.Com Launch (Press Release) FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Daniel Mullins webmaster@directory-owners.com http://directory-owners.com/ New Directory Owners Discussion Forum finally Launches Manchester, UK, June 24, 2006 ? Just earlier this...
Kerry Pledges Support For Net Neutrality
Last post on Jul 01, 2006, 02:36:21 pm
Former presidential candidate Senator John Kerry weighed in on the Network Neutrality debated by submitting a column to SaveTheInternet.com voicing his commitment to the principle's protection. To read...
AdWords Tabs Your Ad Group Info
Last post on Jul 01, 2006, 02:35:56 pm
A recent redesign by the AdWords team breaks up the display of information into nicely organized tabs of account statistics. To read the full article click here...
AdWords Gets More Help From Analytics
Last post on Jun 30, 2006, 11:09:20 pm
Google added a couple of new features to its AdWords program to help advertisers better optimize their campaigns. To read the full article click here...
Microsoft Releases IE 7 Beta 3
Last post on Jun 30, 2006, 11:08:55 pm
The next beta release of Internet Explorer 7 adds a few new updates and tweaks based on the feedback collected from users of the new browser. To read...
Google Video Catching Up With Features
Last post on Jun 30, 2006, 11:08:31 pm
Users of Google Video now have a few new options available that allow the viewer to rate the videos they see, label them with relevant tags, and leave behind comments...
Atlas Can Lift ASP Development
Last post on Jun 30, 2006, 11:07:43 pm
Microsoft offers its version of an Ajax framework called Atlas, which integrates cross-browser script libraries with ASP.NET server-side development. To read the full article click here...
Yahoo! Has A New Number: It's 3
Last post on Jun 30, 2006, 11:07:18 pm
Yahoo! has teamed up with UK-based mobile phone provider 3 Group, making Yahoo! Web services like Search, Mobile Web, Messenger, Mail, and Go for Mobile available to 3's 175 million...
German Publisher Drops Google Protest
Last post on Jun 30, 2006, 11:06:29 pm
German publisher WGB dropped its petition for preliminary injunction against Google Books Library Project this week. Google says the Copyright Chamber of the Regional Court of Hamburg advised the company...
MP3 Player Growth Slip Is A Blip
Last post on Jun 30, 2006, 11:06:01 pm
Reports of the death of the iPod are greatly exaggerated. By James Belcher - Senior Analyst To read the full article click here...
Car Talk Online
Last post on Jun 30, 2006, 11:05:37 pm
The audience may be sitting behind a computer, but they will soon be in the driver's seat. To read the full article click here...
YouTube: 0 to 20 Million in Less Than a Year
Last post on Jun 30, 2006, 11:05:12 pm
Site's popularity may leave some asking, 'What's a boob tube?'By Debra Aho Williamson - Senior Analyst To read the full article click here...
Marketing budgets up 46% for Q2
Last post on Jun 30, 2006, 11:04:47 pm
What is the value of marketing? By Ben Macklin - Senior Analyst To read the full article click here...
Office 2007 Launch Delayed. Again.
Last post on Jun 29, 2006, 11:04:48 pm
Microsoft announced earlier today that it will delay, yet again, the release of Office 2007.  This occurred as a result of "product performance" issues, according to the software giant.  The...
W3C Advances Mobile Web Development
Last post on Jun 29, 2006, 10:40:33 pm
The World Wide Web Consortium has promoted its Mobile Web Best Practices 1.0 for website and content management system designers to Candidate Recommendation status. To read the full...
Who Benefits From A Non-Neutral Net?
Last post on Jun 29, 2006, 10:40:08 pm
The new question on Net Neutrality is "who benefits?" There's been a lot of talk on both sides of the issue, and it can be difficult for those outside the...
The Incredible Exploding Laptop
Last post on Jun 29, 2006, 10:39:43 pm
There was a report last week of an exploding computer at a conference in Osaka, Japan.  It seemed to be the real deal - there were pictures of a flaming...
Yahoo Convinces Lawyers It's Doing Its Best
Last post on Jun 29, 2006, 10:39:16 pm
Looks like Yahoo! successfully sweet-talked Checkmate Strategic Group into settling its class action click fraud lawsuit, filed in June of 2005. The plaintiffs will receive?a more forthcoming Yahoo! ...
Web Giants to Court: Craig's Our Buddy
Last post on Jun 29, 2006, 11:23:02 am
Craigslist received a boost in court last week from its giant Internet friends. Google, Amazon, AOL, and Yahoo! filed an "amicus brief" on behalf of the online listings site, which...
Vuitton Bags Win In Google Case
Last post on Jun 29, 2006, 11:22:37 am
Selling trademarks to competitors with AdWords may be a practice seeing its end of days at Google, as luxury brand Louis Vuitton declared victory after a French court ruling. ...
Up Close and Personal with Mobile Google
Last post on Jun 28, 2006, 11:06:08 pm
On Monday, the Google Press Center released word of (yet another) new direction for the company. To read the full article click here...
TeachersPayTeachers: Cheating?
Last post on Jun 28, 2006, 11:05:42 pm
Most educators frown heavily upon the practice of students "sharing" their work with each other.  Whether someone gives an old paper to a friend, or sells an essay online, instructors...
Introducing The Mobile Wallet
Last post on Jun 28, 2006, 11:05:14 pm
No marketer in the world can ignore current developments in Japan. To read the full article click here...
E-Commerce Thrives in Canada
Last post on Jun 28, 2006, 11:04:48 pm
Canadians still lag US consumers in their use of online shopping, but their interest and usage are growing. By Debra Aho Williamson - Senior Analyst To read the...
Tower Records Digitizes
Last post on Jun 28, 2006, 08:23:43 pm
Apple's wildly popular iTunes service just got a little more competition. Music industry veteran Tower Records launched 'Tower Records Digital,' a web-based music download store offering 99 cent songs at...
Google Chimes In On Child Safety
Last post on Jun 28, 2006, 08:23:17 pm
The search advertising company's efforts to fight child pornography were the focus of Google's testimony before a House subcommittee. To read the full article click here...
AdWords Gets A Keyword Position
Last post on Jun 28, 2006, 08:22:48 pm
A new report unveiled by the Google Analytics team for AdWords clients shows useful information about keywords for their sites. To read the full article click here...
Ingres, BEA Partner On SOA
Last post on Jun 28, 2006, 08:22:21 pm
Ok, the way to SOA with the Ingres database and BEA is to go and download today Ingres, BEA Workshop Studio, and the Eclipse SDK. To read the...
Microsoft Buys A DAM Company
Last post on Jun 28, 2006, 08:21:54 pm
Digital asset management (DAM) company iView Multimedia has been acquired by Microsoft, according to an announcement from iView founder Yan Calotychos yesterday. The acquisition was completed on June 22. ...
Adobe Flex 2 Shows Its Muscle
Last post on Jun 28, 2006, 08:21:26 pm
The new Flex 2 environment represents Adobe's effort to clean up browser-based development and make Flash Player 9 an even more desirable place for delivering business applications to consumers. ...
Dell Brings IT Mgmt Down to Google Earth
Last post on Jun 28, 2006, 08:21:00 pm
Dell has given midsized businesses an upgrade in status with the launch of a new IT services plan called Platinum Plus. The service will also feature the capabilities of Google...
Digital Media Still Throws a Curve
Last post on Jun 28, 2006, 08:20:23 pm
Executives polled at two recent conferences expressed remarkably similar opinions on the subject of digital media.By Lisa E. Phillips To read the full article click here...
US Ad Spend Predicted to Top $150 Billion
Last post on Jun 28, 2006, 08:19:58 pm
Heading down, but still looking up. To read the full article click here...
Microsoft's Move Into Communications
Last post on Jun 28, 2006, 09:50:08 am
Microsoft has announced plans to launch a unified platform for e-mail, instant messaging, videoconferencing, and telephone calls.  This move could serve to strengthen the company's monopolistic characteristics.  What's more, the...
best earnings results
Last post on Jun 28, 2006, 06:21:10 am
Hello, for what type of content do you have the best earning results with Google Ads on your site? (I get very good results with dutch education ads) ...
The (Potential) Iron Fist Of Microsoft's WGA
Last post on Jun 27, 2006, 11:05:46 pm
Microsoft's Windows Genuine Advantage is drawing the ire of a number of experts, analysts, and users.  The program is intended to guard against "counterfeit or non-genuine" copies of Windows; it...
Google Goes Mobile
Last post on Jun 27, 2006, 11:05:21 pm
On Monday, the Google Press Center released word of (yet another) new direction for the company.  Best known for its dominance among search engines, Google announced "several mobile services that...
NBC and YouTube Make Up, Hold Hands
Last post on Jun 27, 2006, 11:04:57 pm
Despite past riffs between the two regarding intellectual property, NBC and YouTube announced a strategic partnership to promote NBC programming on the video sharing site. To read the...
Study Says You're Not Funny
Last post on Jun 27, 2006, 12:38:09 pm
It's nice when a study comes out confirming what you already know. A study published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology revealed that just over half of email...
Digg V3 Weathers Early Storm
Last post on Jun 27, 2006, 12:37:43 pm
A healthy response to the latest update to the Digg community contributed news site proved a challenge to the relaunched site's administrators. To read the full article click...
No Banners Please, We're Browsing
Last post on Jun 27, 2006, 12:37:13 pm
Graphical banner ads have become the panhandlers of the Internet: very few people look at them anymore even if ads are right in front of them. To read...
A Wiki Full Of MacBook Pro Issues
Last post on Jun 27, 2006, 12:36:39 pm
The computer for the rest of us may require us to have the patience of Job (definitely not Jobs) and the acumen of a Wozniak when it comes to the...
MegaGlobe.com - The next big thing?
Last post on Jun 27, 2006, 10:43:08 am
Megaglobe is the latest international search engine to hit the net official in August 2006. What do you think about the idea, and do you think they can become successful,...
Shopping With Jellyfish
Last post on Jun 26, 2006, 11:06:14 pm
How's this for a place to shop - a site "where stores compete to lower your price."  That's the concept behind Jellyfish, a "new kind of search engine" that shares...
Hitwise Scopes Out The Competition
Last post on Jun 26, 2006, 11:05:48 pm
Want to know why your competitor's website is so successful? Hitwise unveiled a service today that gives clients a glimpse into what your nemesis is doing right. Called Hitwise Conversions,...
Local's No Yokel
Last post on Jun 26, 2006, 11:05:20 pm
It's all coming together, slowly but surely. To read the full article click here...
Homing in on Online Mortgages
Last post on Jun 26, 2006, 11:04:55 pm
Active Search Users Are a Key Target for Mortgage FirmsBy Lisa E. Phillips To read the full article click here...
Accoona Europe Launch Spurs Controversy
Last post on Jun 26, 2006, 07:55:43 pm
Although the search engine company will debut its service in Europe, its Chinese history has driven some to criticize Accoona. To read the full article click here...
Lenssen Cites Nine Web Standards Issues
Last post on Jun 26, 2006, 07:55:18 pm
The World Wide Web could be a much user-friendlier place if developers heeded the words of non-pareil blogger Philipp Lenssen on the misunderstanding of web standards. To read...
Making Your Newsletter Readable
Last post on Jun 26, 2006, 07:54:54 pm
Usability guru Jakob Nielsen has some advice for email newsletter publishers: skip the intros and skip the geek lingo (among 165 other tips). Subscribers are scanners, not readers, still prefer...
Microsoft No Longer Incommunicado
Last post on Jun 26, 2006, 07:54:05 pm
The Beast of Redmond is leaving no stone unturned in its quest to maintain its presence in the office. At a weekend conference Microsoft unveiled a slew new communication products...
Ask.com Blocking Questionable Search Queries
Last post on Jun 26, 2006, 07:53:40 pm
In an apparent attempt to block access to child pornography, Ask.com has begun restricting results for certain search queries that may lead to offensive and criminal content. To...
passing by reference or keyword global?
Last post on Jun 26, 2006, 03:24:48 pm
Hello, just "stumbled" this way of function parameter passing inside the PHP manual (yes, there are still things I never used in php ;)) <?php function add_some_extra(&$string)...
fetch content from a remote file
Last post on Jun 24, 2006, 12:42:57 pm
Hello, just learning php and have been impressed by it as a programming language. am really starting to enjoy learning it. I have been trying to write a script to...
Science Confirms Sniping Works On eBay
Last post on Jun 24, 2006, 11:14:24 am
The best way to win an auction online is to wait as late as possible in the auction before submitting a bid, a method scientists have unsurprisingly discovered works best....
Digg This: Version 3 To Debut
Last post on Jun 24, 2006, 11:14:00 am
The popular comumunity news website Digg will make new verticals and added features part of its next revision, which debuts on June 26th. To read the full article...
Proposed Privacy Protector Loses Laptops
Last post on Jun 23, 2006, 11:07:12 pm
The Federal Trade Commission has been touted by a group of high-tech and other industry powers as the best choice to enforce any federal privacy laws that pass, but the...
Dorkus Maximus Drops Suit, Discovers Email
Last post on Jun 23, 2006, 11:06:46 pm
A New York legislator with an apparent history of odd child-protection measures (like a war on tanning beds) has dropped his lawsuit alleging that Google is the "world's largest facilitator...
Yahoo Toasts To Global Answers
Last post on Jun 23, 2006, 11:06:22 pm
Nearly a week after Yahoo! launched its "Ask the Planet" promotion for its Yahoo! Answers service, the company posted a reminder about the additional languages the service would include -...
French (Try To) Challenge Google Earth
Last post on Jun 23, 2006, 11:05:56 pm
Sacre bleu!  The French have unveiled a website known as Geoportal that is intended to rival Google Earth.  The European counterpart will have more detailed images than its American-based competitor,...
The Social Net Catches More and More
Last post on Jun 23, 2006, 11:05:29 pm
MySpace is roaring up the charts, reaching number seven in US unique visitors last month. By Debra Aho Williamson - Senior Analyst To read the full article click...
FCC Approves VoIP Tax
Last post on Jun 23, 2006, 12:08:49 pm
The Federal Communications Commissions unanimously agreed that voice-over-Internet-protocol (VoIP) services had to pony up to Uncle Sam just like every other phone carrier. To read the full article...
SEM Sales Route Proves Profitable
Last post on Jun 23, 2006, 12:08:23 pm
Year over year sales picked up with search engine marketing jumped 70 percent in the first quarter of 2006. To read the full article click here...
Flickr Who? Photobucket Leads Image Sites
Last post on Jun 23, 2006, 12:07:58 pm
Among websites that allow visitors to store and share photos, Photobucket snares almost 44 percent of the market share of Photo Sharing Sites. To read the full article...
Dotmobi Hides Generics From Squatters
Last post on Jun 23, 2006, 12:07:32 pm
Thousands of generic words in multiple languages have been set aside by the .mobi domain registrar as Dotmobi attempts to thwart cyber-squatters who would buy those names for the sole...
Have Broadband Will Bank
Last post on Jun 23, 2006, 12:07:05 pm
Growth in online banking in the US will depend on the ongoing switch to broadband.By Lisa E. Phillips To read the full article click here...
South Korea Launches 3.5G Mobile Service
Last post on Jun 23, 2006, 12:06:39 pm
4G here we come... By Ben Macklin - Senior Analyst To read the full article click here...
Microsoft Launches AdLab Tools
Last post on Jun 22, 2006, 11:08:15 pm
A variety of analytics tools made available by Microsoft will help its adCenter customers optimize their campaigns for greater effectiveness. To read the full article click here...
Microsoft Provides Coders With Robotics Studio
Last post on Jun 22, 2006, 11:07:50 pm
The company recently announced its community technology preview of its Robotics Studio development platform, which may be freely obtained from Microsoft. To read the full article click here...
Ether Is Not For Phone Sex
Last post on Jun 22, 2006, 11:07:23 pm
Imagine you're Phil Gordon, one of the top 5 poker players in the world and host of Bravo's "Celebrity Poker Showdown." How many Vegas-bound amateurs do you think are dying...
HP Cracks Down On Ink Refills
Last post on Jun 22, 2006, 11:06:58 pm
You might want to think twice before refilling an ink cartridge; according to Hewlett-Packard, that act may be a patent violation.  The company is going after retailers Walgreens and Office...
Ancestry.com Expands Database ? A Lot
Last post on Jun 22, 2006, 11:06:32 pm
"The year was 1850.  Gold was discovered in California.  The ?Scarlet Letter' was published.  Where were your ancestors?"  That's the advertising line attached to Ancestry.com's latest update: complete census records...
Co-Registration A Path To More Subscribers
Last post on Jun 22, 2006, 11:06:07 pm
Co-registration is billed by some as an efficient method for bringing in fresh subscribers to e-mail newsletters.  The practice involves listing your company among others, so that when people sign...
Berners-Lee, Christians Hope For Neutrality
Last post on Jun 22, 2006, 11:05:42 pm
In today's Net Neutrality news, World Wide Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee evangelizes about how the Internet should be treated. Meanwhile, the Christian Coalition has called for its prayer partners to...
Yahoo Drops The Ball
Last post on Jun 22, 2006, 11:05:16 pm
On Tuesday and Wednesday, a number of people found their Yahoo e-mail and instant messaging unresponsive.  The company admitted to experiencing an outage early Wednesday morning. To read...
Sun Swings Derby Into JDK
Last post on Jun 22, 2006, 10:23:55 am
The Java DB from the Apache Derby Project, and GroupLayout from the NetBeans GUI Builder, will be part of the Java SE 6 Development Kit. To read the...
China Goes Mobile
Last post on Jun 22, 2006, 10:23:26 am
How does it sound when 500 million people ask "Can you hear me now"? To read the full article click here...
Hispanic Audience Grooves to Mobile Entertainment
Last post on Jun 22, 2006, 10:23:01 am
Hispanic mobile phone users see the appeal of TV and music features By Debra Aho Williamson - Senior Analyst To read the full article click here...
Making the best use of Chitika eMiniMalls Category Hints
Last post on Jun 22, 2006, 10:14:46 am
Lets face it, when something is unclear; we tend to get a little weary about trying it.  Lets put an end to our worries about  category hints and figure out...
Chitika?s Multi-Product Unit
Last post on Jun 22, 2006, 10:14:07 am
Chitika introduces a new interactive eMiniMalls Multi Product Unit, allowing our publishers to show 4 products at once. Now offer your visitors a true interactive window shopping experience.  By...
ONE.org Now Powered By Yahoo
Last post on Jun 21, 2006, 11:08:56 pm
"The Campaign to Make Poverty History" has a new high-tech booster in the form of Yahoo and its array of social networking services. To read the full article...
Google Analytics Logs Some Changes
Last post on Jun 21, 2006, 11:08:30 pm
A selection of improvements to Google Analytics have been put in place as Google continues to invite more users to sign up for the free site analysis service. ...
Lycos To Broadcast PermissionTV
Last post on Jun 21, 2006, 11:08:05 pm
The portal site will use the PermissionTV platform to deliver DVD quality video content to its visitors over broadband connections. To read the full article click here...
You The Next Cronkite? Yahoo! Says 'Maybe'
Last post on Jun 21, 2006, 11:07:39 pm
Yahoo! is rumored to be launching a citizen journalist website at the end of June that will allow event spectators to record news using camera phones and upload it directly...
Microsoft Releases Free Licensing Tool For Office
Last post on Jun 21, 2006, 11:07:15 pm
Microsoft has added a free copyright licensing tool that the hundreds of millions of people using Office products like Word, Excel, and PowerPoint can use to protect their work. ...
AppExchange Adds eBridge ERP Option
Last post on Jun 21, 2006, 11:06:49 pm
The Enterprise Resource Planning Integration Solution provided by eBridge Software joins the 250+ applications at Salesforce.com's AppExchange site. To read the full article click here...
MySpace Prepares To Invade Europe
Last post on Jun 21, 2006, 11:06:24 pm
Look out, world - MySpace is expanding.  The social networking site has outlined plans to move into Europe. To read the full article click here...
Study: Tech Replacing Trees
Last post on Jun 21, 2006, 11:05:58 pm
Over the past 19 years, the number of people visiting national parks has been steadily decreasing.  The cause of this trend?  Video games, television, and the Internet.  That is the...
Building A Better Site
Last post on Jun 21, 2006, 11:05:34 pm
Every website wants to draw more visitors.  The site's owner then hopes the visitors will become loyal consumers of whatever it is that's offered. To read the full...
AOL Wants You Dead Or Alive
Last post on Jun 21, 2006, 11:05:08 pm
You would think being dead would get you out of your AOL account. Not so, apparently, unless you can be a ghost in their machine and possess a customer service...
Newspaper Advertising: Print Is Flat, Online is Up
Last post on Jun 21, 2006, 12:13:54 pm
The Newspaper Market Continues to Evolve By Ben Macklin - Senior Analyst To read the full article click here...
Soccer Fans Kick Up Internet Traffic
Last post on Jun 21, 2006, 12:13:28 pm
Work. Watch soccer. Sleep. Work. Watch soccer. Sleep. To read the full article click here...
Click Fraud Prompts SEMPO Study
Last post on Jun 20, 2006, 11:12:47 pm
The Search Engine Marketing Professional Organization and Fair Isaac will partner on preparing an in-depth study on click fraud. To read the full article click here...
European Expansion for MySpace
Last post on Jun 20, 2006, 11:12:21 pm
MySpace.com, the online social network, is often a topic I include in presentations and workshops about social media and social computing. To read the full article click here...
Google Makes Calendar Publishable
Last post on Jun 20, 2006, 11:11:54 pm
Google has updated its online Calendar service by making it possible for people to publish their calendars for others to see. Calendars created can be given a webpage or can...
Project jMaki Melds Ajax And Java
Last post on Jun 20, 2006, 11:11:29 pm
The newest plug-in for the NetBeans Integrated Developer Environment (IDE) allows developers to blend JavaScript with Java for their applications. To read the full article click here...
Girl Sues MySpace After Sexual Assault
Last post on Jun 20, 2006, 11:11:03 pm
A teenage girl and her mother have filed suit against MySpace.com after the 14-year-old was sexually assaulted by a man who lied about his age on his profile. The outcome...
Yet Another Perl Conference A Week Away
Last post on Jun 20, 2006, 11:10:37 pm
YAPC:NA 2006 takes place June 26th-28th in Chicago, with Larry Wall and Damian Conway providing the keynotes that will sandwich the conference's events and talks. To read the...
Opera 9 Pushes The Limits
Last post on Jun 20, 2006, 11:10:13 pm
The latest version of the Opera web browser has emerged from beta, bringing BitTorrent support, RSS feedreading, content blocking, widgets, and tab previews to its millions of users. ...
Netflix To Offer Movies For Download
Last post on Jun 20, 2006, 11:09:47 pm
Netflix is forging a new weapon to employ in its eternal war against Blockbuster.  Or, depending on one's point of view, it's creating a nifty new product for its customers. ...
Canadian ISP A Net Neutrality Smoking Gun?
Last post on Jun 20, 2006, 11:09:21 pm
It's been difficult for the layman to conceptualize what is meant by the neologism "Network Neutrality." It floats over heads like the word "neologism." Advocates typically have cited scenarios that...
Scandinavian Countries Take the Lead in E-Commerce
Last post on Jun 20, 2006, 11:08:52 pm
Maybe it's the weather...? To read the full article click here...
Web Now a Mass Medium?
Last post on Jun 20, 2006, 11:08:26 pm
Click! A big channel change in the world of media. To read the full article click here...
Surfer Moms
Last post on Jun 20, 2006, 11:07:59 pm
When moms stay at home, they often jump on the Internet. To read the full article click here...
The Net: Teens "Gotta Have It"
Last post on Jun 20, 2006, 11:07:34 pm
Do you know where your kids are? Probably online. To read the full article click here...
Missing the Message on Word of Mouth
Last post on Jun 20, 2006, 11:07:09 pm
It seems like some marketers still haven't heard the news. To read the full article click here...
Have Mouse, Will Travel
Last post on Jun 20, 2006, 11:06:44 pm
How did anyone get anywhere before the Internet? To read the full article click here...
Measuring the Video-on-Demand Audience
Last post on Jun 20, 2006, 11:06:19 pm
I Know What You Watched Last Night By Ben Macklin - Senior Analyst To read the full article click here...
The Internet: Where the Money Is
Last post on Jun 20, 2006, 11:05:31 pm
Willie Sutton would be proud. To read the full article click here...
In-Game Ads to Grow
Last post on Jun 20, 2006, 11:05:07 pm
Targeting the 18-34 Year-Old Male By Ben Macklin - Senior Analyst To read the full article click here...
Tips For Dealing With Stranger Danger 2.0
Last post on Jun 20, 2006, 09:46:01 am
When I was a kid cautionary tales usually involved crossing the street, stranger danger, and scissors. Modern parents are adding anecdotes about MySpace and other social networking sites where strangers...
Verizon Calls Vonage On Patents
Last post on Jun 20, 2006, 09:45:35 am
Things just go from bad to worse for Vonage. On top of a tanked initial public offering (IPO) and a class action shareholder lawsuit, Verizon has filed a patent infringement...
MOVED: The Forum Fairy - Paid Posting, Article Writing and Site Moderation
Last post on Jun 20, 2006, 08:33:28 am
This topic has been moved to Advertise your services. http://www.webdigity.com/index.php?topic=2934.0...
The Forum Fairy - Paid Posting, Article Writing and Site Moderation
Last post on Jun 20, 2006, 02:44:01 am
www.theforumfairy.com The Forum Fairy The Forum Fairy provides paid posting services, and aims to deliver a far higher standard of work than the competition (we are also targeting...
Senate Mulls 'Net Neutrality Lite'
Last post on Jun 19, 2006, 11:06:02 pm
The cries of a million or so petitioners have made it a little farther into the aural canals of Alaska's Ted Stevens, Chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee. Stevens has...
VeriSign Teams With eBay For SMS Alerts
Last post on Jun 19, 2006, 11:05:38 pm
For eBay auction bidders tired of losing out to last-minute snipers whilst running errands (or whatever may pull your attention from the computer), VeriSign and eBay announced an agreement to...
Kosmix Searches Yield Oddities
Last post on Jun 19, 2006, 11:05:13 pm
Kosmix.com is a self-proclaimed "world class search engine that lets people search less, and discover more great stuff."  It attempts to return search results sorted into categories that the user...
Yahoo After Scoble?
Last post on Jun 19, 2006, 04:52:34 pm
I'm trying to clean out my email (about 700 to go, but at least I got them all triaged into folders). To read the full article click here...
EC Addresses Web Accessibility
Last post on Jun 17, 2006, 09:28:57 pm
34 European countries have agreed upon an "Internet for all" plan of action that is intended to make sure the nations' most disadvantaged groups have Web access.  The European Commission...
Million Surfer March Descends On Capitol
Last post on Jun 17, 2006, 12:31:02 pm
SaveTheInternet.com lugged one million petitions and letters to Capitol Hill on Wednesday to reiterate to lawmakers that a large and diverse group of citizens from all political backgrounds favored Net...
Gates Announces Semi-Retirement
Last post on Jun 16, 2006, 11:07:08 pm
It'll take two men to fill Bill Gate's shoes at Microsoft. In a surprise announcement late yesterday, the behemoth software company chairman, whose Windows operating system changed the face of...
Google, Yahoo, And MSN To Vie For MySpace
Last post on Jun 16, 2006, 11:06:42 pm
MySpace, the dominant social networking site, would like to partner with one of the Web's leading search engine companies.  So said Peter Chermin, the chief operating officer of News Corp.,...
Imbee - Social Networking for Kids
Last post on Jun 16, 2006, 11:06:17 pm
Imbee has has launched a new social networking site that caters to kids. To read the full article click here...
Pew Survey On Online Banking
Last post on Jun 16, 2006, 11:05:27 pm
In a report titled "Online Banking 2006: Surfing to the Bank," the Pew Research Center declared that the number of Internet users who bank online is on the rise.  Unfortunately,...
Google trying to increase revenue?!
Last post on Jun 16, 2006, 02:38:37 pm
Google trying to increase revenue?! I wrote a quick article about this... Would be great to digg it too!  8) http://digg.com/links/Google_trying_to_increase_revenue_...
2005 : Google paied 1 billion dollars to publishers!
Last post on Jun 16, 2006, 02:01:02 pm
This number sounds a little big, right? According to contentBiz google paied 1 billion US$ through the adsense publisher program. I think that this shows first the size...
PayPal To Google: Bring It On
Last post on Jun 16, 2006, 01:32:07 pm
PayPal President Jeff Jordan said his company is ready and waiting for any competing payment services that Google may launch.  The GBuy system is supposed to come out on June...
6 Design Flaws Newbie Web Designers Make
Last post on Jun 16, 2006, 06:24:07 am
I read this article and thought I'd post a link to it here. Just to ensure that any newbies aren't making these design flaws. http://www.macosx.com/articles/6-Design-Flaws-Newbie-Web-Designers-Make-Fool.html...
Article: How To Make Your Business Fail In 10 Days Or Less
Last post on Jun 16, 2006, 06:22:09 am
Hello Everyone. I'm new here. Thought I'd start by sharing an article I wrote yesterday. Let me know what you think. My friend read it and laughed while telling me...
Firefox Debuts In World Cup
Last post on Jun 15, 2006, 11:09:18 pm
As Juan, a soccer fan, plugs away at his desk job, he isn't as distraught as he might be for having to miss his home country's appearance in the World...
Where 2.0: Yahoo's Local Search Vision
Last post on Jun 15, 2006, 11:08:52 pm
Paul Levine from Yahoo! was at Where 2.0 discussing what Yahoo!'s up to with local. To read the full article click here...
PRWeb Evangelist Affiliate Program
Last post on Jun 15, 2006, 11:08:25 pm
PRWeb has announced the launch of their Evangelist affiliate program. Currently in beta, the program is available to a limited number of participants to start. To read the...
Netscape Back with Hybrid Journalism Site
Last post on Jun 15, 2006, 11:07:59 pm
Netscape is back baby and in a big way. To read the full article click here...
Hitwise Publishes Live Search Feed to SEMPO
Last post on Jun 15, 2006, 11:07:34 pm
Online intelligence company Hitwise is publishing a live feed of search term data on the Search Engine Marketing Professional Organization (SEMPO) website to give a real-time glimpse into searcher behaviors....
Google's Government Search
Last post on Jun 15, 2006, 11:07:08 pm
Google launched a search site specializing in U.S. government information on Thursday.  It's called, appropriately enough, Google U.S. Government Search, and it covers a number of sources from local, state,...
comScore: Social Networking Booming Worldwide
Last post on Jun 15, 2006, 11:06:42 pm
Comscore Media Metrix just released audience numbers for some of the largest social networking sites on the Web. To read the full article click here...
Adobe's Apollo Program
Last post on Jun 15, 2006, 11:06:17 pm
Offline applications have often been a thorn in the side of developers.  Adobe is coming to the rescue - the company has begun work on a project, dubbed Apollo, which...
How Not To Make Your Customer Hate You
Last post on Jun 15, 2006, 11:05:51 pm
Perhaps the best single guideline for web design is to ask yourself, "what do I like?" Seems an obvious concept, but if you do any surfing at all, you know...
Amazon Enters Grocery Biz
Last post on Jun 15, 2006, 11:05:26 pm
You can buy books at the grocery store. Why not groceries at the book store? Amazon.com has reentered the previously precarious online grocery market by offering nonperishable food items like...
Google Wins Earth Patent Judgment
Last post on Jun 15, 2006, 01:07:37 pm
A virtual mapping company's request for an injunction against Google Earth was rejected by a Massachusetts federal judge on Friday. Skyline Software Systems claimed that the mapping service was a...
Google Launches Picasa Web Albums
Last post on Jun 15, 2006, 01:07:12 pm
Just as predicted, Google has announced the launch of Picasa Web Albums. It's one of those limited launches, so it's first come, first served if you are interested. ...
Google Monster, Picasa, Earth, GEO, News
Last post on Jun 15, 2006, 01:06:46 pm
Google is building new monster sized computing center, "as big as two football fields with twin cooling plants protruding four stories into the sky". via New York Times. ...
eBay Adds 'Skype Me' Icons For Auctions
Last post on Jun 15, 2006, 01:06:20 pm
On Monday eBay said that it had a special announcement for sometime Tuesday regarding a new incorporation of Skype technology for its online auction house. Bill Cobb, president of eBay...
"Free Alaa" Googlebomb
Last post on Jun 15, 2006, 01:05:56 pm
Alaa Abd El-Fatah is a peaceful proponent of democracy who was jailed during a nonviolent protest - his supporters in Egypt want you to know this.  They want anyone who...
Japanese Search Targets U.S. Counterparts
Last post on Jun 15, 2006, 01:05:30 pm
According to the proverb "the enemy of my enemy is my friend," search competitors Google, Yahoo, and MSN would do well to band together in the face of a new...
Microsoft Extends Office Training Online
Last post on Jun 15, 2006, 01:05:05 pm
A computer on your desk at work equals a 17-percent pay raise, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. It's not so much the machine, it's the skills of...
Google Hinting at Voice Recognition
Last post on Jun 15, 2006, 01:04:40 pm
Senior Google executives are dropping big hints that the company's future growth will come not just from PCs but from voice recognition services over mobile cellular phones and cars. ...
MSN Invokes Karma For Charity Campaign
Last post on Jun 15, 2006, 01:04:14 pm
MSN is launching a karmic charity campaign called Under the Butterfly, a concept based on the famous Butterfly Effect that asserts small events impact larger ones. It's "karmic" because participants...
Google Searches Bard, Finds Yorick's Skull
Last post on Jun 15, 2006, 01:03:49 pm
Google launched a new function in conjunction with its Book Search, one that celebrates, not relegates, a bard without besmirch. Shakespeare, in high school you were never easy, as we...
Link Popularity for the Unpopular, a Quick Primer for Today's Search Engine Land
Last post on Jun 14, 2006, 11:36:23 am
By Casey Markee (c) 2006 So tell the truth, were you popular in high school? Did you have a lot of friends, and a wide social circle? Were you...
How To Protect Your Site From A Google PageRank Drop
Last post on Jun 13, 2006, 10:19:25 pm
By Titus Hoskins (c) 2006 For the uninitiated, Google ranks all pages on the web with a scale of PR0 to PR10 - higher is better. High PR sites...
11 Practical Uses for RSS in Business
Last post on Jun 13, 2006, 10:14:21 pm
Are you wondering what you can use RSS for right now? Here are some practical examples of RSS at work. Use Your Own Content Almost ANY web based content...
10 Worst AdWords Campaign Management Mistakes
Last post on Jun 13, 2006, 10:13:05 pm
By Tyler Huston (c) 2006 On today's highly competitive Google AdWords pay-per-click (PPC) search engine, it is now more important than ever to ensure that your PPC campaigns are...
Basic On-Page Search Engine Optimization
Last post on Jun 13, 2006, 10:06:53 pm
There are 2 different types of search engine optimization, on-page and off page. Here you'll learn the differences between them, and basic tips to getting your website optimized for the...
Your Guide to Top Search Engine Rankings
Last post on Jun 13, 2006, 09:59:20 pm
By Trent Brownrigg (c) 2006 Does it seem like no matter what you do your website just won't climb up in the search engine rankings? If so, your web...
Robert Scoble Quits Microsoft
Last post on Jun 13, 2006, 10:34:34 am
Blogging pioneer and all-around good guy Robert Scoble is leaving Microsoft to join Podtech.net, a podcasting/video blogging start up that recently took in several million dollars in financing. ...
Microsoft to Lose Scoble? Not Entirely.
Last post on Jun 13, 2006, 09:34:04 am
I'm seeing some things on the blogs that just chap my hide. First, I love Microsoft and Microsoft did not lose me - at least as a supporter and friend....
Ask Man and Answerbag on Yahoo Answers Model
Last post on Jun 13, 2006, 09:33:38 am
I'd never heard of Answerbag before today's news that Ask Jeeves co-founder, David Warthen, has joined the company. To read the full article click here...
What Not To Search For In China
Last post on Jun 13, 2006, 09:33:14 am
It is widely known that Google's Chinese search service is censored by the requirements of the Chinese government, blocking out results for phrases like "democracy" and "Tiananmen." After an informal...
eBay To Implement Keyword Advertising
Last post on Jun 13, 2006, 09:32:47 am
According to eBay chief strategy officer Michael van Swaaij, the online auction site is going to adopt a tactic used by Google and Yahoo. To read the full...
Scoble Not the Only One Going to PodTech
Last post on Jun 13, 2006, 09:32:22 am
Maryam, this afternoon, will announce the other news we've been holding back on: she's joining PodTech too. To read the full article click here...
Over-50 Crowd Increases Online Spending
Last post on Jun 13, 2006, 09:31:56 am
The online economy has discovered a valuable demographic: old folks.  This group has more disposable income than any other, and data suggests the individuals comprising it are becoming much more...
?Boompa: Your Garage Online?
Last post on Jun 13, 2006, 09:31:31 am
There are roughly two cars for every person in the United States.  To some, these vehicles represent simple transports - efficient means to get from point A to point B. ...
Email Digest: All In a Day's Spam
Last post on Jun 13, 2006, 09:31:05 am
One thing you can say about spam: it rescues us from turning to the Reader's Digest for humorous modern office anecdotes. Sure, it accounts for up to a 12.5 percent...
Search Patents Of The Week
Last post on Jun 13, 2006, 09:30:40 am
In the latest round of search patents, Microsoft came out ahead - the software company was granted four.  IBM and Yahoo snagged two patents each, and the U.S. Patent and...
eBay Goes Widget Crazy
Last post on Jun 13, 2006, 09:30:15 am
eBay made another flurry of announcements this week, this time about four APIs announced during the eBay Developers Conference. The APIs follow the current mashup meme, allowing webmasters and developers...
Online Gaming Draws Global Competition
Last post on Jun 13, 2006, 09:29:46 am
Zip! Zap! Cha-ching! To read the full article click here...
UK Named Europe's "Most Digital" Market
Last post on Jun 13, 2006, 09:29:21 am
Digital Britain... To read the full article click here...
A new search engine just arrived - snap.com
Last post on Jun 13, 2006, 09:19:07 am
Snap.com just relaunched. Use this thread to comment on that. If you want my opinion, I see this as a very good site, and the only web 2.0...
Is Your Web Site Missing These Crucial Conversion Factors?
Last post on Jun 11, 2006, 01:23:11 pm
By Kim Roach of UnleashTheTraffic.com Smart online marketers never guess. They base their decisions on precise testing. Unfortunately, 90% of online marketers never test at all. However, for those...
NSA Eyes Social Networking Sites
Last post on Jun 10, 2006, 01:16:05 pm
It was revealed last month that the National Security Agency has been tracking the phone calls of millions of Americans.  Now, according to Newscientist.com, it looks like the agency has...
China Repeats What Google Was Saying
Last post on Jun 10, 2006, 01:15:39 pm
After an eventful week in the ongoing Google/China saga, the Chinese Foreign Ministry blunted stated that Google has to play ball to do business there. To read the...
Some Other Last Miles For Broadband
Last post on Jun 10, 2006, 01:15:14 pm
What most refer to as "the last mile" is the last little bit of space between high-speed broadband lines and homes. But for others, the last mile is getting digital...
Canadian Analysts Favor GBuy
Last post on Jun 10, 2006, 01:14:49 pm
RBC Capital Markets believes Google's new online payment system, called GBuy, could be the next big thing.  The financial services provider, based in Canada, is maintaining its "outperform" rating on...
Dangerous Drivers
Last post on Jun 10, 2006, 01:13:56 pm
Don't hold the phone! To read the full article click here...
Wide World Cup
Last post on Jun 10, 2006, 01:13:31 pm
Can't make it to Germany? Then join the millions on the Web. To read the full article click here...
Exchange Links with main page
Last post on Jun 09, 2006, 06:23:37 pm
I am Sarfaraz Navaz, Webmaster of article directory http://www.kokkada.com. Alexa Rank of my website 82,452 I am interested in exchange link with top of the website on...
Do You Need Eye Goggles for Your iPod?
Last post on Jun 09, 2006, 02:25:19 pm
Apple's video-capable iPod was released last year with a 2.5" screen. A lot of potential buyers wondered who would (or could) watch the lengthy videos it was capable of playing...
Microsoft ?Fesses Up to Spying More Often
Last post on Jun 09, 2006, 02:24:54 pm
Microsoft admitted yesterday that it spies on people more often than it had previously acknowledged. To read the full article click here...
New Gizmo Aids Blind With Net
Last post on Jun 09, 2006, 02:24:06 pm
According to SearchViews, entrepreneur Chris Mairs is developing a device, called SpeakOn, that would enable blind and "partially-sighted" people with few technical skills to easily surf the web's ever-growing supply...
Google CEO Expresses Support For Net Neutrality
Last post on Jun 09, 2006, 02:23:40 pm
The CEO of Google has a few words to say (or type, anyway) about Net Neutrality.  Speaking not just for himself, but on behalf of the company, Eric Schmidt asks...
There Is No Google Sandbox
Last post on Jun 09, 2006, 02:22:28 pm
No less an authority on search engine optimization than Shari Thurow has claimed the fabled Google Sandbox, a holding pen for sites new to the index, does not exist. ...
World Cup Shines On The Web
Last post on Jun 09, 2006, 02:22:03 pm
Yahoo dominates the global soccer showcase as the host of the official website for the World Cup, and other sites offer Cup-related services. To read the full article...
Online Ad Spending Still Growing in the US and UK
Last post on Jun 09, 2006, 02:21:35 pm
Online advertising is thriving on both sides of the pond. To read the full article click here...
Jumping On the Broadband Bandwagon
Last post on Jun 09, 2006, 02:21:10 pm
All aboard! To read the full article click here...
Father's Day Spending
Last post on Jun 09, 2006, 02:20:44 pm
It's no Mother's Day, but retailers can anticipate a boost. To read the full article click here...
Catching Up with Commuters and Pedestrians
Last post on Jun 09, 2006, 02:20:19 pm
Here is a new phrase to add to your marketing lexicon: "Power pedestrians". To read the full article click here...
SEO for SMF?!
Last post on Jun 07, 2006, 09:35:50 pm
Hi All, I've been searching for a few hours now looking for an SEO solution for my SMF based forums and can't seem to find anything. Currently i...
Judge: Forum Comments Protected Speech
Last post on Jun 07, 2006, 01:07:47 pm
A recent federal court ruling accomplished two things: protection of online message board operators from liability for anonymous third party comments; and the funniest judicial opinion ever written. ...
Presidential Hopefuls Weigh In On Net Neutrality
Last post on Jun 07, 2006, 01:07:21 pm
Network Neutrality advocates have one word to describe the state of their cause, written in large comforting letters at the top of a gazillion emails: MOMENTUM. A principle that only...
Press Releases Beat Trade Magazines
Last post on Jun 07, 2006, 01:06:53 pm
The ever-slimming trade journal may become even thinner, as more professionals in a variety of fields choose the Internet over print for their information needs. To read the...
Google Click Fraud Settlement Questioned
Last post on Jun 07, 2006, 01:06:23 pm
An attorney for plaintiffs in a California click fraud case against Google has submitted a lengthy list of complaints about Google's Arkansas settlement to the search engine and asked that...
Online Ticket Sales Legitimize Scalping
Last post on Jun 06, 2006, 10:29:34 pm
That ticket scalper on the corner may be moving online.  Well, perhaps not, but the secondary market for tickets has made the shift, and it's resulted in more reliable and...
Use Your Search Engine to Chat
Last post on Jun 06, 2006, 10:29:09 pm
There's a new search engine that can query the Web with instant messages. Cell phone users and IM addicts can search the Web with IM chat software instead of a...
Email Helps Scripps Succeed
Last post on Jun 06, 2006, 10:28:43 pm
The Scripps Network is part of the venerable E.W. Scripps Company, and has kept its edge by embracing emerging media types and marketing to its customers through email. ...
Advertisers Neglecting New King Of All Media
Last post on Jun 06, 2006, 10:28:17 pm
The Web as an advertising medium is vastly underexploited in light of a unique new study revealing that Web usage dominates all other media in daily use. Additionally, the study...
Lawsuit Against Google Dropped, For Now
Last post on Jun 06, 2006, 10:27:51 pm
If you don't like the ranking your business is given by a particular search engine, you may be able to sue over it.  That's what one man did, anyway, claiming...
Sony Portable Reader Delayed, Again
Last post on Jun 06, 2006, 10:27:26 pm
Well, it's not too delayed if we are to believe Sony's latest info. It was supposed to already be available now, but Sony says it will be out this summer,...
Windows Live Mail Gets Active Search
Last post on Jun 06, 2006, 10:27:00 pm
In conjunction with Microsoft's recently launched MSN adCenter, the company unveiled a new feature for the Beta version of Windows Live Mail Desktop called "Active Search" that conducts automatic searches...
Topix Debuts Classifieds Service
Last post on Jun 06, 2006, 10:26:34 pm
Within the local news search at Topix.net, visitors will see local classified ads on the right side of the page and an invitation to post a free ad themselves. ...
Ajax Causing Impression Problems
Last post on Jun 06, 2006, 10:26:08 pm
The good news about Ajax technology in web pages is how it allows for the updating of content within the page without performing a full browser refresh; that's the bad...
RIAA Going After Youtube and Google Video
Last post on Jun 06, 2006, 10:25:40 pm
RIAA, in its never-ending battle to stop dastardly Internet pirates wherever they may sail, is always looking for new ways to stop folks from listening to unauthorized music. Just ask...
Mobile Gambling: A Good Bet
Last post on Jun 06, 2006, 10:25:09 pm
Hot hands, anytime, anywhere To read the full article click here...
A Nation of Web Content Creators
Last post on Jun 06, 2006, 10:24:44 pm
So much for the image of the zonked-out, zombie-eyed 'net surfer. To read the full article click here...
Online Travel Slowdown?
Last post on Jun 06, 2006, 10:24:19 pm
A vanguard industry approaches maturity. To read the full article click here...
The Satellite Radio War Rages On
Last post on Jun 06, 2006, 10:23:50 pm
How important is the "Howard Factor"? To read the full article click here...
Find Malicious IP Address Names
Last post on Jun 06, 2006, 11:25:37 am
There's a command program line in Windows 2000 and XP that you can use to find the domain name of the jerk that tried to send you a malicious e-mail...
Microsoft Strips Adobe?s PDF From Office 2007
Last post on Jun 06, 2006, 11:25:11 am
The latest beta release of Microsoft's Office 2007 will no longer contain the very popular "save as PDF" option, said a Microsoft executive, according to CRN Daily News. ...
Google's AJAX Search API Says 'Hello, World'
Last post on Jun 06, 2006, 11:24:45 am
Google has released a downloadable beta version of its AJAX Search API, a javascript library that allows webmasters to embed inline Google searches (Web, local, video, and blog) in web...
Yahoo Answering Users Again
Last post on Jun 06, 2006, 11:24:19 am
A scheduled database upgrade took a turn for the worse for the Yahoo Answers team, but the group valiantly overcame the problem and returned the site to working order. ...
What's Your Name, Little Website?
Last post on Jun 06, 2006, 11:23:50 am
All the good names online really are taken, which is why so many new web sites have arrived on the scene with mashed-up words, dropped vowels, and other tweaks to...
Google Spreading Out A Spreadsheet
Last post on Jun 06, 2006, 11:23:25 am
June 6th will see the limited beta preview of Google's online spreadsheet program made available from the company's Google Labs development section. To read the full article click...
Apple Says Adios to India
Last post on Jun 05, 2006, 09:45:19 pm
Apple has decided not to create the 3,000 jobs in India as it had planned to do in 2007. The company even pulled out its software development and support staff,...
Internet Phones Smart For Home Or Business
Last post on Jun 05, 2006, 09:44:54 pm
If you haven't heard already, there's a revolution underway in terms of how people make phone calls.  Of course, the strong possibility that perhaps neither you nor anyone you know...
Microsoft Releases CTPs Of Web Developer Tools
Last post on Jun 05, 2006, 09:44:28 pm
Two new preview versions have been released of Microsoft's upcoming Expression line of software for designers.  These community technology previews (CTPs) of Expression Graphic Designer and Expression Interactive Designer follow...
HP Cuts Back on ?Home? Work
Last post on Jun 05, 2006, 09:44:02 pm
A key division of Hewlett-Packard has decided to cancel telecommuting for its IT employees. The irony of this situation is that HP is known as the Silicon Valley company that...
Stalker Site Raises Fundamental E-Biz Questions
Last post on Jun 05, 2006, 09:43:36 pm
Whether something is gimmicky or memetic, viral or just sickening, an original extension or cheap piggyback program, consistently useful or merely buzzy, has many analyzing this Web 2.0 as it...
Ask Seen As Google Threat
Last post on Jun 05, 2006, 01:37:48 pm
Microsoft may not get around to unseating Google from the search engine perch, as Ask.com may complete its turnaround and start seeing its market share rise thanks to a host...
OkayBlog.Net || Blog and Internet Articles
Last post on Jun 04, 2006, 07:48:48 am
                            OkayBlog.Net is a internet and blog article source.  Here you can find tips and the...
Saboteurs Pose Threat To Business Sites
Last post on Jun 03, 2006, 11:29:40 am
Many businesses run blogs, and even if they haven't taken this step, most companies at least have websites.  These can be powerful tools, acting as information centers and advertising platforms. ...
EBay Adds Blogs and Wikis
Last post on Jun 03, 2006, 11:29:16 am
eBay has embraced "social commerce" by adding blogs and wikis to its member offerings. EBay sellers can set up a blog at their eBay storefront or contribute to the eBay...
Tech Incubation Center Opens in India
Last post on Jun 03, 2006, 11:28:51 am
Software Technology Parks of India (STPI), a government organization that facilitates India's IT growth and connectivity to IT firms, has opened a first class center in Bangalore. To...
Justice Department Seeks Your Web Records
Last post on Jun 03, 2006, 11:28:03 am
Your Web activity may be scrutinized a little more closely in coming days, and records of it are going to stick around for longer than in the past.  The U.S....
Toolbarn.com Makes Internet Retailer Top 500
Last post on Jun 03, 2006, 11:27:15 am
The Omaha-based online seller of tools and accessories earned a spot in Internet Retailer's top 500 list of the largest e-retailers in the US. To read the full...
NoFollow Has Almost No Effect
Last post on Jun 02, 2006, 09:03:02 pm
More than a year has passed since Google introduced NoFollow - a tag intended to reduce comment spam on blogs.  Unfortunately, NoFollow has had very little effect on spam, and...
Chinese Journalists Supported On Yahoo Video
Last post on Jun 02, 2006, 08:55:52 pm
The new video service from Yahoo now matches competitors YouTube and Google Video in permitting users to upload videos to the service for sharing with others; two videos that made...
Dell Premieres New Model
Last post on Jun 02, 2006, 08:54:41 pm
Yesterday, in Los Angeles, Dell premiered its brand-new XPS models. The sleek looking machines can be ordered starting today, according to ign.com. To read the full article click...
Microsoft Execs Bash Sony
Last post on Jun 02, 2006, 08:53:50 pm
Microsoft has fired another shot in its ongoing battle with Sony and the upcoming Playstation 3.  Xbox UK boss Neil Thompson and Europe boss Chris Lewis made comments in an...
A First Step To Becoming A Web Media Mogul
Last post on Jun 02, 2006, 08:53:25 pm
It's no secret any more that as broadband becomes more prevalent in the home, the demand for video content has spiked. An interesting new service called ClipSyndicate, which launched in...
UK Journalists Boycott Yahoo!
Last post on Jun 02, 2006, 08:52:37 pm
A journalist organization representing 40,000 British and Irish members announced a boycott of Yahoo! today in response to the search company's compliance with Chinese authorities to help imprison pro-democracy reporters....
Yahoo Talks Up Reporting Categories
Last post on Jun 02, 2006, 08:52:12 pm
Members of the Yahoo Publisher Network can use the Reporting Categories feature to track the effectiveness of ad placements and landing pages for their sites. To read the...
Poll Shows 77% of US Adults Are Now Online
Last post on Jun 02, 2006, 08:51:45 pm
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Chinese Mobile Phone Users Approach Half a Billion
Last post on Jun 02, 2006, 08:51:20 pm
Talk about a busy signal. To read the full article click here...
Software Piracy Costs $34 Billion
Last post on Jun 02, 2006, 08:50:56 pm
Do you know what software is running on your computer? More importantly, do you know whose software is running on your computer? To read the full article click...
Value-Added Broadband Adds Revenue
Last post on Jun 02, 2006, 08:50:31 pm
Broadband is creating new revenue streams. To read the full article click here...
Do Mobile Phones Challenge the Pollster's Art?
Last post on Jun 02, 2006, 08:50:07 pm
It was a famous moment in political history, and an infamous moment in polling history. To read the full article click here...
Speeding Up Down Under
Last post on Jun 02, 2006, 08:49:41 pm
Australian Internet users seek out the speediest services. To read the full article click here...
Why Are B2B Websites So User-Unfriendly?
Last post on Jun 02, 2006, 08:49:16 pm
It seems that B2B Web sites have more than a few "initial problems" to overcome. To read the full article click here...
China: Not Yet the World's Biggest Online Market
Last post on Jun 02, 2006, 08:48:50 pm
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We are thrilled to announce the release of Chitika CNET co-branded eMiniMalls units featuring best deals, promotions, offers and paid listings from hundreds of name brand merchants along with expert...
Apollo Details Disclosed by Adobe
Last post on May 26, 2006, 11:09:49 pm
"This is the natural evolution of what [Adobe and Macromedia] have been promoting for a long time," Todd Hay, Adobe's director of platform marketing and developer relations, told PDFZone. "A...
Search Patents Show Promise
Last post on May 26, 2006, 11:09:24 pm
A roundup of the latest search patents shows some interesting developments.  As gathered and noted by SearchEngineWatch, Yahoo, Microsoft, IBM, and Amazon all have new tweaks and developments in play,...
Nintendo Doesn't Want Wii.com
Last post on May 26, 2006, 11:08:58 pm
A forestry company is enjoying some inadvertent traffic to its website, courtesy of Nintendo. Only Nintendo can say if it was aware that Wii.com was already owned before the console...
Online Gambling Addictions Growing
Last post on May 26, 2006, 11:08:33 pm
Gambling is big business, and in the so-called "lawless land" of the Internet, it's on the rise.  Online gambling generated around $12 billion last year, spread out over roughly 2,300...
Blogger Suggests Google Trends Pro Next
Last post on May 26, 2006, 11:08:09 pm
John Koetsier raised the prospect of Google's Trends tool progressing from its very general utility to something more granular, namely something Google can sell to marketers. To read...
Blogging About Work Might Be A Bad Idea
Last post on May 26, 2006, 11:07:44 pm
Bloggers are writing about their day jobs, and it's getting some of them in trouble.  An increasing number of companies are adopting policies that would prohibit bloggers from discussing their...
Professor Ditches Lectures In Favor Of Podcasts
Last post on May 26, 2006, 11:07:19 pm
Taking college courses from the comfort of home may become a reality, at least for some students.  No more 8 AM lectures, no more tramping across campus through a snowstorm...
Big Easy to Get Wi-Fi Thanks to Earthlink
Last post on May 26, 2006, 11:06:53 pm
Nearly every story you hear or read these days about New Orleans is about its recovery (or lack of same) from Hurricane Katrina. Even if the story is good news,...
ATT Unites MoveOn and Christian Coalition
Last post on May 26, 2006, 11:06:28 pm
Something historic has happened in Washington. MoveOn.org joined hands with the Christian Coalition to jump all over a Democrat and a corporation. Be sure to check the window regularly for...
Barbaro, Barton, And Hoffa, Oh My
Last post on May 26, 2006, 11:06:02 pm
What was most on the minds of Internet users last week?  Barbaro, apparently - the racehorse fractured his leg in the Preakness, and originally had only 50/50 odds of survival. ...
Mobile Search Is Moving On Up
Last post on May 26, 2006, 11:05:30 pm
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Who's Not Watching Online Video?
Last post on May 26, 2006, 11:05:04 pm
The screen may still be relatively small but the audience is growing. To read the full article click here...
Kazaa Sues Blogger Over Anonymous Comments
Last post on May 26, 2006, 09:21:12 am
The parent company of the controversial filesharing service Kazaa has filed suit in a Canadian court against p2pnet.net over alleged libelous comments made in the blog's comments section. The result...
Post Dot Com Web Directory || Free Link Submissions
Last post on May 26, 2006, 06:21:19 am
Greetings All Forum Members, Post Dot Com is a seo-friendly, human edited web directory.  We offered free link submissions, although it would be appreciated if you choose the reciprocal...
MSN Search ODP Opt-Out Option
Last post on May 25, 2006, 11:09:51 pm
MSN search has introduced an Open Directory (ODP or DMOZ) opt-out meta tag allowing webmasters and search marketers the option of preventing an erroneous or miswritten Open Directory description from...
Yahoo, eBay Drop E-Biz Bombshell
Last post on May 25, 2006, 11:09:25 pm
EBay and Yahoo dropped an announcement bomb early this morning saying that the two Internet giants have agreed to combine their efforts on a number of projects. By 2007, expect...
Microsoft May Limit Employees' Admin Rights
Last post on May 25, 2006, 11:08:59 pm
Due to one of the new features in Windows Vista, many Microsoft employees may have their administrative privileges taken away.  Most of the people employed by the software giant currently...
MPAA Hired A Hacker, Lawsuit Alleges
Last post on May 25, 2006, 11:08:34 pm
The Motion Picture Association of America hired a hacker to steal information from a company it accused of helping copyright violators-this according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday.  In the suit,...
JotSpot Tracker Integrating With Salesforce
Last post on May 25, 2006, 11:08:09 pm
The first of several on-demand applications available from JotSpot through Salesforce's AppExchange will transform Excel spreadsheets into browser-accessible versions. To read the full article click here...
Microsoft Taking Classifieds To China
Last post on May 25, 2006, 11:07:44 pm
Windows Live Expo, Microsoft's answer to Craigslist and Google Base, will be launched in China and five other countries before the end of 2006. To read the full...
Multiply Removes Video, Image Limits
Last post on May 25, 2006, 11:06:52 pm
Members of the Multiply social networking platform will be able to post for free an unlimited number of photos or videos to their places on the site. To...
Is Sony Trying to Stop Sale of Used PS3 Games?
Last post on May 25, 2006, 11:06:27 pm
Online magazine, Next Gen-Biz reports that a UK news source, citing retail contacts (who heard it from their grandmother?how many degrees of separation can one story have?) say Sony is...
Wii've Got A Price and Wiimote VoIP
Last post on May 25, 2006, 11:06:00 pm
We have news and a rumor regarding Nintendo's latest incarnation, Wii. It will come reasonably priced for the gamer market, according to the company's US financial report. And it just...
Are US Workers "Vacation Deprived"?
Last post on May 25, 2006, 11:05:31 pm
"What are you doing for your vacation?""Err.what vacation?" To read the full article click here...
Online Retail Predicted to Top $200 Billion
Last post on May 25, 2006, 11:05:05 pm
Up, up and. To read the full article click here...
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Plaxo Makes Deal, Gets Sued
Last post on May 24, 2006, 11:10:02 pm
The deal will pair Jajah's calling service with Plaxo's smart address book to add a convenient VoIP option called Plaxo Click to Call; Plaxo also found itself accused of patent...
Technorati, AP In Blog Deal
Last post on May 24, 2006, 11:09:34 pm
The Associated Press followed up an announced deal with Topix.net by disclosing another one, this time with blog search engine Technorati to connect bloggers and local newspapers. To...
Scandoo Tags Unsafe Search Results
Last post on May 24, 2006, 11:09:07 pm
ScanSafe's Scandoo site allows visitors to perform queries on two major search engines and see if links returned on the search results are safe, questionable, or unsafe. To...
Is In-Flight Cell Phone Usage Coming?
Last post on May 24, 2006, 11:08:41 pm
The FCC has two available licenses to provide high-speed telecom services on planes to auction off.  The licenses are primarily about the right to offer in-flight Internet access. But most...
Dell (Sort Of) Wins E-Commerce Lawsuit
Last post on May 24, 2006, 11:08:16 pm
Dell has won an important victory over DE Technologies, a Virginia firm that holds a patent so broad it could cover all e-commerce.  A federal district judge declared parts of...
MySpace Searches Down Under, Finds Google
Last post on May 24, 2006, 11:07:50 pm
While News Corp.-owned MySpace.com courts major search engines to expand its advertising offerings through search marketing, it is also looking to expand its Australian base to better target its 800,000...
Microsoft to Unveil Office 2007 Beta 2
Last post on May 24, 2006, 11:07:22 pm
Office 2007 is still a work in progress. The interface is a mix of new toolbars and boring old dialog boxes. But Microsoft has made a number of changes since...
Microsoft Tells Word Users to Play It Safe
Last post on May 24, 2006, 11:06:55 pm
In this ever-changing world in which we live in, sometimes it's comforting to know that some things never seem to change. Puppies are still cute, Paul McCartney keeps making music...
YouTube Is King of Online Video
Last post on May 24, 2006, 11:06:30 pm
Online video sites have a long way to go if they want to catch up with YouTube. You might say that it has become the Google of online video, even...
Poll Shows Citizens Want More Online Protection
Last post on May 24, 2006, 11:06:04 pm
The Cyber Security Industry Alliance (CSIA) has released the results of its survey dedicated to measuring the public's confidence in the security of the nation's digital infrastructure. Results of the...
Industrials Face a New Marketing Landscape
Last post on May 24, 2006, 11:05:36 pm
Build it and they will come... To read the full article click here...
Where Do Workers Go Online?
Last post on May 24, 2006, 11:05:10 pm
The secret is out; employees who work online also play online, and they do so on company time. To read the full article click here...
Article Submission Site List
Last post on May 24, 2006, 08:37:22 pm
Hi, folks. I keep hearing that article submission is an excellent way to generate traffic to a website. I haven't done it yet myself, but have decided to try...
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Last post on May 24, 2006, 03:46:55 am
I thought this time we should have a funny contest, and here it is :) The last poster to this thread will be the winner. Sounds easy right? ...
Microsoft Tells Workers to Take Unpaid Vacation
Last post on May 23, 2006, 11:10:00 pm
More than 1,000 software development and testing contract workers were told by Microsoft to take seven unpaid business days off to lower this quarter's costs, according to Reuters. ...
Topix.net Inks AP Deal
Last post on May 23, 2006, 11:09:35 pm
Topix sales and marketing VP Chris Tolles disclosed the agreement with the Associated Press to help connect users to topical stories. To read the full article click here...
Ad Sales Are Changing
Last post on May 23, 2006, 11:09:09 pm
The new media are having an effect on the advertising revenue of major networks, and it's not something the networks view as "good."  The upfront market, in particular, faces decreased...
Google Seeking Worldwide Domination
Last post on May 23, 2006, 11:08:43 pm
Google is continuing its quest to take over the world. The company's huge dominance in the search engine sector allows it to find innovative ways to increase consumer use that...
New Domain Name Called dot-Mobi
Last post on May 23, 2006, 11:08:17 pm
Microsoft has founded a new company in partnership with Google, Inc., Vodafone Group PLC, Nokia Corp., and several other companies. Their goal is to make it easier to browse the...
Televangelism Ready For IPTV
Last post on May 23, 2006, 11:07:51 pm
Televangelism is soon to become IP-televangelism (webevangelism? Netevangelism? Evangelism 2.0?) as one of the largest networks in Christian programming, The Inspiration Networks, sets up a broadband video hub called Inspiration.net....
Don?t Let Overeager Spam Filters Get You
Last post on May 23, 2006, 11:07:25 pm
According to The Atlanta-Journal, an overeager junk-mail filter captured and killed a Kennesaw businessman's bid to provide telephone services to the school system because the part of the filter that...
Google/MSN Eyeballing MySpace
Last post on May 23, 2006, 11:06:56 pm
The obligatory search share report (if you can't wait, Google increases its lead for the ninth straight time) came in with the usual top five. But sixth place is where...
Nike and iPod? That?s Shoe Business
Last post on May 23, 2006, 11:06:30 pm
Pundits have said that American consumers are starting to watch how they spend their disposable income. But people love new gadgets, especially technological ones. And it seems that some consumers...
Dancing to a New Mobile Beat
Last post on May 23, 2006, 11:05:37 pm
Two major industries are hoping for one smash hit. Both recording companies and wireless telecoms providers want mobile music to strike a chord with consumers around the globe. ...
Executives Not Quite Hot to Blog
Last post on May 23, 2006, 11:05:12 pm
Blogosphere, smogosphere. To read the full article click here...
BotNet Commits Pay-Per-Click Fraud
Last post on May 23, 2006, 01:32:50 am
The Clickbot.A Trojan installed on 34,000 vulnerable PCs has been exploiting pay-per-click advertising programs, and the amount of money stolen this way could make the legendary robberies of the past...
The Man Who Makes $1 Million in Affiliate Commissions
Last post on May 23, 2006, 12:23:53 am
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Wired Publishes ATandT Documents
Last post on May 22, 2006, 11:09:52 pm
Wired News decided to publish today the complete text of a set of documents obtained by one of their investigative reporters that contains information related to ATandT's sharing with the...
Microsoft Introduces Prepaid Computing
Last post on May 22, 2006, 11:09:27 pm
After a year-long trial in Brazil, Microsoft officially unwrapped its FlexGo technology, which makes purchasing Windows-based PCs more affordable, if limited. Microsoft based the pay-as-you-go system on prepaid mobile phones,...
Gates Hopes To Beat Google At Its Own Game
Last post on May 22, 2006, 11:09:00 pm
At a speech on the Microsoft campus, Bill Gates gave an outline of how the company hopes to compete with-and even outdo-the reigning search champ Google.  These and other companies...
Will The Internet Create a Radio Star?
Last post on May 22, 2006, 11:08:34 pm
Radio music was once divided into a short list of formats - Contemporary Hits (Top 40), Country, RandB, and Adult Contemporary (Easy Listening or "Waiting Room Music"). As time has...
New Walkman To Start Ambling Soon in Japan
Last post on May 22, 2006, 11:07:45 pm
Last week, Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB announced the release of two new cell phone models for Europe and Asia. Soon the company expects to unveil Sony's 11th cell phone...
MySpace to Offer Free Magazine
Last post on May 22, 2006, 11:07:21 pm
MySpace.com continues to find ways to compete with other sites that are making inroads into their territory. In addition to the theory that MySpace may have "jumped the shark" in...
Nintendo and Microsoft Gang Up On Sony
Last post on May 22, 2006, 11:06:55 pm
There's a lot of grandstanding going on in the game console industry. Nintendo brags about its history of innovation; Microsoft is smug about its lead over the competition; and Sony...
Brave New (Internet) World for Politicians
Last post on May 22, 2006, 11:06:30 pm
Elections held in the last 10 years or so have had sparse voter turnout. Pundits were especially alarmed by the seeming total disinterest by younger voters. Common thought was that...
YPN Adds Direct Deposit
Last post on May 22, 2006, 11:06:04 pm
Yahoo Publisher Network announced Saturday that publishers now have the option of direct deposit as a new method of receiving payment. To read the full article click here...
Online Taboos Welcomed At Work
Last post on May 22, 2006, 11:05:37 pm
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Paying Online Pays Off
Last post on May 22, 2006, 11:05:12 pm
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Last post on May 22, 2006, 03:22:08 am
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Moby Joins Net Neutrality Fray
Last post on May 20, 2006, 11:06:06 pm
Net Neutrality is becoming an all-star event. Grammy-nominated musician Moby added his voice to Rep. Edward Markey's (D-Mass.), ranking Democrat on the House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, to...
Magnetic Tape is Alive! It?s Alive!
Last post on May 20, 2006, 11:05:40 pm
In this age of  CDs, DVDs, HDTVs and more acronyms than you can shake a server at, it is somehow warm and reassuring to know that magnetic tape is still...
Apple Offers Creative Countersuit
Last post on May 20, 2006, 11:05:15 pm
Facing litigation from Creative Technology over the iPod interface, Apple has hit back with a countersuit that alleges patent infringement by its tormentor. To read the full article...
Yahoo Tops Google In Mail, News, Finance
Last post on May 20, 2006, 11:04:49 pm
Google owns the search market, but for other content types the number two search engine company has first place in those categories. To read the full article click...
Article: Do you really own your web site design?
Last post on May 20, 2006, 07:21:59 pm
By Richard Chapo Your web site has been up for a few months and you are making money hand over foot. While surfing sites one evening, you are...
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Last post on May 20, 2006, 05:21:24 pm
Hi, I'm currently setting up an article directory and I'm looking for people to join our team. The positions available: -writers: the standard article submission terms apply, you...
MSN Video Brags Too Much
Last post on May 19, 2006, 11:09:42 pm
MSN Video is apparently on the A-list this year at the Cannes Film Festival. They were quite quick to point out they were the "only media outlet allowed inside the...
Shop At Yard Sales In Australia--Just Not Yet
Last post on May 19, 2006, 11:09:16 pm
Through a mishmash of Internet news headlines, it's becoming obvious that the lines between local, national, and international are growing more blurred than ever. To read the full...
Google Reader Is On The Phone
Last post on May 19, 2006, 11:08:50 pm
Catching up with RSS or Atom feeds can be as simple as flipping open the phone and launching one's Google Personalized Homepage. To read the full article click...
CNN Shows The Linus Interview
Last post on May 19, 2006, 11:08:22 pm
The Linux operating system has reshaped the technology industry greatly over the past decade, but creator Linus Torvalds still comes across as just another techie who enjoys working on code....
Google Gets Porn Lecture From Korea
Last post on May 19, 2006, 11:07:56 pm
South Korean government officials are shaking their fingers at Google for not having an age verification system to prevent minors from accessing adult material  By default, say officials, the search...
Big Brother, Microsoft, Are Watching
Last post on May 19, 2006, 11:07:30 pm
Microsoft's got friends in high places.  One friend, anyway-the U.S. Department of Defense.  A branch of the DOD known as the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) will work with the software...
Microsoft Looks Out for Best Buy
Last post on May 19, 2006, 11:07:04 pm
Small Business owners frequently feel that they lack resources and if they only had access to the services the "big guys" use, sales would increase. Best Buy and Microsoft have...
Google Upgrades Blog Search Tool
Last post on May 19, 2006, 11:06:38 pm
If you've ever frequented Internet forums or blogs, you've probably seen it happen-a thread goes quiet, becomes dormant, and for all intents and purposes, dies.  Then a year later some...
Party Foul: Developer Called For Kitten Meanness
Last post on May 19, 2006, 11:06:12 pm
Valleywag says 37Signals.com co-founder and web developer, Jason Fried, is mean to kittens. Not to propagate a nasty rumor or anything, but the Save The Kitties campaign on Flickr isn't...
Dell/AMD Deal Lights Up Wall Street
Last post on May 19, 2006, 11:05:47 pm
Dell Computers put a little kibosh on Intel yesterday, announcing in its first quarter earnings release that it will introduce servers powered by Advanced Micro Devices. Reuters reports that in...
Kid Dollars Pack a Punch
Last post on May 19, 2006, 11:05:16 pm
The little brats have how much to spend? To read the full article click here...
The Password Gamble
Last post on May 19, 2006, 11:04:48 pm
As Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds." It may also be a system administrator's worst nightmare. To read the full...
How Valuable Is Your Content?
Last post on May 18, 2006, 11:05:14 pm
"Honey, you know those pictures of our tenth wedding anniversary." To read the full article click here...
One Billion People Online!
Last post on May 18, 2006, 11:04:47 pm
Welcome to Cyberspace Pop. One Billion To read the full article click here...
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Last post on May 17, 2006, 11:55:54 pm
Here is an idea for free offline promotion. Put a big sticker in your car with your url, best with a color that will attract the eye (eg. orange),...
Up In Canada Marketing Is Up
Last post on May 17, 2006, 11:05:13 pm
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Video Games Entice 4 Out of 10 Americans
Last post on May 17, 2006, 11:04:49 pm
Americans love to play games, online and off. To read the full article click here...
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Submitting Articles is the best way to access more traffic for you and your business, and a real credibility booster for Free! Online readers love free information. They surf...
Are Search Marketers Stretched Too Thin?
Last post on May 16, 2006, 11:04:52 pm
As if Search Engine Marketing wasn't complicated enough. To read the full article click here...
Canada's Digital Report Card
Last post on May 15, 2006, 05:02:01 pm
On Tuesday, I'll be heading north to attend and speak at the Canadian Online Travel Conference being held in Ottawa. To read the full article click here...
Jewelry Sales Sparkle Online
Last post on May 15, 2006, 05:01:36 pm
Diamonds too precious for the Internet? Not any more it seems. To read the full article click here...
Mom's Online
Last post on May 15, 2006, 04:04:09 pm
What are most mothers doing for Mother's Day this year? Probably what they do every day: going online. To read the full article click here...
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This Cutting Edge Desktop Robot Automatically Finds Articles, Builds Content Rich Adsense Sites With Them, And Even Uploads The Completed Sites To Your Server! Are you ready to start...
What To Buy for Mother's Day
Last post on May 12, 2006, 11:05:22 pm
Happy Mother's Day! (For merchants, too.) To read the full article click here...
Online Banking: No Big Bang
Last post on May 11, 2006, 11:05:24 pm
Service great, security worrying To read the full article click here...
Media or Government, Who Do You Trust?
Last post on May 11, 2006, 11:04:59 pm
TV and online news tell it like it is. To read the full article click here...
Online Fraud Risk No Higher Than Offline
Last post on May 10, 2006, 11:05:25 pm
Online shoppers can breathe a sigh of relief. So can online merchants. To read the full article click here...
Africa Is Coming Online!
Last post on May 10, 2006, 11:05:00 pm
A number of sources report that in terms of Internet connectivity, online advertising and e-commerce, many parts of Africa are making progress. To read the full article click...
"I Want My @#$% TV!"
Last post on May 09, 2006, 11:05:33 pm
No censors, please. To read the full article click here...
China's Ringback Tones Ring Up Sales
Last post on May 09, 2006, 11:05:07 pm
Not ringtones, ringback tones. To read the full article click here...
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Last post on May 09, 2006, 11:38:15 am
If anyone has SEO articles that they would like to publish on my SEO blog, please pm me and we can organise that. The article will be posted with...
Clutter, Clutter Everywhere!
Last post on May 08, 2006, 11:05:29 pm
Commercial and other non-program time are on the rise on US TV, a trend that is unlikely to drive up audience numbers. To read the full article click...
Online Ads: Upping the Ante Down Under
Last post on May 08, 2006, 11:05:03 pm
Australian advertisers are catching up online. To read the full article click here...
Chitika in the Spotlight
Last post on May 07, 2006, 02:04:23 pm
Read the scoop on Chitika in the MITX Member Spotlight To read the full article click here...
Goodbye Global Digital Divide?
Last post on May 05, 2006, 11:05:39 pm
The World Wide Web may finally be living up to its name. To read the full article click here...
Asia-Pacific Wireless Set to Grow by 50%
Last post on May 05, 2006, 11:05:10 pm
More ringtones, more wallpaper, more data, more revenues. To read the full article click here...
China's Got Game
Last post on May 04, 2006, 11:05:40 pm
In China's Internet cafes the gaming action is hot and heavy. To read the full article click here...
Retail E-Commerce: Growing and Maturing
Last post on May 04, 2006, 11:05:12 pm
Online shoppers are buying more online. They are not only buying more of the same (books and computers). Today, consumers are buying big-ticket items on the Internet like refrigerators and...
Spyware? What Spyware?
Last post on May 03, 2006, 11:06:08 pm
Sneaky! To read the full article click here...
It Will Be a Happy Mother's Day Online
Last post on May 03, 2006, 11:05:30 pm
Have you bought Mom a gift yet? To read the full article click here...
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Last post on May 03, 2006, 01:47:04 pm
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The New, Wide World of Radio
Last post on May 02, 2006, 11:06:05 pm
Television did not kill radio, neither did the Walkman, nor will the Internet. To read the full article click here...
When Americans Buy.They Go Online First
Last post on May 02, 2006, 11:05:21 pm
Looking for a store? Want to compare prices? Need product information? Every day, millions of Americans are turning to the Internet before they decide what to buy and where to...
Service Providers Love Those "Sticky" Bundles
Last post on May 01, 2006, 11:07:00 pm
When it means that customers are less likely to switch providers, "sticky" is good. And bundled packages of phone, TV and Internet access appear to encourage stickiness. To...
Auto Buyers Speed to Dealer Sites
Last post on May 01, 2006, 11:05:47 pm
Would you buy a car from this website? To read the full article click here...
Use of B2B Extranets Is Up
Last post on Apr 29, 2006, 11:40:29 pm
B2B extranets are supposed to be more efficient and cost less. Do they? To read the full article click here...
Canadian Online Sales Hit a New High
Last post on Apr 29, 2006, 11:35:39 pm
The numbers are very good, but they could be even better. To read the full article click here...
The Japanese Difference
Last post on Apr 29, 2006, 11:34:24 pm
Take a peek underneath the Japanese Internet kimono... To read the full article click here...
Where Do Women Go Online?
Last post on Apr 27, 2006, 11:06:11 pm
Women's choices in buying and planning for the family, as well as pursuing their own interests, have a major impact online. To read the full article click here...
Blog, Podcast and RSS Advertising Surge Ahead
Last post on Apr 26, 2006, 11:06:10 pm
Not long ago online advertising was the "alternative" choice but now there are alternatives to it. To read the full article click here...
creating domain park site
Last post on Apr 24, 2006, 02:44:16 pm
Hello, I think about to create my own domainpark site for all my inactive domain names. I like to have some adsense boxes there like on SEDO but I...
Allow me to Introduce Myself: Duncan
Last post on Apr 22, 2006, 10:48:36 am
Hi, folks. Just came across this forum and browsed a few threads; in fact, I came across one thread that piqued my interest so much I decided to register,...
Will the Mobile Phone become the Dominant Internet Platform?
Last post on Apr 21, 2006, 06:17:42 pm
It could happen. To read the full article click here...
Video Streaming Goes Mainstream
Last post on Apr 21, 2006, 06:16:51 pm
Streaming video has transformed over the past eight years from a quirky, jerky, content scarce and one-off event-viewing environment to a robust, brand-centric broadband medium reaching a mainstream audiences. ...
New Ways to Target Your Customer
Last post on Apr 20, 2006, 11:06:31 pm
How would you like to see inside the minds of your potential customers before you decide whether or not to advertise to them? To read the full article...
Blogs Continue to Multiply
Last post on Apr 20, 2006, 11:05:27 pm
The bloated blogosphere? To read the full article click here...
Recipe for Content Integrated eMiniMalls
Last post on Apr 20, 2006, 11:14:44 am
The most effective position for eMiniMalls is inside the content of the blog post. Studies show that units positioned within the post content outperform units placed outside the blog posts....
8 magical SEO techniques!(submit your articles now!)
Last post on Apr 20, 2006, 08:03:20 am
Submit your articles now! I know most of you will be surprised to read the title of this article. Actually this is what search engine optimization is all about....
In-Game Advertising: $2 Billion by 2010?
Last post on Apr 19, 2006, 11:05:54 pm
Big numbers should often be swallowed along with several grains of salt. To read the full article click here...
Online Advertising Still Growing Strong
Last post on Apr 19, 2006, 11:05:14 pm
Good news! A pair of new reports indicate that online advertising continued to grow in the first quarter of 2006. To read the full article click here...
Geoff Ramsey At ad:tech: It's All About Targeting
Last post on Apr 18, 2006, 11:06:03 pm
With the demise of 'mass media', at least as we knew and practiced it in the 50's through the 90's, are all media destined to become more targeted? ...
IPTV On The Rise In Western Europe
Last post on Apr 18, 2006, 11:05:15 pm
Still, short-term profits from television via Internet Protocol (IPTV) will be hard to come by. To read the full article click here...
cant get my PR up
Last post on Apr 18, 2006, 02:58:44 am
ive had justinlove.net since October of this year and havent been able to get the PR to rise from 0. i used a future PR checker and it "says" that...
Illegal Downloading Down
Last post on Apr 17, 2006, 11:06:11 pm
The lowdown on downloads: keep it legal dude! To read the full article click here...
Search Marketing: Coming Out On Top
Last post on Apr 17, 2006, 11:05:24 pm
First page or bust! To read the full article click here...
The .eu top level domain fiasko
Last post on Apr 15, 2006, 12:50:36 pm
Hey fellas, check this article about the recent begginning of the .eu registrations : http://www.azam.biz/eu-domain-names-fraud/...
Targeting Baby Boomers
Last post on Apr 14, 2006, 11:06:15 pm
Madison Avenue has long considered consumers ages 18 to 49 to be the target of choice, but that may be changing. To read the full article click here...
Finding Religion Online
Last post on Apr 14, 2006, 11:05:29 pm
www.seethelight.com? To read the full article click here...
&uml;Que Pasa En El Internet?
Last post on Apr 13, 2006, 11:06:08 pm
Youth must be served, particularly in Spanish. To read the full article click here...
Liberation Through Mobile E-Mail?
Last post on Apr 13, 2006, 11:05:18 pm
Can mobile e-mail really help us achieve a better work-life balance? To read the full article click here...
Has China Passed The US In Internet Usage?
Last post on Apr 12, 2006, 11:05:56 pm
Everything about China is big. Even the exaggerated claims. To read the full article click here...
US Gadget Frenzy
Last post on Apr 12, 2006, 11:05:15 pm
Americans love their gadgets. To read the full article click here...
Podcasts: Is Anyone Listening?
Last post on Apr 11, 2006, 11:05:58 pm
If you wish, you can listen to the articles eMarketer has published today on your iPod. But will you? To read the full article click here...
Mobile Phone Usage: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
Last post on Apr 11, 2006, 11:05:19 pm
They are great in emergencies. To read the full article click here...
Chitika eMiniMalls Recipe for Top Products in a Category
Last post on Apr 11, 2006, 12:36:45 pm
Ever wanted to just sit back and show the top products in a category ? Say your site is about GPS devices and you want to show the top GPS...
E-Tailers Focus on Shifting Merchandise
Last post on Apr 10, 2006, 11:06:01 pm
"Show me the money!" Or, at least, the sales. To read the full article click here...
Games-to-go
Last post on Apr 10, 2006, 11:05:14 pm
New measures are revealing the patterns in the popularity of mobile game genres. To read the full article click here...
Another Blow For TV Advertising
Last post on Apr 07, 2006, 11:06:04 pm
Geez! Talk about getting kicked while you down. TV execs are getting hit from every direction these days. To read the full article click here...
Travelers Head to Hotel Websites
Last post on Apr 07, 2006, 11:05:27 pm
More travelers than ever are booking at hotels' own websites. To read the full article click here...
VoIP: Coming Soon, Coming Everywhere
Last post on Apr 06, 2006, 11:06:10 pm
Hello? Anybody there? Yes. Close to 33 million Americans by 2010 for a start. To read the full article click here...
Online Equality in Asia Too
Last post on Apr 06, 2006, 11:05:29 pm
The online gender gap has been consigned to history. To read the full article click here...
Blogs vs Articles
Last post on Apr 06, 2006, 02:43:29 am
Hi All, I'm wondering if I should post articles on my website as articles or create a blog. Which have you found to be more effective for SEO,...
It's Tough At The Top of The Fortune 500
Last post on Apr 05, 2006, 11:06:02 pm
Big Box move over. Here comes Big Oil. To read the full article click here...
Early Summer for Travel Service Providers
Last post on Apr 05, 2006, 11:05:15 pm
Pack the kids, round up the bags, we're off... To read the full article click here...
Logo + site design contest
Last post on Apr 05, 2006, 09:12:08 am
Well here we come with another contest :) This time the contest is more like a trade, but let me tell you what is this all about. In...
Google Maps The Way To Version 2
Last post on Apr 04, 2006, 11:13:07 pm
The official launch of the Google Maps API Version 2 provides a number of tweaks to enhance its performance and decrease the number of memory leaks that happened in previous...
Movies For Sale Online ? Legally!
Last post on Apr 04, 2006, 11:12:18 pm
Except for the high prices, restrictive usage terms, and no extras a la typical DVDs, Hollywood has at least attempted to enter the downloadable movie market. To read...
GM User Created Ad Contest Backfires
Last post on Apr 04, 2006, 11:11:31 pm
Giving the public the opportunity to create Chevy Tahoe video advertisements led to the creation of numerous anti-SUV commercials instead. To read the full article click here...
Yahoo To Kickoff Mobile World Cup App
Last post on Apr 04, 2006, 11:10:39 pm
A deal between major World Cup sponsor Yahoo and mobile application developer Everypoint will provide real-time information about the competition this summer. To read the full article click...
Trust Eric, He Can Stop Click Fraud
Last post on Apr 04, 2006, 11:09:58 pm
Despite a recent $90 million settlement in a click fraud case, Google CEO Eric Schmidt claims his company sees fake clicks before the advertisers do. To read the...
AOL Changes Name To AOL
Last post on Apr 04, 2006, 11:09:20 pm
America Online has settled its identity crisis and accepted its nickname. "My name is?AOL!" said the company, reminiscent of Gene Wilder's proud realization that he was a Frankenstein after all....
Microsoft Virtually Supporting Linux
Last post on Apr 04, 2006, 11:08:42 pm
The Windows maker announced at the LinuxWorld Conference and Expo it would make the Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 available at no charge to customers. To read the...
Perl Bootcamp Planned For July
Last post on Apr 04, 2006, 11:08:02 pm
The five-day intensive Perl class will be available at Big Nerd Ranch this July and taught by the Learning Perl 4th edition and Intermediate Perl co-author, brian d foy. ...
?Add To Google? Buttons Up Personal Areas
Last post on Apr 04, 2006, 11:07:21 pm
In response to syndicated content owners' requests for new ways to drive adoption of their feeds and modules, Google has supplied an "Add to Google" button that can be added...
A Legal RSS Feed?
Last post on Apr 04, 2006, 11:06:44 pm
Law.com released its own RSS reader on Monday, named NewsPoint. A free download, the application will come with preloaded content from Law.com and the Law.com Blog Network. To...
Poker Wins Hands Down
Last post on Apr 04, 2006, 11:05:58 pm
Hold 'em or fold 'em? Online there is just one answer. To read the full article click here...
US On The Wrong Side Of The Technology Gap?
Last post on Apr 04, 2006, 11:05:18 pm
By several measures, the US appears to be less "connected" than many other countries. To read the full article click here...
Alcatel, Lucent Merge For $13.4 Billion
Last post on Apr 03, 2006, 11:09:21 pm
The French communications hardware maker Alcatel will mercifully end Lucent Technologies unfulfilled expectations and position the company to better face Cisco in the marketplace. To read the full...
Google Mellows Ad Terms For Maps
Last post on Apr 03, 2006, 11:08:37 pm
A change in verbiage in Google's terms of service for Google Maps allows users to opt-out of advertising that may be delivered through the service. To read the...
Google Reigns Supreme In Image Search
Last post on Apr 03, 2006, 11:07:34 pm
Nielsen//NetRatings' report on search share showed us more of the same: Google wins. But, what's new in this report is that Google has been promoted from King to Emperor in...
AOL Much Ado About Mobile
Last post on Apr 03, 2006, 11:06:51 pm
With the ubiquitous presence of mobile phones and their ever-expanding functionality, AOL has taken steps to make its services more available to mobile phone users. To read the...
Korea Vows Online Robots In Every Home
Last post on Apr 03, 2006, 11:05:44 pm
A heaping dose of Battle Bots and movies like Terminator and I, Robot have instilled a (healthy?) paranoia of centrally controlled robot futures - at least in the States. In...
Promptu Gives Mobile A Voice In Search
Last post on Apr 03, 2006, 11:04:58 pm
Voice-activated search and navigation company, Promptu, recently released a technology for voice search on mobile phones, allowing wireless subscribers seek out and purchase available content by speaking. To...
UK Online Ad Explosion
Last post on Apr 03, 2006, 11:04:09 pm
There is no British stodginess about online advertising in the UK. To read the full article click here...
Online Data At Risk
Last post on Apr 03, 2006, 11:03:25 pm
Even the professionals hired to safeguard data online do not think companies are doing a great job protecting important data. To read the full article click here...
Chitika eMiniMalls Payday
Last post on Apr 03, 2006, 03:30:15 pm
We completed processing the monthly payments for February. PayPal payments and checks are on their way. Here?s to all Chitika affiliates. Thank you! We are very excited to see...
Cocoa Banana Muffins and Chitika eMiniMalls
Last post on Apr 03, 2006, 03:29:12 pm
While eating breakfast this morning, the recipe for cocoa banana muffins on the cereal box caught my attention. Recipes on labels and boxes have long been a popular way for...
Colors Recipe
Last post on Apr 03, 2006, 03:28:02 pm
The first thing you notice when looking at anything whether it be a cereal box or a website is the COLOR.  It catches the eye and stands out BAM!...
NYTimes.com Broadens Its View
Last post on Apr 03, 2006, 01:06:20 pm
The major redesign of the online version of the "paper of record" has the New York Times breaking out of its small-monitor design shell among other changes. To...
1&1 Internet Offering Free .info Domains
Last post on Apr 02, 2006, 03:23:18 am
Web users seeking to get that ideal domain name but frustrated by the lack of available .com extensions now have a new, free alternative. For a limited time, 1&1 Internet...
Resellerspanel.com Launches Version 1.0 RC1 of its Control Panel
Last post on Apr 02, 2006, 01:30:52 am
Resellerspanel.com announces that it has launched a release candidate version of its hosting Control Panel. Control Panel v1.0 RC1 now features a fresh new look of the main menus, a...
Google Seduces Users With Romance
Last post on Apr 01, 2006, 11:07:33 pm
The latest product debut from Google will utilize Contextual Dating Technology to help people find a contextually suitable soulmate. To read the full article click here...
Google?s Guana Believe, Begin, Become
Last post on Apr 01, 2006, 02:05:18 pm
Google's philanthropic arm, the Google Foundation, and TechnoServe, a nonprofit organization that supports entrepreneurs in developing countries, kicked off their "Believe Begin Become" business plan competition in the impoverished West...
Even Dogs Got Blogs, Dog
Last post on Apr 01, 2006, 02:04:37 pm
You know those people that treat their dogs like humans? You know, those people - the ones that use words like "personhood." Well, it's because of them that blogs have...
Businesses Take Stock Of Google Local Ads
Last post on Apr 01, 2006, 02:03:53 pm
The latest play for the local search market officially debuted from Google as the search advertising company discussed the launch of the new AdWords feature. To read the...
Preparing For Visitors
Last post on Apr 01, 2006, 02:56:55 am
Designing and developing a website today is not as easy as it was let?s say four years ago. There are so many elements to take into consideration and various media...
Google, Nike Play Beautifully Together
Last post on Mar 31, 2006, 11:22:22 pm
Google and Nike kicked off a collaborative community website exclusively for soccer fanatics. Signing up for Joga.com automatically takes visitors through a series of steps for setting up a blog...
Teen Blogger ?Prank? Earns Child Porn Charges
Last post on Mar 31, 2006, 11:21:31 pm
A seventeen year-old Michigan high school student is facing child pornography charges after posting a picture on his blog of his friends having sex at a New Year's Eve party....
Ether You Pay, Or You Don?t Talk To Me
Last post on Mar 31, 2006, 11:20:42 pm
Let's pretend we're professionals here, people, and not say the first thing that comes to our minds. Ether, a new division of Ingenio, has set up a web service that...
EarthLink Saves Big Easy From BellSouth
Last post on Mar 31, 2006, 11:19:58 pm
EarthLink will continue to provide free wireless access in New Orleans by assuming management of the city's WiFi network and investing some $15 million over three years to improve and...
Frankly Speaking About RSS Readers
Last post on Mar 31, 2006, 11:19:09 pm
Frank Gruber, the mind behind the Somewhat Frank blog, subjected nine web-based RSS feed readers to a comparison and blogged about the best on TechCrunch. To read the...
US Backs Microsoft In Antitrust Fight
Last post on Mar 31, 2006, 11:18:25 pm
Microsoft has long complained that antitrust regulators with the European Union have been holding back information related to the investigation, and US diplomats have raised the issue as well. ...
Placebase Plots Course Past Google Maps
Last post on Mar 31, 2006, 11:17:45 pm
The needs of commercial developers for mapping applications goes beyond even what the mighty Google can offer, and Placebase believes they have a better solution available. To read...
FTC Cracking Down On Videogame Stores
Last post on Mar 31, 2006, 11:16:52 pm
Sales of M-rated titles to minors happened more frequently at local and regional videogame retailers than national chains. To read the full article click here...
Mobile Content's Worldwide Audience
Last post on Mar 31, 2006, 11:09:23 pm
Rumors of the collapse of the music and television industries are greatly exaggerated. To read the full article click here...
In-Sleep Advertising
Last post on Mar 31, 2006, 11:07:57 pm
"To sleep, perchance to dream...of a new diet soda?" To read the full article click here...
PreFound Offers Ad Revenue To Top Finders
Last post on Mar 30, 2006, 11:15:11 pm
Finders in PreFound.com's system of tagging and sharing online content will receive 100 percent of the ad revenue generated by their user pages on the community-oriented search engine. ...
Google Surprise: A New Stock Sale
Last post on Mar 30, 2006, 11:14:30 pm
Another 5.3 million shares of GOOG, worth about $2.1 billion at current valuation, should help smooth the company's entry into the SandP 500 index. To read the full...
Bloggers Gaming Google Finance
Last post on Mar 30, 2006, 11:13:50 pm
To gain added exposure for their stories, some bloggers have begun taking advantage of the way Google Finance incorporates content as part of a company's information page. To...
Microsoft Offers U2 Licensing
Last post on Mar 30, 2006, 11:13:10 pm
Hardware licenses for technologies developed by Microsoft provide third-party firms the opportunity to build devices based on those innovations. To read the full article click here...
Google Update - Changes Done, Changes Coming
Last post on Mar 30, 2006, 11:12:25 pm
Matt Cutts, Google's chief search engineer, provided a long Q and A session on his blog Tuesday. To read the full article click here...
Animals in Pants - Ask Ad Spots
Last post on Mar 30, 2006, 11:11:37 pm
Ask.Com is advertising. It recently released two commercials intended for US audiences, both of which use monkeys to express ideas an older English butler could not. To read...
Google Patents Bring WiFi Down To Earth
Last post on Mar 30, 2006, 11:10:48 pm
One day, my pie in the sky will be crumbs on a plate. Full-bellied, my GoogleNet wireless connection will intuitively retrieve an ad for Alka-Seltzer; the bubbly concoction plop-plop fizz-fizzes...
CA Senator Wants AOL To Delay CertifiedEmail
Last post on Mar 30, 2006, 11:10:01 pm
Dean Florez, a state senator in California, will hold a hearing on April 3rd about AOL's proposed implementation of a two-tiered email system. To read the full article...
EU Women Outpacing Men On the Web
Last post on Mar 30, 2006, 11:09:21 pm
The Internet is Europe's fastest growing media and EU women are on pace to overtake men as the most active online consumer. Over the past three years, the amount of...
Google, AOL Finalize Billion Dollar Deal
Last post on Mar 30, 2006, 11:08:41 pm
The investment agreement that kept Google's place as AOL's search and advertising partner has been hammered out to the satisfaction of both sides. To read the full article...
Coming Soon: More Tech Ads
Last post on Mar 30, 2006, 11:07:56 pm
Online advertising of computer hardware and sofware is set to reverse its recent stagnation. To read the full article click here...
Losing Faith In Television?
Last post on Mar 30, 2006, 11:07:17 pm
It seems that advertisers do not trust television commercials alone to do the job anymore. To read the full article click here...
Windows Live Search Enables Macros
Last post on Mar 29, 2006, 11:13:36 pm
They call it "rolling your own search" and an easy process to create a macro illustrates the process of setting up a lengthy query as a one-click bit of functionality....
India Helps Oracle Spin Database Profits
Last post on Mar 29, 2006, 11:12:30 pm
A strong third quarter from Oracle's Asia Pacific unit returned an 8 percent increase in total revenues from the same period for the last fiscal year. To read...
EU Has Microsoft Vista On Short Leash
Last post on Mar 29, 2006, 11:11:23 pm
Looking to avoid another half-billion dollar fine, Microsoft sent a feeler to European Union competition regulators inquiring about possible antitrust violations with its forthcoming Windows Vista operating system. The EU...
Jupiter Research Becomes JupiterKagan
Last post on Mar 29, 2006, 11:10:34 pm
A $10.1 million price tag allowed MCG Capital Corporation's JupiterKagan to purchase Jupiter Research from the Jupitermedia Corporation. To read the full article click here...
Online Artist Says Open Up And Say Eww
Last post on Mar 29, 2006, 11:09:43 pm
One man's art is another man's "yick!" A person by the screen name "oralpixation" is staging an online "happening" for April Fool's Day by asking "What's in your mouth?" Those...
Devil's Advocate: The Email Postage Issue
Last post on Mar 29, 2006, 11:08:56 pm
Plans by AOL and Yahoo to embrace and implement Goodmail's "Certified Email" solution, even with allowances for non-profit groups, has drawn criticism from a broad swath of the Internet-using public;...
Microsoft Shares Buoyed Despite EU Woes
Last post on Mar 29, 2006, 11:08:28 pm
Intra-day trading on Microsoft lifted the stock price by 14 cents, but concerns raised by the European Commission over the forthcoming Vista operating system could prove troublesome. To...
Fast Food, Slow Traffic
Last post on Mar 29, 2006, 11:06:38 pm
The only lines at fast-food restaurants are offline. To read the full article click here...
Paperboy, You?re Fired
Last post on Mar 29, 2006, 01:29:46 pm
A young man looks out his window to see his elderly neighbor cursing the paperboy's dismal aim - with one fist in the air and the other fishing through the...
Torrentspy To MPAA: Go Sue Google
Last post on Mar 29, 2006, 01:29:03 pm
In a nineteen-page response to a lawsuit filed by the MPAA and the major Hollywood studios, Torrentspy suggested in the motion to dismiss that the plaintiffs may as well sue...
Yawn, Google Extends Search Share Lead
Last post on Mar 29, 2006, 01:28:22 pm
In today's exciting news, the Sun remains warm to the touch, no one under fourteen should read Scott Adams' "God's Debris," and Google gained six percentage points in the US...
Yahoo: Banking Today, Payments Tomorrow?
Last post on Mar 29, 2006, 01:27:36 pm
If Yahoo Japan's most recent attempt at starting a joint venture and taking a position in an online bank succeeds, it could be a testing ground for establishing an online...
What do you think about this?
Last post on Mar 29, 2006, 09:33:14 am
There's a thread over on SP right now talking about what website owners would pay for if only they had the money or could find someone to do it for...
The UK says ?What?s a Yahoo??
Last post on Mar 28, 2006, 11:14:11 pm
In a Cockney accent: In the United Kingdom, three out of four punters use Google - yeah, mate, that's some 75 percent. That's what WebSideStory, Inc. said anyway. Yahoo! barely...
For Whom The Blather Tolls
Last post on Mar 28, 2006, 11:13:25 pm
Ben Goodger, lead engineer for Firefox, embraced the Hemingway mindset in describing how busy people should approach writing. To read the full article click here...
Vista 60 Percent Rewrite Is All Speculation
Last post on Mar 28, 2006, 11:12:33 pm
A report from an Australian publication citing a source at Acer Australia claimed up to 60 percent of the Windows Vista code needed to be rewritten, and Xbox engineers were...
FEC Boosts Online Political Bloggers
Last post on Mar 28, 2006, 11:11:44 pm
Campaign finance law will cover online political advertising, but other communication like blogs and email remains uncovered by the law. To read the full article click here...
Vertical Search For The Farmland
Last post on Mar 28, 2006, 11:11:00 pm
AgWebSearch.com focuses on an area most tech writers only know from seeing cornfields in the X-Files movie "Fight The Future"; it turns out the agriculture vertical needed a dedicated search...
Facebook Seeking Faces Of Presidents
Last post on Mar 28, 2006, 11:10:18 pm
Preferably Benjamins, and lots of them, as the college and high school networking site could rake in $2 billion from a sale; Viacom has been suggested as one suitor, but...
The Perils Of Corporate Blogging
Last post on Mar 28, 2006, 11:09:36 pm
With any topic, there are believers and nonbelievers, and the rest float, agnostically bounced from pundit to protestor. The role of the blog in corporate communication channels is no exception....
Big Easy Broadband Battles BellSouth
Last post on Mar 28, 2006, 11:08:53 pm
Hurricane Katrina prompted New Orleans' chief information officer to open the municipal 512kbps mesh network to anyone who wanted to access it, but now faces the prospect of a shutdown...
European Women To Spend More Hours Online Than Men
Last post on Mar 28, 2006, 11:08:05 pm
According to a new report, European women will soon be spending more time online than their male counterparts. To read the full article click here...
Wanted: Marketing Professionals
Last post on Mar 28, 2006, 11:07:20 pm
There is some good news for job-seeking marketers but mixed news for those with MBAs To read the full article click here...
AOL?s In2TV Welcomes Back TV Faves
Last post on Mar 27, 2006, 11:09:54 pm
Pinky and his evil genius friend, The Brain, once had regularly televised aspirations of world domination. They're probably still the Martin and Lewis of dastardly deeds somewhere - hanging with...
Why Working On The Big Screen Is Better
Last post on Mar 27, 2006, 11:09:10 pm
Does the boss laugh at you when you propose buying one of those nifty and expensive giant flat screen monitors? Your jesting may have more weight than you thought. A...
Fun With Google Finance
Last post on Mar 27, 2006, 11:08:31 pm
Sometimes Google's search engine works a little too well at matching up queries with results, as some posters on Metafilter found. To read the full article click here...
Corps Calls Apple Rotten
Last post on Mar 27, 2006, 11:07:51 pm
Another lawsuit over the Apple name between the Beatles' Apple Corps business and Apple Computer focuses on the iTunes Music Store and millions of dollars. To read the...
Microsoft Appealing Korean Case
Last post on Mar 27, 2006, 11:07:13 pm
The software company has appealed the case brought by the Korean Fair Trade Commission against it, and sought the revocation of the KFTC decision. To read the full...
Article : So you want to start a site
Last post on Mar 27, 2006, 09:36:46 pm
[size=12px]Before you even think of getting your little spot on the web, what should you be sure of, know and be aware of. What are the things that will make...
Google Hires Creator Of Vim
Last post on Mar 27, 2006, 05:02:41 pm
Bram Moolenaar, creator of the text editor Vim, or Vi improved, will begin working with Google in the company's Zurich offices. To read the full article click here...
60 Minutes Previews Deal With Yahoo
Last post on Mar 27, 2006, 04:57:50 pm
60 Minutes announced a preview of its new arrangement with Yahoo at the end of their Sunday broadcast. To read the full article click here...
CNN Resets Its Home Page
Last post on Mar 27, 2006, 04:57:00 pm
Several changes on CNN's website embrace a look and feel that puts a lot of emphasis on above-the-fold navigation and presentation options. To read the full article click...
Google's New Look Through Javascript
Last post on Mar 27, 2006, 04:56:10 pm
ZDNet's "Googling Google" blogger Garett Rogers found a Javascript trick that unveils the occasionally glimpsed new look of Google's search results to Firefox users. To read the full...
Games Are Fun For All The Family
Last post on Mar 27, 2006, 04:54:28 pm
Yo, old dude! To read the full article click here...
It's Official: US Ad Spending Is Up
Last post on Mar 27, 2006, 04:53:37 pm
It is now unanimous. 2005 was a very good year for US ad spending, and particularly good for online, Spanish-language and cable advertising. To read the full article...
Podcasting: What's In a Name?
Last post on Mar 26, 2006, 11:07:22 pm
A mini brouhaha has erupted over a report from Bridge Data that "reveals" most people who retrieve podcasts don't transfer them to their portable digital media devices. To...
YPN adds message center & more to account interface
Last post on Mar 26, 2006, 10:00:38 pm
Yahoo! Publisher Network has just completed a three hour maintenance session and there are some new features that have been added for publishers. First, a new messaging system has been...
ClickOnce: Bringing Ease and Reliability to Smart Client Deployment
Last post on Mar 26, 2006, 09:57:51 pm
Who said client deployment has to be difficult? The ClickOnce technologies baked into Visual Studio 2005 and .NET Framework 2.0 make distributing your application either online or offline much easier....
Google Finance or Google Portal?
Last post on Mar 25, 2006, 11:07:38 pm
Is Google Finance evidence of a Google Portal master plan? I think not. Google's strategy is focused on creating pageviews in any way possible to satisfy a huge demand for...
Office Launches 2006, Ballmer Can?t Dance
Last post on Mar 25, 2006, 12:13:50 pm
Though Microsoft Vista nor Office 2007 will available for consumer purchase until next year, the Redmond-based software giant did confirm that business customers would not have to wait that long....
Google Local, Meet Google Ads
Last post on Mar 25, 2006, 12:13:00 pm
The beta test of placing CPC ads on Google Local maps based on a business search has started showing up online for some users. To read the full...
Red America Blogger Quits The Post
Last post on Mar 25, 2006, 12:12:03 pm
The Washington Post has had its share of blog woes now, first by shutting down the ability to comment on their blog, then the revelation that 'Red America' blogger Ben...
PayPal?s ?Text To Buy? Flies Early
Last post on Mar 25, 2006, 11:26:33 am
EBay's online payment service PayPal is gearing up to offer mobile phone payments via text messaging. Recently surpassing 100 million users, PayPal's impending service was apparently outed by the blogosphere...
Flash Facing IE Popups Over Eolas
Last post on Mar 24, 2006, 11:09:15 pm
Due to Microsoft's patent fight with Eolas Technologies, Microsoft has an update planned for Internet Explorer that may hinder the way Flash content appears in IE browsers visiting certain websites....
Problems Sprout For Nature Over Wikipedia
Last post on Mar 24, 2006, 11:07:55 pm
The Encyclopedia Brittanica has expressed its extreme displeasure with the Nature science journal over its comparison of Britannica to Wikipedia. To read the full article click here...
Blogs Make You Immortal or Infamous
Last post on Mar 24, 2006, 11:07:10 pm
Writing is the surest way to become immortal. At least it was, until Writing married Google and their children grew up blogging. Immortality is now open to the public, but...
Yet Another Microsoft Killer Debuts
Last post on Mar 24, 2006, 04:54:04 pm
AjaxWrite offers a functional word processor compatible with Microsoft Word documents, and even exports documents into PDF. To read the full article click here...
The Best Mac OS Is Ubuntu
Last post on Mar 24, 2006, 04:48:38 pm
Not many people expected the "replace your proprietary OS with Linux" movement to strike a blow against the engineers in Cupertino instead of Redmond, but that is just what one...
Microsoft Pulls On The Reorg Boots
Last post on Mar 24, 2006, 04:47:21 pm
The company's Platform and Services Division (PSD) has been reorganized into an eight-headed organization aimed at aligning "Windows and MSN assets with Microsoft's overall Live strategy." To read...
Google Gets Indexed By SandP
Last post on Mar 24, 2006, 04:46:40 pm
On March 31, Google will become part of the Standard and Poor's 500 index of US-based companies, a move that had been anticipated ever since the company's IPO took place....
CoffeeCup Drinks Print Ads On Google's Tab
Last post on Mar 24, 2006, 04:45:58 pm
The search advertising company's attempt at auctioning off space in a number of magazines largely failed to deliver significant returns to Google. To read the full article click...
Government Backs Apple Against The French
Last post on Mar 24, 2006, 04:45:20 pm
US Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez made it known that the government supports Apple's contention that forcing it to open its DRM scheme, Fairplay, will promote widespread privacy. To...
E-Mail Marketing: Best Practice not Practiced?
Last post on Mar 24, 2006, 04:44:39 pm
The tactics for ensuring efficient e-mail marketing are well known but not well followed To read the full article click here...
Advertising in The Great Outdoors
Last post on Mar 24, 2006, 04:43:54 pm
An "old" medium shows new life as billboard advertising posts solid gains in 2005. To read the full article click here...
Programming Serial Ports Using Visual Basic 2005
Last post on Mar 24, 2006, 12:12:51 pm
While serial port programming was absent in .NET version 1.1, Visual Basic developers who grew accustomed to the MSCOMM control in VB6 will be glad to know that this functionality...
Bush Recommends Blogs
Last post on Mar 23, 2006, 11:09:09 pm
Dropping in on Wheeling, West Virginia yesterday to rally support for the Iraqi War, President Bush also dropped a word that maybe even surprised himself: blogs. The armchair warriors at...
Ipwalk Distributes Uptime Monitoring
Last post on Mar 23, 2006, 11:08:23 pm
Through the use of a free client download from Ipwalk, users can enable realtime monitoring of their website's uptime and any other user can check that status online. ...
B-Ball Fans Fast Break To Madness Sites
Last post on Mar 23, 2006, 11:07:45 pm
Thanks to CBS' decision to broadcast games via the Web, nearly 10 million people flocked to sports-related websites on the first day of March Madness, the NCAA men's college basketball...
60 Minutes To Yahoo Media
Last post on Mar 23, 2006, 11:07:06 pm
The venerable CBS news show celebrated Mike Wallace's departure by inking a deal to place expanded content from "60 Minutes" on Yahoo after the broadcast. To read the...
March Madness Bounces Online
Last post on Mar 23, 2006, 03:24:12 pm
Let the games begin, online and at work! To read the full article click here...
The New MTV
Last post on Mar 23, 2006, 03:23:13 pm
Some call it the third screen. Some call it the small screen. Others simply call it mobile television (MTV). But everyone agrees, it represents a huge opportunity. To...
Post Blogger Stirs Up Moonbats
Last post on Mar 23, 2006, 03:22:10 pm
Everybody's spittin' mad over at WashingtonPost.com over the launch of a conservative blog called (what else?) Red America, hosted by prominent political blogger Ben Domenech, who runs his own blog...
More MSN Management Mayhem
Last post on Mar 23, 2006, 03:21:09 pm
After rumors of David Cole's dismissal from Redmond proved correct, another Microsoftie contended for and lost the competition for Cole's position as head of MSN Global. To read...
Claria Ditching Adware When AdCenter Debuts
Last post on Mar 23, 2006, 03:20:06 pm
News of Claria's move could build on reports of a Microsoft trademark application for a name similar to that of a technology owned by Claria may mean the Microsoft/Claria takeover...
PayPal Mobilizes Money By Phone
Last post on Mar 23, 2006, 03:19:16 pm
With a PayPal account, users can send and receive payments from their using text messaging from their mobile phones. To read the full article click here...
ESPN, Orbitz Team On Sports Travel
Last post on Mar 23, 2006, 03:18:32 pm
The worldwide sports leader and the online travel site have a website in development that will literally make it easier to follow a favorite team around during the season. ...
Dell Abducts Alienware
Last post on Mar 23, 2006, 03:17:43 pm
The Texas-based computer maker not only has a hot brand with appeal to big-spending hardcore gamers, but a line of products with AMD processors instead of the Intel chipsets that...
Google Base Boxes With Search
Last post on Mar 23, 2006, 03:16:54 pm
Google Base gets the latest push with Google adding a search box to certain results where users can easily search within the SERPs they just retrieved. To read...
Google Base Seen in General Search Results
Last post on Mar 23, 2006, 03:16:10 pm
Results drawn from Google Base have started to appear in search results drawn for certain keywords. To read the full article click here...
Speed Up Your SQL Inserts
Last post on Mar 23, 2006, 10:39:21 am
Traditionally, database performance has been represented by the speed of data retrieval, but that is not always the case. In some situations, database performance relies on the speed of data...
Finding a SQL Server Object
Last post on Mar 23, 2006, 10:38:15 am
Use this code to find a SQL Server object, even if the database name is unknown. To read the full article click here...
Retrieve Records from a Supplied SQL Statement
Last post on Mar 23, 2006, 10:37:18 am
Learn how to retrieve records from a supplied SQL statement. To read the full article click here...
AdSense launches new AdSense Help Group
Last post on Mar 23, 2006, 10:36:26 am
AdSense has finally announced their new AdSense Help Group at Google Groups. It is a community driven help forum, with an AdSense representative also posting helpful advice and answers for...
Run Tomcat with a Security Manager
Last post on Mar 23, 2006, 10:36:11 am
Find out how to run Tomcat with a Security Manager. To read the full article click here...
Comparing XML Documents with Oracle's XDK 10g for Java
Last post on Mar 23, 2006, 10:35:12 am
Using Oracle's XDK 10g, you can reduce the process of comparing XML documents to a simple set of library calls that let you determine if the documents are the same,...
Using Ink on the Web
Last post on Mar 23, 2006, 10:34:05 am
One of the more interesting and challenging places to use Ink is in Web applications. But how can this technology, which is dependent on the physical relationship between the stylus,...
eBay Extends RSS Syndication To Search
Last post on Mar 22, 2006, 11:09:07 pm
Though eBay has maintained RSS feeds for its Stores, official announcements, and discussion boards, users really wanted to see them create RSS feeds for search terms. To read...
KinderStart And Google Differ On Opinion
Last post on Mar 22, 2006, 11:08:27 pm
Attorney Greg Yu characterized PageRank as "not a mere statement of opinion" due to the nature of how Google's algorithm calculates PageRank. To read the full article click...
Beware the Snapshot!
Last post on Mar 22, 2006, 11:07:40 pm
A 10% drop over last month! The sky is falling! Well.maybe not. To read the full article click here...
The Wi-Fi Net Widens
Last post on Mar 22, 2006, 11:07:01 pm
They're coming! To read the full article click here...
No Consumer Vista Seen For 2006
Last post on Mar 22, 2006, 03:15:49 pm
While business users will have Microsoft's new Vista operating system available in November 2006, the company will miss this year's lucrative holiday shopping season as its consumer version of Vista...
Yahoo Sings Praises Of Messenger With Voice
Last post on Mar 22, 2006, 03:14:58 pm
The portal company launched version 7.5 of its Yahoo Messenger with Voice client along with pricing aimed at undercutting eBay-owned rival Skype. To read the full article click...
Google Shares Reader, Globalizes Desktop
Last post on Mar 22, 2006, 03:14:04 pm
A pair of Google's products recently received tweaks to make them more useful to their users, with the ability to share lists from Google Reader, and enterprise and new language...
Telecoms Better Keep An Eye On The Big Easy
Last post on Mar 22, 2006, 09:38:01 am
New Orleans has inadvertently become a test case for the efficacy of WiFi and VoIP. Still trying to rebuild itself in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans businesses are...
King Content Takes Queen Interactivity
Last post on Mar 22, 2006, 09:37:18 am
Content, content, content is the mantra that has been driving Web designers for quite some time. The importance of content hasn't waned - no, not in the slightest - but...
Blue Hen Breaks Facebook Policy
Last post on Mar 22, 2006, 09:36:36 am
Users of the popular Facebook college and high school networking site may not create accounts under fake names, and a reporter with the University of Delaware Review caught one school...
Ebay Is For Selling Stuff, Not People
Last post on Mar 22, 2006, 09:35:50 am
For the last time, people, you can't auction off just anything on eBay - for example, yourself and your kids. Can't. Can't can't can't. If you'd like to auction yourself...
Google Prompts MBD Speculation
Last post on Mar 22, 2006, 09:35:06 am
What is MBD? Why is it in Google's robots.txt file? Who reads Google's robots.txt file enough to notice this? Where can you find the answer? To read the...
French Approve Invasion Of Apple DRM
Last post on Mar 22, 2006, 09:34:21 am
Lawmakers in France characterize the passage of an online copyright draft bill by the National Assembly as one that will permit customers to download songs from other music stores to...
FBI Agents Doing Without Email
Last post on Mar 21, 2006, 04:18:38 pm
In New York, the 2,000 employees of the Federal Bureau of Investigation won't all have dot-gov email addresses until the end of 2006. To read the full article...
Editorial Exploits Erupt, Envelop Engadget
Last post on Mar 21, 2006, 04:17:57 pm
The popular Engadget blog, considered the focal point of AOL's $25 million purchase of Weblogs Inc in 2005, has been caught doctoring another site's images and failing to properly attribute...
Google Updates AdWords Keyword Tool
Last post on Mar 21, 2006, 04:17:11 pm
A recent update to the Keyword Tool in AdWords allows advertisers to view additional information about keywords the client may wish to select for a campaign. To read...
Google Hires Fortunate Son
Last post on Mar 21, 2006, 04:16:27 pm
The honeymoon's over when you have to plant somebody in D.C. on your behalf. As dewy-eyed and dreamy as Google seemed in the beginning, the search giant learned how to...
Digital Culture Prepares Young Minds
Last post on Mar 21, 2006, 04:15:40 pm
Now, Johnny, be a good boy and keep playing on your computer. To read the full article click here...
Search Marketing: What's the Problem?
Last post on Mar 21, 2006, 04:14:56 pm
The media spotlight that shines so brightly on Google may be blinding many observers to problems that lie ahead for search marketing. To read the full article click...
More Enhancements in Java SE 6 (Mustang)
Last post on Mar 21, 2006, 02:08:36 pm
Learn about some often-requested features that will be a hit with Mustang programmers: setting file and directory permissions, obtaining disk space, adding components to tabbed pane tabs, as well as...
Using the Desktop API in Java SE 6 (Mustang)
Last post on Mar 21, 2006, 02:07:36 pm
Learn about Mustang's new Desktop API, which allows Java applications to interact with the default applications associated with specific file types on the host platform. To read the...
The Basics of GlassFish
Last post on Mar 21, 2006, 02:06:38 pm
Learn the basics of GlassFish -- what it is, why it's important, and how to get involved. To read the full article click here...
Character Conversions from Browser to Database
Last post on Mar 21, 2006, 02:05:32 pm
Character data can go through multiple transformations as it travels from browser to database. This article describes how to avoid character data loss in the front, middle, and back end...
Developing Web Services Using JAX-WS
Last post on Mar 21, 2006, 02:04:36 pm
Read this Tech Tip by Manisha Umbarje and see how JAX-WS simplifies building and using a web service. To read the full article click here...
Book Review: POJOs in Action
Last post on Mar 21, 2006, 02:03:33 pm
Plain Old Java Objects (POJOs) are an attractive new way to design enterprise Java applications. Manning's new POJOs in Action shows you how to organize and encapsulate domain logic, access...
Introduction to the Java EE 5 Platform
Last post on Mar 21, 2006, 02:02:36 pm
Read about streamlined features and added convenience in the Java EE 5 platform that help developers improve performance, reduce development time, and get products to market sooner. To...
Web Tier to Go With Java EE 5: Summary of New Features in Java Standard Tag Library (JSTL) 1.2
Last post on Mar 21, 2006, 02:01:42 pm
This second article in the series provides an overview of how JSTL 1.2, part of the Java EE 5 platform, contributes to the alignment of the JavaServer Pages and JavaServer...
Web Tier to Go With Java EE 5: Summary of New Features in JavaServer Faces 1.2 Technology
Last post on Mar 21, 2006, 02:00:43 pm
Part 2 of the Java EE 5 platform series discusses new ease-of-use features in JavaServer Faces 1.2 technology, including alignment with JSP software, improved state-saving behavior, the ability to turn...
Meet Kohsuke Kawaguchi, Staff Engineer and XML Schema Developer at Sun Microsystems
Last post on Mar 21, 2006, 01:59:42 pm
Kohsuke Kawaguchi discusses his work with XML schema languages, the cultural differences between Japan and the United States, the transition from C++ to the Java language, and more. ...
Meet Kelly O'Hair, Senior Staff Engineer at Sun Microsystems
Last post on Mar 21, 2006, 01:58:31 pm
Sun senior staff engineer Kelly O'Hair discusses his work improving the JDK builds, his process as a developer, and the challenges of writing software. To read the full...
Web Tier to Go With Java EE 5: Summary of New Features in JSP 2.1 Technology
Last post on Mar 21, 2006, 01:57:34 pm
This article outlines new features in JSP 2.1 technology in the Java EE 5 platform and discusses how version 2.1 has resolved the software's former incompatibility with JavaServer Faces technology....
Seeing Shouldn't Be Believing: Solving Java Puzzlers With Google's Joshua Bloch
Last post on Mar 21, 2006, 01:56:30 pm
Joshua Bloch, chief Java architect at Google, explores the mysteries of Java puzzlers and optical illusions. To read the full article click here...
How to Write a Helpful Bug Report
Last post on Mar 21, 2006, 01:55:37 pm
Learn how to file a bug report that will help Sun engineers focus their investigation and fix bugs more quickly. To read the full article click here...
Understanding JDIC File-Type Associations
Last post on Mar 21, 2006, 01:54:39 pm
OS-specific tasks, JDIC's AssociationService, Association, and Action classes can now let you add or remove file-type associations in your Java technology applications. To read the full article click...
Meet Arun Gupta, Staff Engineer on Sun's Web Technologies and Standards Team
Last post on Mar 21, 2006, 01:53:40 pm
Arun Gupta discusses programming in India and the United States, the challenges of software development, Java APIs for XML Web Services Addressing (JAX-WSA), and efforts to get Sun Microsystems and...
Jerry Maguire To Visit Yahoo!
Last post on Mar 21, 2006, 09:09:09 am
Everybody's favorite expert on "the history of psychology," chemical imbalances, and couch surfing, Tom Cruise is slated to appear at the Yahoo! campus tomorrow as part of the company's "Influential...
Blogger Silent On Massage Cream Incident
Last post on Mar 21, 2006, 09:07:34 am
Western media is getting the silent treatment from Chinese blogger Wang Xiofeng, the creator of an apparent hoax and state media true-believer, because he doesn't believe his words will be...
Microsoft Sues eBay Software Pirates
Last post on Mar 21, 2006, 09:06:05 am
Eight people in eight different states are being sued by Microsoft for allegedly selling pirated software on eBay. The software giant says it is hoping to send a strong message...
College Acceptance Podcasts Through iTunes
Last post on Mar 21, 2006, 09:04:48 am
File this one under "maybe a little too soon": a Massachusetts college plans to email students it accepts for admission a link to an acceptance podcast on iTunes. ...
EFF Calls For DMCA Reform Support
Last post on Mar 21, 2006, 09:03:35 am
A bill before the House would reform the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, and ensure protections long enjoyed by consumers for lawfully using digital content continue to exist. To...
Yahoo! Your Town In The News
Last post on Mar 20, 2006, 09:09:49 pm
The newest beta from Yahoo News allows its multitude of users to select their cities and see a module of local headlines appear on the main Yahoo News page. ...
Family and Porn Groups Team Up To Kill Bill
Last post on Mar 20, 2006, 09:08:47 pm
When the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) lacked the fortitude to withstand the flurry of protestations against the proposed .xxx domain for pornographic websites, two U.S. Senators...
KinderStart Lawsuit Googles Up Opinions
Last post on Mar 20, 2006, 09:07:38 pm
As one lawsuit ends, Google finds another one cropping up in the wake of its victory over the Department of Justice; plenty of opinions have followed the news of the...
Nintendo Plays Mind Games With Old Folks
Last post on Mar 20, 2006, 06:09:47 pm
Like Rock N Roll in its infancy, video games have drawn traditionalist ire as the societal ruin de jour. The more progressive of us, however, have noted that any exercise...
Nike And Google Kickoff Joga
Last post on Mar 20, 2006, 04:26:21 pm
A soccer-focused community website based on Google's invite-only Orkut service recently launched in advance of this year's Wolrd Cup. To read the full article click here...
PodZinger Debuts Video Podcast Search
Last post on Mar 20, 2006, 04:16:16 pm
The podcast search engine just added video podcast search to its existing full-text podcast search service online. To read the full article click here...
Online Music: Sounds Good
Last post on Mar 20, 2006, 04:15:38 pm
Drum roll, please. To read the full article click here...
Men and Cars: Inseparable Online Too
Last post on Mar 20, 2006, 04:15:00 pm
Click, click, vroom! To read the full article click here...
Determine Your Java Software's Performance Capacity During Development
Last post on Mar 20, 2006, 01:55:27 pm
Learn how to analyze load test data and calculate the performance capacity of your enterprise Java applications during development. To read the full article click here...
Avoid Conflict when Using Dates
Last post on Mar 20, 2006, 01:54:27 pm
Using a Date class with both java.util and java.sql running can create conflict. Learn how to avoid this. To read the full article click here...
Everybody's got a story... what's your AdSense story?
Last post on Mar 20, 2006, 01:54:18 pm
Once again, AdSense is looking for feedback from their publishers, this time they want to know how AdSense has impacted your life. They are asking publishers to submit the following:...
Take Charge of Desktop Integration with Java SE 6
Last post on Mar 20, 2006, 01:53:32 pm
With the release of the Java Standard Edition 6.0 Beta, Java developers no longer need to contend with clamp-on solutions or Java Native Interface (JNI) to make their applications interact...
Isuzu Commercial Truck of America Selects Rackspace for Managed Hosting Services
Last post on Mar 20, 2006, 01:52:45 pm
Rackspace Managed Hosting, a leading global provider of managed hosting services, today announced the signing of a hosting agreement with Isuzu Commercial Truck of America, one of the world's largest...
Ink Recognition and Ink Analysis
Last post on Mar 20, 2006, 01:52:12 pm
Digital Ink is only a collection of lines rendered on the screen, but with Ink recognition and analysis, you can turn it into meaningful information such as text,  drawings, gestures,...
St. Patrick's Day themed ads from AdSense
Last post on Mar 20, 2006, 01:51:42 pm
New St. Patricks Day themed ads have arrived from AdSense. The ads keep the borderless style if you have seemlessly integrated them with your background (if you use borders, they...
An Incremental Search in the .NET IDE
Last post on Mar 20, 2006, 01:51:01 pm
Learn about this simple method to perform incremental searches in the .NET IDE. To read the full article click here...
RackForce Launches New Windows-Based Virtual Private Server
Last post on Mar 20, 2006, 01:50:30 pm
RackForce Hosting Inc., has officially announced the launch of its new Virtual Private Server based on Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2. RackForce is an early...
How To Control Robots (and Other Devices) with Your Voice
Last post on Mar 20, 2006, 01:49:58 pm
Learn how to build speech recognition applications that let you control devices using voice commands. This article shows how you can control a robot's movement with spoken commands. ...
HostRocket and ViaTalk Contributions Total More Than $60,000 For Student Organization
Last post on Mar 20, 2006, 01:49:22 pm
For the third year in a year, HostRocket.Com, Inc has stepped up to the plate and sponsored the US FIRST robotics team at Shenendehowa High School with a $20,000 cash...
Using the Enterprise Library Data Access Block for .NET 2.0
Last post on Mar 20, 2006, 01:49:03 pm
Writing database-access code is a repetitious and time-consuming task, but now that it's available as a reusable Enterprise Data Access Application Block, you'll never have to write such code again....
Top 10 Annotations and Remarks about the Wonderful and Powerful New Features in ASP.NET 2.0
Last post on Mar 20, 2006, 01:48:07 pm
This article discusses 10 features of ASP.NET 2.0 from a real-world perspective. It is not a core reference of classes and methods, but a user's guide with suggestions and trade-offs....
Family Feuds On The Internet
Last post on Mar 20, 2006, 01:34:46 pm
The eternal struggle between parents and offspring over keeping a bedroom clean moved online, where Dad embarrassed Daughter and Daughter took revenge on Dad. To read the full...
Tired: Sharing; New Hotness: Privacy
Last post on Mar 20, 2006, 12:42:29 pm
From del.icio.us to Google, the concept of sharing even the most detached information one generates willingly or unwillingly has far less appeal than the concept of privacy. To...
Judge Stiffarms DoJ In Google Case
Last post on Mar 18, 2006, 05:42:27 pm
What began as a quest for virtually unfettered access to Google's database of search information by the Department of Justice has ended with a judge's decision that the DoJ receive...
KinderStart Sues Google Over PageRank
Last post on Mar 18, 2006, 05:41:50 pm
KinderStart filed suit yesterday in U.S. District Court in San Jose alleging that Google improperly "blacklisted" its website. To read the full article click here...
Qmail is up, now what?
Last post on Mar 18, 2006, 04:43:04 pm
This is a small tutorial on how you can add domains and users to your qmail mail server. First you should change dir to the bin of qmail. If...
Is There A Right Way To Build Blog Traffic?
Last post on Mar 18, 2006, 10:14:19 am
For every purist blogger yearning to speak free, there is another opportunist blogger yearning cash in. Weblogs share certain valuable properties with Websites, but even if you can get two...
AdWords Starter Hints At Local Focus
Last post on Mar 18, 2006, 10:13:32 am
The AdWords team has created a simplified version of the advertising service called AdWords Starter Edition aimed at its newest users who wish to create a single campaign easily; this...
Now Google Says The FCC Doesn't Suck
Last post on Mar 18, 2006, 10:12:52 am
Andrew McLaughlin, senior policy counsel with everyone's favorite search advertising company, claims he was horribly misquoted by a Light Reading reporter who gave lots of writers a great headline. ...
Google Me, I?m Irish
Last post on Mar 17, 2006, 09:07:31 pm
Welcome to the party! The Irish are known for a few things - whisky, odd Irish luck, fierce warriors, and poetry. "Stereotypes!" says my Irish friend Martin. Maybe. But St....
Alibaba Makes $750 Millions Vanish
Last post on Mar 17, 2006, 09:06:56 pm
The owner of Yahoo China spent three-fourths of the $1 billion it received from Yahoo last summer on research and development and other projects. To read the full...
Drive traffic to your site with free article content
Last post on Mar 17, 2006, 04:12:27 pm
This is a copy - paste aricle so don't give credit back to me :) Content is king! Long live the king! Website owners, ezine publishers and bloggers are...
Online Content Sales Top $2 Billion
Last post on Mar 17, 2006, 03:48:29 pm
There is no doubt about it, "product" is moving over the Internet. To read the full article click here...
E-Mail Marketing: Better in Canada?
Last post on Mar 17, 2006, 03:47:45 pm
A new survey implies that e-mail marketing is the way to go in Canada. To read the full article click here...
Japanese Cyber Suicide Nearly Doubles
Last post on Mar 17, 2006, 02:31:25 pm
It's not so much suicide that's causing alarm in Japan - death by one's own hand is woven into the nation's fabric - it's who's committing it and how. Just...
The Sims Chosen To Teach Computer Science
Last post on Mar 17, 2006, 02:30:09 pm
Carnegie Mellon University has teamed up with video game company Electronic Arts (EA) in an attempt to reinvigorate computer science education. As part of the collaboration, EA will provide "The...
Google Mows Down Snodgrass In Court
Last post on Mar 17, 2006, 02:29:19 pm
A federal judge in Philadelphia tossed out copyright infringement lawsuit filed against Google, where the plaintiff claimed the search engine's archive of his Usenet posts constituted republication. To...
Rogers: Google Should Track Your Eyeballs
Last post on Mar 17, 2006, 02:28:32 pm
ZDNet Google blogger Garett Rogers has suggested an upgrade to Google Analytics, where Google tracks your eye movements by following your mouse around the screen. To read the...
Zawodny Wants Delicious Yahoos
Last post on Mar 17, 2006, 02:27:40 pm
Yahoo blogger Jeremy Zawodny has put out the call on Yahoo's Search Blog for talented people to fill openings for three types of job roles supporting Delicious and other Yahoo...
The Sun Also Rises On MySpace
Last post on Mar 17, 2006, 02:26:55 pm
News Corp's British tabloid The Sun will offer various online services like blogging and media sharing through a "MySun" portal powered by MySpace. To read the full article...
Read the Freakin' Blogosphere
Last post on Mar 17, 2006, 02:26:00 pm
Change or die. We hear the phrase all the time. In fact we hear the expression so often that it's become a drumbeat cliche. Still the change or die mantra...
Google, AOL Need More Time To Consummate
Last post on Mar 17, 2006, 02:25:08 pm
The billion-dollar investment Google will make with AOL has proved complex enough to require Google to move the anticipated completion date for the deal to the second quarter of '06....
Things newbies need to know
Last post on Mar 17, 2006, 06:57:22 am
By Richard Lowe Be Cautious - Be cautious about anything you read on the web, in an email or on a newsgroup. There are so many scams and...
The Laptop Is Not Enough
Last post on Mar 16, 2006, 09:24:20 pm
It wasn't so much that we loved James Bond. We wanted to be James Bond. He had some serious gadgetry, and unlike fellow gadget-chucking hero Batman, 007's suave style of...
AOL May Digg New Netscape Format
Last post on Mar 16, 2006, 09:23:38 pm
After tossing out a number of Netscape staffers, AOL could relaunch the site as a user-generated content destination built like the popular tech news website Digg.com. To read...
Gaming Sites, Great; PR Sites, No
Last post on Mar 16, 2006, 09:23:01 pm
Public relations, an industry of professional communicators, not only scored at the bottom of all categories in the "Internet Standards Assessment Report," but also apparently could not copywrite an effective...
LaLa.com: For Karmic Music Lovers
Last post on Mar 16, 2006, 09:22:20 pm
"Respect the artists and Karma will be on your side," waxes Bill Nguyen at LaLa.com. Those ten words become the yang to the Recording Industry Association of America's yin. Nguyen...
New Bill A Specter Over Tech Jobs
Last post on Mar 16, 2006, 09:21:34 pm
The Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act Of 2006 submitted by Senator Arlen Specter will be the "final nail in the coffin" for US technology job seekers, with plenty of loopholes for...
Microsoft Pushing Hard In Business Market
Last post on Mar 16, 2006, 05:28:03 pm
An aggressive push by Microsoft with its Dynamics products has seen it grow its placement of CRM seat licenses in the enterprise and unveiled a few initiatives aimed at the...
Two-Thirds of US Web Users Now On Broadband
Last post on Mar 16, 2006, 05:27:24 pm
A recent Comcast television commercial for its broadband services shows two turtles discussing the attributes of dial-up. These creatures may soon be the only non-broadband users left. To...
Tax Time Online
Last post on Mar 16, 2006, 05:26:41 pm
IRS.gov is busier than ever. To read the full article click here...
Yahoo UK Users Receive New Mail Beta
Last post on Mar 16, 2006, 02:14:12 pm
The vaunted Yahoo Mail update has been rolled out to its UK users as part of a wider beta test of the service's new functionality. To read the...
PodTech Podcast Content Now Includes Cash
Last post on Mar 16, 2006, 02:13:32 pm
Two venture capital firms invested $5.5 million in PodTech.net, a small firm known on the West Coast for its technology-based podcasts; the move could outline a business model for other...
Hands Off My Search Data!
Last post on Mar 16, 2006, 09:51:58 am
Government attempts to gain access to the data on the search activity of millions of individuals unsurprisingly meets with continued oppoistion. To read the full article click here...
The Essentials of Font Philosophy
Last post on Mar 16, 2006, 09:28:08 am
I'm prejudiced against certain fonts. Like others, I'm a product of my environment; I was raised to believe that fonts with tails were superior to fonts without. Serifs (the little...
Company Debuts ?Attention Banking?
Last post on Mar 16, 2006, 09:27:24 am
Often when consumers buy online, vendors take a snapshot of the customer's browsing data so they serve up contextual advertising based on user habits. A company called ROOT Markets thinks...
Battelle's FM Tunes Into VC Funding
Last post on Mar 16, 2006, 09:26:45 am
Author of "The Search" and BoingBoing.net "band manager" John Battelle's Federated Media scooped up its first round of venture capital funding. To read the full article click here...
NY Politicians Bought With AdWords
Last post on Mar 16, 2006, 09:26:06 am
To better get the message out about the performance of members of the New York State Legislature, a political policy institute purchased ads through Google AdWords to publicize the grades...
NewRoo New To News Corp
Last post on Mar 15, 2006, 10:04:44 pm
The Fox Interactive division of News Corp picked up NewRoo.com for between $5 million and $10 million, edging Yahoo aside to buy the 3-person startup. To read the...
Xoogler Unearths Old Google Top Ten
Last post on Mar 15, 2006, 10:04:05 pm
Doug Edwards was the man behind the creation of a five-year old Google document called "10 things Google has found to be true" and referenced that in response to Danny...
Nothing New For IBM
Last post on Mar 15, 2006, 10:03:28 pm
Big Blue's executive VP for innovation and technology does not think a "next big thing" will be coming around the corner ever again. To read the full article...
Origami Folds Up The Tablet PC
Last post on Mar 15, 2006, 10:02:51 pm
Microsoft's most recent venture into hardware has the company issuing a series of requirements to big Asian manufacturers for developing the device. To read the full article click...
AOL In2TV Begins Its Broadcast Day
Last post on Mar 15, 2006, 10:02:13 pm
Warner Bros and AOL officially opened up In2TV, and have a variety of classic programming available to their online viewers. To read the full article click here...
More News Is Bad News
Last post on Mar 15, 2006, 10:00:54 pm
News or regurgitation? To read the full article click here...
Craiglist's New Clothes
Last post on Mar 15, 2006, 04:48:07 pm
While Knight Ridder received a financial makeover with its acquisition by McClatchy, the site blamed frequently for the demise of classified ad revenue took on a new look at the...
Performancing Launches Metrics Service
Last post on Mar 15, 2006, 10:24:53 am
Nick Wilson announced the debut in public beta of the Performancing Metrics service aimed at professional bloggers and their blogs. To read the full article click here...
Judge To Hand Over Some Google Info
Last post on Mar 15, 2006, 10:23:40 am
As the old song goes, Google is fighting the law and the law is winning. Though the official ruling and its extent are yet to be released, a federal judge...
The Blog Bell Tolls For Dave Winer
Last post on Mar 15, 2006, 10:23:03 am
Winer saw all that he had made, and it was very good?Weblogs and RSS and podcasts were created. By 2006, Winer had finished his work, and so he rested. ...
Techcrunch Called For Blogoviating
Last post on Mar 15, 2006, 10:22:24 am
Though it's been said that bloggers aren't held to quite the same standards as journalists, if you become a popular blogger, the crowd better see you as legit-transparency in the...
iTunes Goes Mad For March Basketball
Last post on Mar 15, 2006, 10:21:49 am
Alumni and fans alike will be able to purchase next-day access to condensed men's college basketball broadcasts from iTunes for playback on the computer or a video iPod. ...
Google Draws A Check For SketchUp
Last post on Mar 15, 2006, 10:21:12 am
The maker of 3D creation package SketchUp, @Last Software of Boulder, CO, have been acquired for an undisclosed sum by Google. To read the full article click here...
FCC Sucks, Says Google Lawyer
Last post on Mar 15, 2006, 10:20:37 am
The war of words between major content providers and the telecom companies escalated nicely during the opening of the VON conference in San Jose, drawing the federal government into the...
Zooomr: Better Mousetrap or Copycat Hype?
Last post on Mar 14, 2006, 06:45:11 pm
Currently, the Internet's better mousetrap is the photo sharing website. The success of Flickr.com, now owned by Yahoo!, is loved and lamented by users and developers alike for its usability...
Ubuntu Dapper Needs Some Tailoring
Last post on Mar 14, 2006, 06:44:34 pm
The next release of Ubuntu Linux, codenamed Dapper, needs to have some stray threads clipped, prompting the project's founder to suggest a short delay of its release date. ...
Memeorandum Expands To Cover Gossip
Last post on Mar 14, 2006, 04:16:24 pm
Readers of Memeorandum's political and technical blog news aggregators now have a third option for their viewing pleasure - the gleeful gossip grabber WeSmirch.com. To read the full...
Amazon Selling Simple Storage Service
Last post on Mar 14, 2006, 04:15:49 pm
The online retailer has added a new service for users: a low-cost virtual closet where people can put in and take out their data online, and pay for just what...
Changes At Yahoo Publishing Network
Last post on Mar 14, 2006, 04:15:12 pm
Options for adding content from Yahoo as well as contextual advertising for site publishers in its network recently became available to Yahoo Publisher Network users; and they are expanding the...
Turning On, Tuning Out
Last post on Mar 14, 2006, 04:14:34 pm
Bruce Springsteen sang it years ago, "There was fifty-seven channels and nothin' on." To read the full article click here...
The Online Fear Factor
Last post on Mar 14, 2006, 04:13:59 pm
Phishing and keylogging and fraud. Oh, my! To read the full article click here...
Does anyone knows Listible?
Last post on Mar 14, 2006, 01:17:11 pm
Is this site something like digg? Does anyone here ever used it before? http://www.listible.com/...
France Declares War On iTunes
Last post on Mar 14, 2006, 10:04:47 am
Apple has made a tidy profit on its iPod music player, the only device that can accept music downloads directly from iTunes; the French government wants iTunes to be able...
SixApart Acquires Splashblog
Last post on Mar 14, 2006, 09:53:13 am
The Six Apart logo recently appeared on the SplashBlog website signifying a quiet acquisition (no announcement seems to have been made) of the mobile photoblogging company. The deal may be...
Listible.com Is Irrelistible
Last post on Mar 14, 2006, 09:52:33 am
For the Type A Capricorn, making a list is what fooling around under the bleachers is to Type Z Sagittarius-ecstasy of the highest unadulterated order. On the Top 10 List...
Windows Live Video, Answers On Tap
Last post on Mar 14, 2006, 09:51:22 am
A couple of new services associated with Microsoft's Windows Live online platform offer competition to Google Video and Yahoo Answers. To read the full article click here...
Brain Typing And Super-Smart Lasers
Last post on Mar 13, 2006, 09:12:56 pm
We don't have flying cars, food replicators, or matter transporters yet, but science has moved to a point where lasers can identify the chemical makeup of compounds and computers can...
Cuban Man Hunger Strikes For Internet Access
Last post on Mar 13, 2006, 09:12:18 pm
There'll be no puns here for the subject of this article-no "hunger for this" or "dying for that"-puns, a lower form of humor they say, would denigrate the tribulation of...
WebTrends Aims For Relationship Marketing
Last post on Mar 13, 2006, 09:11:39 pm
The WebTrends Marketing Lab continues the genesis of analytics in shifting the focus from broadly-aimed campaigns based on general website usage to a more discrete relationship based on the specifics...
Microsoft Promoting Products With On10.net
Last post on Mar 13, 2006, 09:10:58 pm
The On10.net website launched its first longer video today as Microsoft begins its efforts at viral marketing through the eyes of a camera. To read the full article...
Kids Virtually Visit Open Heart Surgery
Last post on Mar 13, 2006, 09:10:20 pm
High school students from Ohio and Michigan watched an open heart surgery procedure as part of an interactive videoconference. To read the full article click here...
DOJ, Google Battle In Court Tuesday
Last post on Mar 13, 2006, 05:24:11 pm
The Department of Justice has asked the presiding judge in Gonzales v. Google to impose a 21-day deadline for Google to hand over the search records DOJ requested in August...
Mobile Game Revenues Set to Surge
Last post on Mar 13, 2006, 05:22:55 pm
According to a new study on mobile games, rising prices and growing player numbers point to a surge in revenues. To read the full article click here...
Google Goes To Mars
Last post on Mar 13, 2006, 02:53:16 pm
While Google has not reported completion of their fabled 'space elevator', they have made it easier to explore the Red Planet through a specially crafted version of Google Maps. ...
Google Selling Book Access Online
Last post on Mar 13, 2006, 02:52:37 pm
Publishers who are members of Google's Partner Program in the US and the UK can sign on to sell online-only access to material available through Google Book Search. ...
MySpace Sending Hints About Messaging
Last post on Mar 13, 2006, 02:51:51 pm
A page on MySpace.com noted the forthcoming MySpace Messenger service, which looks like a way the social networking service plans to keep its brand on its users' desktops. ...
AdSense launches AdWords referral program... but only for selected countries
Last post on Mar 13, 2006, 11:24:33 am
If you are an English-language publisher, chances are you probably would not have heard that AdSense launched a new AdWords referral program today... because it is not available most countries....
Determining how much AdSense site targeting earns you
Last post on Mar 13, 2006, 11:20:56 am
One of the mysteries of site targeting is just how much it earns you. One way is if you happen to see earnings without any associated clicks, simply impressions. But...
HostChart.com?s ?Programmer?s Challenge? Seeks a Worthy Cause
Last post on Mar 13, 2006, 11:20:38 am
HostChart is launching the ?Programmer?s Challenge? this spring that will award over $10,000 in cash and prizes to the winner. The contest will be to design and build a website...
ResellerClub is the 2nd Fastest Growing Reseller Web Host
Last post on Mar 13, 2006, 11:19:45 am
ResellerClub, one of the largest private-labeled end to end Web service providers,  announced today that it ranked 2nd among the Fastest Growing Top 10 Reseller Web Hosts Awards given out...
Passing Information Securely Between ASP and ASP.NET
Last post on Mar 13, 2006, 11:18:31 am
Many classic ASP applications exist side-by-side with newer ASP.NET applications, sometimes leading to a need to transfer or share information between the two. This article shows one method of transferring...
Google Finds Registry, Groom Finds Doghouse
Last post on Mar 11, 2006, 12:20:35 pm
If you'd like yet another way to freak out your bride before the wedding, tell her about how search engines can screw up your gift registry. Search Engine Journal's Barry...
Don't Do Evil Embraces Sun Devils
Last post on Mar 11, 2006, 12:19:56 pm
Google has established an office on the Tempe campus of Arizona State University, the latest in its development of operations in Arizona. To read the full article click...
Digg, Delicious, Blogs: All About Traffic
Last post on Mar 11, 2006, 12:19:19 pm
Through the formidable power of del.icio.us/popular and the server-crushing force of Digg, you too can take your Blog*Spot blog from the M-list to the A-list. To read the...
Google Calendar ?Long Way? Off
Last post on Mar 10, 2006, 11:09:03 pm
Screenshots of Google's forthcoming calendar application have been leaked, according to TechCrunch's Michael Arrington. There's still no word on when the application, currently in closed beta, will be released, but...
Google Rings Up Mobile Blogging
Last post on Mar 10, 2006, 09:20:00 pm
Google has been busy paving roads from the PC to the mobile phone. The most recent collaboration came from a partnership with Sony Ericsson to pre-load Google's Blogger and Web...
Mashup Friday TV Edition
Last post on Mar 10, 2006, 09:19:22 pm
Everyone has heard about The Sopranos map mashup, but it's not the only television show that has received the mashup treatment recently. To read the full article click...
M.I.T. Charged With Battery
Last post on Mar 10, 2006, 09:18:43 pm
M.I.T. just announced a battery breakthrough. Successfully scaling down technology in development over the past 40 years, the crew at M.I.T has put together what they call "the first technologically...
More Blogging From The WSJ
Last post on Mar 10, 2006, 09:18:04 pm
The Wall Street Journal's Law blog now has a sibling, with the Washington Wire blog debuting in March from the publisher. To read the full article click here...
Yahoo Displaying New Look To Users
Last post on Mar 10, 2006, 09:17:28 pm
The portal has made some changes to its look and feel available to more visitors, but only if they arrive using the Internet Explorer browser. To read the...
MapQuest Opens Up To Developers
Last post on Mar 10, 2006, 09:16:50 pm
AOL's MapQuest announced this week the beta release of mapping and routing technology available for free to Web developers. Called MapQuest OpenAPI, interested developers can win $1000 for their creative...
Google Enters Web-Office Market
Last post on Mar 10, 2006, 04:31:02 pm
jaiva writes "Google's official blog tells us that Google has acquired Writely, a collaborative word processor." From the article: "To be clear, Writely is still in beta, and it's far...
Movies Losing Popularity at Box Office
Last post on Mar 10, 2006, 04:30:24 pm
andyring writes "Without the slightest mention of piracy, the MPAA said box-office revenues declined by 8 percent last year. About 40 percent of the decline came from the U.S. Now...
Novell Returns to the SUSE Name
Last post on Mar 10, 2006, 04:29:41 pm
soren42 writes "It appears that Novell has decided to rename their enterprise desktop line SUSE, once again. According to an announcement at CeBIT, Novell will be releasing the next version...
Security Flaw Discovered in GPG
Last post on Mar 10, 2006, 04:29:02 pm
WeLikeRoy writes "A serious problem in the use of GPG to verify digital signatures has been discovered, which also affects the use of gpg in email. It is possible for...
Vonage Files Regulatory Complaint Over QoS Premium
Last post on Mar 10, 2006, 04:28:23 pm
xoip writes "A Recent CBC report says that Vonage Canada has filed a complaint with Federal Regulators over a New $10.00 per month Quality of Service Premium that Broadband Internet...
Google's New Calendar CL2
Last post on Mar 10, 2006, 04:27:47 pm
pvt_medic writes "Google is apparently working on its own calendar (CL2) program to integrate with Gmail. The closed beta is ongoing with about 200 participants - people involved are not...
No EFI Support for Vista
Last post on Mar 10, 2006, 04:27:06 pm
DietFluffy writes "Microsoft revealed today that it will not support EFI booting for Windows Vista on its launch. The news will be a shock for owners of Intel Macs who...
Next DVD Format War Still Wide Open
Last post on Mar 10, 2006, 04:26:24 pm
An anonymous reader writes "Despite the wishes of partisan players like Sony and Toshiba, many consumer electronics manufacturers are opting to support both HD-DVD and Blu-Ray discs in upcoming media...
The Near Future of Intel
Last post on Mar 10, 2006, 04:25:06 pm
wh0pper wrote to mention a Design Technica story about the near-term future of Intel. They've been getting beaten in the press pretty soundly by AMD of late, and at the...
RSS Advertising May Work Around Spam Issues
Last post on Mar 10, 2006, 04:08:33 pm
RSS? "What is that?", you ask. Really Simple Syndication was originally established as a way to distribute news updates to individuals and is now becoming a way for marketers to...
$100 Laptops Face Hurdles
Last post on Mar 10, 2006, 03:54:32 pm
M.I.T lit up the world when it announced its massively philanthropic One Laptop Per Child program (OLPC) with the aim of putting $100 laptop computers into the hands of the...
Local Search Ads: $1 Billion In 2006
Last post on Mar 10, 2006, 03:49:50 pm
The paltry $420 million spent in 2005 on local search advertising was the calm before the nine-digit storm begins this year. To read the full article click here...
Google Writes A Check To Writely
Last post on Mar 10, 2006, 03:49:15 pm
Jen Mazzon today confirmed on the Google Blog rumors of Google acquiring the online word processing service Writely.com. To read the full article click here...
Interest In Online TV Grows
Last post on Mar 10, 2006, 03:47:57 pm
An increasing number of Internet users are showing interest in viewing television content online. One research firm believes IPTV potential "solid." It also showed that Google needs to work on...
American Airlines Flies Subpoena To Google
Last post on Mar 10, 2006, 03:47:19 pm
An excerpt of a copyrighted training video that showed up on Google Video has led American to demand the identity of the uploader via a subpoena. To read...
WashTech Union Snipes At Microsoft
Last post on Mar 10, 2006, 03:46:42 pm
Invoking leaked documents and the Mini-Microsoft blog, the Washington Alliance of Technology Workers attacked Microsoft over its compensation and review policies. To read the full article click here...
Hitting The Accoona SuperTarget
Last post on Mar 10, 2006, 03:45:58 pm
A search engine developed by Accoona Corp. uses various artificial intelligence techniques to offer enhanced search results. To read the full article click here...
MSN Spaces Makes Friends Down Under
Last post on Mar 10, 2006, 03:45:20 pm
A test in Australia of social networking features for users of MSN Spaces lets users add their friends via a new module. To read the full article click...
Skype Calling On Businesses
Last post on Mar 10, 2006, 03:44:33 pm
Growing their active user base means attracting the business community, and Skype has taken a step in that direction with a new website and by Salesforce.com integrating Skype into their...
MySpace Adds Film To Music
Last post on Mar 10, 2006, 03:43:52 pm
Long known as a site for music fans as well as its heavy Internet traffic and social networking, MySpace hopes to draw filmmakers as it has bands to its domain....
Search Engine Meeting Caters To Serious Seekers (TechWeb)
Last post on Mar 10, 2006, 03:43:12 pm
TechWeb - In an uncharacteristic move, conference habitually attended by underground but influential search specialists has invited a Google executive to deliver a keynote. To read the full...
Intuit Ups Outlook, TurboTax Sales Soar (AP)
Last post on Mar 10, 2006, 03:42:31 pm
AP - Intuit Inc. predicted its quarterly profit will be better than expected, primarily because more people are buying the online version of its market-leading tax preparation software. The news...
Skype dials in to business (InfoWorld)
Last post on Mar 10, 2006, 03:41:52 pm
InfoWorld - The consumer VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) darling Skype dialed in to small-business and branch office needs Thursday with a new offering, Skype for Business. To...
Wikipedia Begins Voting On New Main Page (TechWeb)
Last post on Mar 10, 2006, 03:41:11 pm
TechWeb - The groundbreaking online encyclopedia Wikipedia asks its members to vote on a new design for its main page. To read the full article click here...
Google Acquires Writely Online Word Processing Service (TechWeb)
Last post on Mar 10, 2006, 03:40:30 pm
TechWeb - Google has acquired Writely, an online word processing service. Both companies posted the news on their corporate blogs Thursday. To read the full article click here...
Information Builders Merges Search And Business Intelligence Capabilities (TechWeb)
Last post on Mar 10, 2006, 03:36:56 pm
TechWeb - WebFocus Intelligent Search leverages the Google Search Appliance to seek out and analyze structured and unstructured data. To read the full article click here...
Two Indicted for Pirating Ryan Adams Music (AP)
Last post on Mar 10, 2006, 03:34:46 pm
AP - Two men are accused of violating copyright laws by posting music by alternative country artist Ryan Adams on a Web site before its public release, federal officials said...
Suits Stifle Effort to Shelter Kids Online (AP)
Last post on Mar 10, 2006, 03:30:37 pm
AP - It seemed like a good idea: enact a federal law to protect children from sexually explicit material on the Internet. But eight years after Congress passed the Child...
Click Fraud: How Real Is the Threat?
Last post on Mar 10, 2006, 03:29:14 pm
There's a troubling paradox for advertisers and it is one that that will only intensify as the ongoing boom in online advertising continues: as search engine marketing grows, so does...
Search Engine Expo 2006 Sees Emphasis on the Value of Metrics
Last post on Mar 10, 2006, 03:28:38 pm
More than 5,500 attendees at the Search Engine Strategies Conference &amp; Expo 2006, which concluded in New York last Thursday, were told that the search marketing business is still young...
Is Search Slowing Down?
Last post on Mar 10, 2006, 03:27:58 pm
The answer is yes. But that could be good news for advertisers and consumers. To read the full article click here...
Hardcore Non-Users Slow Internet Growth
Last post on Mar 10, 2006, 03:27:20 pm
Let's face it, not everyone is going to go online. Some non-users are going to be never-users. To read the full article click here...
Social Networks as a Marketing Channel?
Last post on Mar 10, 2006, 03:26:04 pm
A new wave of online social network innovation is upon us. In addition to online dating and Web sites where college students can hang out, this new wave is about...
Does Online Activity Affect Offline Purchases?
Last post on Mar 10, 2006, 03:24:44 pm
A new study reveals that online marketers are somewhat in the dark when it comes to discerning whether in-store customers have just walked in off the street or if they...
E-Mail Targeting: It Works!
Last post on Mar 10, 2006, 03:24:03 pm
A new report confirms that accurate targeting of e-mail marketing messages makes a significant difference. E-mails based on consumers' expressed preferences are, by definition, more relevant and therefore more likely...
Online Classifieds Fall Behind
Last post on Mar 10, 2006, 03:23:22 pm
At a recent conference in Paris, it was reported that US revenues for online classifieds were substantially below those for classified advertising in print. To read the full...
Demographic profiling used on AdSense publisher sites for site targeting
Last post on Mar 09, 2006, 09:58:27 am
Google AdWords released demographic profiling for site targeted campaigns today, meaning that AdSense publisher sites are now profiled based on a specific set of demographic criteria with data provided by...
Peak 10 to Host Metro Ethernet Web Seminar
Last post on Mar 09, 2006, 09:57:09 am
Peak 10, the Southeast's leading data center operator and managed services provider, today announced it will host an educational webinar on Metro Ethernet technology online March 21, 2006, at 11:30...
Get Your Hands on Better Multimedia Control in .NET
Last post on Mar 09, 2006, 09:55:50 am
Playing audio and video is easier in version 2 of the framework, but the basic capabilities available still leave a lot to be desired. Fortunately, the free MediaPlayer component provided...
What Google's Analyst Day Slides Said About AdSense
Last post on Mar 08, 2006, 11:25:00 am
While Google's Analyst Day seemed to go off without a hitch on March 2, 2006, word began leaking out today about some inadvertantly released notes on Google's Analyst Day powerpoint...
Build a Generic Range Class with .NET 2.0
Last post on Mar 08, 2006, 11:23:19 am
Find out how to take advantage of the generics capability introduced with .NET 2.0, which provides an elegant solution to performing range checks within your applications. To read...
TopicAds by CafePress launched today
Last post on Mar 08, 2006, 12:52:13 am
CafePress has launched their own pseudo-contextual advertising program TopicAds today, where publishers specify keywords related to their content, and TopicAds will serve relevant products from their CafePress product inventory. The...
Webmaster Articles
Last post on Mar 08, 2006, 12:36:16 am
I've got a nice collection of webmaster related articles. Check it out at Webmaster Articles...
The AdSense Referrals Team is Listening....
Last post on Mar 07, 2006, 11:51:33 pm
The AdSense Referrals Team is looking for feedback on their referrals program. One of our goals on the referrals team is to continually give you new and improved features. Now...
Safeguarding yourself when purchasing a site for AdSense
Last post on Mar 07, 2006, 10:57:56 am
When you are buying a website from someone for the sole purpose of putting AdSense on, it can be a catch-22 about whether to ask the site owner if he...
Uplinkearth Increases Plan Features, Launches New Website
Last post on Mar 07, 2006, 10:56:39 am
Uplinkearth, a global award-winning Windows web hosting provider hosting over 40 thousand   domain names, announced today that it has dramatically increased the size of   its Windows...
ADO.NET 2.0: The Data Access Classes Nobody Learned About
Last post on Mar 07, 2006, 10:55:19 am
Few developers have paid much attention to the new classes and methods offered by ADO.NET 2.0, the enhanced set of database access classes that shipped along with Visual Studio 2005...
Indexes on Computed Columns: Speed Up Queries, Add Business Rules
Last post on Mar 04, 2006, 11:07:22 am
Using an index on a computed column, you can implement complex business rules or just give your SQL Server queries a performance boost. To read the full article...
Unveiling Windows SideShow
Last post on Mar 04, 2006, 11:04:22 am
Windows SideShow, an auxiliary hardware display, gives users the ability to use PCs even when they are turned off and developers get to provide the content. To read...
AdSense changes the referrals from 90 days to 180
Last post on Mar 03, 2006, 09:22:27 am
Following the many rumors of AdSense changing the time frame of AdSense referrals eligibility from 90 days to 180 days, the new interface change on Google AdSense has also included...
Supersizing Java: Large Pages on the Opteron Processor, Part 2
Last post on Mar 03, 2006, 09:21:42 am
Learn how to use large memory pages under 32-bit and 64-bit Windows and Linux, and configure three advanced Java Virtual Machines to take advantage of them. To read...
How Powerful Is Your StAX Parser?
Last post on Mar 03, 2006, 09:20:52 am
This tip is a simple application that demonstrates the possibilities of your StAX parser by setting the XMLInputFactory properties to true/false To read the full article click here...
Having Fun with Code Snippets
Last post on Mar 03, 2006, 09:19:58 am
Using code snippets can make it quick to add common code pieces to your application, while creating your own snippets allows you to build a library of custom code pieces...
Brand new webmaster directory!
Last post on Mar 02, 2006, 11:44:34 pm
I just finished my own webmaster directory, Delta Directory. www.delta.arroways.com -Here's how it works. Normally, you would have to have a reciprocal link in order for your site to be...
Create an RMI-JRMP-SSL Server Using the New JDK1.5.0 Classes
Last post on Mar 01, 2006, 12:06:24 pm
Learn how to create an RMI-JRMP-SSL server using the new JDK1.5.0 classes, SslRMIClientSocketFactory and SslRMIServerSocketFactory. To read the full article click here...
NaviSite Announces New Members of Sales and Management Team
Last post on Mar 01, 2006, 12:05:40 pm
NaviSite, Inc. a leading provider of IT hosting, outsourcing, and professional services for mid- to large-sized organizations, today announced several new additions to its sales and management teams. The company...
Build a Sudoku Puzzle Game Generator and Solver for PocketPC
Last post on Mar 01, 2006, 12:05:29 pm
Not only can you generate your own Sudoku puzzles with this mobile application, but you can solve them, too - even puzzles you enter from newspapers or books. ...
Install and Run Your ASP.NET Applications on Systems Without IIS
Last post on Mar 01, 2006, 12:04:38 pm
Learn how to install and run your ASP.NET applications on systems without IIS in three easy steps. To read the full article click here...
Future of Hosting Industry to be Revealed at HostingCon 2006
Last post on Mar 01, 2006, 08:20:58 am
As companies and individuals continue to expand their use of hosting services and hosted applications, hosting providers have new opportunities to provide valuable services to their customers. HostingCon 2006 will...
Article : Integrating PayPal into E-Commerce Applications with ASP.NET
Last post on Mar 01, 2006, 06:05:43 am
E-commerce applications require user-friendly mechanisms for payment. Although e-commerce sites usually use full credit card processing gateways, offering PayPal for payment provides an option for those who don't want to...
X- and Y-Axis Transformations in SQL Server
Last post on Feb 28, 2006, 11:28:26 pm
Learn X-to-Y and Y-to-X axis transformation techniques for showing a table's row vertically or its column horizontally - no special operators or loops needed. To read the full...
Java SE 6 First Impressions: A Desktop Winner
Last post on Feb 28, 2006, 11:27:35 pm
A veteran Java developer takes the Java Standard Edition 6 beta for a test drive and declares it has the potential to be revolutionary to the desktop. To...
Chitika eMiniMalls Jan 2006 payments are in the mail.
Last post on Feb 28, 2006, 11:26:40 pm
Payments for January 2006 have been processed and are in the mail. If you opted for Paypal, you should have received the Paypal payment notice in your email...
Article submission software
Last post on Feb 28, 2006, 01:20:22 pm
Submitting articles to all the article sites seems to be a good way to get oneway incomming links to your site. Since there are so many article websites around the...
Get Control and Performance with the Real Time Stylus API
Last post on Feb 25, 2006, 10:18:25 am
The Real Time Stylus API provides an alternate way to receive pen input pen. This high performance API provides a great level of control to developers for a small penalty...
Connect Flash to a Database Using Sockets
Last post on Feb 24, 2006, 10:31:48 am
Making a database connection in Flash is not the straightforward process enjoyed by Java and .NET developers. And while it may be a black art, it needn't be avoided, for...
Rackspace Managed Hosting to Open Austin Sales Office
Last post on Feb 22, 2006, 05:57:44 pm
Rackspace Managed Hosting today announced it will open a sales office in Austin, just 75 miles north of the company?s San Antonio headquarters.  The fast-growing managed hosting specialist targeted Austin...
Introducing DB2 Express-C, with Demos
Last post on Feb 22, 2006, 08:01:07 am
IBM offers its first free version of DB2, DB2 Express-C. But what is it, exactly, and how does it differ from the other versions? This article gives developers an overview...
Building Report-enabled Applications with the New ReportViewer Controls (Part 2 of 2)
Last post on Feb 22, 2006, 07:59:15 am
Organizations can use Reporting Services to make data easily accessible to internal users, customers, and partners. The second part of this article shows you how you can leverage the Web...
Data Binding in Windows Forms 2.0
Last post on Feb 22, 2006, 07:57:58 am
Windows Forms 2.0 increases support for data binding via the new BindingNavigator and BindingSource objects, which will save you a lot of effort. Find out how you can perform sorting...
Web Hosting Provider Hosting.com Gets Gold
Last post on Feb 20, 2006, 08:27:05 am
Web hosting provider Hosting.com has announced that it has achieved Gold Certified status in the Microsoft Partner Program with a competency in Microsoft Advanced Infrastructure Solutions and Networking Infrastructure Solutions....
Bargain Offer - 1 site + 3 domains
Last post on Feb 19, 2006, 05:59:19 pm
www.publish-your-article.com The site provides a list of over 100 sites where articles can be submitted for distribution. The directory listings are very closely integrated with Adsense units. Also...
Power to the People
Last post on Feb 18, 2006, 11:28:21 am
Software can have a huge effect on the life span of a battery; scaling down functionality is an easy way to drastically increase the lifetime of mobile PC battery. Do...
Whats the best way to do a search?
Last post on Feb 18, 2006, 11:22:09 am
I've got a database with a lot of articles and I want to add a search function to the website. What would be the best way to achieve this? The...
The List of Known Corrupt Anti-Spyware Products
Last post on Feb 17, 2006, 04:46:21 pm
Corrupt anti-spyware tools: Total corrupt anti-spyware products: 157 Most infamous: PSGuard - agressive/deceptive ads RazeSpyware - agressive/deceptive ads Spy Control - SPAM driven; parasite itself;...
1PlanHost.com Celebrates 10 Year Anniversary
Last post on Feb 17, 2006, 08:25:31 am
1PlanHost.com, a leading provider of affordable Windows web hosting solutions, announced today that it is celebrating its 10 year anniversary, and is offering special limited-time pricing. To read...
Enhance Your Multi-tier Applications with the Windows Communication Foundation
Last post on Feb 17, 2006, 08:23:30 am
By making simple modifications to XML-based WCF configuration files, you can add security, transactability, and reliability to multi-tier applications nearly instantly. To read the full article click here...
YPN's Run of Network advertisers among top internet advertisers for Dec. 2005
Last post on Feb 16, 2006, 01:49:09 pm
I was browsing the Nielsen//Netratings list of top internet advertisers for December 2005 and I noticed that several of the advertisers were also advertisers commonly believed to be Yahoo Publisher...
[website] Just finished a new sitedesign (coralgrowing.com)
Last post on Feb 16, 2006, 01:22:05 pm
Hi, just wanted to show you guys a new site I just finished coralgrowing.com Articles are currently being written and will be added soon...
Interviews with myself & the YPN Team on the YPN beta
Last post on Feb 16, 2006, 08:24:51 am
At WebmasterWorld PubCon in Vegas, I was interviewed by Webmasterradio.fm at the PURE nightclub in Caesar's Palace, at the fabulous YPN sponsored party. It aired earlier this month on Webmasterradio,...
AdSense "Quick Reports" section of control panel updated
Last post on Feb 16, 2006, 08:23:58 am
AdSense has changed their control panel interface when it comes to viewing reports, making it easier for publishers to quickly switch between checking stats for ads and for search. Formerly...
Website Hosting Provider, Hostway, Named Top Web Host
Last post on Feb 16, 2006, 08:22:56 am
Chicago website hosting provider, Hostway Corporation, has been selected by TopHosts as the number-one web hosting provider for their top 25 web hosts rankings. According to Hostway, it was selected...
The Baker's Dozen: 13 Productivity Tips for ADO.NET 2.0
Last post on Feb 16, 2006, 08:21:38 am
This installment of "The Baker's Dozen" presents a variety of tips and techniques to become productive with data handling techniques using ADO.NET 2.0 in Visual Studio 2005. To...
Study ranks behavioral ads ahead of YPN but behind AdSense
Last post on Feb 15, 2006, 09:56:21 pm
Outsell released a new study "Annual Ad Spending Study: Where & Why Advertisers Are Moving Online" which includes advertiser data on not only Google AdSense and Yahoo Publisher Network contextual...
Aplus.Net Honored For Search Engine Marketing Services
Last post on Feb 15, 2006, 07:51:23 am
Top web presence solutions provider, Aplus.Net has been named to the Top 5 list of Search Engine Marketing (SEM) Hosting providers in February 2006 by well-respected resource for assessing Internet...
2MHost Increases Plans 500 Percent in Celebration of Five years
Last post on Feb 15, 2006, 07:50:32 am
2MHost.com, a reputable privately owned web hosting company, announced today that in celebration of its 5th anniversary, it will increase the bandwidth and storage space on new hosting plans by...
AdSense beta testing third party tracking in image ads
Last post on Feb 14, 2006, 02:43:17 pm
Selected members have begun to receive an email from Google about the new third party tracking AdSense beta they will begin testing. This is a true beta (there were some...
Find the Total Number of Tables in an MS Access Database
Last post on Feb 14, 2006, 08:21:40 am
Use the code in this tip to find the total number of tables in an MS Access database. To read the full article click here...
Copy Selected Text Within a Browser to a Clipboard
Last post on Feb 14, 2006, 08:18:47 am
Find out how you can copy selected text within a Web browser to a clipboard in VB.NET 2.0. To read the full article click here...
Low-Cost Windows Web Hosting Company Celebrates 5th Anniversary
Last post on Feb 13, 2006, 08:43:29 am
Win2000Hoster, a Windows and Linux web hosting provider with over 12,000 customers, announced today that it is celebrating its 5th anniversary, and is offering a special web hosting plan for...
Website Promotion Through Articles
Last post on Feb 12, 2006, 05:27:46 pm
Hi We provide article writing services on a variety of general interest and webmaster related topics. You can view a sample article here. Please PM me with your requirements...
Yahoo Publisher Network ads suffer major downtime
Last post on Feb 11, 2006, 10:59:33 am
The first news of YPN downtime came on Digital Point at 11:20 PM PST Thursday night. WebmasterWorld reported it an hour later. Members on both forums discussed seeing only blank...
Ink And The Database
Last post on Feb 11, 2006, 10:56:01 am
Unless your battery is really, really good, you'll eventually want to store your Ink. Simple file storage or XML serialization is sometimes sufficient, but usually, you'll want to move Ink...
A Test-Driven Exploration of the Advanced Features of EJB 3.0
Last post on Feb 10, 2006, 09:13:43 am
Learn, in a test-driven approach, how to use the more advanced features of the EJB 3.0 specification. To read the full article click here...
How AdSense ads are ranked on your site
Last post on Feb 10, 2006, 09:06:12 am
If you thought that ads were appearing on your site solely for how much the advertiser is paying, think again ;) If you are an AdWords advertiser, you are probably...
Write Time Zone Aware Code in Oracle
Last post on Feb 09, 2006, 08:33:14 am
Oracle 9i introduced data types and support to handle time zones. Use these data types to make your Oracle code time zone aware. To read the full article...
Convert Descriptive Flex Fields to Numbers
Last post on Feb 09, 2006, 08:32:19 am
Often, data in Oracle applications is stored in extended columns known as Descriptive Flex Field (DFF) columns. To read the full article click here...
Never Change the Default Parameters of Virtual Methods
Last post on Feb 09, 2006, 08:31:17 am
It's not a good idea to change the default parameters of virtual methods because the default parameters are bound at compile time (static binding), whereas virtual methods themselves get bound...
Ask the Doc Detective
Last post on Feb 09, 2006, 08:30:12 am
Finding what you need in the Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 documentation, which has over 200,000 topics, can be a daunting task. The Doc Detective is here to help, utilizing his...
New Features in Visual Studio 2005 Windows Forms
Last post on Feb 09, 2006, 08:29:08 am
Updated IDE features, new Menu, Toolstrip and multimedia controls, support for background threading, and a new deployment technology called ClickOnce aimed squarely at reducing the number of Web-based intranet applications...
PEER 1 Scores Touchdown with Canadian Football League
Last post on Feb 08, 2006, 10:07:01 am
PEER 1 Network Enterprises, Inc. today announced that the Canadian Football League (CFL) has selected PEER 1 as their Internet infrastructure provider.  Working with the CFL, PEER 1 will be...
Suppress Logs from Libraries
Last post on Feb 08, 2006, 10:05:08 am
How many times have you tried to get rid of the intrusive log messages from the API you're using? The solution is easy: in your log4j configuration file, just include...
AdSense My Client Center beta testing
Last post on Feb 07, 2006, 11:44:55 am
Many people have been asking about the new My Client Center since a member of DigitalPoint reported seeing in his account when he logged in last night. This is actually...
DigitalPoint in NYTimes article on AdSense
Last post on Feb 07, 2006, 11:44:02 am
New York Times features an article in today's (January 16, 2005) issue about AdSense, featuring Shawn Hogan of DigitalPoint. Shawn discusses the forum, and the revenue share format he uses...
AdSense pays publishers 78.5 cents on the dollar, according to NYTimes
Last post on Feb 07, 2006, 11:43:12 am
I was reading the New York Times article (non-registration link here) tonight Google's shadow payroll is not such a secret anymore (which features Shawn Hogan of Digital Point) and one...
Interactive graphical enhanced ad units from Yahoo's ContentMatch
Last post on Feb 07, 2006, 11:42:24 am
I spotted these interesting ad units on CNN a few weeks ago over Christmas holidays, and spotting a Gary Price post on the SEW blog today reminded me to post...
Interviews with myself & the YPN Team on the YPN beta
Last post on Feb 07, 2006, 11:41:34 am
At WebmasterWorld PubCon in Vegas, I was interviewed by Webmasterradio.fm at the PURE nightclub in Caesar&apos;s Palace, at the fabulous YPN sponsored party. It aired earlier this month on Webmasterradio,...
Yahoo Answers to integrate YPN for contributors
Last post on Feb 07, 2006, 11:40:33 am
Yahoo Answer accounts have something new in the control panel, namely a section for contributors to include their YPN login information, which is currently labelled as coming soon. You need...
BMW's german site banned from Google!
Last post on Feb 07, 2006, 08:58:44 am
Google has removed BMW's German website from its index for violating Google's guidelines against trying to manipulate search results. They cloacked their site using different content for users and...
Scaling and Hit-Testing in Ink Applications
Last post on Feb 07, 2006, 08:22:23 am
In addition to text recognition and similar capabilities, Ink can also be useful for image annotation and markup, such as in medical and insurance applications, where marking up images can...
Article: Avoiding Keystroke Capture
Last post on Feb 05, 2006, 08:46:38 pm
Avoiding keystroke capture Author: Jevgenij Timofejenko Keyloggers are one of the most dangerous spyware parasites. Activity of these usually small malicious programs is really catastrophic. Although keyloggers do...
Article : Data Access for Partially Connected Applications
Last post on Feb 04, 2006, 10:56:26 am
Modern applications require more sophisticated data access features than a simple connection to SQL Server. Data needs to be available in distributed scenarios as well as offline scenarios. This article...
Article: Creating a Website based on Adsense Revenue Model
Last post on Feb 04, 2006, 05:29:13 am
Creating a Website based on Adsense Revenue Model The latest craze sweeping the webmaster world is creating 'Adsense Websites'. Webmasters are busy cranking out a number of websites aimed...
MonsterHosting.ca Introduces SHOUTcast Web Hosting Service
Last post on Feb 04, 2006, 04:19:29 am
MonsterHosting.ca, a Canadian web hosting and e-commerce solutions provider, introduced today its new SHOUTcast web hosting service, aimed at tapping into a growing number of organizations utilizing the technology to...
Configuring Apache
Last post on Feb 02, 2006, 01:13:10 pm
Just found a great article with tips on configuring the apache web server. Check it out here : http://bobcares.com/article8.html It has a lot of usefull advices....
Article : Create and Manage Multiple J2EE Deployment Descriptors During your Build Cycle
Last post on Feb 02, 2006, 09:10:45 am
More often than not, a large J2EE project requires multiple versions of the deployment descriptors to match the various versions of your back end database and other system configurations. But...
Article : JAX-RPC Evolves into Simpler, More Powerful JAX-WS 2.0
Last post on Feb 02, 2006, 09:08:37 am
The new Java Architecture for XML Web Services (JAX-WS) will replace JAX-RPC in the upcoming Java EE 5 and Java 6 (codename: Mustang). Learn all about JAX-WS 2.0 and see...
Hosted Solutions Selected By Quaero to Support Web-based Marketing System
Last post on Feb 01, 2006, 01:54:00 pm
Hosted Solutions, the Carolinas? premier data center and hosting company, today announced a new addition to their high profile list of clients. Quaero, a Charlotte-based marketing and technology services company...
Optimize your Chitika revenue using eMiniMalls Category Hints
Last post on Feb 01, 2006, 01:50:23 pm
What is ?Category Hint?? Category hint is a new targeting option by which you can pick and choose from a list of categories supported in the eMiniMalls system. Your selected...
Article : Printing an Object in Java
Last post on Feb 01, 2006, 01:48:16 pm
When you use System.out.println( ) by passing an object as an argument, the JRE invokes its toString( ) method by default. This results in some very uninformative output. ...
Article : Building Report-enabled Applications with the New ReportViewer Controls (Part 1 of 2)
Last post on Feb 01, 2006, 01:47:15 pm
Reporting is an integral part of every complete application. The Report Viewer controls greatly reduce the development effort required to report-enable .NET applications. Part one of this two-part article shows...
Article : CTPs and a New Certification Scheme Discussed at VSLive!
Last post on Feb 01, 2006, 01:46:05 pm
As .NET enters a new stage of maturity, Microsoft asks developers to turn their attention to new productivity features of Team System, announces an imminent release candidate for the Foundation...
Article : Access the ValueMember Item in a Bound CheckedListBox
Last post on Jan 31, 2006, 09:06:05 am
This tip shows you how to retrieve items in a list that have been checked and simply output them to the Output window. To read the full article...
Article : Determining Who Has Opened a Shared Folder
Last post on Jan 31, 2006, 09:03:40 am
Ever forgot to un-share a folder that you shared with a colleague or friend? Ever forgotten the path of a folder that you shared? Want to know who has opened...
Article : Protecting Freed Memory
Last post on Jan 30, 2006, 10:08:17 am
Remember to be careful, when you're freeing memory, to set the memory contents to 0 so no other malicious program can read it after it's been freed. To...
Article : Sun's New Wireless Toolkit Keeps Up with the Mobile Joneses
Last post on Jan 30, 2006, 10:05:40 am
As devices grow more capable, so too must our development and emulation testing environments grow. Find out how this first of two anticipated beta releases of the newly renamed Wireless...
Article : Object Generation: A Better Approach to Hibernate Integration
Last post on Jan 30, 2006, 10:04:06 am
If you're using Hibernate, your business objects may be littered with unnecessary code. Learn a different, proven approach that challenges conventional wisdom and promises more streamlined integration with less code....
Article : A Fast Way to Create a Large Folder Hierarchy in SharePoint
Last post on Jan 30, 2006, 10:02:52 am
Creating a large  folder hierarchy in SharePoint Document Library using Microsoft's standard GUI takes a lot of time. This tip shows an easier way. To read the full...
Article : Introduction to Tablet PC Development
Last post on Jan 30, 2006, 10:01:30 am
Development for Tablet PCs requires a skill set similar to development for regular PCs, plus an understanding of digital Ink collection, management, and analysis. Developing for Tablet PCs is surprisingly...
ResellerClub Announces an Invite-Only Beta Program
Last post on Jan 30, 2006, 09:57:58 am
ResellerClub the reseller arm of The Directi Group, has launched an exclusive invite-only Beta Program for Web service providers. This Beta program will invite randomly selected resellers of ResellerClub to...
spam4it > Free Advertising
Last post on Jan 29, 2006, 11:34:28 pm
i just bumped into this random site where u can post ur link(s) for free on the front page of this site, no reciprocal links, no paying, etc etc. just...
Article : Simplify .NET Debugging with SmartInspect
Last post on Jan 25, 2006, 10:57:55 pm
Debugging is hard enough even without the complications involved in debugging multithreaded programs, so tools that can simplify your debugging tasks are definitely worth evaluating. SmartInspect lets you log and...
Web Hosting Company Host Color Adds PhpMyVisites Website Statistics To Plans
Last post on Jan 25, 2006, 07:47:31 pm
Host Color, a US shared web hosting provider has announced it will make available the popular PhpMyVisites to its customers. The web stats software will be one of the pre-installed...
Virtuoso Net Solutions Offers New Services, Adds PayPal
Last post on Jan 25, 2006, 07:46:33 pm
Virtuoso Net Solutions, a world class provider of virtual, reseller, shared, and co-located web hosting solutions, announced today that it has released a suite of new services, and now accepts...
Uplinkearth unveils custom dedicated servers
Last post on Jan 25, 2006, 07:45:14 pm
uplinkearth, a global award-winning Windows web hosting provider hosting over 40 thousand domain names, announced today that it is now offering fully-customizable dedicated servers, and that all plans include its...
Article : Teach Your Old Web Cam New Tricks: Use Video Captures in Your .NET Applications
Last post on Jan 24, 2006, 08:13:36 pm
Just when you thought there wasn't anything new that you could do with a webcam, along comes this article, which shows you how to exploit the AVICap Windows class so...
That which is tracked improves. Custom Chitika eMiniMalls reports are now available
Last post on Jan 24, 2006, 08:10:07 pm
Want to know which of your eMiniMalls units are the most effective and generating the most revenue for you? Check out our new updated affiliate reporting and account management system...
Article : The Oracle 10g Data Pump API Speeds Up the ETL Process
Last post on Jan 22, 2006, 12:53:10 am
How can you keep slow extract, transform, and load operations from bogging down your production instance? Oracle 10g's Data Pump API offers a great solution. To read the...
Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) and Web Services: The Road to Enterprise Application Integration
Last post on Jan 20, 2006, 06:11:30 am
Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) provides a cost-effective solution to evolving and enhancing legacy enterprise information systems (EIS). To read the full article click here...
Chat Transcript: Squeezing Performance from the HotSpot Virtual Machine
Last post on Jan 20, 2006, 06:10:20 am
Want to squeeze the most performance out of HotSpot Virtual Machine? Get some performance-boosting insights from experts by reading the transcript of this March 15, 2005, performance-related chat. ...
Book Review: Head First Java, 2nd Edition
Last post on Jan 20, 2006, 06:09:21 am
Through mind-stretching exercises, memorable analogies, humorous pictures, and casual language, Head First Java, 2nd Edition encourages readers to think like a Java programmer. To read the full article...
Service-Oriented Architecture and Web Services: Concepts, Technologies, and Tools
Last post on Jan 20, 2006, 06:08:26 am
Widely-adopted web services technologies are available to implement a service-oriented architecture, and more technologies, as well as tools, are on the way. Learn what these technologies and tools are in...
How to Contribute Code to Mustang
Last post on Jan 20, 2006, 06:07:30 am
As part of the development process for the "Mustang" release of the Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition (J2SE 6.0), we are accepting external source code contributions for both bug fixes...
Desktop Java Features in Mustang
Last post on Jan 20, 2006, 06:06:36 am
Want to know what the desktop client group is up to for the upcoming J2Se 6.0 release? This article covers some of the highlights from the Swing, 2D, AWT, Deployment,...
Getting Started with an Integrated Development Environment (IDE)
Last post on Jan 20, 2006, 06:05:40 am
Learn about the benefits of using an Integrated Development Environment, and discover the advantages and differences in the three IDEs that Sun Microsystems supports. To read the full...
Building a Better Mousetrap: Making Development Easier with Java Tools
Last post on Jan 20, 2006, 06:04:41 am
Sun Microsystems' tools architect, Bob Brewin, discusses the future of Java tools, developer productivity, and collaborative application development. To read the full article click here...
Timing is Everything
Last post on Jan 20, 2006, 06:03:47 am
Any time you introduce dynamic effects, animations, or time-based events to a Java application, you find yourself re-implementing the same functionality you have written for every application that required timing...
NetBeans 4.1 IDE Chat Transcript
Last post on Jan 20, 2006, 06:02:50 am
What are the plans for JSF support in NetBeans? Get the answer to this and other interesting questions by reading the transcript of this recent online chat. To...
Getting to Know Groovy
Last post on Jan 20, 2006, 06:01:37 am
The Java platform isn't just for programs written with the Java Programming Language. Learn how to get Groovy with a new agile dynamic scripting language for the Java Virtual Machine....
JavaServer Faces in Action Book Chapter
Last post on Jan 20, 2006, 06:00:36 am
Read JavaServer Faces in Action, Chapter 8, which explains how to build a static Login page with JavaServer Faces and JSP technologies and then test your knowledge. To...
Refactoring in NetBeans 4.1
Last post on Jan 20, 2006, 05:59:40 am
The NetBeans 4.1 IDE now has built-in support for refactoring. This article helps you to make the most of these up-and-coming tools that allow you to automatically improve source code...
Getting Started with NetBeans, Part 1
Last post on Jan 20, 2006, 05:58:43 am
Learn how to use NetBeans IDE basic features, such as the drag-and-drop Form Editor, the Source Editor, and the Properties pane by creating a simple GUI application that calculates overtime...
Managing Transparency, Innovation, and Reliability: A Conversation With Jeff Jackson
Last post on Jan 20, 2006, 05:57:40 am
Jeff Jackson, Vice President of Java Developer Platforms Group at Sun Microsystems, talks about openness, innovation, reliability, and Java technology. To read the full article click here...
Beginning J2ME: From Novice to Expert, 3rd Edition
Last post on Jan 20, 2006, 05:56:43 am
Many visionaries feel that mobile applications are the wave of the future. In the third edition of "Beginning J2ME: From Novice to Expert", authors Sing Li and Jonathan Knudsen uncover...
Asynchronous JavaScript Technology and XML (AJAX) with Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition
Last post on Jan 20, 2006, 05:55:30 am
Learn how to use Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJAX) with the Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) to create rich Internet applications. To read the full article click...
Meet Chet Haase, Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition (J2SE) Client Architect at Sun Microsystems
Last post on Jan 20, 2006, 05:53:03 am
Chet Haase discusses what he wishes he'd learned in engineering school, how he works as a developer, and what a graphics geek does. To read the full article...
Customize Your JList Display
Last post on Jan 20, 2006, 05:51:25 am
JFC/Swing's JList and JComboBox are great components for displaying object lists, but they don't always display user-friendly text by default. This article shows you how to customize how objects are...
Book Review: Swing Hacks: Tips and Tools for Building Killer GUIs
Last post on Jan 20, 2006, 05:50:29 am
Learn about multiple tips and tricks to help you make your JFC/Swing components look better and work more efficiently, from creating transparent and animated windows to using audio and more....
Mutual Authentication for Web Services: A Live Example
Last post on Jan 20, 2006, 05:49:37 am
How do you set up secure communications among Web services for supply-chain applications? This article answers that question with a description of the implementation procedure for mutual authentication, citing the...
Migrating to Tiger: James Gosling and Mark Reinhold on Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition 5.0
Last post on Jan 20, 2006, 05:48:41 am
The father of Java technology and the chief engineer of the Java Platform, Standard Edition discuss J2SE 5.0, the twists and turns of JFC/Swing, autoboxing, enhanced for loops, and more....
Envisioning a New Language: A Conversation With Sun Microsystems' Victoria Livschitz
Last post on Jan 20, 2006, 05:47:46 am
Principal architect Victoria Livschitz discusses her vision of Metaphors, a programming language that addresses the challenges of software development in the 21st century. To read the full article...
The Next Wave of GUIs: Project Matisse and NetBeans IDE 5.0
Last post on Jan 20, 2006, 05:46:51 am
Project Matisse creators Scott Violet and Tomas Pavek discuss how the NetBeans IDE 5.0 simplifies development of GUIs and results in a cross-platform visual designer. To read the...
Using AJAX with Java Technology
Last post on Jan 20, 2006, 05:45:59 am
AJAX is a hot topic in the Java community. Learn why and see it in use with Java technology to implement an autocomplete feature on a web page. ...
Variable Arity Methods
Last post on Jan 20, 2006, 05:44:52 am
Variable arity methods, sometimes referred to as varargs methods, accept an arbitrary set of arguments. JDK 5.0 adds a varargs facility that's a lot more flexible than before. Learn more...
Java Technology Fundamentals
Last post on Jan 20, 2006, 05:43:55 am
Learn the Caret and Highlighter interfaces of text components, as well as how to access system resources and create and derive fonts. To read the full article click...
Realizing Strategies for Document-Based Web Services With JAX-WS 2.0
Last post on Jan 20, 2006, 05:42:39 am
Part 3 of the series explores new features of JAX-WS 2.0 and shows how to implement some strategies to build document-driven web services on the Java EE platform. ...
The Java SE 6 (Mustang) Holiday Quiz
Last post on Jan 20, 2006, 05:41:16 am
How much do you know about Java Platform, Standard Edition 6, code-named Mustang? If you're just starting to peek at the exciting new Mustang betas, here's a fun way to...
SOA Best Practices: A Conversation With Sun Microsystems Distinguished Engineer Mark Hapner
Last post on Jan 20, 2006, 05:40:17 am
Service-oriented architecture (SOA) will soon play a major role in software engineering. Sun Microsystems Distinguished Engineer Mark Hapner explores the future of SOA. To read the full article...
The New Modality API in Mustang
Last post on Jan 20, 2006, 05:39:11 am
Learn how Java SE 6 (code name Mustang) allows greater functionality for dialog boxes, supporting modeless, document, application, and toolkit modality to ease the user's experience. To read...
Java Technology 2005: A Year in Review
Last post on Jan 20, 2006, 05:37:46 am
In 2005, Java technology turned ten years old, but what else happened to the platform? Plenty. Here's a quick look back. To read the full article click here...
Java Tutorial Update: J2SE 5.0
Last post on Jan 20, 2006, 05:36:33 am
The Java Tutorial, a practical guide for programmers with hundreds of complete working examples, has recently been updated to include J2SE 5.0. To read the full article click...
Article : Rapid Java Web Application Development with Tapestry
Last post on Jan 20, 2006, 05:31:00 am
Tapestry is a powerful and innovative framework for developing component-based Web applications. With Tapestry 4, things get even better. To read the full article click here...
What do I need to know about file permissions and "chmod"?
Last post on Jan 20, 2006, 02:13:07 am
Unix systems are designed for multiple users, and include provision for protecting your work from unauthorised access by other users of the system.  The file permissions determine who is permitted...
Article : Serializing, Consuming, and Binding Generics in .NET 2.0
Last post on Jan 18, 2006, 09:34:38 pm
Generics are a powerful new feature in .NET 2.0, but it's not so obvious how to use them as return values from Web services, or how to bind them to...
Article : Walkthrough: Using DB2 Stored Procedures with PHP
Last post on Jan 18, 2006, 09:33:48 pm
With the strength of DB2 stored procedures, the flexibility of PHP, and fast, easy-to-use PECL extensions connecting the two, Web developers have a solid platform on which to build some...
Article : Keep the Bugs Out of Your Derby
Last post on Jan 18, 2006, 09:32:54 pm
Homegrown or off-the-shelf, using a protocol debugging program could save you from having to spend excess time and worry over your Java-based relational database. To read the full...
Article : Determine How Many Times a String Is Found Inside Another String
Last post on Jan 18, 2006, 09:32:03 pm
This tip shares a fucntion that can help you determine how many times a string is found inside another string. To read the full article click here...
Article : Banish Your Resistance to Persistence with the EJB 3.0 Persistence API
Last post on Jan 18, 2006, 09:31:10 pm
With the 3.0 version of EJB, Java's guardians have endeavored to make persistence a gentler beast that borrows the best from other ORM frameworks that have long curried favor with...
Article : Overloading a Constructor or Method
Last post on Jan 18, 2006, 09:30:18 pm
Overloading a constructor or a method in order to take an extra argument based upon the requirement can result in duplicate code. To read the full article click...
Article : How to Handle Java Finalization's Memory-Retention Issues
Last post on Jan 18, 2006, 09:29:26 pm
Finalization allows you to perform postmortem cleanup on Java objects, but it can delay the reclamation of resources, even if you do not use it explicitly. Learn how to avoid...
Article : Find Out What Cipher Suites Are Supported in JSSE
Last post on Jan 18, 2006, 09:28:35 pm
This tip shared code you can run to list all the cipher suites supported in the Java Secure Socket Extension. To read the full article click here...
Article : Use a Profiler to Make Your Java Apps JVM-Friendly
Last post on Jan 18, 2006, 09:27:36 pm
If you don't profile your large enterprise Java applications prior to releasing them to production, they can fail or render poor performance. Learn how standard JDK profiling tools can provide...
Article : Access In-memory Objects Easily with JoSQL
Last post on Jan 18, 2006, 09:26:36 pm
This innovative, new open source engine simplifies your code by allowing you to access your objects using SQL strings instead of coding your own filters. Even better, it has a...
Article : StAX: DOM Ease with SAX Efficiency
Last post on Jan 18, 2006, 09:25:35 pm
StAX (the Streaming API for XML) is a memory-efficient, simple, and convenient way to process XML while retaining control over the parsing and writing process. To read the...
Article : How to Create a Windows Installer for an SWT Application
Last post on Jan 18, 2006, 09:24:40 pm
Native Windows installers offer unparalleled integration with the operating system, as well as familiar installation for users. Learn how to build a native Windows installer for an SWT application using...
Article : The Baker's Dozen: 13 Reasons to Upgrade to Visual Studio 2005
Last post on Jan 18, 2006, 09:23:44 pm
Visual Studio 2005 offers new capabilities in many different areas, such as data access, language enhancements, IDE productivity features, deployment, Office integration, XML, and many others! To read...
Article : Take the Pain Out of Deployments with ClickOnce
Last post on Jan 18, 2006, 09:22:47 pm
Deploying Windows applications in the age of client-server computing has never been easy. But smart client architecture offers a revolution that makes deployments and maintenance stress-free. Find out how to...
Article : Combine Microsoft Project and Visual Studio Team System for a One-two Punch of Productivit
Last post on Jan 18, 2006, 09:21:40 pm
Visual Studio Team System (VSTS) provides centralized storage of work item tracking features while MS Project provides rich planning and tracking features. By using them together, you can improve team...
Article : Custom Web Controls Demystified, Part 2
Last post on Jan 18, 2006, 09:20:45 pm
In Part 1 you learned how to build a custom rendered control. In Part 2 you'll learn how to build a composite control. To read the full article...
Article : 30 Reasons to Love the DB2 Add-in for VS.NET 2005
Last post on Jan 18, 2006, 09:19:47 pm
To finish the year off with a bang, IBM released a new DB2 Add-in for Visual Studio .NET 2005. This one goes way beyond procedure wizards and data provider classes,...
Article : Windows Communication Foundation: Service Reliability is the Key
Last post on Jan 18, 2006, 09:18:51 pm
Sending messages has become easy and commonplace, but making sure messages are received has been more difficult&#151;until now. Find out how to configure your Windows Communication Foundation applications to add...
Article : A Solution for the "Could Not Copy Temporary Files to the Output Directory" Erro
Last post on Jan 18, 2006, 09:18:00 pm
This tip outlines further tricks to resolve or work around this common bug. To read the full article click here...
Article : A Low-level Look at ASP.NET Architecture
Last post on Jan 18, 2006, 09:17:05 pm
Many developers are familiar only with the high-level .NET frameworks like Web Forms and Web services that sit at the very top level of the ASP.NET hierarchy. This article discusses...
Article : How to Build Grammars for Speech-enabled Applications
Last post on Jan 18, 2006, 09:16:08 pm
Speech-enabled applications require specialized grammars that clearly define the types of input they're expected to parse and understand. Find out how to build grammars by walking through the process of...
Article : BizTalk Server 2006: Orchestrating Web Services
Last post on Jan 18, 2006, 09:15:10 pm
See how the development process in BizTalk Server 2006 makes it easier to include Web services in your orchestrations. To read the full article click here...
eMiniMalls PayPal payments - no processing fee
Last post on Jan 17, 2006, 07:35:04 pm
There seems to be a misconception that  Chitika eMiniMalls users who opted for PayPal based payments will incur a processing fee from PayPal.  This is not true.  PayPal will directly...
How To: Change Your Ip In Less Then 1 Minute
Last post on Jan 16, 2006, 10:45:56 am
How To: Change Your Ip In Less Then 1 Minute 1. Click on "Start" in the bottom left hand corner of screen 2. Click on "Run" 3. Type in...
Chitika eMiniMalls earnings for November and December
Last post on Jan 13, 2006, 07:35:58 pm
November and December final earnings reports are ready. Please log in to your accounts to see the final audited reports for both November and December. Difference between the daily...
7 Reasons Why Your Website May Be a BIG FLOP!
Last post on Jan 04, 2006, 10:42:50 pm
by: Anthony Jewell ------------------------------------- With so many new websites going up, it is hard sometimes to tell if your site will be a BIG SUCCESS or an unexpected...
Chitika Reporting System and Monthly Audits Update
Last post on Jan 03, 2006, 05:03:55 am
We are working on upgrading our back-end filtering and fraud detection systems to dynamically detect and prevent fraud, improve the quality of the overall network and help minimize the difference...
A complete list of article directories
Last post on Jan 02, 2006, 09:10:30 pm
Most of the links here are redirecting to the submit screen : http://www.articlesaz.com/ http://sbinformation.about.com/library/blsubmission.htm http://www.ezinearticles.com/members/index.php http://www.scriptmenu.com/browse-magazine_articles-88-1.html http://www.ryze.com/postadd.php http://www.goarticles.com/ulogin.html http://www.contentdesk.com/ http://www.webpronews.com/submit.html http://www.articlecity.com/article_submission.shtml http://www.allbusiness.com/article_submit/submit.asp http://www.webreference.com/new/open_pub_form.html http://www.site-reference.com/submit.php http://www.addme.com/contact.htm http://www.ideamarketers.com/writers/addarticles.cfm?wherefrom http://www.isnare.com/login.php http://www.chiff.com/contact.htm http://www.uncoverthenet.com/articles/add/12700/1.php...
media player functions using javascript
Last post on Jan 02, 2006, 03:24:59 am
one of my hosting clients have this site, its a radio site, and it uses windows media player to play the live radio. is it possible to use php snippets...
Article : Streamline your Data Connections by Moving to MARS
Last post on Dec 28, 2005, 08:26:52 pm
Wecome to MARS. Here on MARS you can perform multiple database queries on a single connection. The code on MARS is simpler and easier to read. And you can conserve...
Looking for People to write Web Articles
Last post on Dec 28, 2005, 08:32:10 am
Looking for a few good people who can actively write articles on demand relating to HTML, CSS, PHP, Javascript, CGI, etc. You must have correct knowledge of the topic which...
Director - Germany
Last post on Dec 27, 2005, 07:10:36 pm
Dear Freelancers, TomBee Concepts is looking for a freelance PHP programmer supporting us in an upcoming project. What we need is a web interface displaying...
how to get top ranking 4 ur sites on search engines!!!
Last post on Dec 25, 2005, 11:08:06 pm
The tutorial is all about getting your site listed on top in Search Engines i.e Search Engine Optimization. First thing you need to do is find the keywords you...
How to build an active community
Last post on Dec 16, 2005, 02:00:38 am
Here's what I have so far for netdesignz 1st origional article! C&C Please --- How to build an active community by David Myers of Net Designz ...
Article : Analyze Your IIS6 Web Logs with AWStats
Last post on Dec 15, 2005, 12:06:25 pm
Need to know what your Web site users are visiting in your sites? Try this free and open source Web log analyzer you can use with IIS6-hosted Web sites and...
Article : Handling Null Values in Oracle
Last post on Dec 15, 2005, 12:05:30 pm
Find out how using NVL in your queries is better for displaying information and helps avoid front-end processing. To read the full article click here...
Article : Use sun.misc Classes for Base64 Image Conversion
Last post on Dec 15, 2005, 12:03:53 pm
This tip demonstrates how to use sun.misc classes for Base64 image conversion: To read the full article click here...
Article : Building Speech-Enabled Applications with ASP.NET
Last post on Dec 15, 2005, 12:02:25 pm
As speech-enabled applications become a core requirement for many enterprise and commercial applications, you'll need to become familiar with the Microsoft Speech Platform. To read the full article...
Article : How to Hide a ContextMenu
Last post on Dec 15, 2005, 12:02:20 pm
Find out how to hide a ContextMenu. To read the full article click here...
Affiliate : Thread linking
Last post on Dec 14, 2005, 04:20:15 pm
Here is a feauture of the affiliate program that you can use : You can link to a thread using your referal code using links in this form :...
Updated Daily Reports and Ongoing Chitika Expansion into Europe
Last post on Dec 13, 2005, 09:16:49 am
Updated reporting process:  During the first week of December, we made some enhancements to our daily reporting system. Key changes: Daily filtering of clicks from countries currently not supported...
Hotwiring Your Search Engine
Last post on Dec 12, 2005, 11:13:10 pm
Here is a little interesting article on a shoe store sales improving with some SEO work... SEO is so important! http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10415455/site/newsweek/...
Yahoo & Google Testing Pay-Per-Call Ads
Last post on Dec 12, 2005, 11:08:59 pm
I found this article very interesting... here is a quote from it... Internet giants Google Inc. and Yahoo Inc. are testing a new form of online advertising that encourages...
?Curiosity Clicks??
Last post on Dec 12, 2005, 04:38:46 pm
First things first: What do we mean by ?curiosity clicks?? So called ?curiosity clicks? are those clicks generated by users more interested in checking out the eMiniMalls interface,...
Article : Turning Recursive and Nested Triggers On and Off
Last post on Dec 08, 2005, 07:19:02 pm
This tip gives you the commands to switch recursive and nested triggers on and off. To read the full article click here...
Article : Determine the Type of Modifcation Operation on a Table
Last post on Dec 08, 2005, 07:18:02 pm
Find out how to use the INSERTING, DELETING and UPDATING trigger predicates to determine the type of modifcation operation that's been performed on a table. To read the...
Article : Using Reflection to Execute Class Methods at Runtime
Last post on Dec 08, 2005, 07:17:13 pm
Find out how to use reflection to execute class methods at runtime. To read the full article click here...
Article : Getting Started with EJB 3.0 and Enterprise Bean Components
Last post on Dec 08, 2005, 07:16:14 pm
The time is ripe to give the EJB 3.0 spec, which was engineered to offer big gains in productivity, a test drive. Learn how to start using JBoss and Maven...
Article : Get Moving with Java-XML Serialization Using XStream
Last post on Dec 08, 2005, 07:15:11 pm
As with most things, when it comes to serializing Java to XML and back, there is more than one way to skin the cat. In certain circumstances, Java-XML serialization can...
Article : Support Eastern Languages in Your Struts Web Applications
Last post on Dec 08, 2005, 07:14:10 pm
Learn how to enable your Struts Web applications to handle Eastern languages such as Arabic just by using the basic Struts support for i18n and some additional Java/JSP code. ...
Article : Ask Users Before Rejecting X509 Certificate
Last post on Dec 08, 2005, 07:13:06 pm
This tip implements a X509TrustManager that asks clients before it rejects a certificates chain. To read the full article click here...
Article : Create a Java TOC2 Class to Communicate with AIM
Last post on Dec 08, 2005, 07:12:03 pm
Instant messaging is more than a great way to keep in touch: It's a full-fledged business tool and there are plenty of reasons that you might be interested in extending...
Article : Getting Started with Windows Communication Foundation Transactions
Last post on Dec 08, 2005, 07:10:34 pm
Transactions aren't just for database applications any more. Using the unified transaction system in the Windows Communication Foundation, you can create transactable services not only for database applications, but for...
Article : Prepare a Class Diagram in Visio Using Reverse Engineering
Last post on Dec 08, 2005, 07:09:33 pm
Find out how to prepare a class diagram in Visio using reverse engineering. To read the full article click here...
Article : How to Create a Web Service in C#
Last post on Dec 08, 2005, 07:08:36 pm
Learn how to create a Web service in C#. To read the full article click here...
Article : Manage Custom Security Credentials the Smart (Client) Way
Last post on Dec 08, 2005, 07:07:37 pm
By default, you can only manage the security credentials of the SQL Server database that ships with ASP.NET 2.0 using a local instance of Visual Studio 2005. This article shows...
How often do you read slashdot?
Last post on Dec 03, 2005, 12:45:14 pm
I was just interested to know how many of you check slashdot out and how often? I may just make this a poll......
Chitika feedback on audited reports
Last post on Dec 02, 2005, 08:50:06 pm
Answers to some of the most frequently asked questions addressing the following topics: audited reports, alternate url option, click rejection for international traffic, curiosity clicks, etc. Q: Why did...
Alternate URL feature released
Last post on Dec 01, 2005, 02:29:30 pm
eMiniMalls now supports Alternate URL feature. The alternate URL feature allows you to make use of your ad space in the event that Chitika is not able to show a...
October Audits
Last post on Dec 01, 2005, 02:23:58 pm
October audits are done. Chitika eMiniMalls revenue reports for October are ready. We apologize for the unexpected long delay. To read the full article click here...
Chitika expands into Europe
Last post on Nov 29, 2005, 12:41:58 pm
eMiniMalls UK is now live! Geo-targeting is on, so visitors from UK can now expect to see merchandising offers from UK merchants, while visitors from US will continue to see...
Chitika eMiniMalls Secrets Book by Joel Comm
Last post on Nov 28, 2005, 12:41:51 pm
Hot off the press! Joel just completed publishing a wonderful book on eMiniMalls: This book includes a detailed overview of Chitika?s eMiniMalls along with several useful tips and tricks,...
Article : Integrate COM Component Functionality into Your PL/SQL Codebase
Last post on Nov 24, 2005, 08:39:41 pm
Oracle provides developers a simple API that enables them to interact with most Microsoft COM objects directly from PL/SQL. Learn how to install the COM option and tap into the...
Article : Getting New Values Entered into a Table
Last post on Nov 24, 2005, 08:38:50 pm
Find out how you can use :new.&lt;fieldname&gt; to retrieve new values entered into a table. To read the full article click here...
Article : How To Copy Database Data Using JDBC
Last post on Nov 24, 2005, 08:37:50 pm
Copying database data is a basic, yet endlessly complex task, because not all data copy operations are alike. But the sample database-copy classes you'll find here provide a basic template...
Article : Eliminate Log Messages on the Console in JDK 1.4
Last post on Nov 24, 2005, 08:36:54 pm
This tip shows a quick way to eliminate log messages sent to console when using JDK 1.4 and later. To read the full article click here...
Article : Enable Day-click Selection for an ASP Calendar Control
Last post on Nov 24, 2005, 08:35:56 pm
The following code assigns an OnClick event to each calendar cell by altering the way the calendar control renders the cells containing the days. To read the full...
Article : Working with Windows Workflow Foundation in ASP.NET
Last post on Nov 24, 2005, 08:35:03 pm
Using Windows WF, you can create processor flow-based workflows and host them in any type of .NET application. ASP.NET developers face a unique set of issues that can benefit from...
Article : Creating Windows Starter Kits for Visual Studio 2005
Last post on Nov 24, 2005, 08:33:58 pm
Microsoft has put renewed energy into its Starter Kits for Visual Studio 2005, but did you know you can create your own Starter Kit and export it to .vsi to...
Referral Program - Make More Money!
Last post on Nov 22, 2005, 10:33:13 am
You can now make more money by referring your friends to eMiniMalls.  By putting your customized referral link on your site, you can earn 10% of the revenue that your...
What happened to the product links?
Last post on Nov 16, 2005, 06:49:59 pm
To help filter out so-called ?curiosity clicks? that typically do not lead to conversions on the merchants? side, we updated the eMiniMalls units to drive qualified clicks.  Hence, eMiniMalls users...
Article : Display Characters for a Specified Length
Last post on Nov 16, 2005, 06:01:56 pm
Learn how to use the Repliciate() function to display a set of characters for a specified length. To read the full article click here...
Article : Write a Standalone Java Application Without a Main Method
Last post on Nov 16, 2005, 06:01:04 pm
Normally, you need a main method in a Java class if you want to run that class from the command line. However, there is a little trick that allows you...
Article : Extend an ASP Calendar Day Selection
Last post on Nov 16, 2005, 06:00:12 pm
The code in this tip assigns an OnClick event to each calendar cell that matches the click event corresponding to the cell day number. To read the full...
Is your forum unique?
Last post on Nov 16, 2005, 01:20:08 pm
Just found this very interesting article for forum admins. Check it out : http://boardbuilders.blogspot.com/2005/11/how-unique-is-your-community.html...
Article : XMI: Capture UML Associations Using C#
Last post on Nov 15, 2005, 09:26:06 pm
XMI is a great technology for anyone who builds applications from models, allowing you to use information contained in those models for big upside. Learn to extract dependency information from...
Article : Browse the MS Enterprise Library: Cryptography Application Block
Last post on Nov 15, 2005, 09:25:22 pm
One of the seven application blocks in Microsoft's new Enterprise Library is dedicated only to security issues: the Cryptography Application Block. See how easily you can implement it in your...
adsense tip
Last post on Nov 14, 2005, 09:18:44 pm
I don't know if everybody already knows this or not, but when choosing which ads to show, adsense puts A LOT of emphasis on the filename.  I have an mmorpg...
Sun.com : Using Assertions in Java Technology
Last post on Nov 14, 2005, 09:04:01 pm
Use the assertions facility in the Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition (J2SE) to debug code early in the development process. To read the full article click here...
Sun.com : Core Java Technology Features in Mustang
Last post on Nov 14, 2005, 09:03:12 pm
The JDK Core Engineering Team provides details of some important core features coming in Mustang, the next release of the Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition. To read the...
Sun.com : Learning Java 2D Part 1
Last post on Nov 14, 2005, 09:02:18 pm
The easy-to-use Java 2D API can help you create some stunningly high-quality graphics. This article, part 1 of 3, helps you become familiar with shapes, lines, and the Java 2D...
Sun.com : Growing NetBeans: A Conversation With Trung Duc Tran, Chief Architect
Last post on Nov 14, 2005, 09:01:27 pm
Trung Duc Tran, Lead Architect of the NetBeans IDE, discusses the challenges of producing a quality tool. To read the full article click here...
Sun.com : 2005 JavaOne Conference Coverage
Last post on Nov 14, 2005, 09:00:42 pm
We've got what's happening at JavaOne covered! Check out the latest articles, news, photos and blogs complete with first-hand impressions from the infamous Java staff writers. To read...
Sun.com : Coding Challenge: Six Tips to Remember
Last post on Nov 14, 2005, 08:59:54 pm
If you've been to either of the last two JavaOne conferences, you know the JavaOne Conference Coding Challenge is a thrill to watch or join. To read the...
Sun.com : BEA General Session Profiles Next Wave of Enterprise Java Technology
Last post on Nov 14, 2005, 08:59:08 pm
As a world leader in enterprise infrastructure software, BEA Systems, Inc. offers standards-based platforms to accelerate the secure flow of information and services for the enterprise. To read...
Sun.com : Java Platform Update: Roadmaps &amp; Big Directions
Last post on Nov 14, 2005, 08:58:22 pm
People who attend the JavaOne conference always come armed with the question "What's new?" They want to know what cool stuff just emerged in the Java platform so that they...
Sun.com : Daily Prompt: Good Information From the General Sessions
Last post on Nov 14, 2005, 08:57:27 pm
Did you see the general session yesterday? Wasn't that demonstration of the Java Studio Creator software cool? To read the full article click here...
Sun.com : Coding Challenge: A Tight Contest
Last post on Nov 14, 2005, 08:56:21 pm
Over 200 entrants competed for prizes in Monday's JavaOne Conference Coding Challenge. When it came down to the final four contenders, the match was so close that even the winner...
Sun.com : Welcome to the 2005 JavaOne Conference!
Last post on Nov 14, 2005, 08:55:33 pm
You've arrived at the home of the most popular Java conference in existence. And if you are returning to JavaOne, welcome back! To read the full article click...
Sun.com : Congratulations Duke's Choice Award Winners
Last post on Nov 14, 2005, 08:54:40 pm
Who launched the coolest Java technology-based applications over the last year? It's a matter of opinion, but it would be hard to narrow it down to just one, two, or...
Sun.com : General Session: Sharing and Eliminating the Digital Divide
Last post on Nov 14, 2005, 08:53:43 pm
Tuesday's general session drew a large crowd, as usual. John Gage, chief researcher and director of the Science Office for Sun Microsystems, opened the session by explaining that our nifty...
Sun.com : Daily Prompt: Of Beanbags, Massage, and Health Care
Last post on Nov 14, 2005, 08:52:42 pm
Good morning! If you're like me, you've probably discovered that the beanbags in the North Hall overflow area are the one of the best places to watch the general sessions....
Sun.com : Daily Prompt for Thursday: Thursday Already?
Last post on Nov 14, 2005, 08:51:47 pm
It's Thursday already. Who would have thought that the week would go by so fast? Did you catch those "Extreme GUI Makeover" talks? Wow! To read the full...
Sun.com : Getting Started With JavaSpaces Technology
Last post on Nov 14, 2005, 08:50:55 pm
JavaSpaces technology is a powerful high-level tool that provides an expressive yet easy-to-learn API for building distributed and collaborative applications. To read the full article click here...
Sun.com : Charles's Corner
Last post on Nov 14, 2005, 08:50:05 pm
To stay current with Java technology, Charles Ditzel, a partner area technologist at Sun, started keeping some notes on interesting web sites he visited. Here's his most recent list. ...
Sun.com : NetBeans Field Guide
Last post on Nov 14, 2005, 08:49:09 pm
NetBeans Field Guide Chapter 5, "Debugging Java Applications," shows you how to set and manage breakpoints, monitor variables, expressions, and control thread execution. Also, you'll learn how to fix code...
Sun.com : A View From Asia: A Conversation With Technology Evangelist Chuk Munn Lee
Last post on Nov 14, 2005, 08:48:00 pm
Sun Microsystems' technology evangelist Chuk Munn Lee, who has spent six years working with key Asia-Pacific ISVs to design, prototype, develop, tune, size, and benchmark their applications, presents his distinctive...
Sun.com : Getting Started With the Java Rule Engine API (JSR 94): Toward Rule-Based Applications
Last post on Nov 14, 2005, 08:47:02 pm
You can create agile business applications by combining the Java platform and business rule technology, managing the business behavior outside the source code. JSR 94 provides a vendor-neutral Java platform...
Sun.com : Debugging Tips for Applications Built With Sun Java Studio Enterprise 7
Last post on Nov 14, 2005, 08:46:08 pm
Learn how to best configure the debugger and compiler settings, initiate debugging sessions, and effectively debug JSP pages, servlets, and multithreaded issues. To read the full article click...
Sun.com : Update: Desktop Java Features in Mustang
Last post on Nov 14, 2005, 08:45:14 pm
The desktop client group describes highlights of the upcoming release of Java Platform, Standard Edition (Java SE, formerly known as J2SE). Learn more about the current status of features and...
Sun.com : The Network on Wheels -- Java Developers, Start Your Programming Engines!
Last post on Nov 14, 2005, 08:44:25 pm
Siemens VDO Automotive's TLA architecture transforms the automobile into an open, mobile, networked device, allowing seamless upgrades to a car's functionality at any time during the car's life cycle. ...
Sun.com : Getting Started With Java Data Objects (JDO): A Standard Mechanism for Persisting Plain Ja
Last post on Nov 14, 2005, 08:43:28 pm
The Java Data Objects API provides a standard approach for achieving object persistence in Java technology by using a combination of XML metadata and bytecode enhancement. This tutorial covers the...
Sun.com : JXTA Technology Brings the Internet Back to Its Origin
Last post on Nov 14, 2005, 08:42:35 pm
JXTA technology enables a world in which billions of network services will be able to discover and interact with each other in an ad hoc and decentralized manner through a...
Sun.com : Reasons to Migrate to J2SE 5.0 (Tiger)
Last post on Nov 14, 2005, 08:41:45 pm
The J2SE 1.4 platform was great, but J2SE 5.0 is even better. This article describes why developers should migrate to J2SE 5.0. To read the full article click...
Sun.com : J2SE 5.0 Adoption
Last post on Nov 14, 2005, 08:40:49 pm
Thinking of migrating to J2SE 5.0 but just need a little more information? We have aggregated J2SE 5.0 articles, tips, features, white papers and more to help make the process...
Sun.com : E-commerce Made Easy: eBay and the NetBeans IDE
Last post on Nov 14, 2005, 08:39:47 pm
With the NetBeans IDE and eBay's Developers Program, you can build applications for e-commerce and join the thriving community of eBay developers. To read the full article click...
Sun.com : Become.com's Web Crawler: A Massively Scaled Java Technology Application
Last post on Nov 14, 2005, 08:38:51 pm
Become.com, an innovative shopping search engine, has created a Java technology web crawler that passes through 3 billion pages in seven days and may be the most sophisticated and massively...
Sun.com : Tech Tip: Learn about Locks
Last post on Nov 14, 2005, 08:38:04 pm
One of the popular features of the J2SE 5.0 libraries is the addition of concurrency utilities. Locking is one of the areas improved by the concurrency utilities. Learn more in...
Sun.com : Developing an SSL-Enabled Web Application With Sun Java System Application Server 8.1
Last post on Nov 14, 2005, 08:37:12 pm
A popular security technology, SSL offers mutual authentication and message encryption in client-server communications. This article provides the steps to enable SSL in your web application and to implement SSL-enabled...
Sun.com : XML Validation and XPath Evaluation in J2SE 5.0
Last post on Nov 14, 2005, 08:36:11 pm
J2SE 5.0 provides support for validating an XML document against a schema, as well as evaluation of XPath for selecting document nodes. This article shows how to make the most...
Sun.com : Unified Expression Language
Last post on Nov 14, 2005, 08:34:59 pm
Learn about the new unified expression language for Java webtier technologes: why you need it, what you can do with it, and how you can customize it. To...
Sun.com : Creating and Using a Custom Render Kit
Last post on Nov 14, 2005, 08:34:07 pm
Learn how to use JavaServer Faces technology to create a custom render kit for the purpose of rendering markup to non-HTML clients. To read the full article click...
Sun.com : Internationalization: Understanding Locale in the Java Platform
Last post on Nov 14, 2005, 08:33:16 pm
To be effective, an application should respect the user's language and geographic region. Learn how to use locale-sensitive objects to customize your Java technology application with the use of language,...
Sun.com : Here Comes Tommy -- An Unmanned, Autonomous Java Technology-Powered Dune Buggy
Last post on Nov 14, 2005, 08:32:17 pm
Tommy, an autonomous, unmanned Java technology-powered dune buggy, will compete in the semifinals for the DARPA Grand Challenge at the California Speedway, on the road to a $2 million prize,...
Sun.com : Sun Microsystems Talks With Li Moore of Google
Last post on Nov 14, 2005, 08:31:03 pm
Software engineer Li Moore discusses Google's switch to J2SE 5.0: &quot;This release is purely an improvement, in terms of language features, libraries, stability, performance, and tools.&quot; To read...
Sun.com : New Splash-Screen Functionality in Mustang
Last post on Nov 14, 2005, 08:29:51 pm
A standard part of any GUI application, the splash screen lets the user know that the application is starting. Learn how Java SE 6 (code name Mustang) allows the application...
Sun.com : Meet the Engineer: Kumar Srinivasan
Last post on Nov 14, 2005, 08:28:55 pm
You've downloaded their code, commented on their technical articles, and read their blogs... Now it's your turn to meet some of Sun's most influential engineers and discover what exciting new...
Sun.com : Java Technology and Robotics: A Conversation With Tommy Architect Paul J. Perrone
Last post on Nov 14, 2005, 08:27:37 pm
Paul J. Perrone, chief architect of Tommy, an autonomous, unmanned Java technology-powered dune buggy that is set to compete in the semifinals of the DARPA Grand Challenge at the California...
Sun.com : October is SOA/Web Services Month
Last post on Nov 14, 2005, 08:26:42 pm
We've pulled together a wide variety of content about SOA and web services, including articles, tips, white papers, code samples, and more. To read the full article click...
Sun.com : The Next Big Thing: Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) Takes a New Route
Last post on Nov 14, 2005, 08:25:30 pm
RouteOne's service-oriented architecture (SOA), which serves some 80% of the 22,000 auto dealerships in the United States, makes it clear that SOA is here to stay. To read...
Sun.com : Easy and Efficient XML Processing: Upgrade to JAXP 1.3
Last post on Nov 14, 2005, 08:24:20 pm
The Java API for XML Processing (JAXP) 1.3, with its Validation APIs and XPath APIs, improves XML schema data type support, adds security, and increases performance. To read...
Sun.com : Ensuring Speed and Openness at the Java Community Process: A Conversation With Onno Kluyt
Last post on Nov 14, 2005, 08:23:13 pm
Onno Kluyt, senior director and chair of the Java Community Process (JCP), talks about his efforts to make the JCP smoother, faster, and more open. To read the...
Sun.com : Tech Tip: Accessing the Bean Environment in EJB 3.0 Session Beans
Last post on Nov 14, 2005, 08:22:20 pm
Deepa Singh, Sun's lead test developer for the EJB container in the Sun Java Enterprise Application Server group, discusses how Enterprise JavaBeans 3.0 (EJB 3.0) session beans declare dependencies on...
Sun.com : Book Excerpt: Java Reflection in Action
Last post on Nov 14, 2005, 08:21:19 pm
In Chapter 4, "Using Java's Dynamic Proxy," you'll learn how to use java.lang.reflect.Proxy and chain proxies, and you'll also discover the pitfalls of using Proxy. To read the...
Sun.com : Fast Infoset and the Pragmatic SOA Approach
Last post on Nov 14, 2005, 08:19:49 pm
Fast Infoset complements the best practices of SOA -- specifically, loosely-coupled, document-based messaging. Read why Fast Infoset is a viable alternative to XML when message size and parsing performance are...
Sun.com : Learning Java 2D, Part 2
Last post on Nov 14, 2005, 08:18:42 pm
The Java 2D API allows you to create some stunningly high-quality graphics. This article, part 2 in a series, discusses ways to use the Java 2D libraries to manipulate and...
Sun.com : Visit the Engineers' Sandbox
Last post on Nov 14, 2005, 08:18:19 pm
This is a unique area on java.sun.com where Sun engineers and the developer community can communicate easily and directly. You will find articles, tips, code samples, opinions, and more --...
Sun.com : Book Excerpt: Java Objects: From Concepts to Code
Last post on Nov 14, 2005, 08:17:50 pm
Chapter 6, "Collections of Objects," highlights the significant improvements in J2SE 5.0 to collections, which hold and organize references to other objects. To read the full article click...
Sun.com : Tech Tip: The Schema Validation Framework
Last post on Nov 14, 2005, 08:16:37 pm
Sun's Neeraj Bajaj discusses the new Schema Validation Framework (SVF), also known as the Validation API, which offers advanced capabilities to efficiently validate XML against a schema. To...
Sun.com : New System Tray Functionality in Mustang
Last post on Nov 14, 2005, 08:14:38 pm
The upcoming J2SE Mustang release includes a new system tray API, which allows you to embed a small icon in the OS system tray, attach a popup menu, and listen...
Sun.com : Free Developer Tools!
Last post on Nov 14, 2005, 08:13:51 pm
Sun is offering the award-winning Sun Java Studio Enterprise and Sun Java Studio Creator IDEs at no cost to all developers worldwide who join Sun Developer Network (SDN). ...
Article Submission
Last post on Nov 14, 2005, 03:22:11 pm
Are there any sites that will submit your articles to directories for a fee? I have seen the software, but I dont want to put up the $150 that...
Web Content Writing Services
Last post on Nov 13, 2005, 07:55:39 pm
Hello :)  I just wanted to inform you all that I have a web content / article writing service available online at: http://www.webcontentwow.com Although I've been writing as...
Article : Extend the JDK Classes with Jakarta Commons, Part II
Last post on Nov 13, 2005, 05:54:40 pm
This second installment of a three-part series further explores components in Jakarta Commons and presents real world examples to demonstrate how you can use them in your projects. ...
Basic online terms
Last post on Nov 13, 2005, 12:48:13 pm
What is a web browser? When you sit down and look at web pages, you are using a web browser. This is the piece of software that communicates with web...
Channel Tracking released
Last post on Nov 12, 2005, 10:49:45 am
eMiniMalls now supports Channel tracking. Channels allow you detailed tracking on your eMiniMall units. Chitika allows you to specify your own channel names, so you can set meaningful names like...
Article : Customizing XML Serialization in .NET 2.0 Using the IXmlSerializable Interface
Last post on Nov 10, 2005, 08:55:44 am
In .NET 2.0, Microsoft has exposed the methods of the IXmlSerializable interface, giving you explicit control over the XML schema as well as fine-grained control of the XML created when...
Channels question
Last post on Nov 09, 2005, 03:26:32 pm
Today I've seen the channels selection in the stats page. What I want to ask, is how you can set those channels, so I will be able to check...
Using blog titles as keywords to target eMiniMalls
Last post on Nov 08, 2005, 07:07:11 pm
Bloggers using WP and MT can customize the eMiniMalls code and pass the title of the blog post as a keyword. On MT insert the following code: ch_query =...
Maximum # of eMiniMalls on a Page?
Last post on Nov 08, 2005, 06:09:58 pm
There is no limit to the number of eMiniMalls that you can have on one page.  However, we do not recommend any more than 3 due to ?banner blindness.? ...
Sample Keywords
Last post on Nov 08, 2005, 06:06:45 pm
Need help coming up with keywords for targeting?  We have created a sample list of categories and keywords to help give you ideas.  Please keep in mind that...
eMiniMalls Search Tab
Last post on Nov 08, 2005, 06:04:58 pm
You can hide the search tab on eMiniMalls by inserting the following line in your code: ch_nosearch = 1; To read the full article click...
eMiniMalls Full Script for Setting your own Keywords
Last post on Nov 08, 2005, 06:03:59 pm
Here?s the full script (for the 300x250 unit) that you can use to assign your own keywords: <script type=\"text/javascript\"><!-- ch_client = "<userid>"; ch_width = 300; ch_height = 250; ch_non_contextual...
Using Custom Fields in WordPress to set your eMiniMalls queries
Last post on Nov 08, 2005, 06:03:14 pm
Jacken describes in detail how you can use WordPress? Custom Fields to easily set your own quieries: But wouldn?t it be great if you could use the Custom Fields that?s...
Customizable background colors for eMiniMalls
Last post on Nov 08, 2005, 06:01:34 pm
The background color can now be changed. The option for that is now in the control. But if existing users want to hack the code, they can do use using...
Supported Traffic
Last post on Nov 08, 2005, 06:00:44 pm
We currently accept traffic from the US, Canada, Western Europe and Australia.  As we add more products for other countries we will expand our coverage. To...
eMiniMalls Referral Banners are now ready!
Last post on Nov 08, 2005, 04:55:06 pm
We just released over 10 different banners that our affiliates can use to promote eMiniMalls and refer publishers. Check out the sample 180x150 banner: The following banner...
Article : Resolve DB2 Instance Creation Failure on UNIX
Last post on Nov 08, 2005, 08:58:25 am
Finds out why AIX DB2 instance creation fails and jpw to resolve it. To read the full article click here...
Article : Extract JAR and ZIP Entries with JarURLConnection
Last post on Nov 08, 2005, 08:57:42 am
This tip includes code you can use to extract JAR and ZIP Entries with JarURLConnection. To read the full article click here...
Article : Official Microsoft Visual Studio/SQL Server/BizTalk Launch Day Has Arrived
Last post on Nov 08, 2005, 08:56:59 am
It's finally here! Microsoft releases Visual Studio 2005, SQL Server 2005, and BizTalk 2006 with launch events taking place across the country. Developers will receive hands-on experience, in-depth information, and...
Article : Combine Multiple .NET Assemblies into One
Last post on Nov 08, 2005, 08:56:18 am
Find out how to use Microsoft's ILMerge tool to merge .NET assemblies. To read the full article click here...
Article : Windows Communication Foundation: The Security Model
Last post on Nov 08, 2005, 08:55:36 am
Securing communications has never been easier. See how to set up the Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) on your system, and use configuration-based security to add or change the security requirements...
Article : Speed Up Your Hibernate Applications with Second-Level Caching
Last post on Nov 04, 2005, 08:56:55 am
Newer Hibernate developers sometimes don't understand Hibernate caching and use it poorly as a result. However, when used correctly, it can be one of the most powerful ways to accelerate...
Article : Delphi and VB Developers, You Too Can Build Java GUIs
Last post on Nov 04, 2005, 08:56:13 am
When Delphi and Visual Basic application developers migrate to Java, they often encounter complexities that limit their ability to concentrate on the application logic. The open source visual tool AbaGUIBuilder...
Article : Get the Jump on Toad for DB2
Last post on Nov 03, 2005, 04:58:42 pm
With the release of Toad for DB2, users of IBM's DB2 will be treated to a slick and powerful new graphical interface that makes developing database applications a breeze. Get...
Article : Converting a String to a GUID
Last post on Nov 03, 2005, 04:57:17 pm
Learn about this simple way to convert a string, which is in the correct GUID format, into a GUID. To read the full article click here...
Article : Comparing Strings Properly in Java
Last post on Nov 03, 2005, 04:56:33 pm
Find out how to use the equals method to compare strings in Java. To read the full article click here...
Article : Custom Web Controls Demystified, Part 1
Last post on Nov 03, 2005, 04:55:49 pm
Many ASP.NET developers use Web controls, but few have taken the time to explore how to develop their own custom Web controls, thereby potentially missing some very useful, reusable functionality....
SQL and RDBMS Database Design DO's and DON'Ts
Last post on Nov 03, 2005, 09:34:36 am
SQL and RDBMS Database Design DO's and DON'Ts ------------------------------------------ Generic DOs:   1. Develop a backup strategy before you encounter a catastrophic database failure, and TEST it regularly...
learn php
Last post on Nov 02, 2005, 09:10:39 pm
check out this site as it has a lot of tutorials and articles to help you with php http://www.phpfreaks.com/ enjoy...
Important ASP Resources
Last post on Nov 02, 2005, 08:46:31 pm
Often times finding the right resource amidst 40,000 posts can be daunting. To aid those who are new to these forums, and to provide a growing resource for those are...
free article directories
Last post on Nov 02, 2005, 12:46:12 pm
Article directories are a great place for webmasters and publishers of ezines and newsletters to pick up free content. And for authors who write articles, they are a great place...
Article : Solve the Page Waiting Game with Threaded AJAX
Last post on Oct 29, 2005, 04:55:42 pm
ASP.NET offers a few solutions for handling long-running processes. One of the best methods is to combine threading with either a polling solution or AJAX. To read the...
Article : Find All User Tables, Columns, DataTypes, and Length
Last post on Oct 25, 2005, 05:02:21 pm
Use this code to determine all your user tables, plus their columns, datatypes, and length. To read the full article click here...
Article : Index Covering Boosts SQL Server Query Performance
Last post on Oct 25, 2005, 05:01:37 pm
Index covering is a quick and easy solution to many query performance problems. By just adding a column or two to an index you can significantly boost a query's performance....
Article : SQL Server 2005: Better Than Ever for Software Developers
Last post on Oct 25, 2005, 05:00:53 pm
Some key improvements in SQL Server 2005 make this developer-friendly database even better than before. Get the details today and get ready for the upcoming release. To read...
Article : Creating Custom Generic Collections with J2SE 5.0
Last post on Oct 25, 2005, 05:00:10 pm
J2SE 5.0 introduced many additions to the collections API that you need to be aware of to properly implement generic custom collections that work seamlessly with multiple types and the...
Article : What Does "strictfp" Do?"
Last post on Oct 25, 2005, 04:59:29 pm
Learn why and when you might want to use this little-known modifier. To read the full article click here...
Article : Add Object Cache Monitoring Using JMX and Aspects
Last post on Oct 25, 2005, 04:58:41 pm
Find out how to add cache monitoring to your applications using JMX MBeans and AOP technologies&#151;without altering the application code. To read the full article click here...
Article : The VS.NET 2003 DateTimePicker Control's Default Value
Last post on Oct 25, 2005, 04:57:56 pm
In some cases, the results of the use of the DateTimePicker control can be confused. This especially happens when the control has been implicitly initialized. This tip describes what you...
Article : A Loop with an Exit Condition
Last post on Oct 25, 2005, 04:57:13 pm
You may often see this pattern when structuring your code in loop constructs. This tip shows you a better way to structure the code that removes redundancies. To...
Article : Leverage the Power of the Smart Tag in Your Custom Controls
Last post on Oct 25, 2005, 04:56:30 pm
Learn how to increase your users' productivity by adding Smart Tag support to your custom control. To read the full article click here...
Article : eXtreme.NET Iteration One: Refactoring with Resharper
Last post on Oct 25, 2005, 04:55:48 pm
This article follows a team of developers learning to use XP (eXtreme Programming) techniques to improve the way they deliver software. Follow this team as they learn about Resharper, a...
Article : Open Source Database Feature Comparison Matrix
Last post on Oct 15, 2005, 04:57:51 pm
This handy comparison matrix and glossary let you compare and contrast the supported features of several popular open source databases: Cloudscape 5.1, Daffodil DB 4.0, MySQL 5.0, PostgreSQL 8.0, and...
Article : Book Excerpt: Building Intelligent .NET Applications : Agents, Data Mining, Rule-Based Sys
Last post on Oct 15, 2005, 04:57:03 pm
Covering Microsoft Speech Server and Agent technology in depth, this book provides a different slant on the process of building Artificial Intelligence (AI) applications. Chapter 8, "Building an Agent," walks...
Article : Book Excerpt: Visual Studio Tools for Office
Last post on Oct 15, 2005, 04:56:04 pm
It's not often that you find a technology book written by the same people who were involved in building that technology, yet that's what this book is. VSTO amounts to...
Article : Java EE 5.0: Towards Ease of Development
Last post on Oct 14, 2005, 08:56:54 am
Any J2EE developer knows how hard enterprise Java can be. Find out how the set of new Java EE 5.0 features, such as Web services support, annotations, and enhanced CMP,...
Article : Send and Recieve Messages Using a CGI Java Application
Last post on Oct 13, 2005, 04:56:46 pm
This tip contains code showing you how to send and receive CGI messages from a Java application. To read the full article click here...
Article : Try Declarative Programming with Annotations and Aspects
Last post on Oct 13, 2005, 04:56:04 pm
Learn how to combine the power of annotations with aspects to provision enterprise services declaratively, in an EJB 3.0-compatible manner, while still providing container independence. To read the...
Article : Locate All Stored Procedures and Their Objects/SQL Tables
Last post on Oct 12, 2005, 08:57:27 am
This code shows you how to you need to locate all the stored procedures and objects/SQL tables upon which they depend. To read the full article click here...
Article : Tackle Device Fragmentation with NetBeans and the NetBeans Mobility Pack
Last post on Oct 12, 2005, 08:56:46 am
Building J2ME applications with a single code base that deploys to an ever-growing set of platforms is a tough and maybe impossible task. Find out how using Sun's NetBeans IDE...
Article : Use the "as" Operator for Reference Type Casting
Last post on Oct 12, 2005, 08:56:05 am
Using the "as" operator for reference type casting makes your code more readable, and can prevent exceptions should a type mismatch occur. To read the full article click...
Article : Introduction to Cascading Style Sheets
Last post on Oct 08, 2005, 04:56:08 pm
Browsers often have a difficult time reading a style definition for one reason or another. Adding a position (and sometimes a width) value to every appropriate CSS definition can jumpstart...
Article : The Windows Communication Foundation: A Primer
Last post on Oct 07, 2005, 08:56:11 am
The Windows Communication Foundation (WCF)-formerly known as Indigo-is Microsoft's new connected systems platform for Windows. This is the first in a WCF article series covering everything from first principles and...
Article : Building a Stored Procedure Generator
Last post on Oct 06, 2005, 04:56:13 pm
Creating basic data access stored procedures is time consuming and boring work.  Relieve the tedium by writing code that writes these stored procedures for you. To read the...
Article : Making Tables Read-only in Oracle
Last post on Oct 04, 2005, 08:58:57 am
In Oracle, you can only control read/write capability for an entire tablespace, not for a single table within a tablespace. To read the full article click here...
Article : Extend the JDK Classes with Jakarta Commons, Part I
Last post on Oct 04, 2005, 08:58:09 am
Explore the components in the Jakarta Commons set of reusable classes and you'll be convinced that most of them should be part of the JDK. Learn which ones you should...
Article : How to Pass Parameters from a Java Applet to an HTML File
Last post on Oct 04, 2005, 08:57:19 am
This tip includes a sample applet and a sample HTML file that will show you how to pass parameters from a Java applet to an HTML file. To...
Article : Creating and Using Resource Files
Last post on Oct 04, 2005, 08:56:24 am
This tip uses the example of an input form to show you how to create and use resource files. To read the full article click here...
NASA Takes Google on a Journey into Space
Last post on Oct 01, 2005, 09:11:58 pm
Just read this article, and find it interesting. Nasa and Google signed a cooperation memorandum on a variety of areas, including large-scale data management, massively distributed computing, bio-info-nano convergence,...
Article : Making the Most of PHP with DB2
Last post on Oct 01, 2005, 07:55:06 pm
With the IBM_DB2 PECL extension, you have dozens of new functions available that you can use within your PHP application to access the power of this enterprise-level database. We describe...
Article : Creating Voice Applications with Reusable Dialog Components
Last post on Oct 01, 2005, 04:56:28 pm
Find out how J2EE, JSP, and Struts developers can use the Reusable Dialog Component (RDC) Open Source project along with VoiceXML to develop rich voice applications using standard Web progamming...
Some great sites to submit your articles
Last post on Sep 28, 2005, 03:56:37 pm
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Article : Using SELECT * on a Table with the Column Type NTEXT
Last post on Sep 27, 2005, 08:57:53 am
Find out how to ensure that your NTEXT contents display when you've used SELECT * on table with the column type. To read the full article click here...
Article : Read a Web Page by Connecting to a Final Server Through a Proxy Server
Last post on Sep 27, 2005, 08:57:05 am
Learn how to use two new Java classes to read a Web page by connecting to a final server through a proxy server. To read the full article...
Article : Use Stored Procedures for Java Persistence
Last post on Sep 27, 2005, 08:56:21 am
Find out why should you use stored procedures to build your Java persistence layer instead of embedded SQL, entity beans, or tools such as Hibernate. Then learn how to do...
Article : Improve Performance by Reducing Column Size
Last post on Sep 21, 2005, 08:59:37 am
Learn how to reduce column size in columns that contain data. To read the full article click here...
Article : View the Bytecode Contained in a Java Class
Last post on Sep 21, 2005, 08:58:48 am
Find out how to use the 'javap' application (javap.exe) as a disassembler to view the bytecode inside a Java class. To read the full article click here...
Article : Using Java to Handle Custom WSDL Data Types
Last post on Sep 21, 2005, 08:58:05 am
What happens when neither the default WSDL type system nor the default encoding meet your application's needs? Don't worry, you can use custom data types and encoding formats in conjunction...
Article : Send Email in C# Code
Last post on Sep 21, 2005, 08:57:13 am
This code shows how to send email in C# code. To read the full article click here...
Header Tags
Last post on Sep 20, 2005, 05:05:29 pm
I read that it is good to use the <h1>, <h2> tags etc.  I'm not so sure where I would use them and are you only supposed to use them...
Some promotion tips
Last post on Sep 20, 2005, 04:29:20 pm
Submit your site to web directories Post reviews on other sites ( eg. book reviews in Amazon ) Submit to classified ads web sites Create a blog...
Article : More of What You Need to Know About Your Website Traffic is Contained
Last post on Sep 19, 2005, 11:07:37 pm
[size=12px] Their is an old Saying it goes something like this 'Figures Lie and Liars figures. While it is true that you can skew Statistics anyway you want, it is...
Making Text Legible
Last post on Sep 19, 2005, 10:54:55 pm
Designing for People with Partial Sight http://www.lighthouse.org/print_leg.htm great article for any designer....
Article : How to Choose a Web Hosting Company?
Last post on Sep 19, 2005, 10:50:40 pm
[size=12px] Nowadays, anybody can afford to order a feature-packed web hosting plan for next to nothing; however, affordable price is not the only criterion which should be considered when purchasing...
Article : 10 Things to Ponder when Picking Your .com
Last post on Sep 19, 2005, 10:21:39 pm
1. Proper names VS Common Names. First of all there are two different kinds of names, proper names (unique words, person, place), or common names (things like cars or cheese.)...
Article : Create Data-Aware Applications in "Avalon"the Windows Presentation Foundation
Last post on Sep 13, 2005, 04:40:49 pm
In WPF you can bind UI elements to a wide variety of data sources, including XML data, Web services, as well as databases. Learn how data-binding works in the Windows...
Article : Retrieve All the Index Names for a Given Table Using SQL Query
Last post on Sep 13, 2005, 04:28:03 pm
Use this code to retrieve all the Index names for a given table Using SQL query. To read the full article click here...
Article : Accessing PostgreSQL with Python and Psycopg2
Last post on Sep 13, 2005, 04:27:13 pm
The combination of Python and PostgreSQL is potent, particularly when you use the Psycopg2 driver. To read the full article click here...
Article : Achieving IIF Functionality in T-SQL
Last post on Sep 13, 2005, 04:26:19 pm
Although T-SQL doesn't provide an IIF command, you can get equivalent functionality using the SELECT CASE command. To read the full article click here...
Article : The 'Secure by Default' Features of SQL Server 2005
Last post on Sep 13, 2005, 04:24:38 pm
SQL Server 2005 offers improvements in authentication and authorization, as well as native support for cryptography&#151;features that enable more secure database application design and implementation than previous releases. ...
Article : Review: IntelliJ IDEA 5.0 Enhancements Must Compete with 'Free' IDEs
Last post on Sep 13, 2005, 04:23:31 pm
A satisfied IntelliJ IDEA 4.5 user reviews the new features in the IntelliJ 5.0 release. As productive as the enhancements to the new IDE are, he explains why he still...
Article : Discover the Eclipse Modeling Framework (EMF) and Its Dynamic Capabilities
Last post on Sep 13, 2005, 04:22:43 pm
Given a model, EMF can generate Java source code that will allow you to create, query, update, serialize, deserialize, validate, and track changes to instances of your models. EMF provides...
Article : Using Annotations with Aspects in Pre-Java 5 Versions
Last post on Sep 13, 2005, 04:21:49 pm
If you're interested in combining the power of annotations and aspects but can't yet move to Java 5, don't be discouraged; you still have robust options. Several AOP frameworks provide...
Article : Locating the Fonts Available to Your Java Apps
Last post on Sep 13, 2005, 04:21:01 pm
Learn about a couple different ways to locate the fonts available to your Java applications. To read the full article click here...
Article : Using XML in Java Gets Easier with DOM4J
Last post on Sep 13, 2005, 04:20:13 pm
Have you experienced the pain of parsing and extracting XML data inside Java applications? Then you'll love DOM4J. Find out how flexible, high-performance, and memory-efficient implementations of this XML framework...
Article : Classloader Diffculties with JBoss
Last post on Sep 13, 2005, 04:19:20 pm
This tip contains solutions to the classloader difficulties encountered with JBoss when deploying WAR files with different versions of common JAR files. To read the full article click...
Article : An Introduction to Antipatterns in Java Applications
Last post on Sep 13, 2005, 04:18:33 pm
Just as design patterns provide a way to communicate concisely about desired software practices, antipatterns provide the equivalent advantages for communicating undesirable practices&#151;and here's a set of common antipatterns to...
Article : Get Familiar with J2SE 5.0 Collections
Last post on Sep 13, 2005, 04:17:44 pm
Although you may be completely at ease with Java collections in previous versions, J2SE 5.0 collections are both simpler and different, requiring less code&#151;but altered programming techniques. To...
Article : Spring Your Struts Apps Ahead: The Struts-to-Spring Migration
Last post on Sep 13, 2005, 04:16:49 pm
Find out what it takes to migrate Struts applications to Spring MVC. You'll learn not only how to transform Struts applications into Spring MVC applications, but also the logical mapping...
Article : EclipseME : Another IDE Option for J2ME Development
Last post on Sep 13, 2005, 04:15:49 pm
This summer, the 1.0 release of a new plug-in, namely EclipseME, affords J2ME developers another free IDE option built on top of this very popular and powerful platform. ...
Article : A Crash Course on Custom ASP.NET Data-bound Controls
Last post on Sep 13, 2005, 04:10:53 pm
Data-bound controls require a data source property and a set of string properties that link to particular columns of the data source. In addition, they need an Items collection property...
Article : Book Excerpt: .NET Framework Standard Library Annotated Reference, Volume 2
Last post on Sep 13, 2005, 04:10:12 pm
Finally, you can find detailed information and examples for the entire .NET Framework in a single work. This sample chapter covers the System.Xml.XmlReader class from top to bottom (including both...
Article : Tackle Complex Data Binding with Windows Forms 2.0
Last post on Sep 13, 2005, 04:09:23 pm
Two-way data binding can save you a ton of coding, as long as you can get the bound controls to behave the way you want them to. To...
Article : Using the Domain Objects Persistence Pattern in .NET
Last post on Sep 13, 2005, 04:08:34 pm
Domain application objects are usually central to the entire application and used by most subsystems. They represent the core data and business validation rules; therefore, good domain object design is...
Article : What's New in .NET 2.0 for Assemblies and Versioning?
Last post on Sep 13, 2005, 04:07:45 pm
.NET 2.0 and Visual Studio 2005 have numerous innovations regarding assemblies and versioning. You can add a reference to an EXE assembly, resolve type conflicts by aliasing a reference, given...
Article : Changing the Foreground and Background Color of Code Window in VS.NET
Last post on Sep 13, 2005, 04:06:55 pm
Follow these steps to change the foreground and background colors of the code window in VS.NET. To read the full article click here...
Article : Creating Methods with a Variable Number of Arguments
Last post on Sep 13, 2005, 04:06:09 pm
Find out how to use the keyword params to define a method which will accept a variable number of arguments of the same type. To read the full...
Article : Book Excerpt: Murach's ASP.NET 2.0 Upgrader's Guide, C# Edition
Last post on Sep 13, 2005, 04:05:20 pm
If you're a C# developer upgrading from ASP.NET 1.x to ASP.NET 2.0, here's a book that uses complete business applications to show you not only the new features available, but...
Article : Initializing a TextBox
Last post on Sep 13, 2005, 04:04:33 pm
Learn the two ways to initialize a TextBox whose TextMode is "password" with a default password. To read the full article click here...
Article : Salvage Your Client-Side JavaScript Menus in ASP.NET Using XML/XSLT
Last post on Sep 13, 2005, 04:03:44 pm
ASP.NET's server-based event-handling model has made working with many popular client-side JavaScript menu systems increasingly unpalatable in their current form. Fortunately, XML and XSLT provide a way out. ...
Article : The Importance of Website Stats
Last post on Sep 02, 2005, 09:52:08 pm
[size=12px] One of the best tools you have as a webmaster is your website statistics. The most popular site stats programs are Awstats, Webalizer, and Analog. Usually, they come free...
PhP is about to die....
Last post on Aug 31, 2005, 08:42:09 pm
I've just read a very interesting article about php that sais tha the Php language is about to die. It has been writen that the most new developers are...
Article : Three Critical Affiliate Marketing Tips For Higher Commissions!
Last post on Aug 29, 2005, 02:42:29 pm
Affiliate marketing is quickly becoming a very specialized form of online business. It seems that people all over the Internet are clamoring for more affiliate tips. And there are a...
Article : How to Handle Web Surfers Who Disabled JavaScript
Last post on Aug 29, 2005, 02:39:02 pm
There are hundreds of millions of Web surfers today. Each of them uses one of multiple web browsers available now. You as a Webmaster create cool web pages that are...
Article : Some Quick Tips to Easily Improve the Success of Your Forum!
Last post on Aug 29, 2005, 02:31:09 pm
[size=12px]It is difficult to define a ?successful forum?. However, all forums deal with information and so the amount of information that is transferred across a forum is an indication of...
Article : Top Ways To Make Money Online With Highly Read Articles
Last post on Aug 29, 2005, 01:52:23 pm
[size=12px] If you want to make money online a good strategy that won't cost you a dime is to write articles that relate to your product or service. Search...
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