Site Promotion: A Domain Name for Every Product?
From: www.wilsonweb.com

"Should every product have a landing page on its own domain name? Not if you have a website that is already well ranked, according to Andy Beal of KeywordRanking.com. Only if the product is much different than anything else on your site is a new domain name recommended. Date: Aug 11, 2004, 11:35 PST"

Site Design: Business Site Design Tips
From: www.wilsonweb.com

"Points to various sources of information on website design, as well as design wizards found at Site Build It! and Yahoo! Small Business Hosting. Date: Aug 4, 2004, 11:18 PST"

Site Design: 12 Website Design Decisions Your Business or Organization Will Need to Make Correctly
From: www.wilsonweb.com

"7,600-word article includes many tips and links to resources to help businesses and organizations know how to design or redesign a website that works. Twelve points help organize the steps involved. Date: Aug 2, 2004, 11:33 PST"

Site Promotion: The Web Marketing Checklist: 29 Ways to Promote Your Website
From: www.wilsonweb.com

"Link Description: Date: Jul 28, 2004, 15:01 PST"

E-Commerce: Demand for Print Books vs. E-Books
From: www.wilsonweb.com

"Do online shoppers prefer e-books rather than printed copies? The answer may depend upon price consciousness as well as urgency. This article contains comments by two online document sellers, PlansNow.com and MarketingSherpa.com. Date: Jul 28, 2004, 10:14 PST"


Infouno.com Launches UK Metasearch
From: www.webpronews.com

"Infouno, The UK's first dedicated metasearch service, makes it quicker and easier for people searching the UK web to find related."

Search Engine Marketing Professional Organization Launches Advertising Campaign
From: www.webpronews.com

"The Search Engine Marketing Professional Organization (SEMPO) today announced the launch of a major advertising campaign."

eMarketer Report Finds Online Advertising Is Booming
From: www.webpronews.com

"A report done by eMarketer concerning online advertising as found that spending on this medium is expected to continue and increase over the year. The exact numbers from eMarketer's report states that spending for advertising online will hit the $9.1 billion mark, $1 billion more than what was spent in 2000."

Travel Advertising Success With SideStep
From: www.webpronews.com

"SideStep Inc., search engine for travelers, has had success with travel leaders such as Independence Air and Best Western International."

Infotrieve Releases ArticleFinder eXtreme
From: www.webpronews.com

"Infotrieve, Inc., announced today the launch of its new federated search solution, ArticleFinder eXtreme (AFX), designed to deliver cost savings to special libraries by leveraging their existing resources. AFX can be integrated into Infotrieve's Virtual Library technology platform, allowing users to simultaneously search their library's holdings, subscription and public databases."


More Big Boobs in Playboy
From: www.wired.com

"An interview with Google's co-founders due out in the current issue of Playboy may delay the company's IPO. Securities regulations restrict what executives can say while preparing to sell stock for the first time."

Blockbuster Takes On Netflix
From: www.wired.com

"The store chain will launch a Web DVD rental service like Netflix -- only cheaper. Also: American troops get access to Napster & hellip;. Microsoft offers XP lite in Asia to recapture business lost to Linux, piracy & hellip;. and more."

Google IPO Sets Odd Precedent
From: www.wired.com

"Google's offbeat approach to its upcoming stock offering is creating plenty of headaches for Wall Street underwriters. But if all ends well, the complex, auction-style offering will represent Google's most profitable option. By Joanna Glasner."

FCC Pulls Blinds on Wireless Data
From: www.wired.com

"New rules will force wireless telecommunications companies to disclose serious network outages, but the public won't have access to the information for fear that terrorists may read it. By Ryan Singel."

Dutch Firm Beats Apple to Punch
From: www.wired.com

"A music retailer from the Netherlands beats Apple by launching a download service in Europe's latest market battleground. Also: Movie industry wrests agreement from defunct company.... Microsoft challenges Photoshop & hellip;. and more."


A Successful Blog (Part One and Part Two)
From: webword.com

" A Successful Blog - Part One and A Successful Blog - Part Two"

Enhance Usability by Highlighting Search Terms
From: webword.com

" A List Apart -- "We ve written a script in PHP that you can add to individual pages or entire websites that will automatically highlight words in your page if the user has followed a link from a search engine results page."

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Subject: Top Web Behavior #5: Log in
From: webword.com

" Captology Notebook -- "Most sites say that they want you to log in order to customize your experience, or to give you access to exclusive content. But the real point is to track you. Without log-ins, site owners can only monitor the volume of traffic to their site. But with log-ins, site owners can accurately track how people move through their sites, how much time they spend there how often they come back. This information is of extreme interest to them, and especially to their advertisers."

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Children and Accessibility: It matters
From: webword.com

" "However, the more I try to do, the more I realize that in some ways children are just like some form of temporary impairment..."

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A few thoughts about device UI
From: webword.com

" Demsey.org -- "As software developers for mobile devices, it is critical that we understand the state of the device and how the user interacting with it while in that state. It's not a complex diagram, while there are a large number of possible states, it's not untenable (I'm not up to drawing a flow chart right now). In the cell phone example, the phone has a "ring" state (silent, vibrate, sound, sound+vibrate), a radio state (off, searching, connected), and others."

Use cases. Context. Usability.

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