Site Promotion: Improving Link Popularity
From: www.wilsonweb.com

"Increasing your link popularity to improve your ranking on search engines can be hard work. Article counsels avoiding link farms and other short cuts. Instead, consider obtaining incoming links through (1) reciprocal links, (2) major directories, (3) news releases, (4) free articles, (5) online forums, (6) award logos, and (7) outsourcing the project to SEO firms. Date: Aug 25, 2004, 09:59 PST"

E-Mail Marketing: Conducting E-Mail Surveys
From: www.wilsonweb.com

"E-mail surveys may not work correctly when an HTML form is included in the e-mail message. Alternatives are to use an exclusively text survey that can be returned by reply e-mail or to offer a link to an online survey. Date: Aug 18, 2004, 12:58 PST"

E-Commerce: Starting an Internet Business with Your Eyes Open
From: www.wilsonweb.com

"All businesses, especially Internet businesses, are risky. Don't quit your day job until you actually see enough steady revenue to warrant it. Recommends Site Build It!, especially for beginners. Date: Aug 18, 2004, 11:18 PST"

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"


DMA Praises Department of Justice and FBI for Spam-related Law Enforcement
From: www.webpronews.com

"The Direct Marketing Association (The DMA) today praised the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for their substantial spam-related law-enforcement activities and actions."

AMEX to Trade Options on Google Friday
From: www.webpronews.com

"The American Stock Exchange (Amex) will launch trading in options on Friday, August 27, 2004 on the Nasdaq Stock Market listed stock of Google Inc., Class A."

Possible Google Browser Coming?
From: www.webpronews.com

"In a blog written by Jason Kottke, the possibility of Google creating a web browser was discussed. The idea centers around building the browser based on Mozilla's. Considering the fact that Google has distanced itself from being a pure search entity, an idea like this seems very plausible."

AOL Dialer Now Available for Desktop Linux Users
From: www.webpronews.com

"New Beta Version Open Source Dialer Permits AOL Subscribers to Use Linux Operating System."

SandP Initiate STARS Coverage on Shares of Google with "Hold" Recommendation
From: www.webpronews.com

"Standard and Poor's Internet software and services equity analyst has initiated STARS coverage on the shares of Google with a "Hold" recommendation at $106.46 per share."


Video Girlfriends Demand Diamonds
From: www.wired.com

"A Hong Kong company develops a virtual love interest for cell phones with video capability. Also: RealNetworks offers paid internet content.... Vodafone, Nokia team up to simplify mobile software.... and more."

Selling the High Life in Iraq
From: www.wired.com

"More than a year after Saddam's ouster, a website hawking real estate in Iraq is seeing something of a mini-bubble. Asking prices in the swankier neighborhoods of Baghdad and Najaf are surging against a backdrop of civil unrest. By Joanna Glasner."

RSS Attracts Really Serious Money
From: www.wired.com

"Really Simple Syndication technology, which lets news junkies get instant info feeds from multiple sites, is grabbing investors' attention. The latest evidence: a multimillion-dollar funding round for RSS developer Technorati. By Daniel Terdiman."

There Turns Off Road to Nowhere
From: www.wired.com

"After big layoffs and management turmoil, the developer of the metaverse There looked near death. But $14 million in new funding has pumped some life into the company. By Daniel Terdiman."

DOJ Operation Slams Spam
From: www.wired.com

"The Justice Department begins a nationwide crackdown against spammers. Also: The EU extends its review of Microsoft's deal with Time Warner & hellip;. Sprint finds a third cable partner to offer VoIP & hellip;. and more."


The Google Browser
From: webword.com

" Jason Kottke talked about it recently (24-Aug-2004)

Anil Dash talked about it a year ago (15-July-2003).

I talked about it three years ago (6-Sept-2001).

:-p

(Yes, I'm trying to take credit. However, both Anil and Jason do a better job than I do at explaining these things. Despite the fact that I truly believe what I just wrote in that last sentence, I'm kissing their asses. But hey, at least I admit it, right?)"

Ten things I hate about tech
From: webword.com

" The Age -- "Registered users are supposed to get better access to support and upgrades. Registration can also help thwart piracy. And it may be part and parcel of a software licensing agreement anyway. But where do you draw the line? It seems that almost every product demands, and constantly nags for, customer details."

Not much new, but still a good list.

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Questions About Software
From: webword.com

" 1. What is the best software you used today?
2. What is the worst software you used today?
3. What software do you use the most?
4. How are 1, 2, and 3 related?

I can't stand SAP but I use it all the time. I think Internet Explorer is broken, but I need to use it all the time. I use MSN Messenger all the time, and I think it works pretty well. I like WinAmp but I think it is a bit complex and bloated in certain areas. I like Paint Shop Pro better than PhotoShop, but that is mainly because of my experience, not because of the software itself. I guess I don't mind Word and Excel, but the 2003 versions are bloated and clog up my laptop. I think Lotus Notes is powerful, and I use it all the time for some core applications, and email and the calendar, but it is not simple enough for most users.

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Mozilla to the Rescue
From: webword.com

" Here's a short story for you. My girlfriend is taking an online course. She was having Java issues with her browser. She was unable to use a module in the course. So, I did some investigation and found out that she is running IE 6.0 SP1 on Win2K. I looked up the browser requirements for the class and it said that IE 4.0 through 5.5 are supported, along with Netscape 4.0 through 4.6 (Navigator).

Huh?

What about IE 6.0? I looked closer at the requirements and it actually said that IE 5.0 and IE 5.5 with SP1 (service pack one) often won't work. This just didn't make any sense to me. I thought about the problem for a few minutes and then decided on a solution. I didn't want to take the browser back to 5.0 or 5.5 and I didn't want to remove SP1.

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Developer Spotlight: Jakob Nielsen
From: webword.com

" "The second problem is that open source when they turn to the general tools they tend to be in the line of let s implement what we already know so they will take Microsoft Office and they will clone it. Since we ve been criticising Microsoft for years for cloning Apple it is only fair to criticise open source for cloning Microsoft. The point being that you don t move ahead but you have to do something new."

Not much new here. Surprised?

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