E-Commerce: Marketing Your Products via Drop-Shipping
From: www.wilsonweb.com

"Explains some keys to becoming a drop-shipper to market your products. Discusses automating reseller account set-up, communication, product photos, info, and inventory, and setting realistic expectations. Gives an example of information contained in the Drop Ship Source Directory. Date: Sep 29, 2004, 16:43 PST"

Conversion: Conversion Rate Optimization using Offermatica (Case Study)
From: www.wilsonweb.com

"Link Description: This article describes various tests -- A/B split-testing and Taguchi Method experiments designed to optimize the conversion (subscription) rate on forms to subscribe to a free Internet marketing newsletter. As a result of testing, the subscription rate in one form was increased 37%, another 25%. Offermatica.com was the testing system used. Date: Sep 29, 2004, 09:56 PST"

E-Commerce: Franchises on the Web
From: www.wilsonweb.com

"Franchising is a local brick-and-mortar business model that doesn't work well on the web. More franchisees just create more and more head-to-head competition. Date: Sep 22, 2004, 17:59 PST"

Ads and Affiliates: The Death of Affiliate Marketing?
From: www.wilsonweb.com

"Is affiliate marketing dead? Selling marketing info products is very difficult because of intense compeititon, though affiliate marketing is a growing industry. Recommends using several advertising channels including search engine optimization (SEO), Pay Per Click (PPC) ads, and trading ads with other e-mail list owners. Date: Sep 15, 2004, 13:00 PST"

Site Design: Determining Which Company Physically Hosts a Website
From: www.wilsonweb.com

"Most hosting companies allow resellers to resell their services. But how good is a reseller's customer support when there's a problem? This article shows you how to find which is the company physically hosting a website. It involves a 2-step process: (1) determine the domain's IP address and (2) determine which company has been assigned blocks of IP addresses containing that IP address. Date: Sep 8, 2004, 15:00 PST"


IBM Expands On Demand Service
From: www.webpronews.com

"IBM is expanding its on demand service centers in North America, Europe and Asia to help meet growing marketplace demand."

SearchGuy Mobile Technology in Final Stages
From: www.webpronews.com

"SearchGuy.com is in the final stages of development for the revolutionary SearchGuy Mobile technology."

Ebay Art Gallery
From: www.webpronews.com

"In the Pop Art World Ebayers Compete for 5 Beautiful Ladies at a $10,000 Minimum Bid."

Shopping Search Engine Targets UK market
From: www.webpronews.com

"Zencudo is a Shopping Search Engine targeted specifically at the UK market and already hosts 2million new and used items from UK shops and private traders."

New Search Site Uses Clustering Technology
From: www.webpronews.com

"Vivisimo unveiled Clusty.com, the first full-service search site powered completely by breakthrough clustering technology."


PeopleSoft to CEO: You're Fired
From: www.wired.com

"The software company gets a stock boost from sacking its chief exec. Also: Microsoft continues to battle European courts. & hellip; University of Texas and Sun Microsystems come together to make a computer & hellip;. and more."

Mobile-Phone Ban May Be Near End
From: www.wired.com

"Tired of listening to travelers yakking on their cell phones in the airport lounge? You may have to put up with it in the cabin too, as regulators consider scrapping rules that ban use of most wireless devices in flight. By Joanna Glasner."

Microsoft Appeals EU Ruling
From: www.wired.com

"The company will fight the order to reveal its software code to rivals. Also: Startup wants Google to feel outdated & hellip;. Sony plasters Europe with Walkmans & hellip;. and more."

Bandwidth Glut Lives On
From: www.wired.com

"Nearly four years have passed since the peak of the fiber-optic boom, but overcapacity continues to plague carriers, and prices for bandwidth continue to fall. By Joanna Glasner."

IBM Claims Fastest Computer
From: www.wired.com

"The company's Blue Gene/L System beats out Japan's Earth Simulator. Also: Microsoft releases Hindi Windows XP in India.... The Sims 2 sells more than a million copies.... and more."


The Spin of Check 21
From: webword.com

" How often do you double check quotes? How often do you seek out multiple points of view? How often do you critically evaluate information?

Consider these two quotes on Check 21.

"Check 21 is sweeping new federal law that takes away your ability to get back your original paper checks. Under this law, consumers will be more likely to bounce checks and may find themselves paying higher bank fees. The complicated new law gives you some rights, but those rights depend on a variety of factors, including how the merchant and the bank decide to process your check." (Source: Consumers Union)

...versus...

"Check 21 is a federal law that is designed to enable banks to handle more checks electronically, which should make check processing faster and more efficient. Today, banks often must physically move original paper checks from the bank where the checks are deposited to the bank that pays them. This transportation can be inefficient and costly. Check 21 becomes effective on October 28, 2004." (Source: U.S. Federal Reserve Board)

What would happen if you only read one source of information?"

The Colors of the Candidates (2004 Debate)
From: webword.com

" I'm always looking at colors. Colors on web sites, colors of signs, colors in games, colors in movies, and so on. Color is very important, mostly as a matter of symbolism.

On 30-Sept-2004 (yesterday) I paid attention to the colors the candidates were wearing in the debate. First, I noticed that Kerry wore a red tie and Bush wore a blue tie. Why? My guess -- although it is only a guess -- is that since Kerry is a democrat, he wore red, and since Bush is a Republican, he wore blue. (Did anyone else think that Kerry was wearing a light blue dress shirt?)

Unfortunately, I can't figure out why red means democrat and blue means republican. I know that political parties use colors to represent their affiliations, but I just don't know why red is democrat and blue is republican. The connection seems more a matter of symbolism and history than any real physical or "hard" connection (e.g., red is blood).

On a final note aobut color, why do you think that the Laura Bush and Teresa Heinz Kerry both wore white? Were they both trying to display purity, cleanliness, and truth? Or, perhaps goodness, perfection, and virginity?"

Connie Rice is Wrong About the 2004 Presidential Debates
From: webword.com

" My brother wrote an article about the debates, and I did some editing. Basically, he did some fact checking and analysis on another article. I'm giving him some exposure here. Feel free to post your comments. Let him know what you think.

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Making Your Content Management System Work for You: An Interview with Jeffrey Ve
From: webword.com

" UIE -- "Adaptive Path's Jeffrey Veen is a recognized expert in the area of Web Design and Content Management Systems. UIE's Christine Perfetti recently had the opportunity to talk with Jeff about the reasons why many content management systems fail and what designers can do to avoid the common pitfalls associated with CMS installations. Here is what Jeffrey had to say about his experiences."

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IE--embraced, extended, extinct?
From: webword.com

" News.com -- "Redmond rejects that notion, saying instead that the long wait for an IE update is an indication of the work it's putting into the next incarnation of the browser. If Microsoft's plans pan out, it will unveil dramatic new features that will take Web browsing to an entirely new level--in many ways stepping beyond the browser completely."

But, the new browser will be cooked right into Longhorn. This will force you to upgrade if you want the new browser candy. Also, what "new level" of browsing can we expect? Better searching? More integration with Office? Does anyone have a clue?

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