Miscellaneous: Take the Business Ethics Pledge
From: www.wilsonweb.com

"Dr. Wilson encourages Internet businesspeople to take the Business Ethics Pledge developed by Shel Horowitz, author of Principled Profit. It begins, "I pledge allegiance, in my heart and soul, to the concepts of honesty, integrity, and quality in business." Date: Oct 13, 2004, 14:42 PST"

Site Promotion: Automated Reciprocal Linking Management Programs
From: www.wilsonweb.com

"Explores link management systems that help automate reciprocal linking, link swapping and exchanges. Favors those which allow you to host the link pages on your own website. Examines LinksManager.com and Links4Trade.com. Date: Oct 6, 2004, 15:12 PST"

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"


Ebay Education
From: www.webpronews.com

"Current statistics indicate eBay to be a seller's paradise. There are currently 114 million registered eBay users worldwide, 81 million of which live in the United States."

Wotbox's Instant Inclusion
From: www.webpronews.com

"Wotbox, in the news recently with the launch of many new localised search sites, has just released a new site submission programme for webmasters."

Microsoft and Travel meta-search
From: www.webpronews.com

"SeekNet Technologies released its travel meta-search application, SmartRover. SmartRover 1.3 is a smart client application, built with Microsoft technology."

The True Meaning of a Search Query
From: www.webpronews.com

"Using LMS allows Clush to present the true meaning of a Search query without ever using link popularity."

Mamma.com's Site Search Functionality
From: www.webpronews.com

"Mamma.com released site search functionality across it's Publisher Network to complement the Company's existing web search solutions."


Lost Files? Google the Hard Drive
From: www.wired.com

"The search engine company gets ready to unveil a program to do just that. Also: Make CDs while you order at Starbucks.... Nokia takes a Wall Street hit.... and more."

FEC Might MoveOn to the Internet
From: www.wired.com

"With political activity skyrocketing on the web, election officials may be forced to regulate. Also: Yahoo stays strong and growing.... 7-Eleven joins 21st century.... and more."

WanderPod Brings Wi-Fi Anywhere
From: www.wired.com

"A Wi-Fi hot-spot builder develops a decked-out trailer capable of delivering broadband access even in the middle of nowhere. The WanderPod gets its first test run at the launch of SpaceShipOne in the Mojave Desert. By Dan Brekke."

PayPal Fouled Up, but Secure
From: www.wired.com

"The online payment system has been glitchy since Friday, but the account information hasn't been compromised. Also: Amazon has no further expansion plans after buying a Chinese website.... Virgin joins quest for a better iPod & hellip;. and more."

Undecided Voter? Try This Quiz
From: www.wired.com

"While most voters have chosen their favorite candidate for president, several sites offer online tests for the undecided. In some cases, the results can be quite contradictory. By Joanna Glasner."


jux2
From: webword.com

" "If the search engines are providing top results that are very different from each other, then by using only one search engine, Internet searchers are potentially missing relevant results."

Yawn. If you are going to hit multiple search engines at once, why not use Mamma, metacrawler, or Dogpile?

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UPA - "Bridging Cultures" June 27-July 1, 2005
From: webword.com

" If you want to get an idea about what usability professionals are thinking about these days, I suggest you see the UPA's 14th Annual Conference submission ideas page.

(Thanks for the link, Daniel Szuc.)"

Elegance Through Simplicity
From: webword.com

" "Experts in any domain tend to lose awareness of the individual steps that they go through to produce their work. As their expertise grows and deepens over time, it becomes second nature, intuitive, and automatic. Ask them to break the process down for you and they might just stare blankly, genuinely befuddled. They know how to do it, but that knowledge has become so intimately integrated into their minds and bodies, they can no longer articulate the process. In this article, I'll try to save you some time and trouble by revealing the steps I take when designing data presentations."

Surprisingly good information. This is a gem.

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Checking in with Ben Bederson
From: webword.com

" "By focusing on the user experience, the University of Maryland's Human-Computer Interaction Lab aims to improve lives through projects such as the International Children's Digital Library."

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Audio Content and Podcast Usability
From: webword.com

" Oristus -- "The first part of this article will help you decide if you want to create podcasts and audio content. Assuming you want to dive into podcasting, then the second goal is to help you do it right; usability applies to podcasts."

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