Site Promotion: How Do Subdirectories Affect Search Engine Rankings?
From: www.wilsonweb.com

"If you put your articles several levels down in subdirectories, you may risk (1) search engine spiders not seeing your content and (2) a slightly lower ranking for your webpages. Date: Dec 15, 2004, 13:34 PST"

Miscellaneous: Buying or Selling an Online Business
From: www.wilsonweb.com

"Discusses what to look for when you buy an Internet business -- reasons for the sale, value of site software, traffic, income, competitors, and potential for revenue in the future. Date: Dec 15, 2004, 10:53 PST"

Site Design: Identifying the Footprints of Web Analytics Software
From: www.wilsonweb.com

"Describes the two approaches to web analytics -- log file analysis and page tags. When a site is using JavaScript page tags, you'll be able to see them when you View Source. Date: Dec 8, 2004, 15:42 PST"

Ads and Affiliates: How Soon Do Affiliate Cookies Expire?
From: www.wilsonweb.com

"The typical affiliate program's cookies don't expire for 30 to 90 days and don't allow later affiliate links to preempt the first cookie -- but programs vary. Check the merchant's affiliate agreement to be sure. Date: Dec 8, 2004, 11:12 PST"

Site Design: Using Maps on Your Site
From: www.wilsonweb.com

"Links from your site to interactive maps at Yahoo! maps and MapQuest are okay, but hosting their map images on your site could be copyright infringement. It's probably better to make your own map graphics with PaintShop, PhotoShop, or MapPoint. Date: Dec 1, 2004, 17:39 PST"


Three Success Measures For Podcasting
From: www.webpronews.com

"An interesting article in the online version of Wired News elaborates on how "You, Too, Can Be A Podcaster"."

Podcasting - A Tentative Critique
From: www.webpronews.com

"Neville Hobson and Shel Holtz will start a podcast in a few weeks time. They will have weekly conversations on communication, technology and other relevant topics via Skype ..."

Copyright Myths and Creative Common Sense
From: www.webpronews.com

"A handful of myths have spawned practices, particularly among bloggers and website owners, that turn copyright law on its head ..."

PeopleSoft Shakeout Begins At The Top
From: www.webpronews.com

"Oracle Corporation fired PeopleSoft's co-president and chief financial officer, Kevin T. Parker, and three other top executives, a day after assuming control of the rival software maker in a $10.3 billion takeover ..."

Tech Companies Pledge Aid As Death Toll Rises
From: www.webpronews.com

"Apple is the most prominent company I've seen so far in its open and very public support for the earthquake and tsunamis disasters in Asia last Sunday."


Dollar Signs on the Airwaves
From: www.wired.com

"The Bush administration is expected to press for speedier licensing of public airwaves for auction to private companies. But telecom regulators say wireless apps need unlicensed spectrum too. By Joanna Glasner."

E-Tailers to Post Strong Season
From: www.wired.com

"Online merchants are poised to record a much bigger rise in holiday sales than their offline counterparts. Broadband expansion, more luxury gift sales and late shoppers help the bottom line. By Joanna Glasner."


I need legal / copyright advice!
From: webword.com

" I have a friend who needs some legal / copyright advice. Back in 1972-1973, my friend took hundreds of pictures at rock concerts (e.g., close up pictures of Jimmy Page ripping it up on stage with Led Zeppelin). These black and white images are fantastic. They are his photos taken with his camera. What is he allowed to do with these images? Can he create a book and sell the book? Can he create posters and sell them? What are his legal entitlements? Where can I find more information about this? Please help!"

Rent The World
From: webword.com

" I think it would be interesting to be able to easily (and I mean EASILY) rent more stuff. Why own so much stuff? What good is ownership really? Think about it! Renting a car might just be the start. What else can we rent on a very short term basis? It is already done with DVDs. What else can we rent, folks? Cell phones? Media devices? Cameras? Clothing? I'm serious about this."

Stefan Wobben and Concept7
From: webword.com

" Today I had a great conversation with Stefan Wobben of Concept7. Although they are located in the Netherlands (or "Nederland"), they face the same usability issues we face. We also agreed that explaining usability is a challenge. By the way, if you can read Dutch, check out the Concept7 usability blog. (The internet really shrinks the world, you know?)
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Error Messages: What's the Problem?
From: webword.com

" ACM Queue -- "In this article, we detail two examples of sysadmins hunting for the causes of specific errors. In one case, error and informational status messages led our sysadmin astray, whereas in the other the messages may have helped, but only serendipitously. Because systems are so big and complex, individual errors are often reported far removed from their initial causes. This lack of coordination between error reporting and error origin often leads to incorrect human reasoning about root causes. One simple help to sysadmins (and other users) would be to report errors in context."

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Multi-media PCs improve performance, usability
From: webword.com

" "Microsoft says that, for optimal video streaming, Media Center users should buy and install a separate wireless network based on the less-common 802.11a standard and dedicate it to the Media Center extender connection. This is likely to add another $100 or so to the cost of the setup. Worse, it will plunge users into the morass of installing another network."

The bottom line is that PCs are not ready to be integrated with home entertainment systems. Too much complexity!

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