Site Promotion: Building Fake Websites that Link to the "Mother Ship"
From: www.wilsonweb.com

"Building a mini-network of fake websites that link to your main site in order to improve the ranking of the main site has serious problems. It can be spotted by search engines and penalized, as well as dilute your linking efforts and time spent on promoting the main site. Date: Feb 16, 2005, 16:30 PST"

E-Mail Marketing: E-Mail Link Tracking
From: www.wilsonweb.com

"Tracking codes placed in HTML e-mail newsletters are not detected by anti-spyware software. Rather they are typically coded links or images that contain the tracking code following a question mark in the URL. Date: Feb 9, 2005, 14:45 PST"

Ads and Affiliates: Online Advertising Discussion List
From: www.wilsonweb.com

"Since 1996, the Online Advertising Discussion List has focused on professional discussion of online advertising and online media buying and selling strategies, results, studies, tools, and media coverage. The list also provides editorial coverage of industry conferences. Moderated by Internet marketing industry pioneer and conference speaker Cliff Kurtzman, the Online Advertising Discussion List is a great knowledge-base that you and your company can tap into for expertise and information. It is entirely free to subscribe. You can go to http://www.o-a.com to start receiving the daily discussion. Date: Feb 9, 2005, 14:20 PST"

Site Promotion: 12 Essential Strategies for Building and Structuring Inbound Links
From: www.marketposition.com

"Link Description: Date: Feb 2, 2005, 18:16 PST"

E-Mail Marketing: Fear of Spam Prevents Newsletter Subscribers
From: www.wilsonweb.com

"A strong fear exists that subscribing to e-mail newsletters will result in more spam. Recommends strengthening your privacy policy and disclaimer that you won't sell your list. Date: Feb 2, 2005, 15:34 PST"


Potty Blog
From: www.webpronews.com

"Nothing proves the value of a corporate blog perhaps more than one dedicated to creating transparency for a toilet."

MyDoom Variant Uses Search Engines
From: www.webpronews.com

"A variant of the MyDoom worm has been using search engines to propagate itself by harvesting email addresses found in various search results pages."

Robots Learning To Walk
From: www.webpronews.com

"A trio of robots that were shown off at the American Association for the Advancement of Science are demonstrating an ability to walk, as well as the ability to learn and improve its way of walking."

Cisco Practices Self-Defense
From: www.webpronews.com

"With what is considered the next phase of their Self-Defending Network, yesterday, Cisco Systems announced the development of the Adaptive Threat Defense (ATD)."

Search Engine Marketing Survey in France
From: www.webpronews.com

"On February 2005 Zdnet (Cnet) France and Imitiki organized a search engine marketing survey. This survey was targeted to..."


How Easy Is Cheating Napster?
From: www.wired.com

"The company responds to claims that users can rip songs they rent from it. Also: An international commission sets standards for testing the safety of cell phones.... New DVDs are harder to burn.... and more."

Cookies Get a Pass in Congress
From: www.wired.com

"Anti-spyware legislation moves up the ladder in the House, with a few changes aimed at keeping legitimate advertisers unencumbered. Michael Grebb reports from Washington."

Big ID Theft in California
From: www.wired.com

"Hackers penetrate the network of a consumer data company and make off with thousands of credit reports, Social Security numbers and other sensitive information."

School Drops RFID Tag Program
From: www.wired.com

"Students won't have to wear ID badges after all. Also: Intel makes lasers out of silicon.... Microsoft promises new, safer Internet Explorer.... and more."

Are Bullies After Our Culture?
From: www.wired.com

"David Bollier's Brand Name Bullies seeks to expose the 'quest to own and control our culture.' But the book's real value is in its numerous case studies of copyright and trademark battles. By Amit Asaravala."


The secret language of fonts
From: webword.com

" "Ian Peacock explores how the fonts we choose are sending secret subliminal messages about who we are. The fonts we dress our words in are arguably as much of a fashion statement as the clothes we wear."

Learn more and then listen...
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I love competition...
From: webword.com

" Apple vs. Napster"

Free Classes at CNET
From: webword.com

" I'm getting a lot of traffic from courses.help.com, which is run by CNET. Unfortunately, I can't get into the classes to see the class content or the links to WebWord."

Music Band Fonts
From: webword.com

" Check them out..."

Why Search Engine Marketing Has A Passion for Web Site Usability
From: webword.com

" "Practicing SEM [Search Engine Marketing] without addressing usability issues is like buying ad space during the Super Bowl and then turning the lights off. It's hard to do business when your customers can't find what you're selling"

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Virtual Real Estate -- The Coming Boom!
From: www.marketingsecrets.com

"Write these words down... Virtual Real Estate. We are about to experience a major explosion during the next 5 years and it will all be centered around Virtual Real Estate -- which is the development of web sites. There will..."

New "Spy" Photo Released!
From: www.marketingsecrets.com

"THIS JUST IN... This is the first real look at the very first issue of The Reese Report -- THE monthly source for the best in Internet business opportunities, Internet marketing techniques and strategies, and much more. I have a..."

Happy New (Profitable) Year!
From: www.marketingsecrets.com

"It's 2005. Wow. Here we are starting a brand new year. It's time to start a new year and a new chapter for your business. Here are some things you should keep in mind in 2005: 1. If you are..."

There Are No Real Marketing Secrets?
From: www.marketingsecrets.com

""There are no real 'secrets' when it comes to marketing." How many times have you ever heard any of the following... "There are no 'secrets'..." "It's all just common sense..." "You can find out any information you want for FREE..."..."

Are Your Benefits *Really* Benefits?
From: www.marketingsecrets.com

"One of the biggest mistakes I see other marketers make is in their copy and the positioning of their overall offer... The single biggest mistake that non-marketing-wise business owners make is the focus on FEATURES instead of BENEFITS. Then educated..."