E-Mail Marketing: Improving Your Subscription Confirmation Rate
From: www.wilsonweb.com

" Date: Apr 13, 2005, 15:34 PST"

E-Commerce: Shipping Calculations with Drop-Shippers
From: www.wilsonweb.com

"Figuring shipping charges when your drop-shippers are scattered can be challenging. Charge standard shipping fees by sales total or weight that average out your actual costs. Use fewer shippers and pick products that are hot and not overly competitive. Date: Apr 6, 2005, 13:34 PST"

E-Commerce: Receiving Affiliate Payments in Disallowed Countries
From: www.wilsonweb.com

"Countries with high fraud or an unsophisticated bank infrastructure have difficulty receiving affiliate payments from merchants who pay via PayPal only. Article suggests a friend or relative in an allowed country who can send payments to the disallowed country via MoneyBookers or iKobo. Date: Mar 30, 2005, 11:19 PST"

Ads and Affiliates: Google AdSense vs. Other Advertisers
From: www.wilsonweb.com

"Google AdSense payouts have decreased, but it still provides the most revenue for many sites, even if it don't disclose its revenue share. Date: Mar 16, 2005, 16:23 PST"

Site Design: What If JavaScript is Turned Off in Visitor's Browsers?
From: www.wilsonweb.com

"About 11% of Internet users seem to have JavaScript disabled in their web browsers. It's wise to have alternatives so that this significant minority can view your website easily. Date: Mar 15, 2005, 17:08 PST"


Adsense Ad Click Variations Explained
From: www.webpronews.com

"A ProBlogger reader, Charles, asks the following question: Do you know anything about what drives the sometimes wild variation in day to day click values."

Screencast Looks At Issues Underlying Google Autolinks
From: www.webpronews.com

"There don't seem to be too many people who are in the middle on the issue of Google's Autolinks feature. Some think it's great."

China s Internet Filtering The World s Most Sophisticated
From: www.webpronews.com

"When it comes to filtering content originating from the Internet, no one appears to do it as well as the Chinese government."

Official Google Adsense Consultants
From: www.webpronews.com

"What do you think about the idea of Google licensing people to act as Adsense consultants? ..."

Tagging: It's Not Just for Your Dog Photos Anymore
From: www.webpronews.com

"Yesterday I was on Google Video looking for some Simpsons quotes and found something new ..."


ChoicePoint Wins Menace Award
From: www.wired.com

"The data broker takes top honors at this year's U.S. Big Brother Awards, which spotlight invasive privacy practices in business and government. Other winners include a California elementary school and the Department of Education. By Joanna Glasner."

Congress Tackles Identity Theft
From: www.wired.com

"Lawmakers want to hold companies responsible for customers' personal data. Also: LEDs could be the new light bulb.... White House tries to cut costs by killing brand loyalty.... and more."

Delivering Digital Entertainment
From: www.wired.com

"Former Xbox designer wants to streamline internet entertainment worldwide. Also: Polo Ralph Lauren has data stolen too…. Formerly free networking site starts to charge…. and more."

P2P Fuels Global Bandwidth Binge
From: www.wired.com

"People across the planet slurped up more bandwidth than ever last year. Internet traffic monitors say the trading of video files over peer-to-peer networks is the biggest factor behind the spree. By Joanna Glasner."

So Long, Cell Towers
From: www.wired.com

"A Wisconsin company wants to change how mobile service and wireless internet is delivered. Also: Sony will compromise on new DVD format…. Cell phone royalties nearly cut in half…. and more."


North vs. South, Black and White, Cream and Sugar, Heads or Tails
From: webword.com

" Structure. Format. Ordering. Why do these things matter? I think it boils down to the fact that humans generally like the comfort that regularity offers.

* Breaking tradition (smashing, violent!)
* Thinking outside the box (outside, cold, alone!)
* Breaking taboos; breaking free (smashing, violent!)
* Walking outside the lines (risky!)
* Changing paradigms (strange word; obsfucation!)
* Play by the rules (veiled threat, warning!)

Any time you do something new, there is risk. Any time you are different, there is risk. Any time you throw off the blanket of regularity life is less comfortable. It might be more exciting, but it is usually less comfortable.

This, my friend, is why risk is rewarded. Most people are afraid of change. They are afraid of risk. But, since change is difficult, it can pay off.

But there is more to the story. There is something subtle going on that I can't quite explain. I've noticed that some things go together but they only go together in a certain order. I can't seem to figure out why the order is the order, but it is there. Definitely. I'm sure you've seen these before:

* North vs. South
* Black and White
* Cream and Sugar
* Heads or Tails
* Bread and Butter

These "pairs" just look right. The order is correct. However, read the entries below:

* South vs. North
* White and Black
* Sugar and Cream
* Tails or Heads
* Butter and Bread

Admit it. These don't feel right, do they. The words are fine but the normal order of the pairings are odd. They are wrong.

Why?

p.s. Sorry that I've not posted much recently. Very busy. Chicago, Washington, Montgomery (Alabama). Not sure when things will slow down. "

Lessig preaches openness to Flash faithful
From: webword.com

" "It is absolutely critical that we begin to support the development of free content built on proprietary platforms"

Other tools?

Read the article..."

Interesting Data Point on the Image Market
From: webword.com

" "Now, don't know about Webshots? I didn't either until recently. But Webshots has 23 million members (Flickr has less than a million). and they get 750,000 uploads a day. More uploads in five days than Flickr has had in all of its existence."

Webshots vs. Flickr? Fair comparison? Apples to apples?

Read more..."

Stoopid
From: webword.com

" "But I find "it's the user experience, stupid" and its variants particularly irritating. Today Jason invoked "it's the user experience stupid" again. This weekend it was Gerry McGovern with "it's the content, stupid." The other Jason said it a couple of months ago. It's been attributed to a Yahoo! executive."

Read the posting..."

Google Maps and user experience
From: webword.com

" "Ajax is the underlying technology (which isn't new either) for many of the notable Google Maps features, but how Google used it to make a useful user experience is the real story here."

Egggzacktly.

Read the posting..."


'Uh Oh' Here It Comes Again!
From: www.marketingsecrets.com

"Another Internet Marketing shockwave will hit in the next few days... ...Are You Ready For It?..."

Thank You, Microsoft
From: www.marketingsecrets.com

"I recently reported that Yahoo was in the process of launching its own AdSense type program (which is great news for web publishers). Well, it appears as if Microsoft won't be far behind... There's no news yet about Microsoft creating..."

More Yahoo 'AdSense Clone' News
From: www.marketingsecrets.com

"News.com recently reported more information about Yahoo entering Google's AdSense territory. Check out the story here. Yahoo is already building an opt-in notification list for publishers that are interested in their "upcoming programs." Get on the list NOW to be..."

Good News For Us!
From: www.marketingsecrets.com

"Well, it appears as if my speculation is finally coming true... Over a year ago, I predicted that Yahoo would follow Google's AdSense lead and release a similar program of their own. They'd have to in order to keep up..."

I Have A Strange Feeling...
From: www.marketingsecrets.com

"I have a strange feeling that long form sales letters on the Web are going to become less and less effective. Call it a hunch. As an avid tester, I am discovering some interesting things about how long visitors stay..."