Transactions: Review: PayPal Website Payments Pro
From: www.wilsonweb.com

"PayPal Website Payments Pro, recently offered by PayPal, now puts PayPal in direct competition with both traditional Internet payment gateways as well as merchant credit card accounts. This review is generally positive concerning pricing and services available. Date: Jun 22, 2005, 21:47 PST"

E-Mail Marketing: E-Mail Marketing Software and Services Survey of WMT Readers
From: www.wilsonweb.com

"A survey of Web Marketing Today readers in early June 2005 found that the most popular e-mail programs among respondents were Constant Contact, IntelliContact Pro, AWeber, GroupMail, 1ShoppingCart, VerticalResponse, Got Corp. Campaigner, Topica, Gammadyne, and Broadc@st HTML. Date: Jun 15, 2005, 20:53 PST"

E-Commerce: Why Major E-Tailers Sell on eBay
From: www.wilsonweb.com

"Reviews comments of Scot Wingo of ChannelAdvisor on why major retailers (and e-tailers) sell on eBay as well as on their own websites. Some reasons included liquidation as well as product testing. Includes examples of how Sears.com uses eBay. Date: Jun 15, 2005, 11:28 PST"

Site Promotion: Indexing vs. Ranking
From: www.wilsonweb.com

"Explains that search engine spiders scan all webpages equally well. But ranking of those pages depends upon (1) the webpage's clarity of focus and (2) the number of incoming links to the website. Date: Jun 8, 2005, 18:22 PST"

E-Commerce: Review: Internet Retailer Top 400 Guide (2005 Edition)
From: www.wilsonweb.com

"Postive review of the Internet Retailer Guide to the Top 400 Retail Websites (2005 Edition). The guide contains a huge amount of information about these retailers, with clues to their conversion rates, average sales totals, unique visits, and software used. Date: Jun 8, 2005, 11:39 PST"


Podcasting Roadshow Stopping In Vancouver
From: www.webpronews.com

"In a related note, the podcast roadshow's next stop is Vancouver. Eric Rice is the mastermind behind the string of podcasting and videoblogging events that have thus far stopped in Hawaii and Seattle."

Microsoft Embargo Crumbles in the Blogosphere
From: www.webpronews.com

"Paul Thurrott says the embargo on Microsoft's Longhorn announcements on RSS - planned for tomorrow at Gnomedex - is crumbling."

Sexual Predators Cause Yahoo to Close Chat Rooms
From: www.webpronews.com

"After a television news report about chat rooms being used by adults to influence minors to have sex with them, Yahoo has put a stop to allowing users to set up their own chat rooms."

Oracle Predicts Maffei Will Make A Good President
From: www.webpronews.com

"The former Microsoft chief financial officer will join the database company as its new president."

India Outsources Your Credit Card Information
From: www.webpronews.com

"A British newspaper learns how easy it is to pick up personal details on 1,000 bank customers. And Americans are affected too."


Surfing the Deep Web
From: www.wired.com

"Yahoo lets users search password-protected sites like LexisNexis. Also: Avoid tickets by paying the meter with your cell phone.... Airplanes should get cell service by next year.... and more."

Marriage of Mobiles, Land Lines?
From: www.wired.com

"British Telecom offers a new cell phone to capture the best of both worlds. Also: A California court rules that Borders must pay internet sales tax.... Yahoo acquires VoIP provider DialPad.... and more."

Ericsson Pushes Into Music World
From: www.wired.com

"A deal with Napster moves the Swedish wireless equipment maker into the digital music world, although one analyst dismisses it as an attempt by Ericsson to hook up 'with a cool brand.'"

EBay Bans Live 8 Ticket Scalpers
From: www.wired.com

"Music fans bid for tickets to next month's London megaconcert, prompting some saboteurs -- apparently offended by the money-grubbing sellers -- to disrupt the auctions in the name of charity. By Ryan Singel."

AOL Remodels With Free Music
From: www.wired.com

"America Online hopes music and videos will lure new users. Also: Sirius stretches beyond radio and makes a deal with Sprint.... Novell's lawsuit against Microsoft slims down.... and more."


Tag Team: Tracking the Patterns of Supermarket Shoppers
From: webword.com

" "The results, they conclude, challenge many long-standing perceptions of shopper travel behavior within a supermarket, including ideas related to aisle traffic, special promotional displays, and perimeter shopping patterns."

Cool research.

Read the article..."

How to Make Your Blog Accessible to Blind Readers
From: webword.com

" "So you have a blog, and you're worried that it might not be accessible to people with disabilities? Don't worry! A few simple changes can increase your blog's potential readership."

Read more..."

I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been
From: webword.com

" If usability was always achieved and users were 100% satisfied, what would be the next most important thing to focus on? To spin this, what comes after usability? To spin this again, if usability is less important because of improvements, what is the next grand idea? What's your theory?

More quotes from Wayne Gretzky..."

Before 1960...
From: webword.com

" "...you essentially worked until you died."

Read: Retirees back at work, with flexibility"

5-Second Tests: Measuring Your Site's Content Pages
From: webword.com

" "One of the 5-Second Test's biggest advantages is how quick it is. When evaluating the Donation page, each user took only 10 minutes! Because this technique is quick and easy to implement, it is perfect to run in locations where we can gather many users at one time, such as trade shows, conferences, and the company cafeteria. We can gather large amounts of user data in a short time."

Read the article..."


This Is Your Blog
From: www.marketingsecrets.com

"As you can tell, I haven't been posting to this blog very much. I've been too busy running my own Internet businesses, but also, it's hard to just write for the sake of writing. Especially when I really don't know..."

'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..."