Miscellaneous: How Blocking and Deleting Cookies Affects Marketers
From: www.wilsonweb.com

"CEO of ClickTracks explains how cookies are used with web analytics software, especially to track "latent" sales. In light of growing patterns of cookie blocking and cookie deletion, he recommends using analytics software that set first party cookies, rather than third party cookies. Date: Aug 1, 2005, 18:43 PST"

E-Mail Marketing: 99 Questions to Ask a Prospective E-Mail Vendor
From: www.wilsonweb.com

"Link Description: Date: Jul 29, 2005, 09:16 PST"

E-Mail Marketing: How to Select an E-Mail Marketing Program (Bulk Mailer)
From: www.wilsonweb.com

"Link Description: Date: Jul 29, 2005, 09:12 PST"

E-Mail Marketing: Using Co-Registration to Get New E-Mail Subscribers
From: www.wilsonweb.com

"Discusses the pros and cons of using co-registration on other websites to increase the size of your e-mail subscriber list. Outlines both paid and co-op approaches. Reviews Co-Reg Complete and provides links to the Co-Reg Directory and several other co-reg programs. Date: Jul 27, 2005, 16:26 PST"

Miscellaneous: Use Google XML Sitemaps for Better Site Indexing
From: www.wilsonweb.com

"Google now allows you to submit an XML sitemap to help them spider your site more easily for deeper indexing on larger sites. This article recommends the TarrantIT Google Sitemap Generator and links to others. Date: Jul 20, 2005, 14:18 PST"


Advertising On a Dead Man
From: www.webpronews.com

"eBay auctions are just getting weirder and weirder. Now there's a guy auctioning off the rights to advertise on his dead body when he does in fact die."

Getting Fired In Style
From: www.webpronews.com

"It's not really clear how this website plans to verify the tales submitted, but SimplyFired.com is running a contest for those with the best career-ending moments. The most jaw-dropping entries could find themselves on a luxury cruise accompanied by Donald Trump's "Apprentice" rejects."

IBM Juicing Up SiGe Technology
From: www.webpronews.com

"IBM announced on Friday the launch of their fourth generation silicon-germanium (SiGe) foundry technology named 8HP. The new chip has more than twice the performance of the previous products."

NewsGator Secures RSS
From: www.webpronews.com

"RSS platform company, NewsGator Technologies announced that it will launch NewsGator Enterprise Server (NGES) in the third quarter."

Amazon Not In de-Nile About Online Music (Thank You)
From: www.webpronews.com

"Amazon.com, no doubt noticing the explosive proliferation of online music, will be soon joining the ranks of Apple Computer and Napster by providing a digital music service, according to an article posted on the Wall Street Journal's website."


Not Bad, Baidu
From: www.wired.com

"Shares of search engine Baidu.com nearly quadruple in first-day trading, as buyers snap up stock in the firm vying to be China's Google. Also: Amazon plans a digital music service.... America Online buys Xdrive.... and more."

Yahoo Hears Call of Audio Search
From: www.wired.com

"The search engine unveils a comprehensive audio search to find music online. Also: The penalty for adware is full disclosure.... ITunes makes its way to Japan.... and more."

A Legal Light for BlackBerries
From: www.wired.com

"A patent-infringement ruling against Research In Motion gets scaled back. Also: Time Warner sets aside $3 billion for shareholder settlements after AOL merger fiasco.... Financial institutions drop the ball on ATM card fraud.... and more."

Telcos Prep for IPTV Play
From: www.wired.com

"While cable companies focus on adding data and voice services, telephone companies get ready to roll out television programming using IP technology. The goal: beat cable at its own game. By Michael Grebb."

Who You Gonna Call?
From: www.wired.com

"Nextel says many of its wireless phones won't be 911-friendly for another two years. Also: CD sales are high, but so are their customers' age.... Keep up with Court TV by phone.... and more."


WebWord Recovery
From: www.webword.com

" WebWord is back thanks to some help from Sean Murphy and a lot of help from MadMan. I’ll tell the full story later but it is very much like my stories over the years: technology blows up, WebWord suffers. "

Crank Up TOTO
From: www.webword.com

" Any and all emails to john(at)webword(dot)com are going into a black hole right now. The resolution is probably 1-2 days off. In effect, I’m email blind. I have other email accounts - plenty - but that doesn’t mean much since john(at)webword(dot)com is my primary account. It is my Inbox and Outbox, if you catch my drift. Think [...]"

A unique usability technique?
From: www.webword.com

" “HFI developed a unique approach to streamline ARINC’s intranet: an un-moderated, remote card-sorting technique using PowerPoint . HFI gathered insight from ARINC employees worldwide by using a simple test that subjects could complete on their own and e-mail back to the design team.” Is this really new or unique? Read the press release… "

But Does She Ride a Harley?
From: www.webword.com

" Yesterday I saw a woman with white wall, butched hair. She was a large mammal with tight pants and a white tee shirt, complete with rolled up sleeves. She had the look of a tough punk in 1953. She was showing off her guns. Her distinguishing feature was so simple. On the most fleshy part [...]"

Tag Team: Tracking the Patterns of Supermarket Shoppers
From: www.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… "


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..."