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Alternative Media Gains Credibility

Nearly half (49 percent) of senior executives surveyed recognize that reaching audiences only through traditional mass media is no longer effective.

Google Finance Update

It’s been six months since Google launched their Finance offering and Google announced today that several new features have been added including:

ASP.NET 2.0: Asynchronous Pages
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In ASP.NET 2.0 it is now possible to create asynchronous pages in a very simple and easy way.

Is Your Site In Harmony With Itself?

Earlier today I came across the article, Should Writers Be Held Accountable for Web Page Performance?.

Global Release Date for Windows Vista

If knowing the precise date when Windows Vista will be released to the world at large is important to you, mark January 30, 2007, in your diary now:

Lee Odden Writes For Yahoo

When looking for advice concerning the marketing of a web site, it’s wise to have an idea about who you should listen to. There’s lots of advice out there, but how much of it is good?

Yahoos Panama Open to New Advertisers

If you’ve not yet had a chance to use Yahoo’s new search marketing platform (aka Panama), you can get a look by signing up for a new account.

EFF, Bloggers, Everyone, Take On Web Bully

In his misguided desire to become notorious, Michael Crook has become the preeminent villain of the blogosphere, the target of a lawsuit by the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a laughing stock, and a fascinating case study into blog-ethics, copyright law on the Internet, the tenets of Fair Use, the reach of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, and how its abuse can affect free speech.

Open Source Advertising Not Necessary?

Okay, here’s another one of Dana’s stories that I take exception to. Note that I respect Dana’s writings and I read his blog daily.

New Blogger Version Feature Complete
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The Blogger Buzz blog has announced that the new version of Blogger is now feature complete.

Google Web Toolkit: Now 100% Open Source

Version 1.3 of the Google Web Toolkit has been released, and it’s completely open source. While that may not seem remarkable in and of itself, it’s part of a bigger plan: “To radically improve the web experience for users . . .”

SEO-Friendly Ecommerce

One of the major drawbacks when taking the dynamic approach to web development is the resulting product not being optimized for the search engines. A number of issues contribute to this characteristic and most are them are correctable, but doing so is considered an advanced level of web design.

How Much Space Do You Need With Your Hosting Account?
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Web hosting is an extremely competitive field and most web hosts will offer some rather large amounts of space in an effort to sell you on their services.

The Top Holiday Searches At Sortprice.com

Are “skinny jeans” or “women’s ankle boots” on your holiday shopping list this year? If so, you might be a user of Sortprice.com. According to the shopping search engine, those items appear among the “popular searches this holiday season.”

Java Not True Test of Open Source Innovation

My thesis advisor keeps reminding me to frame the question correctly, otherwise the experimental results will be meaningless.

Is iTunes Singing Its Swan Song?

A study conducted by Forrester Research shows that iPod owners are spending increasingly less at the iTunes store, indicating that Apple’s digital music download service perhaps has reached the peak of its growth. Do these figures signal an eminent decline for the iTunes music store?

Yahoo Rolls Out Panama

Yahoo has officially opened its new search-marketing platform known as Panama to new US advertisers. The new platform was available to current users in October. New businesses that want to use the platform can create an account in five steps. The limited October release allowed Yahoo to receive feedback from users and make improvements based on the users recommendations.

Is There a Future for Skype’s Free US Deal?

Skype has been running a great deal the last few months, letting people living in the US call landlines in the country for free.

Windows Chief Allchin: Id Buy A Mac

An exhibit in an Iowa antitrust case against Microsoft had this tidbit about Jim Allchin, the longtime chief of Windows development:

Microsoft Ready To Dominate VoIP

Usage of Voice over Internet Protocol technology should start to rise at the business level, as Microsoft opened a private beta of its Office Communications Server 2007 for testing.

Houston, We Have Google MLS Listings

With an ongoing lawsuit brought by the Department of Justice in the background, realtors have been under pressure to open their listings so online-only brokers can deliver them to prospective home buyers.

Online Video Market Continues To Grow

The popularity of Internet video is continuing to grow. During 2006 around one third of the US population will have viewed video on the Internet at least monthly. According to a report from eMarketer 60 percent of Internet users view videos on a regular basis. By 2010 they estimate there will be a 20 percent increase for a total of 80 percent of all Internet users watching video online. For 2006 there are around 107 million users watching online video. By 2010 the number is expected to increase to 157 million.

eCommerce Site Design: What do you Really Think?

Site design is a primary determinant in online shopping.

Yahoo Valuation Of Facebook Comes To Light

Not too long ago, there was a lot of hubbub about a possible Yahoo-Facebook deal (which never happened). There were also a lot of questions about how Yahoo perceived the social networking site. A leaked “Ad Revenue Assumptions” sheet has given a glimpse into the company’s thought process; it also turns out that the buyout plan was named “Project Fraternity” – draw your own conclusions.

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