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Useful Excel Data Collection Tip

If you’re in the Web Analytics/SEO industry you will often find yourself trying to copy data into excel from other sources (Keywords, Search Engine Stats, etc…). An article posted at Text Link Brokers makes importing data into excel VERY simple.

Google Moves Unclicked Sponsored Results

Reportedly, Google is testing a system that removes the top sponsored results, moving them to the side panel, if a user consistently doesn’t click on the ads.

OSPF Hub-And-Spoke Details You Must Know!

CCNA exam success depends greatly on knowing the details, and if theres one protocol that has a lot of details, its OSPF!

Adobe Unveils CS 2.3, Teases About CS3
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Adobe announced that Acrobat 8 Professional software will be integrated into Adobe Creative Suite 2.3 Premium to support Adobe PDF workflows. In a separate indication, Adobe CS3, code-named “Red Pill,” is due out in Spring 2007.

Wize Brings Collective Wisdom to Product Research

One of the most frustrating things people encounter with search engines is doing product research.

States Define Law Blogs As Advertising

Another indication that the law is struggling to keep up with technology in a useful way, proposed restrictions in New York could prevent lawyers from setting blogs about law.

Engadget Interviews J Allard On Zune

Engadget has a long and good interview with J Allard, the man behind the Zune, about his ideas for the Zune platform.

A Look at Googles Development Philosophy

Rakesh Agrawal has extensive notes on a talk Carl Sjogreen gave explaining how Google built Google Calendar.

Ajax Endangers Pageviews As A Metric

Hits eventually yielded to pageviews when it came to counting web traffic, but the growing usage of Ajax technologies that refresh content without triggering a new pageview could bury that metric.

Salesforce Adds New CRM Features To Winter ’07

Salesforce.com announced new customization features of Winter ’07, including full componentization of its analytical dashboards aimed at allowing users to create, share, and combine new components that analyze and present data from Salesforce.

Universal Angry At MySpace, YouTube

Universal Music Group CEO Doug Morris called the two media sharing websites “copyright infringers” and hinted at legal action against them. YouTube has until the end of September to appease Morris and company…

Google Fighting G-Mail In Germany

Google is locked in a trademark battle in Germany for the right to use the name Gmail for its mail service.

iPods, Your Identity, Get Digital Insurance

Homeowners’, flood, car, health, unemployment, and now iPod insurance? How would like to add identity theft insurance to your plan? With the digital age now comes digital insurance.

Opera Dips Flash Into Devices SDK

Developers working with Opera’s software development kit for mobile platforms now have support for the Flash Player 7 SDK available to them.

Leaving a Job: Exit Interview Advice

Leaving a job is often a very difficult and traumatic period in a person’s life. In fact, many people are simply devestated by the loss of employment, regardless of the reason for the termination.

Leonsis To Cap Active AOL Management

Ted Leonsis, the vice-chairman of AOL, will relinquish active management in favor of a “visionary” role in the company on New Year’s Day, 2007.

Worthwhile Update to Office 2007 Beta

Microsoft released a public update yesterday to the Office 2007 beta 2 suite of applications.

Did You Register Your AdWords API Token?

If not, you could be in for a surprise when Google starts disabling developer tokens on October 1st as the new changes for the AdWords API token take effect.

News Corp Buys VeriSign Subsidiary

News Corp. and VeriSign announced this week their plans to form the world’s largest provider of mobile entertainment. News Corp. will pay approximately $188 million for a controlling interest in VeriSign’s wholly-owned Jamba subsidiary and will combine it with Fox Mobile Entertainment assets.

Is Your Site Ready for IE 7?

Microsoft has already released Internet Explorer 7 for voluntary’ download from their website.

ASP.NET: How to Create Custom Trace Messages
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This article is an excerpt from the book: Murach’s ASP.NET 2.0 Web Programming with C# 2005.

Write Info Directly to the HTTP Output Stream

This article is an excerpt from the book: Murach’s ASP.NET 2.0 Web Programming with C# 2005.

Motorola Takes A Snap At Samsung On YouTube

Motorola is getting the stink-eye from Samsung after a Motorola-owned video spoof showed up on YouTube. The 15-second video showed a woman snapping a Samsung’s 6.9 millimeter-thick Ultra mobile phone in half.

Yahoo Hires Newspaper Pro To Run Classifieds

Looking to consolidate its listings services while horning in a bit on Craigslist’s local classifieds business, Yahoo! has hired former Knight Ridder executive Hillary Schneider to head up the company’s new Yahoo! Marketplaces unit.