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Flickr Video: A Great Example of CGM

Jonathan Coultons a funny guy. Some time ago, Neville and I played his song “Skullcrusher Mountain,” a love song sung by a typical movie evil genius to the girl he’s kidnapped.

One Man’s Victory Over Spam

A UK businessman found unwanted messages in his inbox, so he turned to a European Union law that permits claiming damages from the spammers in court.

Allocating Your Web Sites Budget Properly

I had a client say something to me the other day that I thought was rather interesting.

Amazon Connect, Author Blogging

In a great example of how to leverage blog marketing, the New York Times reports on Amazon Connect which “allows authors to post messages directly to their readers on a wide variety of subjects…”

AdSense Trojan Could Be On The Loose

An Indian web publisher claims a Trojan program that replaces Google ads with a different set of ads has been found in the wild.

Application Security – IT Risk Management

Application Security risk assessment and risk management are vital tasks for IT managers.

Reputation Management :: A Prerequisite of Effective Link Building

Over the past few articles I’ve brought you different tactics you can use to help build quality links to your site.

Steve Rubel Hacks Google Book Search?

Steve Rubel, best known for his blogs on integrating technology into public relations, may have stumbled upon something interesting. In a recent blog post by Rubel, he claims to be on to something.

Google Base Cheating Classified Providers?

Over at the Oodle Blog, Craig Donato comments on Google’s decision to insert “jump” pages between search results and classified listings.

MCSE vs. MCSA
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Technology is advancing rapidly with each passing day. The world of Information Technology today is a forever growing vast expanse.

Man DDoSed eBay With 20K Bots

The wheels of justice finally turned up a guilty verdict in a 2003 case where an Oregon man, working with others, used a 20,000 PC bot network to hit eBay with a DDoS attack.

Microshoo? Let’s get the Rumors Started

Computerworld speculates that Microsoft and Yahoo! may be teaming up to compete against Google in the search space.

XB90 Goes Down

I reported on Monday’s “Hobson & Holtz Report” that Om Malik had discovered a blog-purportedly addressing VOIP issues-that was stealing his content and posting it alongside Google AdWords.

Google Getting Ready to Share Feed Reader API

Niall Kennedy breaks the news that Google is getting ready to offer a feed reader API to allow third-party developers to build new views of feed data on top of Google’s backend.

10 Steps to the Oracle 10g Exams
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Preparing and passing an Oracle 10g exam is a great achievement. The right steps and the proper resources are the keys.

Online Holiday Shopping Doesnt Disappoint

The numbers are in from a variety of metrics firms and it would appear that it was indeed a happy holiday season for online retailers. Online spending increased by 25% over last year as shoppers used their fingers rather than their elbows to secure clothing, electronics, and even a $94,000 pair of diamond earrings.

A Worthwhile Year-end List

One of the things I’ve always loathed about the end of a year is the flood of year-end lists that seems to be a requirement to mark another passage of the Earth around the sun.

Beyond Web Usability: Web Credibility

Web usability: It’s old news. If you’ve been developing websites on Mars for the past few years then you’ll be forgiven for not knowing about web usability.

Kai-Fu Lee + Google vs. Microsoft, Resolved

Microsoft, Google, and Kai-Fu Lee have reached a settlement that all parties have agreed upon.

When Is The Best Time To Incorporate Your Small Business?

If you’re a sole proprietor, perhaps you’ve considered incorporating your small business or self-employment activity.

Managers, Want a Killer Edge?

Business, non-profit, government agency and association managers with public relations reporting to them are likely to miss achieving a killer edge when they focus strictly on communications tactics like press releases, special events, broadcast plugs or brochures.

TrustRank + Sandbox = TrustBox??

There seems to be a new term emerging around the whole sandbox/trustrank issue. In this article I look at that new term and discuss it’s implications in the SEO field.

More Women Tuning Into Podcasts

Reminiscent of the early Web, the earliest adopters of podcasts are male. But the new medium is gaining steam among women too, a new survey shows.

Regift it? Nah, Just eBay It

If someone gave you a tiki-head tissue dispenser for Christmas instead of the Disney vacation you wanted, online auction sites like eBay or Yahoo! Auctions could be the place to convert it into quick cash.