Omniture, Inc. has announced the launch of Discover 2.0, analytic software designed to give companies the ability to visually explore large amounts of online customer interaction data in real-time.

Discover is a component of the Omniture Online Business Optimization Platform, and is a solution that Omniture claims can accomodate all levels of business users by generating everything from simple reports to more complex methods of data aggregation and analysis.

As noted in the earlier posts, have been at the Forrester Consumer Forum in Chicago for the last couple of days. Here are links to the posts:

Relax, the Bush Administration isn’t trying to invade MySpace; instead, another group has erected a private playground called YoungFeds for the Administration’s less-than-geriatric staffers to enjoy.

Learn How to Grow Your Ezine List and Publish an Ezine that Gets Results.

The newspaper publisher picked up Planet Discover, a local search and integrated advertising technology company, for its publication websites.

Except for the high prices, restrictive usage terms, and no extras a la typical DVDs, Hollywood has at least attempted to enter the downloadable movie market.

AgWebSearch.com focuses on an area most tech writers only know from seeing cornfields in the X-Files movie “Fight The Future”; it turns out the agriculture vertical needed a dedicated search service.

A number of folks have commented on the survey that some Yahoo! Mail users received about search incentives.

Rob Safuto, creator of the terrific Podcast NYC, is out with a new blog. The Red Room Chronicles is dedicated to Marriott Hotels.

Toward the center of the Milky Way galaxy, Australian scientists make a really big astronomical discovery.

Using a giant atom smasher, physicists at a Long Island’s New Haven National Laboratory created a new state of matter believed to make up the cosmos at its beginning.

Morgan Stanley’s board has approved the pursuit of a spin-off of the company’s Discover credit card business.

Morgan Stanley shares have gone up since its board of directors has approved the sale of its Discover credit card business.

A group of astronomers conducting for a search for planets outside our solar system have discovered the smallest star ever recorded.

For online businesses with their main goal of selling products, shopping cart abandonment can mean the difference between profitability and loss. But since recent surveys suggest that less than 50% of retailers know their shopping cart abandonment rate, let’s review what it is and why it is important to know.

In the early days of the Internet, web enthusiasts were enamored with the technological marvels that the new age put before them.

We all know the importance of gaining top visibility to a specific target audience on the major search engines. After all, you really need qualified traffic or those who are actually searching for goods and services that you are offering. While most of the time, we teach folks about the importance of doing good keyword research and/or behavioral research to ensure they are attracting an “ideal” target audience, there is another more natural aspect that I’d like to just touch on here.

Everyday, I get at least one phone call from a mortgage broker, appraiser, inspector, title insurance representative, or attorney – all asking the exact same question:

Do you wonder what it takes to develop your own book, manual, special report, course, audio or video program and earn over $50,000 in less than 6-months?

The most valuable asset of a successful design team is the information they have about their users. When teams have the right information, the job of designing a powerful, intuitive, easy-to-use interface becomes tremendously easier. When they don’t, every little design decision becomes a struggle.

There are so many ingredients that go into making a successful web site. Layout, design, colors, graphics, photos, links and copy (text) are all included in the mix. Do you know which of these is the most important element? Believe it or not, copy!

You wanted to work from home so you could have more time for the rest of your life other than work, right? I’m sure that is one of everyone’s goals.