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CNet Reviews Search Engines

I’m surprised this didn’t get a bunch of blog posts when it came out on May 9: C|Net went out and did comprehensive reviews of nine top search engines.

Apple PR, Catch a Tiger by the Head…

Tiger, the title of Apple’s latest OS, officially hits store shelves tomorrow, which means today the gates swing open for all the major media outlets …

Traffic Signals Get Mixed Reviews

A survey by the Washington-based Institute of Transportation Engineers blames bureaucracy for long waits at red lights.

LexisNexis Reviews Data Search Activity

LexisNexis has completed an extensive review of data search activity at its recently acquired Seisint unit, as well as across its other businesses.

Podcast Movie Reviews

A clever idea – movie reviews that are delivered via podcast … Reel Reviews Syndicated On DVD Talk Radio.

Weighing The Desktop Search Pros And Cons

The “in” item for big four of the search industry (Google, Yahoo, MSN, and, Ask Jeeves) is Desktop Search utilities. By early next year, all the major search platforms will/should have a branded, functional Desktop Search (DTS) model for the masses to use.

Copernic Desktop Search is First to Fully Support Mozilla Firefox Browser

Copernic today launched version 1.2 of their desktop search tool, which brings a host of new improvements and capatibility with Mozilla’s Firefox browser, the first desktop search to do so.

Bill Clinton Helps Launch Accoona Search Engine

Bill Clinton helps launch the Chinese backed search engine and gives them words of encouragement that would make Google cringe…

Oracle Gets Approval From Europe, PeopleSoft Reviews Decision

PeopleSoft announced that its Board will review the implications of today’s decision by the European Commission regarding Oracle’s proposed acquisition of PeopleSoft.

CrossRef Launches Google-Powered Crossref Search

Calling themselves the “citation linking backbone for all scholarly information in electronic form”, CrossRef has launched a Google-powered search engine called CrossRef Search. This engine allows users to search the full text of many types of scholarly documents.

Performance Reviews That Actually Improve Performance

Employee performance reviews are one of the most dreaded tasks by most managers. It is hard to win here – you can never say enough good things, and one word of criticism is generally the only thing they will remember.

Home -N- Linens Site Review

The deadline for reviews of the Home -N- Linens site has passed, and it’s time to take a look at the results. Here’s what DevWebPro readers had to say about the Home -N- Linens site.

Winning Auction Photos – The Basics of Producing Auction Images

Millions of potential buyers visit the online auction sites every day. In 2002 eBay’s 27 million active members participated in transactions totaling over $4 billion dollars. If you are looking for a share of that market, all you need are the items to sell, time, and some auction know-how.

BrainStorms: 10 Reviews To Help You Tweak Your Site

A Site Review Of Ent Federal Credit Union By Ten Readers.

Check out these reviews for design ideas. There’s nothing like your peers to tell you what’s wrong with your site.

Site Review: Ent Federal Credit Union

Ent Federal Credit Union is the largest locally owned financial institution in Colorado Springs. EntFederal.com provides a wide range of financial services which include – Internet account access (Ent@ccess Online Banking), online Bill Payments (Ent@ccess Bill Pay), 24-hour loan applications, 24-hour-a-day transactions by phone (Entell24), and investment services.

Write Reviews to Increase Sales

To increase sales, instead of displaying banners or ads on your website, write a review. On your main page, display a short intriguing paragraph with a link to your full review. For example, this is the text that was displayed on the main page of Web-Source.net which was a lead in to the main review of “Make Your Site Sell.”

Site Review: LandisGyr.us

Landis + Gyr offers a comprehensive line of metering products and services that have applications ranging from the power plant to commercial, industrial and residential settings. Our primary customers are utilities and utility supply companies. I talked with our marketing department about what we would like to have as the focus of the critique.

Why WebProNews is my favorite ebusiness newsletter

I read WebProNews every time I see it in my inbox, or if I don’t have time, I put it in my TODO folder.

I have a folder named “WebProNews” where I save all the past issues that pertain to my work.

Site Review: Brazilian Memories Travel
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Mission Statement for Brazilian Memories Travel Website:
To attract interested vacation planners with an appealing, tropical themed site. Once they enter the site it is our goal to provide helpful, useful and interesting travel planning information. When there is an interested party, the site should guide them to inquire further via the phone or e-mail. Hopefully the visitors will have a pleasant visual experience as well as learning something from the content.

This week’s WebProNews made the difference in our business

We usually don’t get carried away submitting thank you notes on written content. This week’s WebProNews newsletter made the difference in our business.

Better Writing, Better Business: 4 Web Copy Reviews

A few days ago I spoke with Garrett to discuss some ideas I had for new articles, and he told me that he had countless requests for web site reviews. It seemed like a great opportunity to share my opinion on specific sites so I offered to write some reviews in lieu of an article. However, once I had a chance to look at the sites, I noticed that all the requests expressed more concern for finding the right key words and meta tags than they did for writing energetic, effective copy that attracts.