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Labor Day weekend is a busy one for travelers. Families out shopping for back to school supplies, sun-worshipers heading back from the beach, and scores of backyard barbecues and college football games to attend, all make for some serious gas-guzzling out on the nation's highways. With gasoline hovering at $3 …

Dan Meredith and Andy Golding are software engineers at Google, working as part of the News Team responsible for developing the Google News service. They might just have made one of the most important statements to come from the direction of Google for a long time. Posting on the official …

Although Google itself refuses to budge from the official company line of confirming or denying nothing, it looks increasingly likely that a Googlephone is in the offing. Several sources are now claiming that prototype phone devices have been touted around the US mobile carriers in recent weeks (ironically you need …

[URL="http://www.privacyinternational.org"]Privacy International[/URL] has accused Google of embarking upon a smear campaign within the media to discredit both PI and a report, to be published in full later in the year, which ranks the privacy performance of the top Internet service companies. The interim results which were [URL="http://www.privacyinternational.org/article.shtml?cmd%5B347%5D=x-347-553961"]published[/URL] on the 9th …

[FONT=&quot]Unless you happen to have been one of the people who authorized payment of around $800,000 for the design, or were on the receiving end of it, then the chances are you will agree with the momentum of public opinion that the [URL="http://www.london2012.com/index.html"]London 2012 Olympics branding[/URL] sucks. In fact, it …

This morning I logged into Google Analytics and noticed a message mentioning a brand new interface, and yet, everything looked the same. Now, a couple of hours later, I just logged back in and, indeed, noticed a massive revamp for Google Analytics. The first thing I notice is the much …

It's been a couple of years now that Google has been in the contextual advertising game, serving up ads not just in the search results, but also across the network of AdSense publishers. AdSense has since become a dream come true for many small publishers realizing they can make some …

Even if you do happen to live in Utah, the chances are you will not have noticed a little law by the name of SB 236 which was passed without so much as a whisper of complaint or fuss last month. If you happen to run a web based business …

Marc Andreessen may not have actually been knighted for his contributions towards making the web what it is today, but if he were British then I am sure Helen Mirren would have bestowed that honor upon him alongside Sir Tim Berners-Lee. Not that a lack of a knighthood is stopping …

A recent visit into Google's [URL="http://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/"]Webmaster Tools [/URL]has brought a new section to my attention which I would imagine would be of much interest to SEOs: Internal and External links. The table of Internal links seems interesting - a listing of pages on your domain that have links pointing to …

I got a toshiba e750. All reviews say its crap but I love it. The whole device cost me £115 (end of line) from Comet (or currys, always get them mixed up). - thats under $250 i think Its got a 400mhz CPU and 64mb ram as well as wifi …

Everyone always talks of an "Office" killer, or how something might come along and supplant Microsoft's dominance by Exchange and Windows Server. I don't think this will come anytime soon from the free or open-source crowd. Instead, I think it should come from Google. A big reason lots of businesses …

The creator of the online encyclopedia Wikipedia has switched his concentration to search engines. Jimmy Wales, owner of Wikipedia has decided to create a new wiki style search engine. Instead of using complicated and sometimes obstructive computer algorithms he is going to use people-power to control the rankings of sites …

If you believe the results of a study by those chaps over at the USC-Annenberg School Centre for the Digital Future, the answer to the question posed in this blog posting title is 43% of Americans. That is the number of people who took part in the survey, were already …

For the longest time, the Children’s Online Protection Act, signed off by President Clinton way back in 1998, has been a contentious issue in the US. It was originally kicked out of town, well Philadelphia anyway, after a federal district court banned the enforcement of the law, and a federal …

Google has provided WAP access to email for the longest time, an apt description seeing as that’s how long it takes to read your email via a WAP based mobile device. But all that has changed thanks to the availability of a brand new Java based version of [URL="http://mail.google.com/mail/help/intl/en/about_mobile.html"]Gmail for …

Google has launched a new search engine, or rather has made the old one available with a few user configurable tweaks. The [URL="http://www.google.com/coop/cse/"]Google Custom Search Engine[/URL] (CSE) is now open for business and provides a brand new and tailored search experience, or at least that is what Google is saying. …

So the long speculated purchase of Youtube by Google finally happened for a whopping $1.65 billion (pocket change for Google). However I think this wasnt the right time and that they could of gotten it for cheaper. Youtube had a cost of over a million dollars to run a month …

I admit it; there are times when I have gone to Google (and Yahoo, MSN, Ask and even occasionally a decent Meta-Search such as Dogpile) for no other reason than to see what people are saying about me online. I like to think that I have an excuse, what with …

I am a writer by profession. Over the last two decades, I have been fortunate enough to have seen more than twenty of my books make it into print. Some have even sold enough copies for me to earn royalties over and above my advance. With publishing house marketing budgets …

For those of you webmasters out there who are running Google Analytics ([URL]http://www.google.com/analytics[/URL]) then you can welcome a new feature ... site overlay. It's a feature that so far I have only seen in paid analytics software, so it's definitely a more than welcome addition. Google Analytics logs pageviews to …

Hello, I need some suggestions about ecommerce store i have a client he is currently using ashop commerce, please suggest any better shopping cart main area to focus is - easy to use (design, backend management) cost effective, good reviews, secure, bandwidth,managing customer, bill data, reports and provide many more …

OK. First things first. I am a graphic designer I am not promoting my services through this post. Moderators, if you find anything self promotional about this post, Kindly let me know. THIS THREAD IS ABOUT ONLINE ADVERTISING So back to where I started. I am a graphic designer (once …

Hai, I am recently developed a web portal for a community . The community is a state in india. Now the site is at the beginning stage. The income of the site is mainly through advertisement. I put spaces for advertisement in each page. A few local advertisements are there …

Hello! Sometimes I need send sms on short number, this number have special tariff. That's why I would like find some service how can provide it for me. I to do that for my more privacy. If you don't understand I can show example what I need.

[url]http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10320096-38.html?tag=newsLeadStoriesArea.1[/url] This is just plain scary. This is the type of action being proposed by Washington that all on-line communities should be joining together to raise our voices against it.

I have personally heard so many stories of people saying they will quit Facebook - mostly for time or professional reasons - but at the same time, there are also many others who join Facebook every day. Thus, as an online marketer, are you worried or concerned about Facebook quitters …

Many social media monitoring tools measure and find influencers. So if you had experience with such service, what do you think? Do you think it has helped your business finding and outreaching these influencer bloggers? What do you think?

I read in a blog that it encouraged users to visit those sites. I personally dont see the need if I am already on LinkedIn. So have you used those sites? If so, whats your opinion of them?

I was wondering if you guys (and gals) think linking to Gambling, Casino, (other "bad sites") will hurt your site in search engine rankings? I've heard conflicting reports, and I don't know what to believe. Any thoughts? :idea:

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I saw this on a blog and copied it down to post here to get your feedback. The author contends that these 5 simple steps will get you off on the right twitter foot in terms of building a community for your business that will eventually generate profits. What do …

I read an article about useful social media tools and I thought this one is really cool and it was on the list. [url]http://hiim.r09.railsrumble.com/[/url] So do you think you would use such service/tools and if yes/no, why not?

WebProNews reported on Friday (link below) that Twitter was going to be launching a feature that makes the service location aware. Basically, you can choose to have your tweets mapped by longitude and latitude. The possible benefits seem to be twofold. Initially, as a follower you can choose to follow …

Just read a good article about Fastest Way to get in the top 10 rankings of Google. Found it very interesting... Source:- [URL="http://girishmore-ideas-at-work.blogspot.com/2009/05/fastest-way-to-get-in-top-10-rankings.html"]http://girishmore-ideas-at-work.blogspot.com/2009/05/fastest-way-to-get-in-top-10-rankings.html[/URL]

The explanation of a talented Search Engine Optimization is repeatedly being redefined by the search engines, their toys ,and how fine they have fun with others (their spiders). What fulfilled SEO so well-organized a decade ago wouldn’t fairly make it on the web these days? One of the most important …

Many posts on this forum mention tools but some are self promoting. I just want to compile a list of sites where one can use to obtain SEO/competitive intelligence insights? (Better if there are free ones out there). For starters, I like using Google's AdWords and Google's Trends. What do …

Hello World I need a career advice and I am very much confused. Currently I have good skill set of the following stuff • Html/Xhtml/CSS/ • Content Management Systems Word press, Joomla, drupal, template customization, installation ,configuration • Os Commerce Applications as like os-commerce, magneto • Bulletin Boards • Real …

I betcha that many on this board have experience this: You are on the beach soaking up the sun. You look towards the horizon. You see a plane/helicopter with an air banner advertising - it is usually for a big wannabe blockbuster or adult services place. But I wonder if …

hi all I m presently in india but my website is focussed for new zealand and hosting also done in new zealand. so i would like to ask that i should submit my website on which following address : This yahoo india url [url]http://siteexplorer.search.yahoo.com/in/free/request[/url] This is yahoo new zealand url …

Ok from what I understand, when it comes to search engine optimization, a Flash site faces many more hurdles. I have considered using CSS layers to apply visibility: hidden; text in the "background". Basicly hiding the readable content behind the flash. But I was under the impression that bots (especially …

Ok so here's the deal. I have a few site, and all but one of them is listed on google. Granted they are all pretty new, 3 months or less, but every one has multiple pages listed on MSN, Altavista and Yahoo to name a few. The one site not …

[url]http://www.statcounter.com/[/url] How is that possible for a site like that to have a pagerank of 10???

I'm Glen Jon the author of the following and thought I'd post this article, all though it has been published many times before on other sites. There is no easy way out. If you don't want to spend any money online advertising, your alternative is to spend time with free …

I have read EXTENSIVELY on Google AdWords and I have heard that you should just start your keywords out on exact match. What do you all think?

I got an affiliate marketing magazine today and it mentioned about how people make millions. I want to now how do they do it? I betcha many members here want to know as well.

Hai I developed a small forum for my website. It contains 3 Pages 1. The main page - This will show the complete threads and date. 2. The thread page - This page will shows a single thread and its answers. 3. Reply page. All are working fine and all …

Hello all! I have a site that deals with online role playing games. I wanted to open a blog for it, and I wanted to ask you if you think it will be useful to open a blog for this kind of website, will it be useful? will it drive …

how to submit our business (Not in US Origin) in LOCAL Listing of BING website. reply awaited. Regards,

Has anyone tried to utilize the 12 second video option in Twitter to communicate with customers? I am looking at it as a viable option for one of my clients and I am curious to know what some peoples results have been.