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Yahoo "Glue Pages" Debut in the US Thursday, November 20, 2008 @ 6:39PM Yesterday, Yahoo! launched a beta version of "Glue Pages", a new search experience that adds media such as images, video and blogs to standard text results when typing a query. As of now, the new beta feature is limited to U.S. users, but it should be soon rolled out to other internationalized versions of the site.
Six Apart Gives Journalists Free Blogs Wednesday, November 19, 2008 @ 8:31AM San Francisco-based blogging startup Six Apart has announced they will be giving away free accounts on their TypePad blogging system for professional bloggers and journalists who recently lost their jobs as well as those who fear the axe is coming. Cleverly dubbed the " Journalist Bailout Program ," the service includes one free blog, a place in the Six Apart Media advertising program, ...
The Rocky Legal Landscape of Virtual Worlds, Part 2: Patents Wednesday, November 19, 2008 @ 6:13AMA patent represents a grant from the United States government to an individual for the exclusive right to make, use, import, sell, and offer to sell an invention. In order to obtain a patent, an inventor must prove that the invention is new, useful, and not merely an obvious improvement over what was already known.
Google Adds Vocal Recognition Search to iPhone Tuesday, November 18, 2008 @ 5:09AM After an initial delays from Apple in commercializing the latest Google search feature for its smartphone device, the Apple App Store for the iPhone is now featuring an application that allows users to search the Web simply with vocal commands.
Google and Adobe Team Up for Simplified Flash Content Tracker Monday, November 17, 2008 @ 3:24PM Earlier today, Google announced on the Analytics Official Blog that the company has teamed up with Adobe Corp. and third party developers to develop a simplified Flash content tracker that can successfully spider media content such as embedded videos, branded micro sites, and even online games.
Google Earth Gets "4D" Capabilities And Revives Ancient Rome Thursday, November 13, 2008 @ 1:54PM Google Earth, the popular globe rendering software that was downloaded over 400 million times since its release in June 2005, just got a new and very exciting feature: the Google Earth team announced earlier today that when looking at Rome, Italy it is now possible to see a number of historic places as archaeologist thought they looked like thousands of years ago.
From the Editor Sunday, November 2, 2008 @ 3:26AMWhat would happen if Google figured out a way to spread ecommerce across the Internet, bringing individual product listings to the sites and blogs you visit in a very targeted manner?
Google Releases Limited Access to OpenID API Thursday, October 30, 2008 @ 4:18PM Last night Eric Sachs, for the Google Security Team, announced in an official blog post that Google will be providing limited access to an API supporting OpenID, a framework allowing users to adopt a single nickname and password combination to seamlessly login into an array of different websites, a technology that both Yahoo! and Microsoft have already deployed on their respective websites.
Author David Seaman on Putting Buzz to Work Wednesday, October 22, 2008 @ 7:12AMDavid Seaman defines buzz as the process of getting people to discuss you, your company, or your product ... for free. In his new book, "Dirty Little Secrets of Buzz," Seaman lays out 61 tactics for creating buzz. Seaman shares some of his general secrets for creating buzz, and also provides specific tactics for tech industry firms and executives to create and keep buzz.
Service Channels Thursday, October 16, 2008 @ 3:41AMAplus.net forum provides customers with networking and communications opportunities.
Google Enhances Translate Tool with New Tags and Widgets Wednesday, October 15, 2008 @ 5:57PM In an effort to meet the rapidly evolving needs of webmasters all around the world, Google recently announced on its official Webmaster Central Blog the release of a new widgets to allow for a better language translation of the website contents, as well as new HTML tags that will be parsed by Google translator to disable automatic translating on specific sections of the site.
Link Building for E-Commerce Site : It’s Not All About Paid Links Monday, October 13, 2008 @ 11:05AMLast week e-Commerce link building was discussed at WebmasterWorld Forums (also reviewed by SEroundtable). Why is it actually more difficult to build links to an e-Commerce website? today almost every webmaster knows the real value behind a link; thus linking to a commercial site is either avoided or nofollowed: aka “they have enough money either way”; an [...]
Free SEO Service Poised to Do Wonders for the Economy Friday, October 10, 2008 @ 2:01AM New York Web design company, 3eleven Creative, provides premium SEO services for free.
Google Launches In-game Advertising Platform Thursday, October 9, 2008 @ 7:27PM A recent post in the official AdSense blog unveiled the new "AdSense for Games", the new Google-branded advertising platform that has been in the works for nearly a year and aims at making the currently under-monetized Flash game market at least as profitable as the rest of the World Wide Web content.
Google Refreshes Its Blog Search Tool Friday, October 3, 2008 @ 7:25AM Google recently added new interesting features in the English version of it Blog Search tool, with the same changes reportedly reaching its international counterparts in the next few days. Features include grouping by topic and indicating the number of blogs featuring similar news, adopting a technology very similar to that of the more popular Google News. Even better, the search tool now ...
Social Media in Africa, Part 1 Friday, October 3, 2008 @ 3:37AM Contrary to popular belief, Africa is not completely absent from the Internet. In fact, the continent at large is undergoing a connectivity revolution unlike anything it has ever seen. Mobile phones in particular are propagating at an incredible rate, with penetration ranging from 30% to 100%. The average is 30.4% and there are 280 million subscribers in total, making Africa the fastest ...
What Is Web 2.0 Design Patterns and Business Models for the Next Generation of Software Thursday, September 25, 2008 @ 7:08PMThe bursting of the dot-com bubble in the fall of 2001 marked a turning point for the web. Many people concluded that the web was overhyped, when in fact bubbles and consequent shakeouts appear to be a common feature of all technological revolutions . Shakeouts typically mark the point at which an ascendant technology is ready to take its place at center stage.
5 Ways to Target Media Outlets For Links Tuesday, September 23, 2008 @ 7:59AM Knowing where key decision-makers go for information and what type of digital media outlets influence their actions can give you a competitive edge in marketing your products, developing content and securing links. Recently, Forrester Research conducted a survey to determine the value of various publications and how key decision-makers were using them. Almost 1700 business-to-business ...
iePlexus.com Premiers New Online Shopping Network buyPlexus.com Friday, August 22, 2008 @ 4:06AM www.iePlexus.com announces launch of buyPlexus.com, a Web 2.0 online shopping network designed for users to easily connect and explore businesses, products and services. (PRWeb Aug 22, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/iePlexus-buyPlexus/online-business-directory/prweb1238664.htm
Product Development: Getting Customers In on the Act Wednesday, August 13, 2008 @ 7:15AMThis week, Sage Software is bringing out version 11 of ACT, its high-flying contact management software. ACT has been around since the mid-1980s and has been through multiple incarnations and owners in that time. ACT was what you used back then if you were tired of keeping notes on paper and wanted to improve the way you sell.
Yahoo! Announces New Privacy Choice for Consumers Friday, August 8, 2008 @ 11:00AM SUNNYVALE, Calif.----Today Yahoo! Inc. announced that it will offer users greater choice in how they manage their privacy online by enabling them to opt-out of customized advertising on Yahoo.com.
Sustainability and CRM Wednesday, August 6, 2008 @ 7:13AMThis summer, I have been doing a lot of research into sustainability and have developed some thoughts that relate to CRM, especially CRM 2.0. The whole idea of "sustainability" deserves some contemplation. Too often we see the word applied to just about anything that needs to look a little bit green. Sustainability and related words absolve a multitude of sins.
Will Google’s Knol become the next Wikipedia? Monday, July 28, 2008 @ 8:11AMGoogle has launched its Wikipedia-killer to the world. Will they succeed? Last week Google made its new site, Knol, open to all the world. Until then only beta-testers had been able to read and contribute. Knol lets anyone write an article about any topic of interest. Then readers may make comments and rate the article. They may [...]
Corporate Social Networks Are A Waste of Money, Study Finds Thursday, July 17, 2008 @ 9:10PM How would you feel if you spent more than $1 million throwing a party and less than 100 or even 1,000 people showed up? That sinking feeling is spreading over corporate boardrooms around the nation, according to study performed by Ed Moran, a director at consulting mega-firm Deloitte . It may be all the rage, but are company-built social networks for customers to socialize in really smart? ...

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