Archive for January, 2008

Spring Cleaning - Time To Review Your Websites

Friday, January 25th, 2008

It's that time of the year.. we're still in the thick of winter, but Spring isn't far off. Before the really beautiful weather gets here is the perfect time to review your website(s) and assess where improvements can be made. Just like getting underneath the hood of a car and making ...

Interstitial Ads Are Obnoxious, And Don’t Tell Me It’s A “Welcome Screen”

Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008

I love web ads. Let's get that right out of the way. I'm not a person who hates the idea of advertising on a website. In fact, if it wasn't for web ads, I'd be in deep doggy doo doo when it comes to paying the bills. ...

Yahoo To Lay Off Hundreds Of Employees

Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008

Yahoo recently announced that they are going to lay off hundreds of employees as a measure to try and recover from many years of misguided management. Yang and his management team already have committed to jettisoning at least several hundred jobs to help boost Yahoo's profits and placate investors ...

Google, Yahoo, And MSN Settle Gambling Accusations

Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008

Google, Yahoo, and MSN took money from gambling advertisers for 10 years, according to a recent settlement the companies have hammered out with the U.S. Justice Department. On Wednesday, the Justice Department said Microsoft Corp, Google Inc and Yahoo Inc agreed to a settlement worth $31.5 million to resolve accusations they ...

Publicity As A Means Of Promoting Website

Monday, January 21st, 2008

One of the classic ways companies do websites promotions is an indirect method. They try and focus on a newsworthy aspect of the website, and they take out press releases and contact the media for free publicity. This seems to be the preferred way, in fact, for many ...

German Entrepreneurs Buying Stake In Facebook

Tuesday, January 15th, 2008

Facebook is extending their reach with the Samwer brothers, German entrepreneurs that have bought into Facebook for an undisclosed sum. "We are going to support the expansion of Facebook in Europe ... We know the online space in Europe extremely well," Samwer said in a telephone interview. Samwer would not disclose ...

Microsoft Goes Grocery Shopping!

Monday, January 14th, 2008

Microsoft has recently announced their newest endeavor - bringing advertisements straight to grocer shoppers on their shopping carts. Microsoft worked with Plano, Texas-based MediaCart Holdings Inc. for four years developing the technology. The purchase of aQuantive will deliver the technology to serve up relevant ads as a consumer shops at ...

Adify.com - Another Advertising Venue

Saturday, January 5th, 2008

Yesterday I signed up for another monetization program, Adify.com. This program allows publishers to sell advertising through their network at rates the webmasterEu costumo criar meus toques para vivo usando 2 programas gratuitos. sets, which is a nice feature to have for publishers. So far their code has been installed in ...

Internet Domaining - Another Way To Do Business On The Internet?

Thursday, January 3rd, 2008

I was reading through some press releases this morning and found one about an upcoming domain auction. This is something I remember hearing about a few years ago, but put out of my head while building long term websites. After reading the sites press, I decided to check out their ...

Founder Of Wikipedia Launching Search Project

Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008

It comes as no surprise that the founder of Wikipedia is looking to diversify their website offerings and the next service being tested by them is search. Unlike other search engines, the Wikia search engine will allow users to "improve" the engine by working collectively, much the same way Wikipedia allows ...