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Archive for July 26, 2008
Airspan Introduces WiMAX for 1.4 – 1.5 GHz
Jul 26th
Airspan Introduces WiMAX for 1.4 – 1.5 GHz
MarketWatch – USA
a leading provider of WiMAX broadband wireless access networks, today introduced a new Broadband Wireless solution that supports the frequency bands from …
Video: CDMA Development Group Says LTE Focus Doesn’t Rule Out WiMax
EETimes.com – USA
DENVER, Colorado — The CDMA Development Group is emphasizing Long-Term Evolution product development for 2009, but that doesn’t mean the group sees WiMax …
WCA Backs New Clearwire WiMAX Deal
TMCnet – USA
New Clearwire will be the name of the new company, and it plans to build and manage the first nationwide WiMAX (News – Alert)-based wireless broadband …
Intel continues the WiMAX/LTE war of words
The Industry Standard – San Francisco,CA,USA
Earlier this week, Intel’s Gregory Ofili slammed an analysis by Gartner, that had unkind words about Intel’s WiMAX platform, as “devoid of reality. …
Tata moves towards decisions on its WiMAX network
Developing Telecoms (press release) – USA
By Michael Schwartz News, WiMAX, 4G, Wireless Broadband, India, Asia-Pacific: Tata Communications is a keen supporter of WiMAX and is ready to prove its …
New WiMAX Products Available for 1.4 – 1.5 GHz to Provide VoIP and …
Broadband Wireless Exchange (press release) – Gilbert,AZ,USA
7/25/08 – Airspan Networks Inc. (NASDAQ: AIRN), a leading provider of WiMAX broadband wireless access networks, today introduced a new Broadband Wireless …
WiMax: What’s Working
Unstrung – New York,NY,USA
After two or three years of trials and early small-scale or niche deployments worldwide, WiMax is finally moving towards large-scale deployments by some …
Vtel selects Alcatel-Lucent for deployment of WiMAX network
Trading Markets (press release) – Los Angeles,CA,USA
Vtel Georgia, a greenfield operator established by Vtel, plans to launch the new WiMAX services under the brand Maximali in major cities by September 2008. …
Dialpoint Communications Adds WiMAX to Its Product Offerings
Earthtimes (press release) – London,UK
Dialpoint plans to utilize WiMAX technology to both enhance its current delivery methods as well as serve as a last mile solution to deliver its products …
Keithley Releases Guide to Wireless and RF Testing
Earthtimes (press release) – London,UK
… of Advanced Measurement Techniques for OFDM- and MIMO-based Radio Systems: Demystifying WLAN and WiMAX Testing, a new guide to wireless and RF testing. …
Google Webmaster Tool’s WWW vs. Non-WWW Issues
Jul 26th
Google Webmaster Tool’s WWW vs. Non-WWW Issues
Search Engine Roundtable – USA
A Google Groups thread has a webmaster who was very concerned when he logged into Webmaster Tools to find out that his site was not indexed by Google. …
Should You Link to Your Landing Pages?
Search Engine Roundtable – USA
This is the question posed on Cre8asite Forums, where a webmaster wonders the benefits of possibly linking to a completely different type of page (in terms …
MartJack is Offering Online Franchise Web Stores for Dealers …
Small Business Informer (press release) – Orland Park,IL,USA
MartJack is offering new age online business solutions to new age business organizations so as to serve their customers better. …
Microsoft defends online business plans
IT PRO – London,England,UK
Steve Ballmer has said the company is done making big investments in the online area. By Reuters, 25 Jul 2008 at 10:15 Chief executive Steve Ballmer has …
Microsoft divides online business
Marketing Week – London,UK
Microsoft is splitting its online business into two groups. Windows Live is being hived off into its Windows division and its advertising and media assets, …
Record Demand for Total Talent Management Drives Strong Second …
MarketWatch – USA
The Online business continues to show strong year on year growth driven by the on-going structural shift from offline job advertising to online job …
Reporting another steep decline, McClatchy board says it will …
Sacramento Bee – CA, USA
“Despite the strong growth in our online business, the advertising environment continues to be weak, and we expect revenues to continue to be down,” …
Luxury4play.com Launches Luxury Online Community
PR Web (press release) – Ferndale,WA,USA
… and vibrant community of information sharing for these topics — as well as related topics, such as travel photography and online business management. …
Microsoft’s Online Business and Strategy in Its Own Words
Seeking Alpha – New York,NY,USA
Here are the key quotes from Microsoft’s (MSFT)conference call about its Internet business. The last section, in which Microsoft lays out its search and …
Microsoft to Spend $2.5 Billion a Year To Keep Pace in Race With …
Washington Post – United States
Microsoft, which failed in an effort to buy Yahoo this year, will focus the additional money on boosting the online business and increasing marketing of …
Microsoft: What Web Strategy?
BusinessWeek – USA
The company surprised investors a week earlier when it announced $300 million in new spending (BusinessWeek.com, 7/18/08) on its online business. …
Ballmer and Liddell Defend Microsoft’s Online Spending Plans
Redmond Channel Partner – Irvine,CA,USA
Liddell said that figure will “not always be negative” and that the Online Business Services spending is part of the company’s efforts to generate future …
Search engine marketing ‘joining email and PR as a legitimate form …
Jul 26th
Search engine marketing ‘joining email and PR as a legitimate form …
Business Strata – Business News – Farnborough,Hampshire,UK
Growing businesses need to use “a plethora” of marketing channels to succeed in their promotional efforts, according to an expert. …
eLocal Listing – Leader in Local Search Becomes Google AdWords …
PR Web (press release) – Ferndale,WA,USA
… suite of marketing solutions, which already includes the Found Fast Premium and Standard products, Pay Per Call and Search Engine Marketing offerings. …
Aegis Group’s digital unit acquires search engine marketing agency …
RTT News – Williamsville,NY,USA
L: News, Chart, Quote ) announced that its digital division, Isobar, acquired search engine marketing agency Aposition in France, to launch iProspect. …
WebXsposure Revives Better Body Fitness SEM with New Strategy and …
PR.com (press release) – Levittown,NY,USA
reported Derek Brown, CEO and founder of WebXsposure.com, a search engine marketing firm out of Cambridge Maryland, “This allowed for no targeting, …
Study says firms are spending more’ on search marketing
Internet Marketing News – Lichfield,Staffordshire,UK
by ClickThrough | 24 Jul 2008 The global spend on search engine marketing has risen by 30 per cent this year, a new report has indicated. …
Study reveals 30% increase in search marketing spend
Epiphany Search News – Leeds,England,UK
Worldwide spending on search engine marketing has increased by 30 per cent during the past year, according to a new report. The 2009 Search Marketing …
Mary Bowling SEO & Local Search Expert to Speak at SMX Local Mobile
Newswire Today (press release) – London,UK
Blizzard Internet Marketing, a full-service search engine marketing company dedicated to servicing clients in the travel, tourism and hospitality industries …
Yahoo! Finally Closes Curtains On Ambassador!
Search Newz – Lexington,KY,USA
(The e-mail is in its entirety): Dear Current or Prospective Yahoo! Search Marketing Ambassador: The Yahoo! Search Marketing Ambassador program was …
Yahoo! benefits from online ad shift in Asia
Epiphany Search News – Leeds,England,UK
In other online advertising news, the newly-released 2009 Search Marketing Benchmark Guide, compiled by Marketing Sherpa, revealed a 30 per cent increase in …
Microsoft offers new targeted marketing opportunities
Business Feet – London,England,UK
Search engine marketing will be the driving force behind the extension of the relationship between the two firms. Microsoft has scrapped plans to introduce …
Mobile Search Takes Center Stage as Outrider Adds Specialty …
MarketWatch – USA
Outrider, a division of GroupM Search and winner of the 2008 Yahoo! Searchlight Award, is a leading global search marketing agency, specializing in holistic …
SEM News, The Ultimate Guide To Search Marketing Optimization Part …
Search Engine Land – Redding,CT,USA
The adCenter Community Web site provides forums, blogs, videos, and webcasts in which Microsoft and adCenter customers can share helpful information about …
Ten Ways to Waste Your PPC Budget
ClickZ News – New York,NY,USA
Leave out Microsoft adCenter. AdCenter may not be big and it’s interface is still improving, but if you spend over $1000 a month on Google, …
Click fraud in 2nd quarter of 2008 more sophisticated, botnets to …
ZDNet – USA
… rate of PPC advertisements appearing on search engine content networks, including Google AdSense and the Yahoo Publisher Network, was 27.6 percent. …
Click Fraud Stabilizes, but Botnets Burgeon
Marketing Vox News – USA
The average click-fraud rate of PPC advertisements appearing on search engine content networks, such as Google AdSense and the Yahoo Publisher Network and …
Knol lacks knowledge
Salon – USA
Perhaps, but unless you write Knol entries for “Britney Spears” or “Linux” and similarly big-hit Web wonders, it’s doubtful the pennies paid by AdSense will …
Google launches Wikipedia rival
MyADSL – Melville,South Africa
Google is also hoping to monetise the new project by allowing knol authors to choose whether they want Google’s AdSense advertising on the pages of the knol …
It’s Time for a Revenue Revolution
MediaShift Idea Lab – San Francisco,CA,USA
We tried everything from Google Adwords and flyers, to having booths at events and reaching out to local bloggers. Every one of those activities cost time …
More on Google mobile advertising…
SmartCompany.com.au – Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
Just like existing AdWords for the PC, advertisers can bid for keywords that will bring potential customers to them. The advertiser will be charged when a …
Google Opens Its Templating Technology
OStatic – San Francisco,CA,USA
… to a presentation about the technology, this is the templating language behind AdWords, Blogger, Google Reader, Google Analytics, and other properties. …
Domain and Search Tools Integrate New Google Data
Domain Name Wire – Austin,TX,USA
Already, one Domain Name Wire reader has reported that he can only do a few searches of Google’s data without being logged into an Adwords account.
Eye of newt: Inside Google’s AdWords auction
Register – London,England,UK
Drummond and his Mountain View cohorts have spent years telling the world that advertisers set the prices on Google’s web-dominating AdWords platform. …
Sir Mick ranks high in sexy stakes
The Press Association –
To mark the rocker’s 65th birthday, online information source MSN Entertainment polled more than 2000 people for their opinions on the nation’s favourite …
Pervert care worker avoids jail
Edinburgh Evening News – Edinburgh,Scotland,UK
The court had heard how Moyes got talking to the young girl on MSN messenger, a popular instant messaging service on the internet. …
Passion Leads to Profit
Rundtownnews.co.uk – Spain
The “cash-till” is NOT the preserve of the ex “state-owned” utility monopolies or Google, Yahoo, MSN etc. I am especially keen to promote products where we …
EFF: Yahoo Music should compensate customers
CNET News – San Francisco,CA,USA
Surely, Yahoo should have learned something from the MSN debacle. Just a month ago, Microsoft reversed a decision to stop releasing authorization keys for …
Msn Poll Shows Jagger Loses His Honky Tonk As He Turns 65
In Entertainment – Broadstairs,Kent,UK
MSN Entertainment Editor Mike Lok says: “As a rock musician, you can’t get more famous than Sir Mick Jagger. Whilst the ‘flaming lips’ slips in the sexy …
MSN.com Shines National Spotlight on Carolina Beach, NC
PR Web (press release) – Ferndale,WA,USA
According to MSN City Guide, the nearly 70 year old business can now claim that it sells the second best doughnut in the nation. …
SenseBot.net – Semantic Search Engine
Killer Startups – Miami,FL,USA
To use the SenseBot search query, users enter their searchable phrase, and select where they would like the results to come from, either Google, Yahoo, MSN …
Microsoft Rumbles, Rearms For Online War It Can’t Win Without Yahoo
Washington Post – United States
All the online stuff, including search, advertising and most MSN/Live.com services will be headed by a new executive. Putting Johnson aside for a moment, …
Yahoo! Music Store Support Dead by Sept. 30
PC Magazine – USA
by Chloe Albanesius Several months after the Microsoft MSN Music Store snafu, Yahoo announced Wednesday night that support for the Yahoo! …
FAM: Microsoft and Facebook in search deal
Seattle Times – United States
Satya Nadella, senior vice president in charge of Microsoft’s search, MSN and ad platform engineering efforts, said Microsoft “will be providing an API to …
Did Icahn Sell Out in Yahoo Deal?
Infopackets – Windsor,ON,Canada
After months of speculation and board room wrangling, the fate of Yahoo! is officially decided. Earlier in the week, Carl Icahn and the Yahoo! board came to …
Like this story? Share it with Yahoo! Buzz
USA Today – USA
For all of you who were thinking about retiring your own Brett Favre jerseys in solidarity, perhaps you might want to rethink that move. …
UPDATE 3-Microsoft CEO backs Web spending, “done” with Yahoo
Reuters – USA
O: Quote, Profile, Research) need to make heavy investments in its Internet businesses but said the company was “done,” for now, with pursuing Yahoo Inc …
Yahoo: Burn Your DRMed Tracks to CD Now
PC World – USA
Yahoo has become the latest company to abandon customers who bought tracks from its music store encoded with DRM (digital rights management), drawing fire …
Yahoo deal is off, says Microsoft
VNUNet.com – UK
The long running saga of Microsoft’s attempts to acquire Yahoo continued yesterday as the Redmond giant described the chances of a takeover as ” negligible” …
Major shareholder advisory firm backs Yahoo board
BusinessWeek – USA
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE An influential shareholder advisory firm endorsed the re-election of Yahoo Inc.’s entire board Thursday, reducing the chances that the …
Yahoo! Music Going Dark, Taking Keys With It
Slashdot – USA
Yahoo e-mailed its Yahoo! Music Store customers yesterday, telling them it will be closing for good — and the company will take its DRM license key servers …
Analysts served up tidbits, spy “doughnuts” at Microsoft meeting
Seattle Times – United States
Microsoft Chief Financial Officer Chris Liddell took the financial analysts through another rehash of the Yahoo pursuit. He said the value of Yahoo has …
Major shareholder advisory firm backs Yahoo board
WBGH – Binghamton,NY,USA
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – An influential shareholder advisory firm is endorsing the re-election of Yahoo’s entire board. The move reduces the chances that the …
Yahoo plays defunct DRM tune
InfoWorld – San Francisco,CA,USA
This week the Yahoo Music Store sent a message to customers saying they will turn off their DRM servers after September, thus joining MSN Music, …
4Offsets.com Brings an Eco-Friendly Touch to Affiliate Summit East …
Jul 26th
China´s Alibaba opens office in Taiwan
CCTV – Beijing,China
Alibaba.com opened an office in Taipei on Thursday. The new office is aimed at better serving Alibaba’s 40000 local members in Taiwan. …
Alibaba.com Opens Taiwan Office
Auctionbytes – USA
By Ina Steiner Alibaba.com opened an office in Taipei, Taiwan, its fourth functional office outside mainland China. Alibaba.com’s three websites – for …
Alibaba CEO: No Profit Goals In Troubled Times
Pacific Epoch (subscription) – Hong Kong,Hong Kong
Alibaba Group CEO Jack Ma stated recently that the company will not set specific profit goals for its subsidiaries during the next two years, reports China …
Alibaba.com opens office in Taiwan
Telecom Paper (subscription) – Houten,Netherlands
Chinese internet services group Alibaba.com has opened an office in Taipei, Taiwan, the company’s fourth functional office outside of China. …
Alibaba’s Ma warns of tough times ahead
The Standard – Hong Kong
Workers of Chinese online retailer Alibaba.com have been warned by the company’s founder to brace for difficult times as the global economy struggles. …
Best of the China Blogs: July 25
Wall Street Journal Blogs – New York,NY,USA
A translation of Alibaba founder Jack Ma’s letter to the troops. [China Vortex] –The secret to Chinese athletic success? A humorous take on hongshao rou …
Largest China-based B2B operator Alibaba enters Taiwan market
DigiTimes – Taiwan
Alibaba, the largest China-based operator of B2B (business to business) e-commerce services, at a July 24 press conference announced the formal …
China’s Everbright Bank H1 net rises 158 pct
Reuters India – Mumbai,India
SHANGHAI, July 24 (Reuters) – China’s Everbright Bank, which has applied to Chinese regulators for an initial public offering, posted a 158.2 percent rise …
Alibaba.com Opens Taiwan Office
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TAIPEI, July 24 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ — Alibaba.com today opened its fourth functional office outside mainland China. The new Taipei office will be able to …
Number Four: Alibaba Opens Operations In Taiwan
ChinaTechNews.com – Beijing,China
• Dileesh: Hi, I would like to but one China mobile. Which product is good? I want to… • Gerardo Trejos M: Hello gentlemen: I want to know if it is …
GAP Adventures Announces Launch of Affiliate Marketing Program
PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung) – Wien,Austria
Interested publishers can apply to the GAP Adventures affiliate program through Commission Junction or by visiting the affiliate sign-up page located on GAP …
4Offsets.com Brings an Eco-Friendly Touch to Affiliate Summit East …
PR Web (press release) – Ferndale,WA,USA
The 4Offsets affiliate program provides a great revenue stream for affiliates who have environmentally- or family-oriented traffic. …
Marty McFly’s Hoverboard on Ebay for $30000
Wired News – USA
Marty McFly’s hoverboard, as featured in Back to the Future 2 and 3, is for sale on Ebay, and can be yours for a starting bid of just $30000. …
Software makers threaten to sue eBay over counterfeits
CNET News – San Francisco,CA,USA
First it was fashion giant LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA complaining about counterfeit fashion goods on eBay. Then it was Tiffany taking eBay to court …
Hairdresser found guilty of £62k eBay scam
Scotsman – United Kingdom
He then sold 946 pairs of irons on internet auction site eBay, raking in £62000 of profit. A jury at Edinburgh Sheriff Court yesterday found him guilty by …
Find free shipping deals on Amazon, eBay and hundreds more sites
Dallas Morning News – Dallas,TX,USA
… deals rounded up at a site called FreeShippingOn. You can also use the site to search Amazon and eBay — but only for items that come with free shipping.
eBay drops on TV analyst’s comments
BloggingStocks – USA
eBay, Inc. (NASDAQ: EBAY) shares are falling today on no obvious news, but after CNBC analyst and BloggingStocks.com’s own Jim Cramer said on his Mad Money …
Bidders let down the man who put his life on eBay
Independent – London,England,UK
… a rug salesman –up for sale on eBay, Mr Usher had been looking forward to spending the money on an exciting new future living out his wildest fantasies. …
Unlocked iPhone 3G hits eBay
IntoMobile – Los Angeles,CA,USA
In this day and age where just about anything you can imagine is posted for sale on eBay, it’s not that surprising to see an fully unlocked iPhone 3G. …
4 years for Ore. man for eBay counterfeit software
BusinessWeek – USA
By WILLIAM McCALL Some prices on eBay can look like a real steal — and in the case of Jeremiah Mondello, that’s exactly what it was. …
EBay, British luxury goods group to discuss counterfeit sales
Computerworld – Framingham,MA,USA
By Linda Rosencrance July 24, 2008 (Computerworld) Intellectual property lawyers from eBay Inc. and Walpole British Luxury, a group that represents the …
Bride buys eBay wedding dress for £2.50
Telegraph.co.uk – United Kingdom
And her decision paid off when she found an exact copy of the dress while searching on eBay. With ten minutes remaining to bid, and no reserve price, …