Archive for October 4, 2008

Sandy Blum Breaks Into Online Marketing With The Industry’s Most …

 

Sandy Blum Breaks Into Online Marketing With The Industry’s Most
WebWire (press release) – Atlanta,GA,USA
Blum opted to partner with CarbonCopyPro, a marketing systems company that offers users everything they need to start an online business including multiple
Scottrade Recognized for Associate Training and Development
MarketWatch – USA
ST. LOUIS, Oct 03, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Scottrade ( www.scottrade.com), a leading branch-supported online investment firm, won the American Society for
Multiple Streams of Income with MyInternetBusiness
WebWire (press release) – Atlanta,GA,USA
For those seeking to master the art of making money online there are few new online business opportunities that can provide you with genuine multiple

Towerstream deploys BreezeMAX 3650 solution from Alvarion

 

Towerstream deploys BreezeMAX 3650 solution from Alvarion
Trading Markets (press release) – Los Angeles,CA,USA
According to Alvarion, the addition of its mobile WiMAX gear provides Towerstream with non-line-of-sight capabilities. As a result, the company can now
WiMax’s struggle with in-building wireless is a boon to MobileAccess
Computerworld – Framingham,MA,USA
By Matt Hamblen October 3, 2008 (Computerworld) CHICAGO — Even as WiMax promises faster average network speeds than other wireless networks, one company is
WiMax‘ struggle with in-building wireless is a boon to MobileAccess
Computerworld – Framingham,MA,USA
By Matt Hamblen October 3, 2008 (Computerworld) CHICAGO – Even as WiMax promises faster average network speeds than other wireless networks, one company is
Motorola earns Industry Choice Award for second consecutive year
The FINANCIAL – Tbilisi,Georgia
Presented by xchange Magazine and Trendsmedia and judged by an independent panel of WiMAX industry experts, the Best of WiMAX World Awards honor the
Sprint to Subsidize Cost of WiMax Adoption
Destination CRM – New York,NY,USA
By Phillip Britt CHICAGO — As WiMax providers take aim at the consumer market, lowering the cost is a key incentive to induce customers try the service
What’s the big deal about WiMax?
CNET News – San Francisco,CA,USA
Sprint Nextel has made headlines all week as it’s started lighting up its first 4G wireless network using a technology called WiMax.
Green Packet Inks Agreemet With Alcatel-lucent To Promote WiMAX
Bernama – Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 3 (Bernama) — Green Packet Bhd signed an agreement with Alcatel-Lucent in Chicago recently to jointly promote its WiMAX Rev-e products,
Sprint: Baltimore a test for future WiMAX rollouts
FierceBroadbandWireless – Washington,DC,USA
During his keynote address on Thursday at WiMAX World 2008, Atish Gude, senior vice president of mobile broadband operations for Sprint’s Xohm business,
Clearwire’s Ben Wolff: WiMax a ‘value proposition’ in a down economy
Computerworld – Framingham,MA,USA
Sprint launched its Xohm WiMax network in Baltimore on Monday, and is expected to soon launch in Chicago and Washington. Other markets will follow in the

Google Removes Directory Links From Webmaster Guidelines

 

Google Removes Directory Links From Webmaster Guidelines
Search Engine Land – Redding,CT,USA
Brian Ussery reported that Google has dropped two important bullet points from the Google Webmaster Guidelines. Those bullet points include: Submit your
SearchCap: The Day In Search, October 3, 2008
Search Engine Land – Redding,CT,USA
Google Removes Directory Links From Webmaster GuidelinesBrian Ussery reported that Google has dropped two important bullet points from the Google Webmaster
Google Devaluing DMOZ and Yahoo! Links?
WebProNews – Lexington,KY,USA
In fact, they’ve even removed the suggestion from their webmaster guidelines, as Brian Ussery noticed. The page used to have bullet points for: – Submit
Building a Profitable Web 2.0 Web Site
TechNewsWorld – Sherman Oaks,CA,USA
By Theodore F. di Stefano There are plenty of opportunities for entrepreneurs in the wild world of Web 2.0, and ASOTV.Info is one example, writes columnist
Web 3.0: Not Yet
Forbes – NY,USA
After all, we went from Web 1.0 in 1995 to Web 2.0 in 2005. Only three years into Web 2.0, perhaps it is natural that we stay here and fine-tune for another
Mass High Tech

Beth Israel launches Web 2.0 site
Mass High Tech – MA, USA
By Christopher Calnan Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center has gone Web 2.0, completing a 15-month web project with the latest Internet-based tools designed

Cruvee Forges Web 2.0 Content Partnerships with The Wine Spies and
MarketWatch – USA
leading Web 2.0 wine resources, The Wine Spies and Wine Library TV, to bring their engaging content to Cruvee’s registered users through custom modules.
Bezos and Benioff Invest in ZocDoc
Mashable – San Francisco,CA,USA
Meanwhile, for Bezos, the investment in ZocDoc marks yet another addition to his Web 2.0 portfolio. It was recently revealed that the billionaire backed
What is Enterprise 2.0?
ITworld.com – Framingham,MA,USA
Enterprise 2.0 was subsequently coined by Andrew McAfee as the application of Web 2.0 technologies into large corporate enterprises.

CyberCucina Gourmet Affiliate Program Boosts Payouts 20%

 

CyberCucina Gourmet Affiliate Program Boosts Payouts 20%
PR-USA.net (press release) – Varna,Bulgaria
CyberCucina launched its affiliate program in 2000 as an in-house program and later moved it to the popular Share A Sale Affiliate Network, which provides
Barcelona Poker Raid
Online Casino Reports – USA
The Affiliate Series of Poker tournament is held during Casino Affiliate Program events and is open to those in the poker ‘loop’.
Bingo.com Affiliates Can Double Their Results This October
PR Web (press release) – Ferndale,WA,USA
Affiliates in the Bingo.com affiliate program earn a flat 30% revenue share commission and are offered several different types of marketing tools that they
Affiliate Speedpay Announces Major Partnership with Betsson Malta Ltd
PR Web (press release) – Ferndale,WA,USA
In addition, Betsson Malta Ltd offers a gambling affiliate program via the website affiliatelounge.com. Betsson Malta Ltd offers poker, casino,

 Alibaba

EBay disavows the responsibility for privacy violation
Ecommerce Journal – Boston,MA,USA
on Foreign Relations for a second time and Jerry Yang, CEO of Yahoo, stated: “we are now a minority shareholder and do not control Alibaba or Yahoo!
Post-Olympics, the Sky’s the Limit for China
PC World – USA
be immortalized as the first Chinese on the moon, the role models for China’s youth are the founders of companies such as Alibaba, Baidu and Tencent.

Agoda

Pattaya Daily News

AGODA‘S TOP 10 HOTELS TO VIEW BANGKOK
Pattaya Daily News – Chonburi,Thailand
Agoda .com salutes Bangkok and proposes top 10 hotels to check out some of Bangkok’s amazing views. Today, Bangkok sprawls in every direction,

 Amazon

Option Skews – Apple Inc, Research in Motion Limited, Amazon.com
Schaeffers Research – Cincinnati,OH,USA
(TGT), McDonald’s (MCD), QUALCOMM Incorporated (QCOM), Research in Motion (RIMM), American Express (AXP), Amazon.com Inc (AMZN), Jarden Corp.

Commission Junction

Protus Intros Affiliate Program for my1voice
TMCnet – USA
The program is available though Commission Junction and the pepperjamNETWORK. “Partner networks are an integral part of our overall marketing strategy,”
my1voice Announces New Affiliate Program for Virtual PBX Service
MarketWatch – USA
The program is being made available through Commission Junction and the pepperjamNETWORK. “Partner networks are an integral part of our overall marketing

 eBay

Woman Buys House on eBay – for $1.75
People Magazine – USA
With all of eight bids on eBay, the abandoned home went to Joanne Smith, 30, of Chicago – who, reports the Saginaw News, paid a grand total of $1.75.
Southern Investments LLC sells home on eBay for $1.75
100 Mortgages – Canterbury,England,UK
A seller on eBay under the name of Southern Investments LLC posted a rundown abandoned home in Saginaw made a woman in Chicago very happy when she won the
George Mason Final Four Rings Almost Sold On EBay [NCAA Basketball]
FanIQ – San Francisco,CA,USA
by Pat For at least a little while, pieces of Final Four history were for sale on Ebay. A couple of George Mason University Final Four rings were to be
China Skype service snags and stores users’ messages
Register – London,England,UK
The Tom-Skype chat software is offered through a joint venture of eBay, which owns the Skype service, and the Tom Group of Hong Kong.
eBay fraudster avoids jail time over SUV sale
Calgary Herald – AB, Canada
A Calgarian who ripped off a Tennessee buyer for $27400 when he used eBay to sell a Toyota 4Runner he did not own has been banned from selling any other
Shopping On eBay As Girls Lay Dead
Washington Post – United States
She considered faux-fur cropped jackets and bought a pair of cheap ones, extra large, on eBay. She pondered inexpensive jewelry before buying a gold ring
‘Fast Money’ Pops and Drops: eBay? No Way
TheStreet.com – USA
eBay(EBAY Quote – Cramer on EBAY – Stock Picks) plunged 8% after Morgan Stanley downgraded the stock from overweight to equal-weight.
Merchant Group Blasts EBay
PC World – USA
A powerful and vocal group of large eBay merchants has blasted the e-commerce giant for changes it has implemented this year, saying they have done more
Skype surveillance system discovered in China
Telegraph.co.uk – United Kingdom
An eBay spokesman said it had expressed concern over the report’s finding to TOM Online and the Chinese company had promised to “fix the problem” within 24

 PayPal

eBay – PayPal Fraud Featured on Australian News
Auctionbytes – USA
From the transcript of The 7:30 Report: KERRY BREWSTER: Although PayPal set up a special compensation fund, promising refunds for all, Brian Crooks says
Auctionbytes

PayPal Double-Dips with Billing Glitch; eBay Credits Coming?
Auctionbytes – USA
By Ina Steiner Some PayPal members discovered the online-payment service had “double-dipped” their accounts. PayPal waited until October 1st to post the

PayPal launches digital campaign
Marketing Week – London,UK
PayPal, the online payment system, is launching a digital ad campaign to attract more customers to its person-to-person money transfer service.
Users cannot purchase in eBay using Safari; eBay suggests Firefox
MacFixIt (subscription) – Portland,OR,USA
I go to pay for an eBay item and Paypal won’t let me use Safari. If I change the User Agent (in Develop menu) to an IE etc; then the problem is solved.
Direct Traffic Media

Paypal discovers e-retailers are looking to enhance customer
Direct Traffic Media – London,England,UK
A poll conducted by PayPal found that 68 per cent of large online retailers believe that delivery times and cost are the main annoyance for consumers.

Defrauded punter says ‘catflaps’ to PayPal marketing stunt
Register – London,England,UK
By John Leyden • Get more from this author A PayPal marketing gimmick has sparked the ire of an online merchant, who reports he was left out of pocket as a

The Hidden Secret to Search Engine Optimization is in the Design

 

The Hidden Secret to Search Engine Optimization is in the Design
Promotion World (press release) – San Diego,CA,USA
Search Engine Optimization has such fundamentals, not clearly stated in guidelines for webmasters that search engines include. I want to make it clear that
SEO Expert Offers Search Engine Optimization Training To Improve
PR Web (press release) – Ferndale,WA,USA
Irving, TX (PRWEB) October 3, 2008 — Mark Stone, an Irving, Texas based Search Engine Optimization expert has developed a starter SEO class for
topseos.com Shines Light on Portent Interactive as 7th Best SEO
24-7PressRelease.com (press release) – USA
From search engine optimization to pay per click management, Portent Interactive offers superior services for those firms who are looking for search
Increase Visibility, a Search Engine Optimization Firm, Achieves
PR Web (press release) – Ferndale,WA,USA
Increase Visibility, a leading search engine optimization and marketing company has achieved a 96% customer retention rate. Increase Visibility’s superior
ArteWorks SEO Ranked #1 as Best Site Audit Company in the World
PR Web (press release) – Ferndale,WA,USA
ArteWorks SEO, www.arteworks.biz, an Austin Texas based Search Engine Optimization company, is ranked #1 in August as the Best Site Audit company in the

 Google

Google-Yahoo Deal Needs Oversight, Senator Says
InformationWeek – Manhasset,NY,USA
Google and Yahoo announced their non-exclusive advertising deal in June and would allow Google to run ads alongside Yahoo search results.
Google: Time To Cut Estimates
Barron’s Blogs – USA
Apparently, today was the day the Street scheduled to cut estimates on Google (GOOG): analysts at Morgan Stanley, Collins Stewart and American Technology
Key senator finds Google-Yahoo deal deserves scrutiny, stops short
guardian.co.uk – UK
By David Kaplan Even if the Department of Justice says Google’s (NSDQ: GOOG) search ad pact with Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) clears its antitrust hurdles, Sen.
Wall Street Journal

Google Reconsiders Its Aversion to Advertising
Wall Street Journal – USA
By JESSICA E. VASCELLARO and SUZANNE VRANICA Since its earliest days, Google Inc. has largely promoted its search engine and search-advertising products

Don’t Let Google Freeze the Airwaves
Wall Street Journal – USA
By THOMAS W. HAZLETT and VERNON L. SMITH Google is now pushing a “free the airwaves” campaign, rallying to open TV band frequencies for new wireless
Does Google need to rein in its ambition?
Seattle Post Intelligencer – USA
By VERNE KOPYTOFF Overseeing the world’s most popular search engine may seem like a full-time job for Google Inc.’s executives. But over the past year,
Google makes right call with gPhone
Irish Times – Dublin,Ireland
WIRED: Google, in co-operation with Deutsche Telekom-owned T-Mobile, announced the first product using the search engine company’s own mobile phone
Google unveils ‘trillion-dollar’ clean energy programme
Times Online – UK
Google will use its clout as the world’s biggest internet company to lobby for policy change on alternative energy. The group has already invested $45
Movers roundup: Las Vegas Sands, Google
Forbes – NY,USA
NEW YORK (AP) – Shares of Google Inc. (nasdaq: GOOG – news – people ) retreated Thursday along with the broader market after a Jefferies analyst lowered his
Google Earth Sleuther Zooms in On Fossett’s Crash Site
Wired News – USA
To narrow down his search, Frank Taylor, writer of Google Earth Blog, pieced together information about the characteristics and general location of the

MSN

Study: Microsoft Cashback attracting visitors
CNET News – San Francisco,CA,USA
“We see an interesting trend where the share of visits to the Cashback section of MSN Live is increasing,” said research director Heather Dougherty on the
Hitwise: Microsoft’s cash for search program working (sort of)
ZDNet – USA
In a blog post Hitwise director of research Heather Dougherty notes the following: The majority of MSN visitors had household income of less than $100000.
OMG! Live Search Cashback is Actually Effective!
Marketing Pilgrim – Raleigh,NC,USA
Eleven weeks ago, MSN Cashback represented 3.75% of the traffic to Live.com and grew to 6.29% last week. This rise in Cashback’s traffic underscores the
Bleacher Report

Are Colt McCoy and Texas Getting Lost in the BCS Shuffle?
Bleacher Report – San Francisco,CA,USA
I was doing a little late night sports surfing on msn.foxsports.com and it dawned on me…I’ve seen articles about Georgia, I’ve seen the argument about

Ivy Tech’s Faust earns Certified Nurse Educator title
Lafayette Online News – Lafayette,IN,USA
Judith I. Faust, MSN, RN, CNE began teaching at Ivy Tech in August, 2000 as an instructor in the Practical Nursing Program. She currently is an Associate

 Yahoo

Senator urges DOJ to ‘closely examine’ Google-Yahoo deal
Computerworld – Framingham,MA,USA
In his letter to the DOJ, Kohl cited potential higher online advertising prices and the question of whether the deal will strengthen Yahoo or lead to its
The new Yahoo News goes into beta
CNET News – San Francisco,CA,USA
Yahoo News has realized that there’s a lot of information out there on the Web and that people just don’t have time for all of it. That’s why the new opt-in
Senator urges DOJ to ‘closely examine’ Google-Yahoo deal
Computerworld – Framingham,MA,USA
In his letter to the DOJ, Kohl cited higher potential online advertising prices and the question of whether the deal will strengthen Yahoo or lead to its
Yahoo wins confidentiality order for Google ad deal
ZDNet – USA
Yahoo said Friday that the Securities and Exchange Commission has granted it a confidentiality order to keep certain parts of its Google ad deal out of the
ZDNet

When it comes to China, is Skype the new Yahoo?
ZDNet – USA
The worst case, until now, has been Yahoo’s explicit cooperation with authorities, resulting in the imprisonment of several journalists and dissidents.

Senator Kohl Calls for Oversight of Google Yahoo Partnership
Wired News – USA
By Meghan Keane October 03, 2008 | 10:02:04 AMCategories: Advertising Google may not be off the hook with Congress even if its search deal with Yahoo passes
Yahoo tool helps Web programmers shrink images
CNET News – San Francisco,CA,USA
Perhaps Yahoo should try its own medicine. I ran the tool on the Smush It announcement page and found that Yahoo could have trimmed away 23.6 percent of its
As Yahoo! hits another low, its relevance fades
BloggingStocks – USA
Yahoo!’s (NASDAQ:YHOO) shares hit another multi-year low, trading down to $15.54, off by more than half from its 52-week high of $34.08.
Yahoo Makes Election News Only A Keyword Away
Washington Post – United States
In honor of the impending election, Yahoo is making a few changes to its search engine to help streamline common queries and convince people to vote.
Yahoo (YHOO) NewsBite – YHOO Rises Ahead of House Bailout Vote
Market Intelligence Center – Charlottesville,VA,USA
Yahoo (NasdaqNM: YHOO) opened at $15.75. So far today, the stock has hit a low of $15.75 and a high of $16.12. YHOO is now trading at $16.01,

PR Highlights SEO Benefits to Internet Marketers

 

PR Highlights SEO Benefits to Internet Marketers
Hit Search – Liverpool,England,UK
understand the value of a SEO press release.” Want to be get the latest SEO and PPC Search Engine Marketing News? Add you email and click the ‘Go’ button.
SEM: Wachovia and Wells Fargo Miss Out on Windfall from Search
SearchViews – New York,NY,USA
Search Engine marketing is a great tool to re-assure and educate in a fast-moving crisis situation – if only more marketers would learn to use it this way.
Live-PR.com (Pressemitteilung)

Top Interactive Agency WebMetro to Exhibit at DMA08
Live-PR.com (Pressemitteilung) – Wein,Austria
In addition to exhibiting at DMA08, WebMetro will lead a Search Engine Marketing round table at the conference titled, “Learn how to Crawl,

ConductSearch.com Is More Than Just the Future of Search, It Is
PRMinds (press release) – Palaiseau,France
ConductSearch.com is a search marketing company which provides publishers with the valuable service of monetizing website traffic at an efficient pace.


Hands Off Google-Yahoo
ClickZ News – New York,NY,USA
Yes, Google and Yahoo together dominate the search market, but marketers can get value from channels such as e-mail marketing, display advertising,
Much Ado About Yahoo-Google & The 95 Character Poet
Search Engine Land – Redding,CT,USA
But that’s all search marketing pros have to work with most of the time and, with search marketing raking in almost 40% of all online media budgets,
PR Web (press release)

Search Marketers Get Rare Look Inside Presidential Campaigns at
PR Web (press release) – Ferndale,WA,USA
They’re not talking about traditional voter polls – they’re talking about search marketing and advertising, one of the most significant pieces of both

The Design People, Inc. Announces Client Success Program
TAXI Design Network – New York,NY,USA
The Design People, Inc. is an authorized reseller of Google Adwords, a Yahoo! Search Marketing Ambassador and a Microsoft ad Excellence Member.

 adSense

NewsOXY

Google and Yahoo Delay Partnership Over Controversy
NewsOXY – Orlando,FL,USA
The two Internet companies have been faced with controversy since joining agreeing to run Google AdSense ads on Yahoo’s search engine results.

Google Image Search Ads In The Wild, Looks Like They Need Work
Washington Post – United States
It’s not uncommon to see Google AdSense ads that are irrelevant to text searches, but these aren’t intrusive and generally don’t detract from search results
Google Image Search Ads In The Wild, Looks Like They Need Work
TechCrunch – Atherton,CA,USA
It’s not uncommon to see Google AdSense ads that are irrelevant to text searches, but these aren’t intrusive and generally don’t detract from search results
ASEAN Automotive News

Perodua Myvi SE Facelift Teaser Goes Online!
ASEAN Automotive News – Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia
It’s quite a multimedia-heavy effort, and it seems that they’re spending alot on the internet, with even an Adsense campaign going online this week.

3 Most Expensive Blogs Sold in 2008 and Lessons Learned
Profy – USA
plastering a few Adsense blocks and affiliate banners over irregularly-updated content has hardly brought anyone millions – even though in finance
Clever German uses an MSI Wind, and a grinder, to create a fake
Tech Digest – London,England,UK
the impact it’s having on their Adsense earnings – have sourced a rather insane guide that shows a technically adept person how to build a MacBook Mini.

 adWords

Debate over jobs, culture, young professionals to be featured
MLive.com – MI,USA
Jeff Helminski, managing partner of The Moravian Companies; and Matthew Neagle, “team lead” of Google Inc.’s AdWords headquarters in Ann Arbor.
Driving search
CMDglobal.com – London,UK
It didn’t change any of the channels it used but merely the message that was used in Google AdWords The full character set of dots and dashes was used to
Pay Per Chick; Targeting Conversions, Not Impressions
SEOptimise – Oxford,Oxfordshire,UK
At this point I realise that AdWords has ruined my life but I can’t stop myself… Thin skinny guy, black coat, black hair, band t-shirt.
When Will Google AdWords Prevent Account Hijackings?
Search Engine Roundtable – USA
We’ve had a careful eye on the multiple Google AdWords accounts that have been hacked, and this forum representation is hardly all of the accounts that
Google Adds Geographic Data To AdWords Quality Score
Search Engine Land – Redding,CT,USA
Brad Geddes reports that Google has updated their AdWords Quality Score to now include geographic information in the quality score algorithm.
Unlocking Google Adwords
IT-Director.com – USA
Google Adwords; everyone’s doing it—or at least they should be as it’s a quick and easy way to advertise and effectively reach a wide audience.