Archive for June, 2006

There’s some sort of Google Pagerank update going on

Friday, June 30th, 2006

That's the rumor around the internet today. I strapped on my trusty spyware-infested Internet Explorer with PageRank Bar installed and headed out to see. The only thing I can see is: Pages that are updated: Pages created before April or so Existing pages apparently haven't been update, so this is sort ...

The debut of Google Checkout

Thursday, June 29th, 2006

The moment that PayPal has been dreading has arrived: Google debuts Google Checkout. Analysts were allegedly unsure if whether the system was designed to compete with Ebay's PayPal: The new offering, referred to in news and analyst reports as GBuy or Google Wallet, promises online sellers an easy way to ...

Google mixing up ads in attempt to jolt surfers

Wednesday, June 28th, 2006

Google has had enough of hiding their light under a bushel barrel. They need revenues, and they need'em now. I know the feeling, so I applaud Google's newest attempts to get people to look at ads. One ad unit in particular I've been enjoying lately is the ...

Google versus PayPal - GBuy coming this week

Tuesday, June 27th, 2006

Google is ready to compete with everyone. This time they have a major battle on hand as they go up against PayPal in a battle of electronic payment systems. Paypal is the current champ of processing payments with over 100 million account holders. There's no word on ...

Hackers love search engines

Tuesday, June 27th, 2006

I know most people love search engines, and hackers are no exception. They use search engines to make nice lists of targets. This is quite a common thing, with signatures from certain websites targeted: "Search engines crawl sites, and some information that you don't want exposed is also exposed ...

Microsoft to move Spaces blogging service to Live

Monday, June 26th, 2006

Microsoft is looking to migrate their blogging service Spaces to Windows Live. It's part of an ongoing effort by them to integrate some of their services into Live, which would allow them to leverage loyalty with a consistent user interface. Live has been a bit of a dud, ...

Selling your traffic: the role of content as channels

Saturday, June 24th, 2006

I'm beginning to think of blogs as content channels. A user dials in and selects a channel by URL and expects to receive a certain amount of entertainment, and/or enlightenment. Users can handle a lot of choice, as they prove in every industry. 10,000 channels on one ...

RSS - are the masses ready for it?

Friday, June 23rd, 2006

Main man Aaron Brazell says People don't want the stinkin' RSS, in large part because they don't understand it. He has a point. I guess I view RSS as being easy because it's easy to me. But we all know that things that may be easy to ...

6 best ways of maximizing your website’s revenue

Thursday, June 22nd, 2006

One of the keys to the online marketing game is to never give up on pulling revenue out of a website. There are a number of ways to do it, and you always benefit from taking advantage of them. Some of these ideas may be basic, but they ...

Myspace sued, releases new teen protection rules

Wednesday, June 21st, 2006

The success of MySpace continues to amaze everyone, but we now may be at the point where the party is definitely over. There are huge numbers of estimated child predators visiting the social networking site for teens, and one mother launched a massive $30 million lawsuit against MySpace after ...