Spyware Pops Drove Video Traffic
Several video-oriented websites received illicit boosts in their traffic from third-party ad popups that occurred on people’s PCs. Those machines had been infected by spyware, which powered those popups.
Yahoo Travel Gets Personal
Yahoo has added several new features to its travel Web site. The new version of Yahoo Travel focuses on personalized travel deals, travel guides and a new mapping system.
New eBay-StumbleUpon Takeover Rumors Surface
The rumors of a deal between eBay and StumbleUpon may soon become facts – the latest report indicates that the two companies are in “advanced talks.” And this news comes straight to you from “people familiar with the matter.”
Interview with Web Analyst Rohan Kapoor
Continuing my series of interviews with Web Analysts here is an interview with Rohan Kapoor.
Rohan, originally from India, was working as an analyst for a fortune 50 company in Seattle area on his student visa (he was allowed to work for a year). Like thousands of other he applied for his work visa called H1B via his employer, unfortunately he was not selected by the newly instituted lottery system by INS.
WordPress Blogging Pipeline & Projections
One of the WordPress development team, Ryan Born, noted in his post WordPress 2.2 Release Candidate 1 will not include a tagging feature, the next version could include a comprehensive taxonomy framework which could open up the field for interesting plugins.
The year has been an interesting one for WordPress bloggers with the release of about 5 major and incremental upgrades since the start of the year.
HBO, Boxing Miss With YouTube Complaint
The fight that’s supposed to save boxing, Mayweather versus De La Hoya, ended up on YouTube, swiftly followed by a takedown request from HBO. It’s a missed opportunity for lots of potential boxing fans.
Life Without Google Gets Thumbs Up
It’s common knowledge that quitting smoking is hard, and I’ve even known a couple people who had a tough time cutting back their caffeine intake. But James Thomas did the unthinkable: he gave up Google.
Coremetrics and IBM Deliver Web 2.0 Store
Coremetrics is working with IBM to offer retailers Web 2.0 and multichannel analytics. IBM has introduced WebSphere Commerce 2.0 Store solution, an ecommerce platform based on Web 2.0 technology, which gives users a streamlined experience.
Internal Departments & Your SEO Firm – A Play
Many companies are not aware of the different roles that various departments in their organization will fill when they begin to work with an outside SEO firm. What follows is a demonstration, in play form (bear with me), of which internal departments are involved in a typical SEO campaign and why. It also demonstrates some of the resistance that may be felt by those departments as well as what valuable contributions a company can make to help its SEO firm craft a successful campaign. The Players
CityWaboo Goes Beta
It’s a city . . . it’s a waboo . . . it’s CityWaboo! No, I don’t have a clue what the name means, but a new “community resource site” has launched in beta.