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McAfee: The Internet Is Risky Business
It's no secret that the Internet is rife with phishing and malware sites that look to prey upon unsuspecting web surfers. In…
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$250m/year Yahoo, AT&T Deal Burst: Yahoo Threatened
According to a story on Wall Street Journal, the deal between Yahoo! and AT&T worth $250mn/year is at stake. Clearly, Yahoo! is not in a shape to accept such a major loss of revenue and might dip below red. In fact, the company has already suffered 5% of its market capitalization due to the reports of “renegotiations.”
USPS Touts Online Convenience
The U.S. Postal Service is promoting its "USPS.com Week" to let consumers know of the many options they have for doing business online and that they can "skip the trip" to the Post Office. The Postal Service's Web site offers almost three- dozen services that are available online.
Google Phone Edges Closer to Reality
Rumors have been mounting over the past two months surrounding the existence of the fabled Google phone, a device that the mobile community has anticipated with baited breath for some time now. As more details come to light concerning the alleged Google phone, one wonders if Apple views the device as a legitimate competitor to the iPhone.
Do Pre-made Stores or Merchant Sites Have Any Value?
Question: I recently purchased a website at mydomain.somecompany.com as a store to sell somecompany.com's products and was wondering if the site had any value, and how I could do SEO on the site if I couldn't change the content? Answer: Many companies sell the right to resell their products online, but most of them that require you to use their domain or subdomain for your…
Topix Worries About Domain Change
After paying $1 million to purchase the rights to the Topix.com domain, Topix.net CEO Rich Skrenta now has to deal with a couple of daily realities in the search world: changing domains could cause a dropoff in search engine-driven traffic, and Google isn't exactly Nordstrom or L.L. Bean when it comes to customer service.
