The Great Google Filter Fiasco: Mom & Pop Take it on the Chin
On or about November 17, 2003, countless English-language ecommerce sites no longer appeared near the top of the rankings when their owners used the search terms that they considered most important. Four days later, I discovered that by adding a nonsense exclusion term, the links returned by Google shifted dramatically, and the results were very close to what these site owners had come to expect over the last few months.
Windows XP Professional Reliability and Security
Windows XP Professional rocks. With the windows update tool and other security and reliability features, Microsoft has made the life of home and business professional users better.
Windows XP Internet Security for Advanced Users
Your computer keeps crashing and your internet connection is slow. Pop-ups are filling your desktop with messages that you don’t want. You need to take control and protect your internet connection before it’s too late.
Borrow Some Confidence
I hear voices. No, not those kind of voices, the kind of voices we all hear inside when we try to start or expand our business. After all, it can be a little intimidating.
How To KNOW You Will Make A Profit
When you are about to offer a product for the first time, how do you know whether or not you will make a profit? After all, there are huge variables to consider and advertising isn’t cheap.
Review of EzineAnnouncer
The most critical piece of software in my article submission arsenal is EzineAnnouncer. I’ve been using EzineAnnouncer, developed by Jason Potash, for ten months with a great deal of success and just a little aggravation.
The Singularity: From XML Web services to Intelligent Agents
The most important idea behind the On Demand Network and central to its design strategy is a concept known as The Singularity, the evolution of the Internet and other networks combined with XML Web services and other technologies to enable one global computing environment.
The Joy of a Small Opt-In List
The year 2003 is coming to a close. The new year will bring with it many changes for those of us who do business on the internet. Because 2003 has seen a tremendous change in the way we market, newsletter publishing has taken on new and often frustrating challenges.
Mobility and Agility With Web Services
The continuing convergence of standards to allow remote applications to communicate securely and intelligently will see the Internet evolve to a single computing environment where business processes can be quickly interconnected in a “Plug and Play” manner, a concept described as ‘The Singularity’.
The Power of Paris Hilton
A hacker has been sucking bandwidth out of my site recently. Maybe you’ve heard of her – Paris Hilton. That’s right, the Paris Hilton – heiress to the Hilton Hotel fortune, with modelesque features, and a quasi-realty TV show. Well, okay so she’s not a hacker, exactly – but she has for SURE been costing me money in extra bandwidth costs and I’m going to issue her an invoice for it!