Kanoodle, through ContextTarget, places contextually-relevant ads on participating content providers’ websites. I spoke yesterday with Lance Podell, Kanoodle president, about their new ClickFactor system of determining ContextTarget relevance.
Great Interview Skills
Going for a job interview can be a harrowing experience. The reasons are varied: A job applicant may not have the necessary relevant working experience or may be worried about the inability to answer difficult questions. Even the pressure of needing a job to pay for the living expenses can cause a job applicant to “freeze” or go numb with anxiety during the interview.
Ask Jeeves Interview
If you plan on attending Jupiter Media’s Search Engine Strategies conference in New York on March 1st thru 4th, you’ll no doubt hear a lot of buzz surrounding the future of search engine technology. With Yahoo recently switching to a new and improved Inktomi index, Google testing localized search and MSN promising to enter the foray sometime in the next twelve months, you can bet that the search engines we know today will be much improved over the next couple of years.
Links Are All About Reputation: An Interview with Mike Grehan
Linking is a hot topic these days — anyone with a Website and an interest in search engine traffic knows that you have to get some good incoming links in order to be found in the search engines. However, most people are a little lost when it comes to landing them.
Digging Deeper into Search-Friendly Design – Interview with Shari Thurow
Here are Shari’s 5 Basic Rules of Web Design:
1. Your Web site should be easy to read
2. Your Web site should be easy to navigate
3. Your Web site should be easy to find
4. Your Web page layout and design should be consistent throughout the site
5. Your Web site should be quick to download.
Top 10 Interview Bloopers…and How to Avoid Them
We’ve all heard stories of job candidates who looked great on paper but who were absolute disasters in person. With fewer and fewer interview opportunities available in this competitive market, it’s essential to make the best possible first impression. You can learn from the mistakes of others and avoid the top 10 worst interview blunders.
Design for Community: An Interview with Derek M. Powazek
Derek has worked on community features for Netscape, Nike, and Sony, along with creating the community sites, {fray}, Kvetch!, and SF Stories. Christine Perfetti, a consultant at User Interface Engineering, recently talked with Derek about his experience. Here is what he had to say about creating effective online communities:
Understanding the Partnership Lifecycle : An interview with Eyal Shavit, AxcessNet
Eyal Shavit is the founder and president of AxcessNet (Waltham, Mass., Tel. 781-466-8888) which since 1985 helped dozens of early stage companies effectively penetrate the US market. AxcessNet is also the Broadview representative to the Israeli market. Prior to AxcessNet, Eyal was a founder and executive in a number of successful Israeli enterprise software companies. He is also the author of a seminal e-commerce patent that was sold to Oracle in 2001. Eyal has invested and serves as board member and advisor in numerous start-ups and venture funds. He is a member of the Walnut Ventures angel investors group. Eyal’s primary interest is in software ventures, with specific focus on security applications and infrastructure.
Is Your Domain Name Secure? Interview With a Domain Appraiser
Denise Hoyle is a certified real estate appraiser. She is also an expert in the field of internet domain names.
The Phrase That Pays: Keeping Interview Questions Legal
We’ve all heard lists of illegal interview questions, but we’re rarely offered alternative queries that will elicit needed information without drawing lawsuits. Here are 6 safe, effective alternatives to forbidden questions: