Netbooks are apparently surging in popularity. Some of the more recent data suggests that some 30 million netbooks will be sold this year. That’s a fair amount of hardware. Clearly, people are hot for netbooks. I just don’t see why.
Report: Online Retailers Moving In Right Direction
The news may be a little hard to believe today – the Dow has closed down about 221 points – but a fresh report from Compete says that online retailers aren’t having such a bad holiday season. In fact, thanks to a charge led by Amazon, the latest unique visitor stats are pulling ahead of the levels set in 2007.
New Yahoo Homepage Moving Forward
The launch of a handy dandy new Yahoo homepage may not be too far off now. A member of the team responsible for its redesign has posted an update, and it sounds like all sorts of progress has been made. Bucket testing is underway, too.
Official Vista Blogger Moving On
Several of the big Internet companies – Google, Yahoo, and eBay – have lost important employees in the last week or so. And if it seemed like Microsoft was going to skate through, it’s not – Vista blogger Nick White is leaving.
Yahoo Europe’s Headquarters Moving To Switzerland
Wikipedia claims that all of Switzerland has about the same population as the Greater London area. And some Yahoo employees should soon be able to check up on that comparison, as the company is moving its European headquarters southeast.
Yahoo Moving On Up The Stock Charts
Yahoo’s stock lay down like an overheated hound at the end of the dog days of August. Don’t look now, but they are bouncing back.
Might Gmail Be Moving to Unlimited Storage?
The FON blog reprinted a letter from FON CEO Martin Varsavsky about them moving from Microsoft to Linux. It includes this portion (emphasis mine):
Moving a WordPress Blog
Having recently moved a few Wordpress blogs from one host to another, I thought I’d write up a quick ho-to. It’s actually quite painless.
Exerting Influence and Moving Markets
There are two basic ways to do SEO. One is to look for the criteria you think the search engine wants to see, and then work to slowly build it day after day, chipping away doing great keyword research and picking up one good links one at a time here or there. If you understand what the search engines are looking for this is still readily possible in most markets, but with each passing day this gets harder.
Tasty Chowdah: Google Moving Into Boston
Job listings for the Boston area and a reputed search for suitable facilities in the city add up to a forthcoming Beantown presence for the search advertising company.