Nov 17 2010
Report: China Hijacked U.S. Government, Corporate Web Traffic Last Year
DailyTech – Jason Mick (Blog) – November 17, 2010 10:36 AM
According to an upcoming report by the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, a U.S. Congressional advisory group, a major Chinese telecom succeeded in effectively hijacking U.S. internet traffic last year.
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Nov 12 2010
Search Engine News
Cuil Goes Down, And We Hear It’s Down For Good
Michael Arrington
Sep 17, 2010
Cuil, the much maligned search engine that at one time had hopes of toppling Google, has gone offline. And from what we hear from former employees, it’s not just a temporary outage, it may be done for good. Those employees who are still with the company apparently weren’t paid this week, and they’re starting to say they’re looking for new jobs.
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Nov 12 2010
I ran across this fine list of Social Networking websites when I was searching the net for new sites and thought this was a great list. It may not be completely up to date, but it is very useful.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites
Happy Social Networking!
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Nov 08 2010
Bing is the #2 U.S. Search Engine
September 14, 2010
For the first time, MSN/Windows Live/Bing Search overtook Yahoo! as the #2 search engine in the U.S. with a 13.9% share of search volume in August 2010, a 0.25% delta increase from the previous month. Although Google saw little change in its month-over-month search volume, it still dominates the search market, accounting for 65% of all U.S. searches.
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Nov 07 2010
| How to get more visitors with Google Instant search |
| Last week, Google released Google Instant. You have to adapt to this change if you don’t want to lose many website visitors. In this article, we’ll explain what Google Instant is and you’ll learn what you can do to benefit from the change.
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Google Instant is not a new ranking algorithm. It is just a new way in which Google displays the search results. Some keywords will now get fewer impressions, some keywords will get more impressions. It’s important that you adapt to the change. IBP will help you to change your web pages so that they get the maximum number of visitors through Google Instant. “Copyright Axandra.com – Web site promotion software“ |
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Nov 07 2010
From a Recent E-mail:
Hello,
We have some exciting news to share about the Bloglines service!
As you may have heard, Ask.com (http://ask.com/) has entered into an agreement with MerchantCircle (http://www.merchantcircle.com/) who has agreed to keep Bloglines up and running. Stay tuned over the coming months as MerchantCircle works to improve the Bloglines service by creating a richer and more local user experience.
In the near term, your news feeds and access to the service (with your same password) are still available. You can read more detail about MerchantCircle and its plans for the service at the MerchantCircle blog (http://www.merchantcircle.com/blog/) and the Ask.com blog (http://blog.ask.com/)
For now, here’s what we want you to know:
We hope you’re as excited as we are that Bloglines will live on. Please send any questions to bloglines@merchantcircle.com — we are listening! However, we ask for your patience with response times during this transition. In the meantime, please check back at www.bloglines.com for updates and, coming soon, a new FAQ page.
Sincerely,
The Bloglines / Ask.com Team
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Nov 06 2010
“Pretend that every single person you meet has a sign around his or her neck that says, “Make me feel important.” Not only will you succeed in sales, you will succeed in life.”
– Mary Kay Ash, Entrepreneur
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Nov 05 2010
From an e-mail from Google:
Google rarely contacts Gmail users via email, but we are making an exception to let you know that we’ve reached a settlement in a lawsuit regarding Google Buzz (http://buzz.google.com), a service we launched within Gmail in February of this year.
Shortly after its launch, we heard from a number of people who were concerned about privacy. In addition, we were sued by a group of Buzz users and recently reached a settlement in this case.
The settlement acknowledges that we quickly changed the service to address users’ concerns. In addition, Google has committed $8.5 million to an independent fund, most of which will support organizations promoting privacy education and policy on the web. We will also do more to educate people about privacy controls specific to Buzz. The more people know about privacy online, the better their online experience will be.
Just to be clear, this is not a settlement in which people who use Gmail can file to receive compensation. Everyone in the U.S. who uses Gmail is included in the settlement, unless you personally decide to opt out before December 6, 2010. The Court will consider final approval of the agreement on January 31, 2011. This email is a summary of the settlement, and more detailed information and instructions approved by the court, including instructions about how to opt out, object, or comment, are available at http://www.BuzzClassAction.com.
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This mandatory announcement was sent to all Gmail users in the United States as part of a legal settlement and was authorized by the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.
Google Inc. | 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway | Mountain View, CA 94043
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Nov 04 2010
Facebook opens Places app to thousands of retailers
By Jon Swartz, USA TODAY
Barely two months after diving into the fledgling location-based-services market, the social-media giant has made the mobile “check-in” application available to major merchants and thousands of small and midsize businesses in the USA.
Facebook Deals is designed to connect users of Facebook Places to deals and specials from the likes of 24 Hour Fitness, Gap and Palms Casino Resort. Deals is only available through Facebook’s iPhone app or via touch.facebook.com. Android users can now check into Places but not Deals.
Note: please be careful what you disclose on Facebook. Your information is being used for marketing purposes
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