If you’re thinking of cranking out an information product or have software you want to sell on eBay via digital download, the news isn’t good; but there may be a legitimate way around it
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I try not to write specifically about Google more than once a week as there’s plenty of other Google oriented blogs out there, but I thought this worth a mention. If you’re an Adwords advertiser and your pages load slowly, you may be paying more for your clicks soon.
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Google video ads have started to appear in SERPs (search engine results pages) under some Adwords text ads.
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Can’t say I’m a big fan of haggling as I find it a bit demeaning, but with the economy seeming to be taking a bit of a nosedive, haggling is becoming more widely accepted in stores that wouldn’t hear of it a short while ago… and perhaps we’ll see this happening more online as well.
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The penny didn’t drop with me until today about the ramifications of how Yahoo mail treats any word with a domain tail extension tacked on. A kind subscriber pointed out what for me was a rather embarassing situation.
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Being your own proof reader is fraught with danger. I know, because I’m the sole proof reader of my own work :). Spelling mistakes don’t just look bad, they can be bad for business.
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Working at a web hosting company gives you not only an interesting insight into common problems that ISP’s experience, but also at the user’s end as well. One of those is image file sizes.
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The Johnson Box, named after direct marketer Frank Johnson, is a tool you can use to help grab the attention of your newsletter readers.
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A little - well very - off topic, but an important anniversary to remember IMHO. 5 years ago, the first bombs of the US led invasion rained down on Baghdad - a so-called “shock and awe” exercise. A quick victory was expected, but it became more of a “mock the flawed” war. But it really hasn’t been a laughing matter.
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Figures released by the U.S. Census Bureau show that even though a recession began looming late last year, ecommerce was alive and well.
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