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October 2010 - 'Net Features

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Create Your Own Groupon Deals – Without the Headaches

Anyone on the Groupon-watch the past two months knows that the enormously successful daily deals pioneer has received some recent criticism from merchant partners. Mostly because their small businesses are often overrun by stampeding, coupon-carrying...

Published Sun, Oct 31 2010 6:59 AM by Linc Wonham

Filed under: ecommerce, groupon, daily deals
The All-new Myspace a Model of Rebranding

After taking an absolute beating in the social media space, MySpace has finally made a change. And, at first look, it's quite impressive. But before we dive into the details, let's back up a few years. Myspace was the hottest thing online. Users...

Published Fri, Oct 29 2010 1:30 PM by Mike Phillips

Filed under: facebook, myspace, branding, new myspace, myspace redesign, rebranding, myspace beta
Social Commerce Tools Safe for All Ages

While many Web marketers and merchants want conclusive data before investing in a social commerce campaign, a new report suggests taking action sooner rather than later. According to the study conducted in July 2010, online shoppers in virtually every...

Published Thu, Oct 28 2010 5:00 PM by Linc Wonham

Filed under: ecommerce, social commerce, atg
Google’s Place Search Could Be a Local Favorite

Local search is currently one of the fiercest battlegrounds on the Web, which means we can expect nothing less from Google than its best shot. That’s exactly what it fired this week with the unveiling of Place Search, the new feature from Google...

Published Thu, Oct 28 2010 4:00 PM by Linc Wonham

Filed under: google, local search, places search
Prepare for the Canadian Anti-Spam Law

The Canadian government has introduced a new bill called the Fighting Internet and Wireless Spam Act (FISA) which creates a new set of rules for email marketing in Canada. The new law will not only apply to people sending from Canada, but people sending...

Published Thu, Oct 28 2010 12:10 PM by Peter A. Prestipino

Filed under: email, FISA, canada
Captcha Advertising Covers All the Bases

An innovative young company out of Vancouver, B.C., has developed a product aimed squarely at two of the most important issues for any Web professional: security and advertising. We wrote about NuCaptcha a few months ago when it introduced video to the...

Published Thu, Oct 28 2010 10:41 AM by Linc Wonham

Filed under: captchas, NuCaptcha, solve media
Feedburner Now Offers In the Moment Stats

Google has rolled out an experimental interface (and some real-time tracking features) for its Feedburner service. This is really the first upgrade since the service was acquired back in 2007. The new interface according to Google provides real time stats...

Published Wed, Oct 27 2010 10:00 PM by Peter A. Prestipino

Filed under: google, analytics, rss, feedburner, real time
Freemium Works; MailChimp Proves It

Kudos are in order for Atlanta based email service provider MailChimp which passed the 500,000 user mark. The company is attributing much of its growth to the wildly popular freemium offering it offered in September 2009 (which Website Magazine covered...

Published Wed, Oct 27 2010 8:00 PM by Peter A. Prestipino

Filed under: email marketing, email, freemium, mailchimp
10 Essential Drupal Modules for Higher Earnings

WordPress , WordPress , WordPress – all anyone talks about anymore is WordPress. A recent comparison of the top CMS/blogging platforms found that WordPress is growing at a significantly higher rate than competitors Joomla and Drupal. However, upon...

Published Wed, Oct 27 2010 3:00 PM by Linc Wonham

Filed under: cms, drupal, modules
Expert SEO Advice, TV's Changing Ad Landscape

This week we hear from Brent Payne, SEO Director for Tribune Company. He tells us the ins-and-outs of getting included in Google News and offers up other excellent SEO tips for your website. Also, we look at the changing landscape of television advertising...

Published Wed, Oct 27 2010 2:12 PM by Mike Phillips

Filed under: advertising, seo, google news, video advertising, brent payne, business podcast, website magazine radio, tribune, tv
Digg's Hole Getting Deeper

The hits keep coming for Digg; perhaps the dot-com bust era's best renaissance story. This week alone, the company has lost its publisher and chief revenue officer, as well as announced massive layoffs - to the tune of 37 percent of its workforce...

Published Wed, Oct 27 2010 9:10 AM by Mike Phillips

Filed under: kevin rose, digg.com, Pixazza, Reddit.com, Chas Edwards
Digital Goods Payments from PayPal

PayPal announced today that in late fall of this year it will be unveiling a payment solution for digital goods. Application developers and content publishers have waited a long, long time for a frictionless micro-payment option from PayPal and it's...

Published Tue, Oct 26 2010 3:39 PM by Peter A. Prestipino

Filed under: paypal, micropayments, digital goods
Android Ads Get Interactive, Challenge Apple

According to Google, more than 200,000 Android-enabled devices are being activated on a daily basis - up from just 60,000 per day in February. Correspondingly, Android apps now number more than 100,000 - double the number of available apps in May. In...

Published Tue, Oct 26 2010 10:51 AM by Mike Phillips

Filed under: advertising, google, iphone, mobile, Apple, Android, apps
Boost Sales with Better Buttons

When it’s all said and done, there is no more powerful weapon in an online retailer’s arsenal than the add-to-cart button. Merchants can spend unlimited resources on market research, product development, advertising and social media, but the...

Published Mon, Oct 25 2010 3:35 PM by Administrator

Filed under: ecommerce, web design, design, internet retailing, add to cart
eBay’s Auction Activity Pushed to the Side by PayPal

Online auctions and e-commerce pioneer eBay remains one of the strongest properties on the Web, but its balance of power is changing. Only a small percentage of eBay’s third-quarter growth can be attributed to its auction site, with PayPal easily...

Published Mon, Oct 25 2010 3:30 PM by Linc Wonham

Filed under: ecommerce, ebay, paypal

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