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Become.com’s claim to fame is that it’s the “first vertical search engine to combine product-focused Web search wit comparison shopping.” While vertical search engines (limited to specific areas, such as shopping) have existed for quite a while, they’ve oddly never been as good as their more general counterparts. Become.com (among a handful of others) are [...]
Audible, Inc. is a provider of spoken entertainment (which got their start even before iPods existed) and information on the Internet. Audible specializes in the spoken experience, providing digital audio editions of books, newspapers and magazines, original programming, plus TV and radio subscriptions.
You can shop, purchase, and download audio content directly to personal computers for [...]
NOTCOT was a labor of love for Jean Aw. From what started as a personal design blog to “keep track of resources,” NOTCOT has expanded into two sites, NOTCOT.com and NOTCOT.org which collect around 20,000 visits per day. NOTCOT.com is still (mainly) a standard design blog but NOTCOT.org has evolved into something of a social network. Users submit interesting aesthetic finds such as new art and artists, products and projects.
Unfortunately, internet security isn’t taken as seriously as it should be. Though awareness for personal security measures online is increasing, too many are victim to crimes which could have been easily avoided through simple measures. Eric Gertler, former CEO of Privista, has just released a new book called, “Prying Eyes: Protect Your Privacy From People [...]
No matter how you slice it, digital content will never replace print. In a world where we buy music & movies online and even virtual land goes for big bucks, a page in the hand is still worth a thousand ebooks. In a pleasant break from the norm, some online businesses are embracing this philosophy. [...]
Phantom Entertainment plans to help widen consumers’ experiences with digital media, by aiding its previously clumsy migration on to our television sets. Enter the Lapboard, Phantom Game Service and new CEO, Greg Koler.
After dropping plans on a game console to compete with Nintendo, Microsoft and Sony, there was a lot of corporate cleaning to do. [...]
Make no mistake, the internet IS the future of video distribution. Yet, ‘net video enterprise, Blip.tv feels that content is “meant to be watched sitting on your living room couch with a remote in hand, right on your tv set.” That’s why it’s focusing on creating strong partnerships with companies operating in and outside of [...]
Founded one year ago, thrillist.com is “a guys guide to nightlife, bars, restaraunts, services and events.” John Wiseman describes Thrillist’s daily email newsletter as “one golden nugget of info per day… covering only stuff that doesn’t suck.”
Apparantly, buzz over brand new technology hasn’t excluded successful business in classic internet media, such as email. On a [...]
Today’s visibility tip is all about your title tags.
Video Transcript: In terms of visibility, the title tag is one of the most important components of your web page. Yet, for whatever reason, I see sites every day that don’t take advantage of it. Too often I see sites with a title tag of just their [...]
Michael Ferguson has a bit to share on the benefits Ask.com offers for your business. Demands have far exceeded vanilla feature sets and dry, just-the-facts search results. See a demonstration of Ask.com’s vivid functions such as search expansion, maps & other key information, zoom and “binoculars.” Rather than utilizing the right column to display advertisements, [...]