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Will Consumers Pay For Online Content? Do you like to read the news online? This time next year, you may have to pay for the privilege – at least on sites owned by News Corp. Rupert Murdoch, chairman and CEO of News Corp said this week that News Corp, which lost $203 million last quarter, plans to charge for their websites by next year. Continue reading "Will Consumers Pay For Online Content?" Posted by Janet Attard on August 6, 2009 at 10:51 PM | Comments (2)7 Cheap Ways To Buy Online Exposure Posted by Fredric Paul Building a brand online isn't easy for most small and midsize companies. But the bright folks over at Search Engine Land have some useful and inexpensive tips. Continue reading "7 Cheap Ways To Buy Online Exposure" Posted by Gayle Kesten on July 14, 2009 at 4:35 PM | Comments (3)Online Sales Tax Brouhaha Hits More Amazon Affiliates Posted by Fredric PaulAmazon.com has dropped affiliate relationships with small businesses in North Carolina and Rhode Island as the states prepare to implement new laws requiring the company to collect online sales tax. Continue reading "Online Sales Tax Brouhaha Hits More Amazon Affiliates" Posted by Gayle Kesten on July 7, 2009 at 10:28 AM | Comments (6)Know-How For Hire: Top 100 Web Skills Posted by Gayle KestenWhile the economic recession continues to roll on, Elance's June jobs report provides an unprescribed dose of optimism -- providing you have the right skill set. Continue reading "Know-How For Hire: Top 100 Web Skills" Posted by Gayle Kesten on June 17, 2009 at 10:36 AM | Comments (2)Image and Video Search - Interview with Henry Hall of Live Search In this video, which we shot between sessions at Search Engine Strategies NY, Henry B. Hall, senior product manager for Video and Image Search with Live Search talks about how small businesses can optimize images and videos on their web pages so that they are more easily picked up in searches. Continue reading "Image and Video Search - Interview with Henry Hall of Live Search" Posted by Dallas Plummer on March 26, 2009 at 1:19 PM | Comments (1)IE 8 vs Advertisers and Publishers IE 8 threatens to reduce the ability of advertisers to track effectiveness of advertising they run online. While privacy advocates might cheer, if you enjoy finding free content on the web, you may not. Here's why: Continue reading "IE 8 vs Advertisers and Publishers" Posted by Janet Attard on August 26, 2008 at 12:19 PM | Comments (0)Affiliate Summit East - Wow! Affiliate Summit East rocks this year. There's a good mix of affiliates, merchants, agencies, and networks - with lots of networking going on. Continue reading "Affiliate Summit East - Wow!" Posted by Janet Attard on August 12, 2008 at 10:04 AM | Comments (5)Social Networking: Evolution Before Your Very Eyes Posted by Gayle Kesten Ever feel like the whole world is in on secret that you're not privy to? That's how I feel about social networks. Continue reading "Social Networking: Evolution Before Your Very Eyes" Posted by Gayle Kesten on July 23, 2008 at 3:21 PM | Comments (4)Google AdWords Phishing Scam If you buy Google Adwords, watch out for this very real looking phishing scam: You get an email that appears to have been sent by Google (the counterfeited email address in the email I got read "reactivation@google.com). The email reads: Continue reading "Google AdWords Phishing Scam" Posted by Janet Attard on June 4, 2008 at 11:33 AM | Comments (1)Before You Start That Blog Thinking about setting up a blog for your business? Think it will drive traffic to your site and help with customer relations? Before you do, you need to be aware of two things: Continue reading "Before You Start That Blog" Posted by Janet Attard on May 30, 2008 at 5:46 PM | Comments (6)Online Appointment Booking Makes the Cut With GenBook Posted by Gayle Kesten If my son were any more overdue for a haircut, I'd have to contact my lawn guy instead of the girl who has been chopping his locks since kindergarten. What has prevented me for booking an appointment sooner? Sheer laziness in reaching for the phone. Continue reading "Online Appointment Booking Makes the Cut With GenBook" Posted by Gayle Kesten on May 29, 2008 at 9:24 AM | Comments (1)EBay's Policy Changes Become Reality Posted by Gayle Kesten EBay's farkakta new policy regarding fees and feedback went into effect Monday, May 19, leaving many sellers less than thrilled.
Quick recap: In addition to upping the percentage it collects off sales, changing its search algorithm to favor large-volume sellers, and giving PayPal the ability to freeze transactions based on factors Overstock.com Drops NY Affiliates Affiliate company to NY Affiliates: Bye, Bye. We don't want you any more. The reason: NY's poorly conceived law regarding the taxability of sales made as a result of affiliate efforts. Continue reading "Overstock.com Drops NY Affiliates" Posted by Janet Attard on May 14, 2008 at 12:40 PM | Comments (6)Internet Sales Tax Law in New York NY legislature has passed a bill that would cause businesses with NY affiliates to have to collect and remit NY State sales tax even if the business isn't located in NY. Continue reading "Internet Sales Tax Law in New York" Posted by Janet Attard on April 14, 2008 at 6:07 PM | Comments (3)Google Introduces Free Ad Manager Google announces free Ad Manager software Continue reading "Google Introduces Free Ad Manager" Posted by Janet Attard on March 15, 2008 at 10:32 PM | Comments (1)Google To Challenge Facebook? Google's getting ready to go face to face with Facebook. Continue reading "Google To Challenge Facebook?" Posted by Janet Attard on October 31, 2007 at 12:54 PM | Comments (0)Internet Tax Up For Debate Again Will you be able to afford doing business on the Internet next year? The Internet Tax moratorium is about to expire. What will be the impact? Continue reading "Internet Tax Up For Debate Again " Posted by Janet Attard on October 16, 2007 at 11:27 AM | Comments (1)Internet Fax Prices What can you do when you need to send a fax but don't have a fax machine? Continue reading "Internet Fax Prices" Posted by Janet Attard on February 3, 2007 at 12:22 AM | Comments (5)Domain Name "Slamming" Attempt Be on your guard for attempts to steal your domain name or move it to a different registrar. Continue reading "Domain Name "Slamming" Attempt" Posted by Janet Attard on September 14, 2006 at 12:55 PM | Comments (3)Another Cybersquatter Suit Microsoft isn't the only one going after cybersquatters. It looks like Land's End is going on the offensive, too, chasing after people setting up LinkShare Land's End affiliate links on misspellings of Land's End brand names. Wayne Porter talks about it in his blog in Revenues.... Continue reading "Another Cybersquatter Suit" Posted by Janet Attard on September 8, 2006 at 11:40 PM | Comments (0)Microsoft Sues Cybersquatters Microsoft goes after cybersquatters Continue reading "Microsoft Sues Cybersquatters" Posted by Janet Attard on August 23, 2006 at 10:37 PM | Comments (5)Google and Your Business Now your small business can offer coupons through Google Maps and sell original video products through Google Video. Continue reading "Google and Your Business" Posted by Janet Attard on August 15, 2006 at 10:50 PM | Comments (3)A bit of online history In my previous blog entry about AOL, I mentioned GEnie and a bit about Business Know-How's history. As of next week, Business Know-How (under various names - but all the same company) marks it's 18th birthday online. For a look at what computers and the online world used to be like, as well as for some additional bits of history (including a look at the letter AOL sent out when it first introduced the AOL service) see this bit of online history >>... Continue reading "A bit of online history" Posted by Janet Attard on August 3, 2006 at 1:13 PM | Comments (0)Free AOL - Will AOL survive? AOL announces email and AOL software will be free for broadband users. Change marks the end of an era. Continue reading "Free AOL - Will AOL survive?" Posted by Janet Attard on August 3, 2006 at 10:23 AM | Comments (2)New forum launched for people who earn money online Are you earning money online? Would you like to share ideas online with others who earn their living on the web? Would you like the chance to win cash and other prizes just for registering for an online forum? If you answered “Yes†to any of those questions, you’ll want to know about an interesting new forum my friend Lee Dodd just launched. The forum is called the Earners’ Forum (www.earnersforum.com) and features both public and private message areas. The private areas are set up by income level to allow people to share ideas with peers who have achieved similar... Continue reading "New forum launched for people who earn money online" Posted by Janet Attard on July 1, 2006 at 12:21 AM | Comments (1) |
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