Pilgrim?s Picks for June 26
Here’s your morning slice of marketing news goodness… Online advertising grew 42% in the UK since Q1 of 2006. AOL News has relaunched and now looks a little more “bloggy.” Time Warner’s signed up Quigo to provide advertising for its web properties. WebmasterWorld’s Brett Tabke has an exclusive interview with Quigo CEO. Maybe Friendster’s not quite so dead in the [...]
Pedrosa wins German Moto GP at the Sachsenring
Danny Pedrosa has won the German Moto GP at the Sachsenring.
Facebook opens profiles to public
Popular social networking site Facebook has added a public-facing search function in a move which is likely to anger privacy advocates. The function will initially allow anyone who is not registered with the site to search for a specific person. (Read on Source)
Is getting a huntling license online worthwhile?
Is buying a hunting license online as difficult as shooting a flushing pheasant? Depends on what kind of shot you are, and how savvy you are with computers...
Investment Wiki Raises $2.5 Million, Goes Live
Wikipedia, the collectively compiled and edited online encyclopedia, is one of the more remarkable achievements of the digital age. If published, its contents would fill 75 volumes; it contains entries too obscure for even the encyclopedia Britannica. But would you bet on its reliability? Probably only with the greatest caution. So Wikinvest.com is an interesting development.
MEET: World Retail Congress
"I'm keen to meet up with retailers from Asia and South America. At the 2007 Congress, we made contact with Dubai's Landmark Group, and have since opened a Spar-branded hypermarket in India with one of its subsidiaries."
Gordon Campbell
Managing Director of Grocery Giant Spar
"Behind the scenes, there'll be a definite feeling of uncertainty among big retailers because of the signs of doom and gloom in the global economy."
Miles Gray
CEO of Clothier Ben Sherman
Future of Civic Media images
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Web 2.0 Development Firm Launches Interactive Guide Social Media Power Offers Hands-on Instruction o
Austin, Texas - June 30, 2008 - Social Media Power, a Web 2.0 development firm based in Austin, TX, announces the launch of a practical, solutions-oriented guidebook to social media and Web 2.0 optimization to benefit entrepreneurs, small businesses, authors, and small publishers. The no-nonsense guide, titled A Step-by-Step Guide to Social Media Marketing and Web 2.0 Optimization, is written in an easy-to-understand manner that can lead anyone through the social media optimization process, even with little knowledge of programming or HTML. (PRWeb Jun 30, 2008)
Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/social/media/prweb1061924.htm
Web Hosting Provider, Cyber Host Pro, Relocates Servers
Manchester, United Kingdom - (The Hosting News) - July 16, 2008 - Web hosting provider, Cyber Host Pro, has moved its servers from Texas to the UK, while upgrading its operating system to the Dell Poweredge 1950s, with Windows Server 2008 and IIS 7.
Chris Danks, President of Cyber Host Pro explained, ''Although it's less expensive to locate them in the USA, virtually all of the companies whose Websites we host are based in the UK or Europe. With the servers now located here, they'll start to get much better results from Google and other searches.''
Mr. Danks explained that one of the criteria search engines use in ranking search results is the IP address of the Website. If the server hosting the site is in the US, it will have a US IP address and the first search results will be geographically skewed to North America.
In concert with the move of its servers, Cyber Host Pro has also upgraded all of its servers to Dell Poweredge 1950s -- the very latest in server technology -- running Windows 2008 with IIS 7.
For hosted sites, those changes mean faster performance, greater availability and reliability, and improved security.
Mr. Danks added, ''Among other things, these new configurations isolate each Website's memory from that of other Websites on the same server. It's similar to VPS, but less expensive. That means if one or more Websites on the server are making particularly heavy demands on RAM, your site won't be affected -- it will still load and perform as quickly as ever.''
For added security Cyber Host Pro has also upgraded to R1Soft Backup, which makes a complete backup image, twice a day, of each hosted Website. Clients can easily review all changes made to their Websites in the past month and restore any changes with a single click. There's no need to submit a trouble ticket or pay the hosting company for the restore.
Mr. Danks concluded, ''The typical charge to restore an SQL database is around $30. But we provide our clients with My Little Backup and My Little Admin to manage their sites. Normally, those are expensive pieces of software, but we've licensed the software and provide it free to all our clients.''
Mr. Danks also points out that Cyber Host Pro has an enviable record when it comes to dealing with trouble tickets: "We officially state that most tickets are responded to within one hour. In fact, it's usually within 15 minutes, and we also have a live chat feature that gets you online with one of our support staff in a minute, or less, most of the time.
For providing top technology and high levels of service to its clients, Cyber Host Pro Ltd. was recently awarded the Webhostdirectory.com award as the #1 UK Windows Web Hosting provider for June 2008.
Cyber Host Pro, serves the UK with Windows 2008, 2003 and Linux Web hosting and reseller hosting, plus domain name registration and search engine submission. Our servers are 100% UK-based to optimize results from UK- and Europe-based searches. Its shared hosting and reseller hosting plans are feature rich and backed by 24/7/365 technical support, giving your business a powerful, all-inclusive package, with no need to purchase any extras. All web hosting and reseller plans offer a wide range of services, including email. When windows web hosting is selected, its mail server offers integration in to Microsoft Outlook with the ability to synchronise contact lists, calendars, and tasks within Web mail, so that contacts may be accessed from any computer (as a standard feature).
To learn more, please visit: www.cyberhostpro.com.
Dear Google, Can I Have My Calendar Back Now?
You may experience difficulty accessing Google Calendar during the hours of 1:30 pm and 4:30 pm PDT, today (July 17th). For each affected calendar, this should last approximately 15 minutes. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and appreciate your understanding. That’s the message you’ll find at the Google Calendar Help center. It’s currently 5:50 pm PT–an hour and twenty [...]
20 Reasons to Use WebPlus X2 Web Design Software
... This is one Web design software I really enjoyed reviewing. It was so simple and easy to use I ...
NY Yankees - USA Today
 New York Daily News | NY Yankees USA Today - With the best record in baseball and a recently bolstered lineup, the Los Angeles Angels appear to be on cruise control toward their fourth AL West title in the last five years and another appearance in the playoffs. Angels aim to extend win streak in matchup with Yankees In Rodríguez?s Debut, the Yankees Look as if They Need More Help |
Upcoming Search Conference Schedule
Being a small company in-house SEO for the past decade has made getting to conferences difficult for me, but I’ve managed to attend a lot of search conferences and still find them very valuable (not so much the sessions themselves, but the out of session/networking conversations). Here’s what I’ve got on schedule for the ... (Read on Source)
Scammers Replace Credit Card Readers in Irish Stores
Fraudsters posing as authorized bank service personnel replaced credit card readers in retailers stores' in northeast Ireland...
MercuryMover 2 Public Beta Debuts
Helium Foot Software has announced the release of a public beta version of MercuryMover 2.0, its window resizing and moving...
From Riches to Prison: Hackers Rig Stock Prices
Hackers have formulated a way to guarantee profits in the stock market. There's a hitch. It's illegal to hack into online brokerage accounts of others and pump up stock prices of stocks you already own. One man is sentenced to two years in prison by a federal judge, and agrees to cooperate in the feds' investigation.
The Revolution Will Be Televised
I found out today that my keynote speech tomorrow at 9am EST will be broadcasted live on ustream.tv. You can follow @izeafest for updates. Live Broadcast by Ustream.TV Also people will be able to twitter and chat live while watching and it will be displayed so I can see it while talking. And here I thought I was [...] (Read on Source)
Analysts cut Google and SAP price targets and earnings estimates
Shares continued their downward trek as Wall Street weighed in Tuesday with earnings cuts.
OpenOffice.org and Archiving
SunMink: "At the ODF Workshop last week, a number of the delegates were asking about the right way to handle archiving of their documents. Obviously ODF offers a baseline file format that promises long-term readability and editability, but the question remains of how best to handle files."
Message Center warnings for hackable sites
Recently we've seen more websites get hacked because of various security holes. In order to help webmasters with this issue, we plan to run a test that will alert some webmasters if their content management system (CMS) or publishing platform looks like it might have a security hole or be hackable. This is a test, so we're starting out by ... (Read on Source)
Tips to Maximise Notebook`s Battery Life
Notebook batteries are designed specifically for different notebooks brand as well as models. Today notebooks are powered by lithium ion batteries. Lithium ion batteries are lighter, have a better pow...
Remember When MTV Played Videos? New Site Does, Too (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - The cable music channel, which debuted in 1981 with round-the-clock music videos but now primarily focuses on reality programming, has archived its video collection on a new Web site, MTVMusic.com.
Happy Halloween
Happy Halloween This is the 2nd post in a row with a scary orange image. The only thing more frightening than ghosts and goblins is my short game. (Read on Source)
Export management software solutions-Managing trade the automated way
Trade between different countries is an economic activity that can be traced back to ancient times. Silk route, one of the oldest and longest is testimony to the fact. Back then the countries would ex...
Black Friday bargain hunters descend upon Tri-City retailers
What's the big deal about missing a proper sit-down Thanksgiving meal with the family or missing a few hours of sleep, especially if you can save a few hundred bucks and have fun too? (Read on Source)
Stylish Persona 4 Is Role-Playing Perfection
We review the role-playing game Persona 4, our pick for the best PlayStation 2 game of 2008.
Congress Plans to Investigate Madoff Scheme; Mukasey Recuses Himself From Justice Probe
U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey recused himself from Congress' investigation into the alleged $50 billion pyramid scam run by financier Bernard Madoff, because his son, Marc Mukasey, a partner at Bracewell & Giuliani, is representing a financial officer at Madoff's investment firm. Democratic Rep. Paul Kanjorski said he will convene an inquiry next month to examine the fraud and find out why the Securities and Exchange Commission and other regulators "failed to detect these substantial evasions."
Medication For Depression Can Also Fight Cancer Drug Resistance
Prozac is regularly prescribed to ease the emotional pain of patients who are being treated for cancer. But can this common anti-depressant help to fight cancer itself?
Report: Information Overload Costs U.S. $900B
From the Internet.com Story: The problem is getting worse. Every year, research firm Basex calculates the cost of information overload and the numbers keep going up by a staggering amount. For 2008, Basex estimates information overload cost the U.S. economy $900 billion in lost productivity. For 2006, that figure was $588 billion. “We’ ... (Read on Source)
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