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Microsoft Shows Off New Smart Web Ads (Mar 01 2008 00:12 GMT) - "For example, if a car company wanted to show its logo for 10 seconds in the bottom-right-hand corner of the screen, the computer program would find the 10 seconds in which the logo interferes least with the action in the video." |
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Time Warner Set to Ditch AOL & Cable Unit (Mar 01 2008 00:12 GMT) - "Time Warner's new chief executive officer confirmed Wednesday that the media company is separating its struggling AOL access business from the division's growing online advertising business, a move that could lead to the sale of the traditional dial-up unit." |
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AOL Buys Affiliate Firm Buy.at (Mar 01 2008 00:12 GMT) - "Time Warner Inc's AOL said on Tuesday it has purchased buy.at, an online affiliate marketing network, as part of a strategy to bolster its Internet advertising operations." |
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Windows Vista SP1 Released (Mar 01 2008 00:12 GMT) - "Microsoft has said that Windows Vista SP1 is released to manufacturing and it should become available on Windows Update and the download center mid March." |
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Yahoo May Consider An Alliance With Google (Mar 01 2008 00:12 GMT) - "Yahoo management is considering revisiting talks it held with Google several months ago on an alliance as an alternative to Microsoft's bid, that source said. At $31 a share, Yahoo believes the bid undervalues the company, two sources said. " |
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Google Responds to Microsoft's Bid for Yahoo (Mar 01 2008 00:12 GMT) - "So Microsoft's hostile bid for Yahoo! raises troubling questions. This is about more than simply a financial transaction, one company taking over another. It's about preserving the underlying principles of the Internet: openness and innovation. |
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If Link Building Is So Great, Where Are The Case Studies? (Mar 01 2008 00:12 GMT) - "So where are the really good case studies on Link building? Not the anecdotal ones, but the ones that are held in high regard that you can put in front of Fortune 500 analysts and say "there you are! Get links like this and your business will benefit like this". (-subscription required) |
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Recession Proof Web Strategies (Mar 01 2008 00:12 GMT) - "What are some similar strategies for the web? What are good places to invest resources in that will be semi recession proof or resistant? What types of websites would be good builds right now?" (-subscription required) |
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Microsoft Q2 Profits $4.7 Billion, Up 30PCT (Mar 01 2008 00:12 GMT) - "The world's largest software maker said net profit in its fiscal second quarter rose to $4.7 billion, or 50 cents per diluted share, from $2.6 billion, or 26 cents per diluted share, in the year-ago period. Revenue rose 30 percent to $16.37 billion. |
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Google and Ad Group Jointly Develop Digital Advertising Approach (Mar 01 2008 00:12 GMT) - "It is possible that what emerges could drive the development of 'open source advertising,'" Mr. Schmidt said, if the tools were made widely available. Google, which makes much of its money by placing ads on particular Web sites for other companies, promotes the adoption of common technical standards." |
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26 Steps to a More Accessible Website (Mar 01 2008 00:12 GMT) - "So, inspired by an earlier post, here's a few tips to make your site more accessible. The tips are not presented in any order of importance, and this is not an exhaustive list. But, if you implement just some of these changes, your users will profit - and because accessibility helps search engines too, your rankings could get better too." |
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When Employees Leave For Competitors (Mar 01 2008 00:12 GMT) - "WebmasterWorld members discuss situations and actions to take when a client or competitor encourages staff to leave and to work for them. What are the best ways to retain staff?" (-subscription required) |
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Speeding Up Your Site - best practices for the front end (Mar 01 2008 00:12 GMT) - In this Google Tech Talk video, Steve Souders of Yahoo! focuses on the front end, the user experience within the browser. His research shows that the front end, rather than the back end, is the main area where significant website speed gains can be had. |
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