Tech-Ed 2008: Gates’ Long Goodbye
Autor admin | 03.06.2008 | Category SEO
In what Microsoft chairman Bill Gated described as his last keynote before he stops working full-time at the company he co-founded, the enigmatic tech visionary showed developers attending the company’s 16th Tech-Ed conference Tuesday that he still has the drive to promote upcoming products even as he’s cleaning out his office.
Amid reminiscences about the evolution of the software industry –Microsoft’s first product was a Basic language interpreter, after all – Gates took the time to show off forthcoming development platforms and programming tools.
Gates announced pending second betas of the company’s “Flash Killer” – Silverlight 2.0 – as well as Internet Explorer 8 (IE8).
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When Top Keywords Suddenly Vanish
Autor admin | 03.06.2008 | Category SEO
Has the CEO of your company ever freaked out after a few keywords suddenly vanished, convinced the business will go down in flames if this magical phrase drops out? Of course, you’ve already provided data that shows most of the traffic comes in from the long tail, but now you need to come back in with specific reports that ensure that there’s little to no decrease in traffic.
Let’s look at a few things you should check to make sure all things are working appropriately, including site latency due to overtaxed servers, poor server configuration, or changes to various elements of a site or marketing efforts.
First, how fast is your site performing?
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Tech-Ed 2008: Gates’ Long Goodbye
Autor admin | 03.06.2008 | Category SEO
In what Microsoft chairman Bill Gated described as his last keynote before he stops working full-time at the company he co-founded, the enigmatic tech visionary showed developers attending the company’s 16th Tech-Ed conference Tuesday that he still has the drive to promote upcoming products even as he’s cleaning out his office.
Amid reminiscences about the evolution of the software industry –Microsoft’s first product was a Basic language interpreter, after all – Gates took the time to show off forthcoming development platforms and programming tools.
Gates announced pending second betas of the company’s “Flash Killer” – Silverlight 2.0 – as well as Internet Explorer 8 (IE8).
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Tech Rally Undone By Financial Woes
Autor admin | 03.06.2008 | Category SEO
An early rally in tech stocks came undone Tuesday by yet another bout of selling in financial stocks.
A rumor that Lehman Brothers (NYSE: LEH) was seeking emergency funding from the Federal Reserve sparked the selling. Stocks recovered somewhat after Lehman denied the rumors, but Lehman still ended the day nearly 10% lower and the Dow down 100 points. Lehman will report quarterly results June 18.
Level 3 (NASDAQ: LVLT) jumped 8% on a UBS upgrade, and Dell (NASDAQ: DELL) rose 3%, adding to its gains from last week’s earnings report.
National Semi (NYSE: NSM) gained 3.5% ahead of its earnings report on Thursday.
Infineon (NYSE: IFX) rose 6% on upbeat company comments, and SanDisk (NASDAQ: SNDK) climbed 5.5% after a Think Equity analyst predicted improved flash pricing.
Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) added 1%.
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The Art of Sculpting, or There’s Nothing Wrong with Knowing SEO
Autor admin | 03.06.2008 | Category SEO
The Art of Sculpting, or There’s Nothing Wrong with Knowing SEO There have been much discussion recently about using the “nofollow” attribute to sculpt a website’s PageRank for ranking purposes, a practice commonly known as PR Sculpting. If you are not sure what I am talking about or you want a visual description to help you understand, then I recommended you take the time to read the bucket post (even though it ignores PR flowing back in the opposite direction, but that is a post for another day). PR Sculpting has been the focus of much controversy in the SEO space; most SEO professionals are either against or do not think that there is any value in PR Sculpting. (Read the full post about ‘The Art of Sculpting, or There’s Nothing Wrong with Knowing SEO’…)
Google Trends KO’d - Up Off the Mat After 15 Hours
Autor admin | 03.06.2008 | Category SEO
Google Trends KO’d - Up Off the Mat After 15 Hours UPDATE: Google Trends is back up and running. We offer our sincere apologies since the #1 search today is: “what to do if inside of girl gets wet.” We sincerely hope that search is spam. We’re confident it has nothing to do with the #4 hottest search: Brigitte Bardot. It’s Groundhog Day today at Google Trends. When everyone woke up this morning and checked the hottest stories in Google Labs’ Google Trends service, nothing had changed. As of publication, none of the fastest rising search terms has changed since yesterday. Bo Diddley died … yesterday. Sandro Kopp made the news (yesterday) as actress Tilda Swinton’s boyfriend in her open marriage. (Read the full post about ‘Google Trends KO’d - Up Off the Mat After 15 Hours’…)
Microsoft Taps Legal Czar Amid EU, OOXML Woes
Autor admin | 03.06.2008 | Category SEO
Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) announced Monday it has hired a former European diplomat to lead its dealings with the European Union (EU). The company’s aim is to help the company face down legal and regulatory threats, among which are investigations regarding its controversial document interchange formats.
Meanwhile, a fourth nation has appealed the recent ratification of those formats as an International Organization for Standardization (ISO) standard.
Slated to start July 1, former General Electric executive John Vassallo will be Microsoft’s vice president of EU affairs as well as associate general counsel. At GE, he was senior counsel and director of European affairs.
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Visual Search Engine Viewzi to Launch This Month
Autor admin | 03.06.2008 | Category SEO
Visual Search Engine Viewzi to Launch This Month Visual search engine Viewzi has been in private beta for quite some time now, but they’ve just announced they expect to launch to the public this month. Since it’s visual, a wordy blog post just isn’t going to do this news justice. So I’ve created a screenshots for your viewing pleasure. Be sure to leave your reaction in the comments! Viewzi main search page Viewzi’s search menu offers several options for viewing results Video search displays results from popular video sites. Some of the videos are played in fast forward right in the results page. In Viewzi, mouseover an individual result to see the title of the video. (Read the full post about ‘Visual Search Engine Viewzi to Launch This Month’…)
Declaring Dojo for Ajax
Autor admin | 03.06.2008 | Category SEO
The Ajax (define) approach to Web development is all about making the Web more interactive for users. For developers, toolkits like the open source Dojo Ajax toolkit are supposed to simplifying the task of using Ajax, but that is not always the case.
That’s where the new dojo.E extensions effort comes into play, aimed at making Dojo more declarative so that it can be more easily implemented by a wider array of developers.
Dojo.E is a small JavaScript library that a developer includes on top of Dojo, enabling them to mix in the markup language with HTML, or calling it from an external reference file.
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Mobile Web Users Want More Customization
Autor admin | 03.06.2008 | Category SEO
If handset makers think competition is tough now, just wait as users are already expecting more functionality choices and cheaper services when it comes to mobile device use and mobile Web access.
A new study, “Go mobile, grow,” from IBM’s (NYSE: IBM) Institute for Business Value claims that 80 percent of mobile device consumers want a service provider that offers more choice in terms of applications and services now available on a mobile device.
It also states that consumer demand for customization and personalization will propel innovation and even open standards in the mobile marketplace.
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