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ATG Live Help Options & Chico's

by Pete Prestipino

If you're an Internet retailer in today's ecommerce landscape, then you better have a live chat solution ...

BuzzBack Using iRise Enterprise Visualizations

by Pete Prestipino

Enterprise virtualization solution provider iRise announced that BuzzBack Market Research will use its ...

HEYCRAIG: Customized Alerts for Craigslist

by Michael Phillips

Craigslist is not only a huge marketplace to sell products and services, but it can also be a handy research ...

The Problem(s) With IT Web Marketing Today

by Pete Prestipino

by Onuora Amobi, Nnigma I worked as an IT manager and executive in some of the largest technology and ...

CPMs Stabilizing - What Say You?

by Pete Prestipino

According to vertical ad network management company Adify's "Vertical Gauge Report, Q2 2009," the prices of ...

Amadesa RecommendR

by Pete Prestipino

Personalization solution provider Amadesa has made some significant improvements to its RecommendR automated ...

Shuttertweet: Monetized Tweets for Shutterstock Users

by Maureen Alley

Last week, Website Magazine reported on the love bloggers, photographers and videographers have of ...

Translate Your Tweets?

by Pete Prestipino

Not that many English-speaking Twitizens will need to have their tweets translated, but a new service in ...

Xignite and Wolfram|Alpha Partner for Financial Web Services

by Pete Prestipino

Xignite, a cloud service provider of financial Web services for corporate applications, has announced that it ...

ESP Jangomail's SMTP Integration with Gmail

by Pete Prestipino

JangoMail announced a new SMTP relay integration with Gmail. The new integration lets users utilize JangoMail ...

State of Applications from Wakoopa

by Pete Prestipino

Software discovery social network Wakoopa published "The State of Apps: Software, Games and Web - Q2 2009" ...

August Hiring Trends From Elance

by Pete Prestipino

Freelance contractor network Elance released its August edition of the "Elance Work Index" which ranks the ...

NewEgg - Accessibility in Action

by Pete Prestipino

Last week online-only retailer Newegg.com announced that it had made its site fully accessible to users with ...

Holistic Marketing Encourages Conversions

by Maureen Alley

Engine Ready released its 2009 industry study on the role traffic sources play in visitor purchasing behavior ...

Guide to Single-Serving Websites

by Pete Prestipino

To be successful on the hyper-competitive 'Net of today, you need to be memorable - "worthy of being ...

Zend releases New IDE

by Pete Prestipino

PHP company Zend Technologies announced a new release of its integrated development environment (IDE). Zend ...

Single-Serving Website Challenge

by Pete Prestipino

Single-serving websites -- stand-alone Web pages that aim to accomplish one task (and ideally one task only) ...

DIY PR - MatchPoint 1.5

by Pete Prestipino

Everybody knows that the best way to take your business (whether it is web-based or brick and mortar) to the ...

FatCow Goes Green With Wind Energy

by Pete Prestipino

Web hosting and domain registration provider FatCow announced today that its offices and data centers are now ...

Tracking Ad-Generated Phone Calls

by Pete Prestipino

Ifbyphone just announced that internet marketing agency ClickFuel is using its call-tracking services to ...

AffMeter and MediaTrust Partner

by Pete Prestipino

Affmeter, a popular reporting and analysis tool for affiliate marketers, and performance marketing provider ...

School's (NOT) Out for Summer

by Pete Prestipino

SEMPO just announced that it's adding two new courses to its collective of effective search marketing ...

eZanga Contextual Arrives (Too Late?)

by Pete Prestipino

Search advertising company Ezanga has added a contextual offering to its suite of services. The contextual ...

ShareASale Datafeed Format Changing

by Pete Prestipino

Starting August 1st, ShareASale will be implementing a few changes to the format of datafeeds. The new ...

Bing Releases Toolbox

by Pete Prestipino

Microsoft has taken a page from the Google playbook by actively embracing the webmaster and developer ...

Focus on the Creative, Not Just Clicks

by Michael Phillips

eMarketer and others have brought to light the concept of view-through conversion. This is essentially when ...

eComXpo's Must-Attend Presentations

by Pete Prestipino

eComXpo, a virtual tradeshow for ecommerce and affiliate marketers is fast approaching. The show runs July ...

Tips to Ensure Success in Flipping Websites

by Pete Prestipino

By Jeremiah Johnston, COO of SEDO The domain industry, particularly the buying and selling of domain names, ...

Findability Makeover: ScottishHomeImprovements.com In Focus

by Peter Devereaux

Consumers and prospects are looking for your products and services. They must be able to find it easily and ...

World Wide Rave

by Peter Devereaux

Viral marketing gets all the buzz these days, but a new way of marketing is presented with David Meerman ...

Web Profile: OneBigPlanet

by Peter Devereaux

by Maureen Alley One of the issues that often undermines the practice of co-registration (co-reg) is that, ...

Real Estate on the Verge

by Peter Devereaux

By Michael Stark Declining prices, a credit crisis and millions of foreclosures pushed the real estate market ...

Making Widgets Work

by Peter Devereaux

by David Albert Widgets, those little snippets of code that are embedded in blogs, personal start pages, ...

Common Pitfalls of the Internet Marketing Newbie

by Peter Devereaux

By Lloyd Brown Lately, I've fielded many telephone calls from people who have said, "I recently lost my job ...

Managing Acquisition Costs Effectively

by Peter Devereaux

By Keith Kochberg Today's businesses must implement multiple techniques at once - from search and affiliate ...

Open PaaS from Sullivan Systems

by Pete Prestipino

Sullivan Software Systems has launched an Open Platform as a Service (also known as OPaaS or Open PaaS), ...

Ifbyphone Virtual Call Center Released

by Maureen Alley

Ifbyphone introduces its virtual call center service that will appeal to those who travel, have various ...

Bridging The Gap

by Pete Prestipino

Bridging The Gap Look at those most successful in the Internet landscape and they've probably done one of two ...

Using Free Applications To Power Your Business

by Pete Prestipino

by Milind Mody, eBrandz On April 14, 2009 Microsoft ended mainstream support for Windows XP and Office 2003. ...

Site-Side Behavioral Targeting

by Pete Prestipino

SaaS website testing and personalization provider Amadesa announced the launch of an automated, site-side ...

Triggering a World Wide Rave

by Pete Prestipino

What are the top few enabling factors that trigger a World Wide Rave? What tools can website owners give ...

In Focus: FeedbackJar, Crowdsourced Support Community

by Pete Prestipino

Reviews are an important component for all businesses on the Web. While Yelp has the local business review ...

Common Tag - The New Semantic Layer

by Pete Prestipino

Yahoo announced support of Common Tag, a new semantic tagging format for Web pages. The easiest explanation ...

RedGage: Avoid or Consider?

by Pete Prestipino

RedGage has launched in public beta after 18 months in development. It's one of those Web services you are ...

Participatory Marketing and Gen Y

by Pete Prestipino

The Participatory Marketing Network (PMN) released results of a new study showing that only 22 percent of ...

SiteCore Marketing Suite Coming Soon

by Pete Prestipino

Mark your calendars - an impressive online marketing suite looks like it will be released by web content ...

AddThis Widget Claims to Reach Half of Internet Population

by Michael Phillips

Popular widget AddThis (at right) and Clearspring have released news of a comScore study that claims they now ...

Ask Makes a Run For It (In a good way)

by Pete Prestipino

LookSmart advertisers will want to pay attention here. According to an SEC filing, Ask.com is not renewing ...

Sneak Peak: Website Magazine July 2009

by Pete Prestipino

Get a Sneak Peak at Website Magazine's Special July 2009 Issue Content Below Website Magazine's special July ...

Ready to TwitPay?

by Pete Prestipino

Is this the future of ecommerce? Twitter commerce company Twitpay just announced its Retweet Commerce Suite, ...

Reader Survey: Share Your Insights in

by Pete Prestipino

Website Magazine's editorial department is days away from completing the upcoming July special issue but we ...

Transparency is So 2008

by Pete Prestipino

by Mike Phillips, Senior Editor - Website Magazine This article appeared in Website Magazine's June 2009 ...

How Web Servers Work

by Pete Prestipino

Contrary to the popular perception of many, the Internet is not a series of tubes. There is a very formal ...

Monetize Mogulus With Adap.tv Plugin

by Pete Prestipino

Live-broadcast platform Mogulus announced the addition of a plug-in from Adap.tv, expanding the range of ...

The More You Know; Live Chat Solutions

by Pete Prestipino

Selecting a live chat vendor for an ecommerce enterprise is a challenging undertaking. Instead of focusing on ...

Basic Behavioral Targeting (and Segmentation) - BTBuckets

by Pete Prestipino

Behavioral segmentation usually catches the attention of privacy advocates but in the end, consumers spend ...

Fade-In: An Effective Transition Effect

by Pete Prestipino

Every so often I get the Web design bug and increase my attention on the things that make websites a truly ...

Big Winners and Big Losers for April 2009

by Michael Phillips

As a Web professional, it's never a bad idea to take a broad look at where consumers (and your competition) ...

Attention, Not Impressions - VideoEgg AttentionRank

by Pete Prestipino

Rich media ad network VideoEgg announced a new approach to ad delivery with AttentionRank, which identifies ...

Talking Tech Series - May 13th, 2009

by Pete Prestipino

Just a heads up on a few interesting webinars coming up this month. Readers might be interested in attending ...

Anatomy Of a Successful Campaign

by Pete Prestipino

What does a successful Internet campaign look like? Performics announced last week that their recent campaign ...

Moms in Business and Everyday Usability

by Pete Prestipino

With Mother's Day a few short days away, perhaps it's time we gave a little respect to the moms. Of course, ...

Men vs. Women: Website Optimization Usability Study

by Pete Prestipino

A recent study on usability found that men prefer fast download speed to easy navigation. Women prefer ease ...

Everyday Usability - 14-Point Checklist for Success

by Pete Prestipino

By Kimberly Krause Berg, Cre8pc.com It occurred to me while staring at the ceiling of my dentist's office: My ...

Freemium Models and Partnerships

by Pete Prestipino

The debate regarding offering products and services as a freemium rages on. The model of many Web 2.0 style ...

CPX Expands Vertical Offerings

by Pete Prestipino

Online advertising and marketing network CPX Interactive has added several verticals to its Content Network ...

SMBs Spending Record Amounts Online

by Michael Phillips

Small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) are responsible for more than half of the U.S. locally-targeted ...

WordTracker Tool (New & Beta)

by Pete Prestipino

WordTracker announced the release of a new beta version of their popular keyword tool, and the company is ...

SEM Call Tracking: Which 800 Number Performs Best?

by Pete Prestipino

Search marketing software company Engine Ready released an interesting study on how toll-free numbers are ...

Click-fraud Declines in Q1 2009

by Pete Prestipino

Click Forensics released PPC fraud figures from the first quarter 2009 last week. There is good news for PPC ...

AdInsight Call Tracking

by Pete Prestipino

Technology Company AdInsight Limited has developed an innovative online call tracking system (branded as Web ...

Optimizing Personalization

by Pete Prestipino

This article was published in a special edition of Website Magazine (June 2009 - distributed early next ...

Key Takeaways from ad:tech (part one)

by Pete Prestipino

Attending tradeshows is always an enlightening and often motivating experience. Those that were fortunate ...

Key Takeaways from Ad-Tech San Francisco (part one)

by Pete Prestipino

Attending tradeshows is always an enlightening and often motivating experience. Those that were fortunate ...

AdJuggler: Pay As You Go Campaign

by Maureen Alley

AdJuggler, an online advertising management system, launched a new advertising platform to appeal to smaller ...

Zoom Into Dynamic Presentations with Prezi

by Pete Prestipino

There are quite a few online tools (as well as desktop software, of course) to help Web professionals develop ...

Good Deeds In Web Business

by Pete Prestipino

There is not enough attention paid to the good deeds that happen in the technology business. Instead, we ...

Compete.com's New Features Give Deeper Insight

by Michael Phillips

Compete.com launched a new interface and a host of new features recently, and the changes provide some ...

Quantcast Marketer - Competition for Google Insights?

by Pete Prestipino

If you're on the lookout for tools and services to help improve your Web media planning and buying, audience ...

Roll Your Own Craigslist

by Pete Prestipino

Craigslist dominates the online classified space, but that doesn't rule out opportunities for other websites. ...

Optimizing Website Conversion with Vertster

by Pete Prestipino

Next to acquiring website visitors, conversion is the most important goal for Internet professionals. While ...

SEMPO State of the Market 2008 Survey

by Pete Prestipino

The Search Engine Marketing Professional Organiztion (SEMPO) found in its 2008 State of the Market survey ...

VoIP for Small Business

by Pete Prestipino

: By Maureen Alley : VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) is a software technology that uses a high-speed ...

Article Marketing Exposed: Professional How-To's for Promoting with Articles

by Pete Prestipino

:: By Karon Thackston :: More than 100 years ago, a savvy public relations professional offered a guest ...

Beauty in the Beast: The Paradox of Ugly, Successful Websites

by Pete Prestipino

: By Craig Stout : Powerful brands grow out of breakthrough ideas, sticking to a singular vision to achieve ...

Getting Into Website Sponsorships

by Pete Prestipino

Written By Ted Murphy :: Our society has become saturated with traditional display advertising. Consumers ...

Getting Scene in a World of Clips

by Michelle Wicmandy

Expect to see a large scale shift in the media industry as consumers continue to transition their media and ...

Are you a Chump, or a Chi.mp?

by Pete Prestipino

chi.mp has finally exited its private beta, and it's a pretty good service for the time you must spend to get ...

Zoho Chat with Everyone

by Maureen Alley

Zoho, a company known for its collection of online products for small- and medium-sized businesses launched ...

WebAwards Call for Entries - 2009

by Pete Prestipino

The Web Marketing Association has announced the call for entries for its 13th annual international WebAward ...

Tag Open-Ended Response Feature at Zoomerang

by Pete Prestipino

Survey provider Zoomerang announced the release of Tag Open-Ended Respsonses, an analysis tool that enables ...

Conversion Cache: Uncovering Site Problems (Part 1)

by Pete Prestipino

Landing page optimization and testing can often produce double-digit conversion rate improvements and ...

Web Profile: Glance Networks

by Pete Prestipino

Web professionals are stuck - stuck at their desks or in the coffee shop (but don't tell the boss or the ...

Free Hugs: Competing Against The Freemium

by Pete Prestipino

Web entrepreneurs have a difficult choice to make with the release of every new service. Should it be offered ...

Online or Offline Marketing: Having It Your Way

by Pete Prestipino

According to a study released recently by Bredin Business Information (BBI), major marketers targeting small ...

ineedhits Unveils Reseller Program with API

by Pete Prestipino

Search engine marketing service provider ineedhits enhanced their private label reseller offering with a new ...

Disstill.com: Track the Fastest Rising Stories on Digg.com

by Michael Phillips

Digg can be a good measuring stick on the popularity, or viral nature of content on the Web. If a story is ...

Competing (and Thriving) Against The Freemium

by Pete Prestipino

Web entrepreneurs have a difficult choice to make with the release of every new service - should it be ...

Google Services for Websites Released

by Pete Prestipino

Google has released a program specifically for hosting companies that offers the customers of these web ...

Google Backs Pixazza: Earn Revenue Through Your Website's Photos

by Michael Phillips

Google has committed $5.75 million in a series of funding to Pixazza, a service that looks to turn the photos ...

Find Top Sites in Any Category with Weblisty

by Michael Phillips

If you want to know who the leader is in any given category, try a search on Weblisty. This site aggregates ...

Buzzword Watch: Cautious Pause

by Pete Prestipino

You encounter a lot of buzzwords and jargon when you first come in to the Web industry. But newbies should ...

MyAlltop Makes RSS User-Friendly, Get Indexed

by Michael Phillips

We've written in the past about users' reluctance to accept RSS and how that affects marketers. In short, ...

Discovering a Better Call To Action

by Pete Prestipino

Web professionals must always be concerned with achieving multiple objectives - that will never change. ...

Essential Movable Type Plugins

by Pete Prestipino

Movable Type is one of the most installed software solutions ever released and Web professional that use the ...

Simple: RadarURL Widgets and Stats

by Pete Prestipino

There are a few problems with analytics solutions as they stand today for newer Web professionals. Most don't ...

Keyword Suggestions at a Glance

by Michael Phillips

Using the right keywords can make the difference between obscurity and getting your content a respectable ...

Technorati Attention Index

by Pete Prestipino

Technorati asked bloggers about the media that influence them (and their content of course) in its recent ...

FedEx Resume Printing - Free Today!

by Pete Prestipino

Not that the economy has you worried or anything, but if you're on the lookout for a new job and are ...

Plug Into Better Commenting With Intense Debate

by Pete Prestipino

Are you using a blogging platform such as WordPress, Blogger, or TypePad? Third-party commenting solution ...

Bounce Rate Differs From Exit Rate

by Pete Prestipino

Web Analytics is fun, fascinating and important to your Web success - you know it is. It's also immensely ...

Time Tracking With Fanurio

by Pete Prestipino

Fanurio Time Tracking SRL has just released Fanurio version 2.0, a time tracking and billing software ...

Commenter Anonymity

by Pete Prestipino

A ruling Friday by the Maryland Court of Appeals reversed a lower-court decision and said NewsZap.com, an ...

Paid Plus Organic Listings Equal 15% Clickthrough Rate

by Pete Prestipino

The rate of ad clicks from sponsored and non-sponsored links was reported in a recent study (PDF) conducted ...

M&A's Down (Way Down) in '08

by Pete Prestipino

According to a special report by SoftwareCEO.com - part of the Computing Technology Industry Association ...

Google Webmaster Tools Integrated at Aplus.net

by Pete Prestipino

Web hosting company Aplus.net is now featuring direct access to Google Webmaster Tools on all of its hosting ...

Distortion Plugin From FilterForge

by Pete Prestipino

Filter Forge, a company known for its product that enables designers to use an innovative Photoshop plugin to ...

Be Your Own OpenID Provider

by Pete Prestipino

As more and more sites and services start offering OpenID for authentication, you may decide that it would be ...

Better Testimonials, More Conversions

by Pete Prestipino

Gone are the days when anything appearing on the (Internet) screen was believable. While it would be ...

Track Everything with Trackle

by Michael Phillips

Editor's Note: This article is archived. Trackle is no longer available. Please view this page for updated ...

New Hostway Reseller Program Launches

by Pete Prestipino

Web hosting and services provider Hostway has launched a reseller program. Resellers that sign up for the ...

99Chats Chat Room Widget

by Pete Prestipino

I have some reservations about using third-party widgets when there are so many exceptional, so many more ...

Performance Marketing Web Services

by Pete Prestipino

Performance-based marketing network Zanox announced the beta-launch of Web services for professional ...

Optimize Your Website's Navigation

by Pete Prestipino

: By Tracy Just : One of the most important search engine considerations is anchor text, often called link ...

State of the Internet Executive

by Pete Prestipino

By Steve Gehlen, Founder and Executive Director, Internet Strategy Forum The Internet Executive goes by many ...

Trust and the Theory Behind Color

by Pete Prestipino

Trust is defined* as, "the reliance on the integrity, strength, ability, surety, etc. of a person or thing." ...

High Performance Marketing On Product Review Sites

by Pete Prestipino

By Peter Prestipino Customer reviews are an integral part of the online shopping experience today. A December ...

Web Profile: OpenCandy

by Pete Prestipino

Designing software and Web applications involves a series of difficult and challenging tasks. But one of the ...

Send Multiple URLs With One Small URL

by Michael Phillips

If you have ever wanted to direct someone to multiple websites at once, 1link might be the tool for you. ...

Brand Marketing in a Recession

by Pete Prestipino

If you turned to this page in hopes of finding inspiration, you'll likely not find any. You won't find the ...

PRWeb Tweets It - Launches TweetIt

by Pete Prestipino

Online news distribution service PRWeb announced TweetIt, a new add-on service with important social media ...

Size of the Internet Audience

by Pete Prestipino

Comscore reported last week that the total global internet audience (age 15 and older from home and work ...

Ask-Sendori Direct Navigation Deal

by Pete Prestipino

TechCrunch has reported that Ask Sponsored Listings (a division of Ask) has acquired Sendori, a provider of ...

Get Your Gravatar On

by Pete Prestipino

As a web professional, you have to make a conscious decision about what appears on your website. With so many ...

Website Magazine & ScanLife 2D Barcodes

by Pete Prestipino

Connecting to new ideas and resources just got easier (way easier) Presenting Website Magazine 2D Barcodes ...

Find Similar Websites with inSuggest

by Michael Phillips

Let's say you found a great website, but you want to see some other, related sites. Check out inSuggest. This ...

Website Monitoring, Five 9's & Embeddable Uptime Reports

by Pete Prestipino

There are about thirty services/resources I use with some regularity because of the value they provide. One ...

Getting Your Message Across

by Pete Prestipino

Key Considerations When Creating Your E-mail Campaign By Michelle M. Wicmandy E-mail is very effective for ...

Dreamweaver Extension for Web Standards Compliance

by Pete Prestipino

WebAssist today announced the release of Jeffrey Zeldman's Web Standards Advisor, a Dreamweaver extension for ...

The .Tel Landrush Opens

by Pete Prestipino

ICANN accredited domain name registrar DomainPeople is urging people to preregister their .tel domain names. ...

Go Grayhat With IP Rental

by Pete Prestipino

I hesitate to make this the last post of 2008, but website owners (as well as their developers) and marketers ...

PageReboot: Scheduled Refresh of Any Web Page

by Michael Phillips

PageReboot does one thing and it works. Enter any URL and a rate of refresh, and the site will display that ...

BlinkX Adds Enhanced Metadata for Video

by Pete Prestipino

Video search engine BlinkX announced the availability of an Enhanced Metadata Enrichment solution for ...

Flip! It - A jQuery Plugin

by Pete Prestipino

If jQuery were a beautiful woman I would marry it. I say that because I keep coming across these amazing ...

RSS: Consumers Don't Care and Marketers Shouldn't Bother

by Michael Phillips

"What is RSS?" This was number five on the top-ten list of "What is" questions asked at Google, according to ...

Feedback 2.0 at Guru.com

by Pete Prestipino

One of the issues companies have with managing the endless stream of feedback is that we tend to live in a ...

Hacker Attacks Increasing

by Pete Prestipino

SecureWorks reports they have seen a 161% increase in the number of attempted hacker attacks they are ...

QuePasa (Latino Web) Still Growing

by Pete Prestipino

Quepasa.com, an online social community for young Latinos, today announced another month of record traffic ...

Capture Genuine User Feedback

by Pete Prestipino

Feedback is one of the essential elements of good communication. As Michael Gelb once said, "Champions know ...

Static to Ajax in Minutes

by Pete Prestipino

It's rare that I'm truly impressed by the "effects" deployed on a website. Well, until now. Nick Van der ...

Cyber Monday S.O.S. - 3 Quick Tips

by Michael Phillips

According to the National Retail Federation, citing a study by BIGresearch, nearly 60% of office workers will ...

Can't-Miss Black Friday Websites and Resources

by Michael Phillips

According to the National Retail Federation's 2008 Holiday Consumer Intentions and Actions Survey, 72.0 ...

PRWeb Distribution to AOL Money & Finance

by Pete Prestipino

The real value in sending press releases is in the distribution and syndication (and even more if you can ...

Video: Answering the ROI Question

by Pete Prestipino

by Darin Ingalls, Blue Hue Interactive. There is one question that most business decisions come down to: ...

Job Board Fresho Accepts XML Feeds

by Pete Prestipino

Thanks to the current economic situation, employment sites are experiencing an increase in both the quantity ...

RatePoint: Now With International Reach (and Appeal)

by Pete Prestipino

Customer feedback and online reputation management service RatePoint announced that its Web site is now ...

MaxBounty Launches New API

by Pete Prestipino

Cost-Per-Action (CPA) affiliate network MaxBounty has launched an Application Programming Interface (API) to ...

CoffeeCup Web Typography Pack

by Pete Prestipino

It should come as no surprise that the type of font designers choose plays a major role in the effectiveness ...

PRWeb's Online Newsroom Service

by Michael Phillips

We've talked in the past about the value of writing, publishing and distributing press releases for your ...

Web Pro Community Challenge for Charity

by Michael Phillips

The World Organization of Webmasters (WOW) announced their Web Pro Community Challenge, sponsored by Adobe, ...

ad:tech Awards Open for Submissions

by Michael Phillips

The 2009 ad:tech Awards program has opened for submissions, in the categories of interactive ads, interactive ...

Jaduka Launches dukaUS Group Calling Service

by Pete Prestipino

Communication technology provider Jaduka launched dukaUS, a group-calling application that dials out and ...

Google Opens Up, Answers Some Pressing Questions

by Michael Phillips

Matt Cutts and other prominent Google folk recently held a live Q&A session, aimed at addressing ...

Website Magazine November 2008 Live

by Pete Prestipino

Just a quick note to Website Magazine readers. The November 2008 edition is now live online. The print ...

Translate Skype Chats with MokaChat

by Pete Prestipino

Moka today unveiled Moka Chat, a mobile language tranlsation service for Skype. The tool gives users the ...

Your Site's Been Banned By Google...Or Has It?

by Pete Prestipino

Sometimes it's Hard to Tell, But What Is Clear is That Google Costs Small Biz $Millions So your website's ...

Try Veeple (Clickable Video) People

by Pete Prestipino

The next generation of online video has arrived, people -- and it goes by the name of Veeple. Veeple offers ...

Good Deeds as Good Business

by Pete Prestipino

Search engine optimization firm Beanstalk understands that performing good deeds is just good business. The ...

Real-Time News, Free From Manipulation

by Michael Phillips

One of the biggest complaints about Digg and similar sites is that the stories, or "news" can be manipulated ...

Buy, Trade and Sell Gift Cards at MonsterGiftCard.com

by Michael Phillips

According to Josh Adler, cofounder of MonsterGiftCard.com, close to $80 billion is spent on gift cards every ...

Article Marketing Still Works - Surprised?

by Pete Prestipino

While it might seem a pedestrian road to SEO success to some, article marketing works and by all accounts it ...

Create Your Website's Widget in Minutes

by Michael Phillips

Spreading your content is a must in today's viral Web environment. Widgadget has an easy way to do it by ...

PayingPost Opens

by Pete Prestipino

New blog advertising service PayingPost officially launches today. I've always been an advocate of consumer ...

Fantastico Gets An Update

by Pete Prestipino

The latest version of Fantastico (2.10.4 r22) has been released. The updates (listed below) may not be ...

Website Magazine Bookshelf

by Pete Prestipino

The following tomes are those which Website Magazine staffers have read throughout the year and those which ...

Using Lists For Web Lead Generation

by Pete Prestipino

Much like in the brick and mortar world, selling on the Web is an art (and increasingly a science). While it ...

Using Lists For Lead Generation on the Web

by Pete Prestipino

Much like the brick and mortar world, selling successfully on the Web involves a delicate brew of instinct ...

Using Trademarks in Internet Marketing

by Peter Devereaux

by Mark J. Rosenberg Many complications revolve around the use of trademarks. Is the name of the website ...

International 'Net; Berlin, Germany

by Peter Devereaux

By Mike Phillips The Web has brought us all closer. We now work and live in a global community and, as such, ...

Looking for That Perfect Image? Try Pixolu

by Michael Phillips

Pixolu is "a prototype implementation of an academic research project on semantic image search." It works, ...

The ABC's of PCI Compliance

by Peter Devereaux

By Josh Ewin and Andy Mahler The face of ecommerce is about to change in a big way. In the coming months, the ...

Giant Leaps Across-Channel Marketing

by Peter Devereaux

By Susan Whitehurst, Publisher, Website Magazine Change is in the air. And for many Web-centric businesses, ...

Free Version of Active Forums Now Available

by Pete Prestipino

Active Modules announced the release of two new editions of its popular Active Forums software: Active Forums ...

Define: File Virtualization

by Pete Prestipino

File Virtualization is an aspect of storage virtualization which operates on a computer file level and ...

Boomerater: Taking the Collective Pulse of Boomers

by Michael Phillips

Following online conversations can go a long way towards finding opportunities within certain demographics. ...

SiteMasher Partner Program

by Pete Prestipino

When Sitemasher released their online website platform a few weeks ago I knew in my virtual heart of hearts ...

Comment, Collaborate on Any Element of Any Web Page

by Michael Phillips

Reframe It is an extension (available for both Firefox and IE) that allows you to make comments on any page ...

Combine Many URLs Into One for Easy Sharing

by Michael Phillips

If you're a Twitter user, you have surely heard of TinyURL. If not, the service simply takes a long URL and ...

Moving Into adCenter

by Pete Prestipino

Perhaps signifying the beginning of a shift away from Google AdWords (albeit only a modest one), PPC ...

Gmail Introduces Canned Responses

by Michael Phillips

If you get a lot of email, and most of you probably do, Gmail has an option for you. Canned Responses is just ...

How Transparent is Too Transparent Lisa P. Maxwell?

by Pete Prestipino

Chicago branding agency Lisa P. Maxwell announced the launch of its new agency website. While I would ...

Pligg Websites Beware!

by Pete Prestipino

It's important to always be tuned in to the darker side of SEO. If you're running Pligg (a Digg clone) a new ...

A Good Cause: AidMaker

by Pete Prestipino

This holiday season, online shoppers will be able to direct millions of dollars of donations to their ...

Translate Your Website in Seconds

by Michael Phillips

Want to reach consumers on a truly world-wide basis? Then you need to support their native tongue. ...

Creating Authority Micro-Sites

by Pete Prestipino

The word authority is bandied about in SEO circles quite frequently, but what does it actually mean and can ...

The Secret (and Science) to Advergaming

by Pete Prestipino

Researchers at the University of Missouri's PRIME Lab examined the impact of advergame themes on consumer ...

Big Rewards From Creating Authority Micro-Sites

by Pete Prestipino

The word "authority" is bandied about in SEO circles quite frequently, but what does it actually mean and can ...

Sitemasher's Website Platform Live

by Pete Prestipino

Sitemasher introduced the full availability of its website building platform today. Before you shrug this off ...

Ask.com Undergoes Another Overhaul

by Michael Phillips

Ask.com (formerly Ask Jeeves) just doesn't want to quit. They have relaunched yet again, this time going back ...

LinkConnector in Focus: Four Programs To Consider

by Pete Prestipino

Each week in Website Magazine's Affiliate Insider newsletter, programs available from one specific ...

Educational Advergame from VISI

by Pete Prestipino

Perhaps the best way for people to learn is through "play," right? Web professionals are no different. Gaming ...

Rise of the Web Savvy Shopper

by Pete Prestipino

Gloom and doom? The holidays are fast approaching and more consumers will shop online than ever before - you ...

StumbleUpon Is A Joke, Stop Using It

by Pete Prestipino

I know what you've been told ... but StumbleUpon doesn't work for promoting or selling products, much less ...

One-click Visual Access and Sharing of Your Favorite Sites

by Michael Phillips

I recently wrote about Apptism, a Firefox extension that presents a visual of thumbnails of your favorite ...

Apprema Takes Virtual Gifts, Makes Them Reality

by Michael Phillips

One of the more popular features on social networking sites like MySpace and Facebook is the ability to send ...

eShops at 1&1

by Pete Prestipino

Web host 1&1 is moving full force into the ecommerce market with a new line of eShop packages (a ...

Improving Deliverability With Authentication

by Pete Prestipino

For many email marketers deliverability is the key to success. Without peak performance in this area, you're ...

Abiding by Web Standards In Discussion

by Pete Prestipino

The call for Web standards is at a fever pitch. Designers and developers enjoy easier development and ...

Three Chart Scripts To Show Data In Flash

by Pete Prestipino

Static charts just don't impress users like they used to (if they ever did). Savvy Web users want ...

Google Suggests NOT Rewriting Dynamic URLs

by Pete Prestipino

Google has clarified (and confused some webmasters in the process) how it handles dynamic versus static URLs ...

Reading and Writing Novels by Text

by Michael Phillips

It's a trend that quickly swept across Japan - reading and writing novels or stories through the mobile ...

Influence Google Results without a Website

by Pete Prestipino

Why would you want to influence search results when you don't even have a website? Well, perhaps you want ...

by Pete Prestipino

Virtual appliance developer (for server software) JumpBox today launched "Powered by JumpBox," a service that ...

Caspio DIY Database and Web App Platform

by Pete Prestipino

So you want to create a database or a fancy new Web application? Check out Caspio. The service launched its ...

apptism: Making Sense of iTunes App Store

by Michael Phillips

There are already thousands of available apps out there for the iPhone, so which ones are right for you? What ...

In-Store Pickup All the Rage

by Pete Prestipino

While I would argue that it might just be the coolest name in Ecommerce, it is also an interesting solution ...

In Focus: Billing Revolution?

by Pete Prestipino

Billing Revolution announced last week that it will begin offering a "single-click" billing and payment ...

Dealing With High Bounce Rates

by Pete Prestipino

Bounce rate is a key component to website success - especially for affiliate and performance marketers. If ...

New Version of coComment (3.0)

by Pete Prestipino

Conversation tracker coComment has announced a new version of its popular free tool and a partnership with ...

Google BlackBerry App Upgrades

by Michael Phillips

Google has upgraded its BlackBerry app to include a much cleaner interface, search suggestion and a host of ...

Web-based Client Billing, Time Tracking

by Pete Prestipino

If you're a freelancer struggling with time management and expense tracking, take a look at Time59, an ...

Beginner: Increase Crawl Visits

by Pete Prestipino

If you have ever taken a look at one of your website's pages or its competition within Google's cache, you ...

OpenOffice 3.0 Officially Released

by Michael Phillips

Fresh out of beta, OpenOffice.org 3.0 is now available for Linux, Solaris, Windows and for the first time, ...

Landing Page Optimization Review - 25 Key Points

by Pete Prestipino

There are hundreds of variables on landing pages that can be tested (and thousands when tested in tandem) and ...

iPods Get Upgrades - Greener Too

by Michael Phillips

Apple has announced the full release of an all new iPod Nano, as well as some upgrades to the iPod touch and ...

Get Flickr Photos With Color Schemes

by Michael Phillips

Multicolr Search Lab (from idee) has a tool that's a must for bloggers, or anyone else who wants to get ...

Family Trip Planning with WeJustGotBack.com

by Michael Phillips

Vacation planning site WeJustGotBack.com is focused on helping families find kid-friendly destinations and ...

Umbrella Today: Brilliant Simplicity

by Michael Phillips

Umbrella Today is about as simple as a website and service can get. You enter your ZIP code and the site ...

All Flash Websites - Just Say No

by Peter Devereaux

: by Dante Monteverde : Google now indexes Flash... but should you create an all flash site? Last month ...

Roll-Your-Own Reputation Monitoring System in 30 Minutes

by Pete Prestipino

This one's for the reputation conscious and those that relentlessly track specific keyword mentions in the ...

25-Point Landing Page Optimization Review

by Pete Prestipino

There are hundreds of variables on landing pages that can be tested (and thousands when tested in tandem) and ...

Good Job Internet; Web Traffic Grows

by Pete Prestipino

Research firm TeleGeography said yesterday that International Internet traffic continues to grow, albeit at a ...

Keyboard Shortcuts for Productivity

by Michael Phillips

You might be surprised at how much more effective you can be online with the proper keyboard shortcuts. ...

Counterfeits Lurk Among Online Discounts

by Pete Prestipino

Research by OpSec Security, a global brand protection and anti-counterfeiting company, found that on average, ...

Dial A Human: No More Automated Menus

by Michael Phillips

It's one of the most frustrating applications of modern times - the automated menu when you call a company ...

Browsing Far and Wide with Widexplorer

by Michael Phillips

I'm always skeptical of new browsing techniques. Mostly, because they never seem to deliver on their promises ...

Get Expert Answers with JustAnswer

by Michael Phillips

Wikipedia has become known as a catch-all of information available on the Web. It's also been known for ...

Easy SMS Campaigns with Tatango

by Michael Phillips

There's no denying that text messaging has become a mainstream form of communication in the United States. A ...

Green-up Your Business

by Michael Phillips

Every little bit helps when it comes to protecting the environment. And everyone needs to do their part, ...

SEM Certification with Market Motive

by Michael Phillips

If you're unfamiliar with Market Motive, they provide a bevy of online classes to help Web businesses train ...

reddit Opens Up, Allows Full Customization

by Michael Phillips

While larger voting sites such as Digg and recently-released Yahoo Buzz keep their properties closely ...

Predicting the Future with Ziitrend

by Michael Phillips

The term "wisdom of the crowd" comes to mind when looking at Ziitrend, a social prediction platform that taps ...

Google Suggest: What it Means to You

by Michael Phillips

Google has announced that their Suggest search tool will come out of Labs and release on the main Google ...

Deep Thoughts on Web Accessiblity

by Peter Devereaux

Website Accessibility is becoming a hot topic on the Web. As rich media becomes a greater part of the online ...

On Web Accessibility: Tom Wlodkowski (AOL)

by Peter Devereaux

WM: Why does it matter if websites are accessible? TW: An accessible web site translates to a more usable ...

New Google Quality Scores

by Peter Devereaux

According to an official announcement from Google, the method in which quality score (which influences how ...

The Complete User's Guide to Yahoo Buzz

by Michael Phillips

Now that Yahoo Buzz has opened to all publishers, expect a lot more activity. Below you will find a complete ...

The .Pro Red Carpet VIP Affair

by Peter Devereaux

Hostway announced it is taking reservations for the .Pro TLD through August 31, 2008. The .Pro Red Carpet VIP ...

The Complete Publisher's Guide to Yahoo Buzz

by Michael Phillips

Yahoo Buzz has opened up to all publishers, meaning that - like it or not - you need to get involved. The big ...

SMB's Don't Fear The Recession

by Peter Devereaux

The current economic climate doesn't seem to be scaring off small and medium businesses from advertising. ...

Landing Page Optimization: Guaranteed ROI

by Pete Prestipino

Today at Search Engine Strategies in San Jose, SiteTuners is "putting its money where its mouth is" by ...

Web Pro Interview: Lee Odden

by Pete Prestipino

TopRank, a Minneapolis, Minnesota search marketing agency is truly one of the best when it comes to natural ...

Web Pro Interview: Larry Cornett

by Pete Prestipino

Being in second place means you have to work harder (and smarter). Yahoo! has been on a roll of late, this ...

TubeMogul Extends Syndication Network

by Peter Devereaux

Video tracking and syndication service TubeMogul announced that social network imeem is the company's newest ...

TrialPay; Genuine Alternative Payment Option

by Peter Devereaux

Online payment platform TrialPay has surpassed 10 million users. More than 5,000 merchants have have been at ...

HyperOffice in Overdrive

by Peter Devereaux

Web conferencing software has its advantages and disadvantages. While it's certainly more cost-efficient to ...

NameCheap Offers Free Comodo PositiveSSL

by Pete Prestipino

Domain name registration and web hosting provider Namecheap is offering a free Comodo PositiveSSL certificate ...

Results that Measure Up

by Peter Devereaux

By Tsafrir Peles, co-CEO DSNR Media Group Online advertising has evolved to the point where every single ...

Off The Web, Onto the... Phone?

by Peter Devereaux

Shopping search engine TheFind.com is taking its local search capabilities to the mobile deck with a mobile ...

Hard or Soft Sell: ROI vs ROE

by Peter Devereaux

By Judith Sherven and Jim Sniechowski As a marketer, ROI is the point. But for the customer that's not always ...

The Great (Web) Accessibility Divide

by Peter Devereaux

Website accessibility is becoming a hot topic on the Web. As rich media becomes a greater part of the online ...

Outsourcing: Hiring Out to Save Time and Money

by Peter Devereaux

By Chuck Lasker As an online business owner, I imagine that this morning you woke up, checked your email for ...

Report Automation

by Peter Devereaux

A Pathway to Holistic Campaign Analysis for Publishers By: Jay Kulkarni, CEO and Founder of Theorem Inc. ...

5 Effective Wiki Uses

by Stewart Mader

... and How Companies Benefit From Them Wikipedia came onto the scene in 2001 and quickly demonstrated how ...

Who's Who: ChaCha

by Peter Devereaux

Semantic search is often discussed in this industry as the next great search medium. It promises to make ...

Tax Havens For Online Businesses

by Peter Devereaux

by Jennifer Reuting If your website or business does not operate out of a corporation or LLC, you've probably ...

Web Pro Interview: Avinash Kaushik

by Peter Devereaux

In advance of the upcoming Search Engine Strategies conference and exposition in San Jose, California on ...

Get Your Website Included in Google News

by Milind Mody

Krishna Bharat wanted information from multiple news sources in the aftermath of 9/11. So he created a ...

Event Websites: Attract More of Everything

by Peter Devereaux

by Rob Everton, Creative Technology Director at Cramer Event websites used to have just one job to do: ...

Inside Google AdPlanner

by Pete Prestipino

When Google's free audience measurement service AdPlanner hit the 'Net (in an invite-only beta, of course), ...

Blow Users Minds With Three jQuery Plugins

by Pete Prestipino

jQuery is a JavaScript library that emphasizes interaction between JavaScript and HTML. jQuery is considered ...

Spreading Yourself Thick With Mixx

by Michael Phillips

Mixx.com celebrates their one-year anniversary this month, to the tune of nearly one million unique visitors. ...

Metadata Elements & Tags In Twenty Minutes

by Pete Prestipino

Best Practices For Successful SEO You want to see your website in the first position of popular search ...

GreaseMonkey Scripts For Web Professionals

by Pete Prestipino

Greasemonkey is a Mozilla Firefox extension that allows users to install a script that makes modifications to ...

Internet Madness vs. Collective Wisdom

by Pete Prestipino

by Susan Whitehurst, Website Magazine Publisher A wiseacre sportswriter in the Tribune once said, "Never go ...

Landing Pages and the Decision Making Process

by Pete Prestipino

Landing page optimization and testing are complex activities that require knowledge of many fields - ...

10 Ways to Increase Website Stickiness

by Deborah Sauter

Not only are users browsing your website looking for a reason to engage, but they are speaking to a coworker, ...

AUDACITY 101

by Pete Prestipino

Free Podcast Production for Your Website By Dr. Pat LeMay Burr and Joseph Kirby If you are the least bit ...

Internet Liability Insurance

by Pete Prestipino

by Andrew Cohn As a Web professional, you are moving up in the world. You are accessing new markets, selling ...

Anatomy of a Datacenter

by Pete Prestipino

by Josh Ewin As designers and developers, our scope of work and our field of view rarely go beyond our screen ...

User Personas & Wireframes : The First Ten Seconds

by Pete Prestipino

By Charles B. Kreitzberg, Ph.D. Through a combination of brilliant marketing and careful SEO, you finally got ...

Forum & Conversational Marketing

by Pete Prestipino

By Joe Whyte Since the very beginning of social media, this bright, new and exciting avenue for online ...

Marketing to the Online NASCAR Enthusiast

by Carol Setter

Stretching from February through October is the NASCAR season. The sport attracts fans from all walks of ...

Effective Press Releases and Distribution Channels

by Milind Mody

by Milind Mody, eBrandz It is widely believed that the first press release was issued over 100 years ago by ...

Semantic Web : Understanding Web 3.0 and Preparing Your Business

by Pete Prestipino

By John-Scott Dixon My five-year-old son recently asked me, "What is ground?" I responded with, "It is the ...

Get Website Traffic at Yahoo! Answers

by Pete Prestipino

Perhaps the most frequently asked question by "newbies" of the "experts" at forums for Web professionals is ...

Quamut - Learn how to Do Anything

by Michael Phillips

Quamut is a website that will help you learn how to do just about anything. Learn how to use your iPhone, ...

Behavioral Targeting with AlmondNet CEO Roy Shkedi

by Pete Prestipino

Website Magazine contributor Dante Monteverde discusses behavioral targeting with AlmondNet CEO Roy Shkedi.

How Experts Review Websites

by Pete Prestipino

I'm fortunate to be able to review hundreds of websites each day. Learning from the successes and failures of ...

Microformats - Should You Care? Yes...

by Pete Prestipino

Yahoo recently announced that it will begin formally supporting microformats and other semantic Web ...

Consequences of Going Public Too Early

by Michael Phillips

There's one sure-fire way to make sure your website never gets visited again - release it to the public ...

6000 Tech Enthusiasts at The Gathering

by Peter Devereaux

If You Like Gatherings, Get Yourself to Hamar! Hamar where? Norway. You know-in the cold country of the ...

Hot Tips and Tactics - The 'Nitty Gritty'

by John Fitzsimmons

SES NY Universal Search Session Notes (Part 3) Optimizing Press Releases, Images, Local Business, and Product ...

Interview: Matt Bailey, SiteLogic

by Peter Devereaux

Search Engine Strategies, a leading Web industry conference and exhibition is fast approaching. Website ...

How Green is Your PC Machine?

by Michael Phillips

Website Magazine ran a story on Dell boasts a four-tiered approach to their environmental actions for their ...

Create a Free Custom Ringtone

by Michael Phillips

Audiko has a neat little service. Upload an mp3 of your favorite song (or provide a URL and Audiko will ...

Trackur:

by Peter Devereaux

Online reputation management software Trackur launched today. The service will allow users to monitor social ...

Issuu Makes Online Publishing Easy, Attractive

by Michael Phillips

Issuu has a goal to make online publishing simple, attractive and easy to share. Not only can you create ...

8: Free Music Sites

by Michael Phillips

I listen to a lot of music. But I grow tired of my iPod at times. Or my battery runs out. Or I simply want to ...

The Internet Strategist

by Peter Devereaux

__________________________________________ Over the past several years, large corporations have come to ...

Knowing Your Investor

by Peter Devereaux

Who They are and What they Want to Hear __________________________________________ By Jim Butz In 2006, the ...

Notes From a Condo Meeting - Marketing with Craigslist

by Michael Phillips

My fellow condo owners and I had our annual association meeting last night. And besides the usual fare of ...

Mogulus: Broadcast Live

by Peter Devereaux

There are only a handful of Web-based services that I believe really carry the potential to enhance the ...

The Morning Wire : 1-7-2008

by Pete Prestipino

The following are press releases that caught our attention today, January 7th, 2008. If you have a news ...

Tool of the Day: Visit Widgets

by Michael Phillips

AuriQ Systems, a leading Web analytics firm has announced a new set of tools aimed at provided a variety of ...

Who vs. How Many - Targeting Your Audience

by Michael Phillips

It's a common theme during this year's SES Chicago show. What is better: reaching the masses with a stock ...

Oodle - A More Personal Classified Experience

by Pete Prestipino

Oodle just announced the release a several new tools which aim to improve the way consumers use classified ...

Creating a Culture of Security

by Peter Devereaux

Five Ways Small Businesses Can Combat Cyber Crime By David Wasik, Senior Vice President, Small Business, ...

Alternative Payment Solutions

by Peter Devereaux

Fueling ecommerce with convenience, security and innovation As U.S. online transaction volume grows from $150 ...

Drive Traffic And Revenues

by Peter Devereaux

Syndicated & Private Label Local Search Syndicated or private-label local search is one of the fastest ...

Feature: Then, Now and Next

by Peter Devereaux

Learning from our past and looking to the future The Web is constantly evolving. And, what separates the Web ...

Seven Steps for Start-ups

by Peter Devereaux

And established Web businesses too! As a veteran business owner, I've taken my share of bumps and bruises. ...

The Benefits and Principles of Web Engineering

by Peter Devereaux

An emerging discipline is stretching itself across the professional Web world, one that some say will help ...

Squarespace: Web Profile

by Peter Devereaux

Anthony Casalena, Founder and CEO of Squarespace, wants to give the Web to the masses. And as more people ...

The Seven Deadly Sins of Landing Page Usability

by Peter Devereaux

By Aaron Kupferberg Your website's landing page is the most valuable ammunition in your company's marketing ...

Direct Navigation: Web Promotion Nirvana

by Peter Devereaux

Life is good. You found the perfect mix of natural search optimization, social media and paid placement. Your ...

Bravo! Winning Web Awards

by Peter Devereaux

Boost your recognition amongst your competitors by winning Web awards By Mike Phillips Managing Editor ...

Top Web News Stories : Week Ending 10-12-2007

by Pete Prestipino

The following are the top voted Web news stories on for the week ending October 12th, 2007. Share the news ...

Jump Into Jumpbox

by Pete Prestipino

Jumpbox has a deep (and growing) list of server software. Their goal/mission is to make the deployment and ...

8 Reasons Your Online Shopper Left You Hanging

by Pete Prestipino

If you notice that you're getting lots of visitors to your Web store but aren't making enough sales to pay ...

8 Reasons Why Your Online Shopper Left You Hanging

by Peter Devereaux

If you notice that you're getting lots of visitors to your Web store but aren't making enough sales to pay ...

Online Marketing Campaigns and Legal Considerations

by Peter Devereaux

Creating and developing an idea for an online marketing campaign that is fresh and sparks interest is, of ...

A Human Touch

by Peter Devereaux

By Mike Phillips Web surfers have countless options to get the information they need. While one click of a ...

Reputation Monitoring and Management in the Age of CGM

by Peter Devereaux

In the age of consumer generated media (CGM) image is everything - your brand is at the mercy of the public ...

Press Release Optimization Refresher

by Pete Prestipino

As an editor of a magazine about 'website success' I receive hundreds of press releases each week from ...

Shortening the Distance to a Sale

by Brian Lewis

Does this sound familiar? You're in a store, armed with cash and ready to buy something but, after searching ...

Top Web News Stories : Week Ending 7-27-2007

by Pete Prestipino

The following are the top voted Web news stories on Share.WebsiteMagazine.com for July 27, 2007. : Feeling ...

Inside the Google Referral Program

by Peter Devereaux

When Google's Adsense Referral Opportunities went public, there were only a handful of sites that didn't rush ...

VBulletin Bought By Internet Brands

by Peter Devereaux

A few days late on this announcement, but it is still an important one. Jelsoft's VBulletin, a popular forum ...

Offermatica Affinity Personalization Tools

by Peter Devereaux

Offermatica announced a new feature today called Affinity Targeting ( available only to users of the ...

Top User Submissions @

by Pete Prestipino

The following are a few interesting user submissions from Share.WebsiteMagazine.com for the business week ...

How to attract a woman [to your website]

by Peter Devereaux

The good folks at the Pew Internet and American Life Project tell us men are ahead of women in their use of ...

External Click Tracking

by Pete Prestipino

Editor's note: Please view the following article for updated information and tools for tracking website ...

The Risk Discount

by Pete Prestipino

How the Perception of Risk Costs e-Retailers Money Every Day When consumers feel that the Internet is not a ...

Maximizing Data Feeds

by Pete Prestipino

By Wade D. Schlosser Search engine optimization (SEO) is time consuming and becoming increasingly ...

Landing Page Optimization (LPO) In Fifteen Minutes

by Pete Prestipino

The landing page is the first impression a prospect gets about a product or service when visiting your ...

Upcoming Trade Shows

by Pete Prestipino

Website Magazine is a great resource to help grow your business. But you shouldn't stop there. The myriad of ...

Linkbaiting = Propaganda 2.0

by Pete Prestipino

Linkbaiting = Propaganda 2.0 The 11 Styles of Linkbait Easily one of my least favorite and simultaneously ...

Who's Who Profile: Idiom Technologies, Inc.

by Pete Prestipino

Idiom Technologies, Inc. (www.idiominc.com) was founded in 1998 as a software solution for companies that ...

Second Life: Navigating the Metaverse

by Pete Prestipino

By Wayne Porter Second Life, the popular social site where users create custom avatars and literally build a ...

Top 25 Promotional Resources

by Pete Prestipino

Category Rank Overall Web Rank Domain 1 76 trafficswarm.com 2 128 paypopup.com 3 898 eprize.net 4 1,248 ...

How-to Guide: Redirects and htaccess

by Pete Prestipino

By Bret Fencl, Fencl Web Design Every time you turn around another article on the Internet tells you to make ...

Book Shelf: Wikinomics - Tapscott & Williams

by Pete Prestipino

Reviewed by David Dalka Wikinomics explores an emerging business strategy in a world where consumers promote ...

Under-Utilized Features of Most CPanel Accounts

by Pete Prestipino

As an editor of a magazine about Web success, you can rest assure that all the things offered up here as ...

Bulk Submit 2.0 - SES Chicago

by Pete Prestipino

The Bulk Submit 2.0 session at Search Engine Strategies in Chicago this week could have easily been called ...

SES Chicago Coverage

by Pete Prestipino

2pm: Podcast & Audio Search Optimization More and more people are "podcasting," on-demand radio-like ...

Calming Consumer Fears with buySAFE

by Michael Phillips

As Black Friday and Cyber Monday near and the holiday shopping season kicks into high gear, consumers still ...

Can IT Regain Control of the Web Experience?

by Pete Prestipino

Is the Internet changing? You bet it is ... and fast. Web applications used to look and act differently - ...

Who's Who Profile: UrbanMapping

by Pete Prestipino

What's missing in the local search and mobile marketing space you ask? Expert opinions vary from too few ...

Commentary: To Template Or Not To Template

by Pete Prestipino

AyeThere's The Design Rub Mention using Web page templates to a professional Web designer and chances are ...

10 Ways to Keep Website Costs Low

by Pete Prestipino

Is Your Website A Virtual Money Pit? Today, a website is a "must have" for almost every business. For many, a ...

Make Site Updates Simple with SSI: Server Side Includes

by Pete Prestipino

By Peter Prestipino You have a website that needs updating. But the thought of modifying each and every one ...

Creating Favicons

by Pete Prestipino

What is that little image next to the URL, and how do you get one? When Internet users visit certain ...

Sequential Autoresponders: Timing is Everything

by Peter Devereaux

Buying cycles often take days, weeks, months and even years. So how do you keep a prospect's interest and ...

Delivering Deliverability

by Peter Devereaux

As an email marketer, your business relies on getting your messages delivered. While this sounds simple ...

Conversion Tuning Crash Course

by Peter Devereaux

Your website could be better. Many companies spend large amounts to drive traffic to their website, only to ...

Using Ping & Traceroute

by Peter Devereaux

With companies of all kinds increasingly reliant on the Internet for their success, application performance ...

Co-Registration

by Peter Devereaux

If your Web enterprises' in-house list could use some more members, then co-reg might be just the ticket to a ...

Sandbox of Mystery

by Peter Devereaux

The Google Sandbox is one of the great mysteries of Search Engine Marketing. Or is it? Its existence has been ...

Who's Who Profile: USi

by Peter Devereaux

There comes a time for every successful Web businesses when outsourcing application development is ...

On the Importance of Title Tags

by Pete Prestipino

Titles tags are of immense importance to the proper optimization of your website in the search engines. Title ...

Survey: Online presence now a must for distributors

by Pete Prestipino

Highlights from the GlobalSpec survey: 73% of respondents use search engines or online directories as their ...

Site Of the Day: Trumba

by Pete Prestipino

Trumba Calendar is a web-based calendar solution that encourages customers to interact with your events. ...

SiteTuners.com - A Who's Who Profile

by Pete Prestipino

According to Tim Ash, President of SiteTuners.com, online marketing can be split up into three essential ...

It's Not Your Data; It's How You Use It

by Pete Prestipino

The Future of Web Analytics By Patrick McKenna, DMi Partners Have you ever collected the spare change you ...

Sound Web Photography

by Pete Prestipino

To succeed, your website must either tell a story or have a narrative subtext that guides your visitors ...

Welcome to 2.0

by Peter Devereaux

But is it new or does it just have a new name? I admit it. Until Peter Prestipino, Website Services' editor, ...

Breakthrough Discovery Could Make Internet Irrelevant

by Peter Devereaux

According to the world's leading media analysts, free magazines are tagged as the next great communication ...

The Power Of Advergaming: Brand Acceleration

by Peter Devereaux

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy, goes the adage. That may be one reason that online gaming is so ...

Web Backups: Peace Of Mind

by Peter Devereaux

It has happened to every website owner at least once. You poured your heart and soul into the design, ...

Scuttlebutt on G-Wallet and the Base

by Peter Devereaux

The word on the Web is that Google is quietly testing its online payment system. Quietly may not be the right ...

Editorial Guidelines for WSM

by Peter Devereaux

Editorial Guidelines: While Website Services Magazine seeks to inform readers about Web success by providing ...

Getting Started With RSS

by Peter Devereaux

Bookmark or Discuss: Del.icio.us - Furl It - Slashdot - Digg If you are like most in the Internet business ...

Google's New Robots.txt Sitemap

by Peter Devereaux

Via the Google Blog, more stats and analysis of robots.txt files were released in Google's Sitemaps feature. ...

Finding, Saving and Sharing Information - Vertically

by Peter Devereaux

A Review of Vertical Search and Interview with LookSmart CEO David Hills If you could promote your products ...

The Resurgence of Que Pasa

by Pete Prestipino

Are the bigger 'Net players neglecting the Hispanic market? With 40 million Latinos in the U.S., if they are ...

Can You Survive On VoIP Alone

by Pete Prestipino

VoIP - Viable Option for Internet Properties If you are running or helping to run a successful online ...

Agency Profile - NeverBlue Media

by Peter Devereaux

Q&A with Todd Dunlop- President & CEO of Neverblue Media Inc. Todd Dunlop is President and CEO of ...

Dancing With Robots

by Peter Devereaux

Demystifying the Robots.txt File The robots.txt file is one of the least understood aspects of the search ...

The Road To Better Conversions

by Peter Devereaux

Ask the Experts: Rewriting Looooooong URLs

by Peter Devereaux

Are Short URLs Important To Your Website? To answer this very important question, Website Services turned to ...

Reputation Monitoring and Management

by Peter Devereaux

Millions of dollars are spent annually monitoring and managing reputations online and for good reason. If you ...

Monday Ad:tech - Using Data To Your Competitive Advantage

by Peter Devereaux

Using Data To Competive Advantage: Ad:Tech 2005 - New York, NY Jeff Einstein and Sunil Gupta's session on ...

Minding The Bid Gap

by Peter Devereaux

If you are spending money at any of the pay per click search engines make sure there are not dramatic bid ...

Yahoo Vs. Google

by Peter Devereaux

It's sort of like having two best friends... that are pulling you in very different, very separate ...

Inside the Mind Of A Usability Expert

by Peter Devereaux

With as many definitions of website usability as there are usability experts, you would figure that somewhere ...

Monitoring Site Downtime

by Peter Devereaux

Monitoring your Web availability is imperative to the success of your online endeavors. While it's important ...

Understanding Traffic

by Peter Devereaux

A major point of confusion for some novice website owners is understanding how much traffic their website ...

Linking Strategies

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The Rise of Optimized Press Releases PR As An Online Promotion Strategy Search for an obscure key phrase at ...

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