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 WebmasterWorld Highlighted Posts   Mar. 14, 2010
The Great Ad Blocking Debate: The Impact Ad Blocking Has On A Site
Posted in Advertising Sales and Affiliate Programs by docbird - on Mar. 13
"It can result in people losing their jobs, it can result in less content on any given site, and it definitely can affect the quality of content."

China Says Google "Will Pay The Consequences" For Not Complying
Posted in Asia and Pacific Region by engine - on Mar. 13
"Minister of Industry and Information Technology Li Yizhong was speaking at China's annual legislation session."

Tips for Multi-Region Websites
Posted in Google Search News by tedster - on Mar. 13
Google's John Mueller (JohnMu) offers help for multi-region websites, including a table of pros and cons for three different approaches that might be used on a generic top level domain, such as a .com, .org or .net.

Microsoft Loses Appeal Over XML Word Patent
Posted in Microsoft Corporate by engine - on Mar. 12
"In court documents spelling out their reasoning, the three appeal court judges said there was evidence that Microsoft knew i4i technology was patented before it turned up in Office programs."

Google Buzz To Get Better Controls To Reduce 'Noisiness'
Posted in Community Building and User Generated Content by engine - on Mar. 12
"We’re testing these features and making sure they work in all 50+ Gmail languages right now, so they should be ready to launch in the next few days."

Mozilla Wants All Firefox Users To Update To FF 3.6
Posted in Firefox Browser Usage and Support by engine - on Mar. 12
"...users running older versions of Firefox will be offered the choice of upgrading to Firefox 3.6"

Local Shopping Inventory, Blue Dot, Mobile Searches Rolled Out By Google
Posted in Ecommerce by engine - on Mar. 12
"If you have an iPhone, Palm WebOS phone, or any Android-powered device, and you're in the US, just go to Google.com in your mobile browser, tap on the "more" link, and then select 'Shopping.'"

"Instant Buy" Increases Conversion by 430%.
Posted in WebmasterWorld Supporters Forum by httpwebwitch - on Mar. 11
In depth real-world article by ecommerce pro. "last month I cashed in some sweat and built the Instant Purchase feature. The MOMENT the new feature went live, sales increased by 430%. It happened immediately."

Hitwise: Microsoft Bing Gains A Little In U.S. February Search Share
Posted in Foo by engine - on Mar. 11
"Microsoft Corp. gained a larger portion of the U.S. Internet search market in February..."

Yahoo Search Update: March 2010
Posted in Yahoo Search Engine and Directory by rustybrick - on Mar. 11
"Yahoo Search Update: March 2010"

Selling a Six Figure Website
Posted in Webmaster General by nomis5 - on Mar. 11
"I'm in the final stages of agreeing to sell one of my websites for a six figure amount. I need any advice you can give me about the sales procedure."

Nasdaq: Ten Years After Dot Com Stocks Peak At Over 5000
Posted in Foo by weeks - on Mar. 10
"It was exactly 10 years ago that the Nasdaq index reached its all-time peak of 5,048.62, and the tech-heavy index has never come close to recovering. It closed Tuesday at 2,340.68, 54 percent below its dot-com bubble high on March 10, 2000."

Google: Most of The Internet is Our Competition
Posted in GOOG : Google Finance and Business Operations by Brett_Tabke - on Mar. 10
"We face formidable competition in every aspect of our business, particularly from companies that seek to connect people with information on the web and provide them with relevant advertising. "

Media Ignores Enterprise Level IT
Posted in Foo by Brett_Tabke - on Mar. 10
"These are tech vendors with billions in profits that are largely ignored by business press... Oracle ($22 billion in revenue, $5 billion in profits) only cracks the top 10 companies by coverage for one of the eight publications..."

Twitter Starts Routing All Links Through New Anti-Phishing Service
Posted in Community Building and User Generated Content by bill - on Mar. 10
"By routing all links submitted to Twitter through this new service, we can detect, intercept, and prevent the spread of bad links across all of Twitter."

Geographic Refinements added to Google Search Options
Posted in Google Search News by tedster - on Mar. 10
"... "Show options" toggle and noticed a whole slew of geographic options that were new to me, including "nearby" and others, too. Apparently it all depends on what "default location" Google has recorded for your computer."

New Google Message Center Notifications for Hacking and Abuse
Posted in Google Search News by pageoneresults - on Mar. 9
"... we will notify more webmasters of more potential issues we've detected on their websites, including: Spammy or abused user-generated content"

ICANN To Reconsider Adult Domains
Posted in Domain Names by engine - on Mar. 9
"An independent review recently concluded that decision was unfair and that the plan should be reconsidered."

Amazon Ends Colorado Affiliates Deal Over Internet Tax Plan
Posted in Advertising Sales and Affiliate Programs by incrediBILL - on Mar. 9
"Amazon did state they would reinstate Colorado-based Associates if the state of Colorado brought the law into compliance with what the US Supreme Court said was constitutional."

The Internet is a Fundamental Human Right
Posted in Foo by engine - on Mar. 9
"Nearly 80 percent of people worldwide consider access to the Internet to be a basic human right, rather than a privilege..."

AdSense Editors Won't be Paid this Month in Brazil
Posted in Google AdSense by afmbr - on Mar. 9
"Payment for some Brazilian Google AdSense editors won't happen this month. In an official note on its online support forum, Google said that "some editors won't be paid in February" due to a "processing problem"."

Google Reluctant to Release info in Viacom Case
Posted in GOOG : Google Finance and Business Operations by Brett_Tabke - on Mar. 9
"[GOOGLE] has asked a federal court to keep documents filed in the case under seal for another three months. Viacom wants to unseal all but the most sensitive of trade secrets within two weeks and Google wants to wait until June 4. "

WMT SideWiki in Google Labs Area
Posted in Google Search News by helpnow - on Mar. 9
Now added to Webmaster Tools Section.

Google Testing TV Search Service On Android-Enhanced Set-Top Boxes
Posted in GOOG : Google Finance and Business Operations by Brett_Tabke - on Mar. 8
"The service runs on set-top boxes "using elements of Google's Android operating system..."

A Week Without Microsoft Windows
Posted in Linux, Unix, and *nix like Operating Systems by mack - on Mar. 8
"...running nothing but Linux for a week. The aim being that as I discovered problems I would try and find solutions, in the hope that these ideas may be of use to other members."

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