Microsoft Exposes Google AdSense Scheme
Mistyping a URL in the address bar of a browser can lead to a ring of traffic-stealing "typo-squatters" that ripoff the AdSense for domains system at the expense of Google and its advertisers.
http://www.webprobusiness.com/2005/1220.html
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12.20.05 |
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When Doc Searls Blogged Jonathan Schwartz
Sun Microsystems president and COO Jonathan Schwartz and Linux Journal senior editor Doc Searls chatted at a morning Syndicate Conference session; it was a watershed moment in the ongoing discussion of blogging and business.
http://www.webprobusiness.com/2005/1214.html
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12.14.05 |
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Web
Optimization without Spending a Fortune?
All-Marketing.net
provides effective and affordable marketing solutions for small businesses and
large corporations alike. When it comes to marketing and driving traffic to your
web site, let the professionals at All-Marketing take charge.
http://www.webprobusiness.com/2005/1207.html
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12.07.05 |
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B2B Bullseye
The SES: Chicago conference rolls in through its second day and continues to be a real learning experience. WebProNews publisher Rich Ord sat in on the "Targeting B2B" session and found a lot of useful information. The session centered on relationship building as the primary focus for B2B marketing.
http://www.webprobusiness.com/2005/1206.html
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12.06.05 |
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Earning
From Search: Show Me The Money
Even
though Jason Calacanis didn't show up for the Earning From Search & Contextual
Ads session as scheduled, attendees made do with the likes of Google, Yahoo, the
New York Times' About.com, AOL, and JenSense discussing the topic...
http://www.webprobusiness.com/2005/1205.html
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12.05.05 |
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Measuring
And Improving The Performance Of A Website
Traditional
business managers and economic strategists have always had at their disposal a
variety of methods for measuring and evaluating the degree of success of business
objectives. For example, an increase in productivity, cost reduction initiatives,
meeting certain sales goals, or the impact of an advertising...
http://www.webprobusiness.com/2005/1201.html
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12.01.05 |
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The
Power Of Marketing Podcasts
If
you've used the Internet at all this year, you've probably heard of podcasting.
It's the one word that's almost guaranteed to come up in discussions of small
business marketing, and with good reason too: podcasting has become more and more
popular...
http://www.webprobusiness.com/2005/1129.html
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11.29.05 |
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No
Internet Bubble?
Another
Internet Bubble? Not according to John Battelle writing
in The New York Times Friday. John believes that we are in a new era of internet
opportunity ... a grounded, stable and vibrant opportunity ... called Web 2.0.
He gives these four reasons...
http://www.webprobusiness.com/2005/1125.html
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11.25.05 |
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Site
Submission 101: Getting Listed Fast
In
48 hours or less (many times the same business day!), your site will begin to
show up in many of the web's most important search engines and content sites including
Yahoo, MSN, AltaVista, Excite, InfoSpace, NBCi, C|Net and many others. No other
service is able to match this claim.
http://www.webprobusiness.com/2005/1118.html
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11.18.05 |
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7
Customer Acquisition Schemes Your Competitor Is Hiding From You
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Web
Optimization without Spending a Fortune?
All-Marketing.net
provides effective and affordable marketing solutions for small businesses and
large corporations alike. When it comes to marketing and driving traffic to your
web site, let the professionals at All-Marketing take charge.
http://www.webprobusiness.com/2005/1116.html
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11.16.05 |
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Access
Your PC Remotely With WebEx PCNow
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Put
a Post Office in your Office
With a
built-in scale, mailstation™ digital postage meter makes mail processing
faster and more efficient for your small business. It weighs your mail and calculates
the exact postage needed with just one touch of a button.
http://www.webprobusiness.com/2005/1108.html
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11.08.05 |
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What
It Takes To Make It In The Volatile And Rapidly Advancing SEO Landscape
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Reverse
Engineering Google's Business Strategies
What's
in a name? That's a good question. Some feel that the name that you are given
at birth provides and accurate description of who you will turn out to be. So
I began to wonder, does a domain name say as much about a future site as your...
name says about you?
http://www.webprobusiness.com/2005/1027.html
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10.27.05 |
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Deliver
Instant On-Demand Remote Support
Deliver
on demand remote support with InQuiero. NTR's InQuiero is the easiest, most secure,
and affordable web-based remote support solution available today. You don't need
to purchase or install any special hardware or software. With a web browser and
an internet connection, you're ready to meet online today
http://www.webprobusiness.com/2005/1026.html
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10.26.05 |
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Internet
Marketing Strategy Is Working For SMB’s
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The
First True Alternative to Adobe Acrobat
Nitro
PDF Professional gives you full control over PDF documents, including commenting,
form-filling and authoring, digital signatures, text editing, one-click creation
from Microsoft® Office and more. Nitro PDF Professional is the first true alternative
to Adobe® Acrobat® for people who want to use PDF.
http://www.webprobusiness.com/2005/1018.html
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10.18.05 |
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Ten
Guidelines For B2B Podcasts
In my
"Writing for the Wired World" workshops, I begin by pointing out a fundamental
difference between business websites and everything else on the web. When you
build a family site (birthday party pictures and the like) or a fan site (if you
love your Mini Cooper, for instance) or a performance art site...
http://www.webprobusiness.com/2005/1013.html
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10.13.05 |
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Combine
Project Management with Help Desk Software
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Software
Project, Custom Development, No Cost Consultation
Pacific
Northwest Software develops high-impact software for companies ranging from start-ups
to the Fortune 500's. They can provide a virtual development team to handle all
levels of your software project.
http://www.webprobusiness.com/2005/1005.html
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10.05.05 |
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Overstock
Opening Storefront At Shop.Com
The folks
at Shop.com are yelling about getting Overstock.com in their online shopping mall.
Overstock is an online discount retailer that cuts prices, in some cases up to
70%.
http://www.webprobusiness.com/2005/0926.html
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09.26.05 |
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B2B
Portal: A Business Platform To Ultimate Productivity Improvement
If somebody
tells you that your present corporate website can be converted to a B2B portal
which will help you significantly improve your company's productivity in both
of the two primary factors: Revenue Growth and Cost Saving, and that the portal
can be launched in a matter of months with a very reasonable investment, what
will be your reaction?
http://www.webprobusiness.com/2005/0922.html
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09.22.05 |
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The
Fight For Gmail
Who owns
Gmail? According to Benjamin Cohen, nobody yet-well, one guy in Germany, but he
doesn't count for much-and a British company is claiming the intellectual property
rights to the Gmail trademark, even if the patent office hasn't awarded anyone
that credit.
http://www.webprobusiness.com/2005/0915.html
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09.15.05 |
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Truveo
Unveils Video Search Engine
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Nielsen/NetRatings
Counting Things Differently
The Nielsen/NetRatings
organization, long known and prized for its ratings systems announced a new way
to track ratings and figuring in the folks who toss their cookies. They've been
testing the method in the U.S. and using it in Australia and Italy.
http://www.webprobusiness.com/2005/0909.html
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09.09.05 |
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Technorati
Places Blog Finder Beta Online
A new
version of the blog tracking site's search engine lets users sift through millions
of blogs based on topic tags. The new Technorati
Blog Finder has become available in a beta version. This site searches through
blogs based by the tags used by Technorati to categorize blogs it has found.
http://www.webprobusiness.com/2005/0906.html
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09.06.05 |
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Microsoft
Targeting End-of-year For Skype Demise?
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Chirac
Helps Fund New European Search Engine
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In
The News: Yahoo, AOL, And Google
The web
analytics firm has unveiled a product that consolidates management of SEM across
search engines. Bouncing between Google, Yahoo, and other search engines has meant
multiple logins and consoles for site publishers. Every step offers some extra
work on a marketing campaign. Coremetrics wants to turn that extra effort into
extra productivity.
http://www.webprobusiness.com/2005/0830.html
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08.30.05 |
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General
Community Sites Hear Ka-ching Sound
The latest
figures from Nielsen//NetRatings and its AdRelevance service show incredible ad
revenue growth. News Corp's pickup of MySpace looks pretty prudent now, as it
led general community web sites in racking up $33.5 million in ad revenue for
June 2005. The press release shows the category grew year over year by 214 percent.
http://www.webprobusiness.com/2005/0826.html
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08.26.05 |
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In
The News: Yahoo, AOL, And Google
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Skype
Takes Note Of Google Talk
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Arigato!
Yahoo Japan Streaming Music For Free
Yahoo
welcomes Apple to the digital music business in Japan by utilizing the time-tested
"first one's free" marketing strategy. Yahoo Japan's Tokyo operations recently
began offering full songs as free samples to its music visitors
http://www.webprobusiness.com/2005/0822.html
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08.22.05 |
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Blogger
Flags Hurtful Blogs
A new
option that will let users immediately report "objectionable content" to Blogger
works by clicking the Flag button. Aww, poor baby. There you were, clicking that
"Next Blog" button, and a new blog appeared that just seemed to call you out on
your hypocritical, disingenuous political beliefs. How dare someone be so, so,
direct! But what can you do? Who can you call? And will a campaign contribution
make the pain go away?
http://www.webprobusiness.com/2005/0818.html
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08.18.05 |
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RSS:
What's In A Name?
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Google,
GEICO Get 30 Days To Settle
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Interview:
Michael Rotkin President/CEO Universityloveconnection.com
I was
interested in getting some feedback from a conference attendee's perspective and
I ran into Michael Rotkin President/CEO of universityloveconnection.com and Hydroponicswholesale.com.
Michael's take on the conference was interesting to me given the nature of his
sites.
http://www.webprobusiness.com/2005/0812.html
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08.12.05 |
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Link
Buying - The Search Engines Respond
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The
ADD Factor Of Internet/TV Ads
Some say
the Internet will soon overtake King TV as broadband access becomes more and more
prolific. Indeed a recent Canadian study has suggested that the gap between time
spent online per week and time spent watching television is closing rapidly. Some
have gone to extremes saying that television is deep trouble and advertisers should
make a dramatic shift in their ad budgets. But cooler heads and other reports
might suggest that the two will walk hand in hand.
http://www.webprobusiness.com/2005/0810.html
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08.10.05 |
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Search
Engine Strategies Conference: Day 1
In wrapping
up the first day of the SES Conference, I have for you a brief summary of all
the articles that have been written so far. We have had lots of interesting information
coming in from the conference, and hopefully no one has missed any of it. If that
isn't the case don't worry, I've taken care of you.
http://www.webprobusiness.com/2005/0808.html
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08.08.05 |
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Web
Analytics: Getting It Right
In recent
years, website marketers were concerned with increasing ‘hits' and the ‘stickiness'
of their sites. They were concerned with increasing page views and the amount
of time spent on the site. This is definitely a hold over from the paper based
businesses of the past, and has proved to not be of much use in the fast moving
internet world.
http://www.webprobusiness.com/2005/0728.html
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07.28.05 |
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Websites
Finding Unique and Valuable Revenue Sources
VIP Profits
is the most innovative affiliate program serving award winning Sportsbooks.
Superior tracking, XML, Live Stats & top marketing tools willmake your profits
soar. Many affiliates see their commissions tripled, as more recreational bettors
join in in the fun of betting on their favorite team.
http://www.webprobusiness.com/2005/0721.html
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07.21.05 |
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RSS
As A Change Agent
To better
understand how RSS is changing the way companies and individuals deliver and consume
content on the macro scale, let us first remember how content is traditionally
delivered and consumed.
http://www.webprobusiness.com/2005/0719.html
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07.19.05 |
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A
New Business Postage Solution
Do you
spend a lot of time boxing, labeling, carrying, shipping and insuring packages?
Become more efficient by using Shipstream™ Manager and Scale, a one-stop
postage solution for all your shipping needs. Shipstream Manager is fast and easy
software that gets you up and running in less than five minutes.
http://www.webprobusiness.com/2005/0714.html
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07.14.05 |
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Using
Contextual Marketing To Increase Sales
Mention
Search Engine Marketing (SEM) and two words come to mind - Volume and Exposure.
Something every business needs to create a steady stream of income. Search Engine
Marketing enables your business to reach thousands of potential customers for
a lot less than traditional print media and direct mail marketing.
http://www.webprobusiness.com/2005/0628.html
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06.28.05 |
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Google
AdWords Login Function Down
What
happens when one of the most popular new methods of advertising experiences site-related
problems? Well, it doesn't take long for others to find out, that's for sure.
Such is the case with the Google Adwords service, which apparently would not let
people log on this afternoon.
http://www.webprobusiness.com/2005/0616.html
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06.16.05 |
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It
All Starts With A Click
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A
Business Model For Podcasting
I've
finally started my own podcast, "Dan Bricklin's Software Licensing Podcast". It
will be a series of interviews and perhaps other material that should be of interest
to people who care about the legal and managerial aspects of software licensing
in general, Open Source licenses in particular, and who knows what else.
http://www.webprobusiness.com/2005/0526.html
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05.26.05 |
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A
New Business Postage Solution
Office
postage just got easier! Free up more of your time. Delegate your mailing needs
to the sleek new mailstation™ digital postage meter. Take advantage of an
introductory 90 day free trial and $50 in free postage coupons, redeemable after
your trial period. Imagine - no more trips to the post office. Just think of the
time you will save.
http://www.webprobusiness.com/2005/0524.html
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05.24.05 |
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Disk
Catalog Software for Managing Files Efficiently
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Proactively
Interact with Your Website Visitors
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Are
you thrilled with your hosting provider's support?
Other
companies say support is a priority. Rackspace shows it. They are committed to
providing the customer with amazing managed hosting services backed by a policy
they call Fanatical Support™. 80% of Rackspace's resources go directly to
Fanatical Support™.
http://www.webprobusiness.com/2005/0513.html
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05.13.05 |
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Business
Blogs Are Catching On
Business
blogs are catching on with more and more businesses. Traditional websites are
beginning to add a blog component to their content. The reason for the boom in
business blogging is simple.
http://www.webprobusiness.com/2005/0505.html
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05.05.05 |
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Looking
Up Vertical Search Lines
Vertical
search refers to search engines designed to return results from very narrow or
specific information or business sectors. Search tools that focus on a tight regime
of information have existed for years.
http://www.webprobusiness.com/2005/0401.html
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04.01.05 |
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Bottom
Up Vs. Top Down Corporate Blogging
As business
blogging becomes more widespread, two main approaches have emerged. There are
bottom up bloggers and top-down bloggers and then there are a scant few companies
who are in between. Each approach is vastly different.
http://www.webprobusiness.com/2005/0324.html
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03.24.05 |
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In
Defense Of Thought Leadership
Many
people and company's do use the term, "thought leader," in a contrived and meaningless
manner. That being said, I completely disagree with the definition of thought
leadership as presented by Cook and Murray.
http://www.webprobusiness.com/2005/0315.html
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03.15.05 |
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An
Open Conversation With Robert Scoble, Microsoft Geek Blogger
In a 38-minute
conversation, we discussed a wide range of topics, including evangelism, anti-marketing,
blogging, RSS and reading feeds, email mailing lists, relationships with colleagues,
internal blogs at Microsoft, The Red Couch book project, a blogging ombudsman,
and advice for communicators.
http://www.webprobusiness.com/2005/0310.html
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03.10.05 |
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How
To Track Online Marketing ROI Using Cost-per-Action
As
the online advertising market is poised to grow nearly $10 billion over the next
six years, it's essential that we remember the importance of measuring the effectiveness
of that spending.
http://www.webprobusiness.com/2005/0301.html
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03.01.05 |
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Pay
Per Click Advertising Can Be Very Risky Business
Click
fraud is an unfortunate byproduct of the pay per click advertising business. Many
people with an online business spend large amounts of money on pay per click advertising
only to discover that many of the people clicking on their ads weren't really
interested in their products or services.
http://www.webprobusiness.com/2005/0217.html
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02.17.05 |
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Price
Your Products Differently In Different Markets
Last
April, the World Health Organization (WHO), the World Trade Organization (WTO),
the Norwegian Foreign Ministry, and the US-based Global Health Council held a
3-days workshop about "Pricing and Financing of Essential Drugs" in poor countries.
http://www.webprobusiness.com/2005/0201.html
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02.01.05 |
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Understanding
Web Logs And Why It Matters
General
web statistics give pertinent information about website visitors. Webmasters analyzing
these statistics have a better understanding of who their website visitors are
and how they perceive the website.
http://www.webprobusiness.com/2005/0127.html
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01.27.05 |
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Reactions
To The Pew Study On Search Engine Users
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The
5 Biggest Blunders In Business Development
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