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The Decade's Most Influential Internet Moments

Mike Phillips — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:30:00 GMT

The Webby Awards, handed out by New York's International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, have announced their list of the top 10 Internet moments of the decade. With just a quick scan, the list is impressive and underscores the incredible impact the Internet has had on most every aspect of our lives. For our purposes, let's take a...

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Top 50 Virtual Product Shelves

Peter A. Prestipino — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:36:00 GMT

Website Magazine is here to bring you some pre-holiday cheer with a Top 50 list of the Web’s premier virtual product shelves — e-commerce engines and online shopping tools where you will want to have your products appear. Keep in mind that the sites on this list are not an acknowledgement of their effectiveness but rather their...

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8th Internet Advertising Competition (IAC) Awards.

Peter A. Prestipino — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:30:00 GMT

The Web Marketing Association has launched its 8th annual Internet Advertising Competition (IAC) Awards. Open to all organizations and individuals involved in the process of developing Internet advertising, I speak from first hand experience when I say that agencies and corporate marketing departments seeking for exposure for their work need...

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Now That's Mobile Ad Targeting [Advertising]

Peter A. Prestipino — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:30:00 GMT

Social discovery network and mobile application BrightKite has formally announced the availability of a whopper of a mobile advertising solution. Advertisers have a whole range of targeting features including location and place, behavior and activity, conversational context, time of day, weather, demographics and media usage. If that...

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GoDaddy versus Verisign [SSL Certificates]

Peter A. Prestipino — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:00:00 GMT

With the online holiday shopping season fast approaching, SSL certificates (which provide server to browser encryption, the padlock icon and the familiar https prefix to secure a website) are the focus of many merchants. So where are merchants turning for their SSL certificate needs these days? By the looks of it, they are going to GoDaddy....

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Quantivo for Online Media [Behavorial Analytics]

Peter A. Prestipino — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:00:00 GMT

Behavioral analytics provider Quantivo announced a new solution today that includes 22 online media audience behavior insights as out-of-the box reports. Quantivo for Online Media includes Quantivo Analyzer, Quantivo Enrich, 22 online media Instant Insights and a professional services package designed to get online media customers answers to ...

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Subscription Solution for Software/Game Publishers [Software]

Peter A. Prestipino — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 04:00:00 GMT

E-commerce solution provider Digital River just introduced an online subscription solution for software and game publishers. The solution builds upon the existing subscription capabilities of Digital River’s global commerce engine, but includes additional marketing capabilities and deeper administration functions designed to help...

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Oodle Partners With Anchor Intelligence [Click Fraud]

Peter A. Prestipino — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:00:00 GMT

Who knew classifieds weren't immune from click fraud? Traffic quality (click fraud) solution provider Anchor Intelligence will now be providing traffic scoring for online classifieds ads through a partnership with Oodle. Oodle has been using internal proprietary fraud detection software to scan listings posted on Oodle and properties...

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Fliqz’s Video SEO Solution [Video]

Peter A. Prestipino — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:30:00 GMT

Online video solution provider Fliqz today released SearchSuccess, a set of tools and applications for Video SEO. The solution is available as an add-on to Fliqz’s Gold Edition and includes a custom video player, up to 1,500 uploads a month, and sharing, reposting and linking capabilities for viral growth. “SearchSuccess addresses...

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Ad Rebound Fueled by Display [Affiliate]

Peter A. Prestipino — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:00:00 GMT

Advertising infrastructure company the Rubicon Project has released the seventh installment of its Online Advertising Market Report which addresses emerging industry trends and market shifts occurring in late 2009. Included within the report is the latest Rubicon 20 Index, a measure of performance across a number of factors (including CPM,...

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Reliability The Name of the Game [Web Hosting]

Peter A. Prestipino — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:00:00 GMT

We here at Website Magazine must get asked what the most reliable web host twenty times a week. My typical answer is "I don't know... I haven't tried them all." That's when you start looking for third party metrics to get an answer because in the end, reliability is the name of the game in Web hosting. Chicago-based...

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Academic Program from AdGooroo [Advertising]

Peter A. Prestipino — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:00:00 GMT

Online marketing intelligence and keyword tool provider Adgooroo today unveiled the AdGooroo Academic Program which will provide resources to help educators conduct Internet marketing research and offers students access to actual search engine marketing data. The University of Chicago recently became one of the first educational...

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Thanksgiving Special for Merchants [Web Performance]

Peter A. Prestipino — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:00:00 GMT

From Black Friday through Cyber Monday (November 27 through 30), Compuware will offer online retailers free Gomez Web performance monitoring and consulting services to help retailers identify and resolve the source of Web site errors, outages or slowdowns to optimize performance. Retailers can register for complimentary Web monitoring and...

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Demand High for PHP Programmers

Peter A. Prestipino — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:54:00 GMT

The November Elance Work Index released today revealed that for the third month in a row PHP captures the number one spot, placing those professionals as the most sought after independent workers online. Elance is also expanding its skill testing platform to augment Elance’s existing 250 tests with new “Code Tests” that...

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Astaro Offers Free Firewall

Peter A. Prestipino — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 04:00:00 GMT

Network security vendor Astaro released the Essential Firewall edition of its security solution Astaro Security Gateway for free. Features included in the Essential Firewall edition: • Networking: Internet Router, Bridging, DNS server & proxy, DynDNS, DHCP server & relay, NTP support, automatic QoS • Network Security: Stateful...

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