Archive for December, 2005
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Currently the OpenCourseWare Finder is listing results from five universities like MIT and Tufts. The usefulness of the materials provided online varies from course to course, but it’s worth checking out if you’re interested in […]
A better way to count clicks?
Amazingly, some sites still tout ‘hits’ as the main metric on judging their site’s marketing performance. In response, the industry is trying to standardize the terms and the specific metrics by which we measure web traffic:
Since the Internet bust, industry leaders have been trying to clean up the messy spots. One project finalized this past […]
Variables in your CSS via PHP
Some tips on dynamically generating CSS from PHP. Note this first code trick by changing the content type:
< ?php
header(’Content-type: text/css’);
?>
Read full article: Variables in your CSS via PHP
Google Teaches Bloggers How To Rank | Performancing.com
For bloggers wanting better page rank, a helpful article:
In it, he talks about Google’s problems with splogs on Blogger.com, and their efforts to solve the issue, aswell as giving advice to bloggers on ranking in Google and how bloggers can use Google to find and organize information.
Read full article: Exclusive: Google Teaches Bloggers How To […]
Google Tip: Narrow your search
A handy tip:
Google may be all-knowing, but when you search for the word “java,” even Google doesn’t know if you’re talking about programming or coffee.
Narrow the context of your Google search by subtracting words from your results using the minus sign, like this:
salsa -dance
virus -computer
java -coffee
From: Google School: Subtract words from your search - Lifehacker
PCWorld.com - U.S. Tech Industry Healthy, Analyst Says
IT is on the rebound, accorindg to Forrester:
"Any suggestion that information technology is yesterday’s news, doesn’t matter, or has lost its edge as an economic driver is just plain wrong," Miller said. "In fact, major trends indicate the opposite is true."
Later Forrester says:
The tech industry has "clearly recovered" from the
recession of 2001-02, Colony said.
Read the […]
Why Bloggers Don’t Need SEO
A nice analysis of the power of a blog:
Funny topic of conversation huh? Particularly bearing in mind the participants area of expertise. It’s true though, and it’s something I’ve said here a couple of times in the past: For the most part, bloggers just shouldn’t be worrying about SEO.
Why Bloggers Don’t Need SEO
Embedding WordPress into OS Commerce
Need to wed an eCommerce solution with a Content Management package? Here’s one way how: Embedding WordPress into OS Commerce
Google: Ten Golden Rules
Google outlines how they deal with their most valuable asset — people.
At google, we think business guru Peter Drucker well understood how to manage the new breed of "knowledge workers." After all, Drucker invented the term in 1959. He says knowledge workers believe they are paid to be effective, not to work 9 to 5, […]
IBM Devises SOA Programming Model
Interesting development from IBM are help make SOA something both standardized and achievable:
The software landscape is filled with standards for Web services, but few exist for the more broad distributed computing models such as service-oriented architectures (SOA).
That changed today as IBM, BEA Systems, Oracle, SAP AG and others vowed to create the SOA Programming Model, […]
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