In a previous post I discussed how I thought Twitter was a good tool for businesses.
It turns out that I was underestimating the enterprising drive of Twitter and now Foursquare users. In June of 2009, there was much talk about how…
Continue Reading >I’ve learned to take IT consulting firms’ predictions with a grain of salt. Sometimes these firms come up with provocative stuff for the purpose of selling their consulting services and research reports. They may not always have a real understanding…
Continue Reading >The announcement of Google’s Nexus One phone combined with the pressure from Droid and other touchscreen technologies may finally have the iPhone worried, if not on the run.
So what could Apple do to quickly show that its iPhone is not…
Continue Reading >Back in October of 2008, We Watch Your Website’s security blog reported that malicious hackers were actually using successful SEO campaigns to spread a huge money making bit of malware to unsuspecting victims. The attack was maniacally brilliant. By finding vulnerable…
Continue Reading >One thing you can depend on: Innovation in the online world will continue in 2010. Granted, a lot of that may come from such well-known powerhouses as Amazon and Google. But you can also be certain that innovation will spring…
Continue Reading >A few short years ago, who could have imagined how precarious business conditions would be for traditional newspapers and magazines. As 2009 comes to a close, it marks the end of another dismal year for print media. Symbolic of the…
Continue Reading >You may think that down in South Africa we’ve been insulated from the effects of the global recession, but affiliate marketers around the world are reeling from the effects of the recession too.
In the last 3 months we’ve seen a…
Continue Reading >Anytime a conversation turns to content promotion via social media marketing, Digg.com is sure to be mentioned within the first few seconds. This is hardly surprising since Digg is the most popular of the social media bookmarking sites. Used properly, Digg…
Continue Reading >Imagine a site where you could define a project, application, or task you wanted to have completed and a global workforce of talent would bid on doing the project on an hourly or fixed cost basis. You then get to review…
Continue Reading >Fraud definitely is on the minds of online merchants this season. In fact, a survey sponsored by the Merchant Risk Council (MRC) conducted by the 41st Parameter Inc., revealed that 84% of the respondents believed that there will be a slight or…
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