This is a brief tutorial on how to create a reflective or shiny logo effect. This has been a design trend that has been appearing more and more throughout Web 2.0 sites. *With this tutorial I am assuming you know some of ... [Read More]
Black Friday Retail Site Unique Visitors Up 42% From 2005
Online retailers, take note. It's time to begin preparing for November 24, 2007. Black Friday isn't only for in-store purchases only -- there's just too many people to compete with. Why face the long lines and ... [Read More]
Ask.com does Sitemaps too?!
Actually, if they do, it's news to me. But I found this comment on their blog about Black Friday extremely interesting: Start by typing "Black Friday" into Ask.com's Blog & Feed search. You'll find blog postings ... [Read More]
The Only 14 Companies Now Worth More Than Google
Yesterday, Google eclipsed the $500 per share mark giving them a market cap of just over $156,000,000,000 ($156 Billion - yes billion!). GOOG is worth more than such American institutions as Coca Cola ($110 B), Oracle ($101 ... [Read More]
Google Still the Top US Search Engine, but Yahoo and Ask.com are Growing
The October search results are in. According to Nielsen//NetRatings report on the Top US Search Providers, Google is still on top. Of searches within the US, Google has 49.6% of the search engine market share and a 23% ... [Read More]
Did Prank Calls Get Click-to-Call Yanked?
It sounded like a great idea. Google's Click-to-Call was announced less than a week ago -- but TechCrunch reports that it's already been pulled. The speculation regarding its removal is pretty much points to one option: ... [Read More]
Google Tops $500 a Share – Worth $154 Billion!
Eight years ago Serge and Larry started Google in a rented garage - fast forward to the present, Google is worth over $154,000,000,000 and they now own that garage. Boy a lot can change in less than a decade. Today Google's ... [Read More]
SES Chicago to Feature Jason Calacanis
In what looks to be an interesting coup to get people out to SES Chicago - Incisive has struck a deal to feature Jason Calacanis at the Search Engine Strategies show in December. Why is this big news? This will be Jason's ... [Read More]
Yahoo's Newspaper Ads More Practical than Google's
First Google, then Yahoo. This is a seemingly big trend in the industry lately. Two weeks ago, Google decided that it would begin expanding its ad base to newspapers, and now Yahoo seems to be doing the same thing -- only ... [Read More]
How Not to Get in TechCrunch
Getting covered by Michael Arrington's TechCrunch can be the launching pad that many new companies need. It brings coverage, links, and attention to your new product/website. Guy Kawasaki recently wrote about the best ways ... [Read More]

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