The ultimate improvement in browser performance is not making a page load faster but making it unnecessary to load the page at all. That’s the guiding principle behind some of the most interesting interface changes in Internet Explorer 8 — officially launched during this morning’s Mix ’09 keynote. http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=731&tag=nl.e539
Nielsen Online and Marketing Charts released a report of the top 10 converting online retailers. Clearly, they are hitting the mark with consumers. Let’s look at their Web pages and learn some valuable lessons. http://www.websitemagazine.com/content/blogs/website_magazine_consumer_corner/archive/2009/03/18/top-10-converting-retailers-what-we-can-learn.aspx
A Twitter How-To Guide Though the initial, pressing Twitter question a while back wasn’t “what are you doing?” but “what’s the point?” people are finding lots of uses for it. In this installment of the ongoing what-Twitter-is-good-for news brigade, we’ll focus on how people are tweeting their way out of some things and into others.…
Microsoft is proclaiming Internet Explorer 8 (IE 8) finished and will be releasing the final bits for download on March 19. Microsoft plans to make the bits available as of 9 a.m. PT on Thursday. Interested parties will be able to grab them from the Internet Explorer 8 Web site, officials said. http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=2318&tag=nl.e589
Measuring success in search engine optimization can typically be done in four ways: “Indexation,” “Backlink,” “Rankings” and “Traffic and Revenue.” This article explains each of the measurements, referred to as “metrics,” and explores the ways ecommerce merchants can put SEO metrics to work on their sites. http://www.practicalecommerce.com/articles/1014-Measuring-SEO-Performance
IBM is reportedly in talks to buy Sun Microsystems for $6.5 billion and the deal is long overdue. The companies mesh on the open source software front, Sun is struggling and IBM can consolidate some server market share. http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=14817&tag=nl.e539
It’s deceptively easy to make mistakes on your resume and exceptionally difficult to repair the damage once an employer gets it. So prevention is critical, especially if you’ve never written one before. We’ll take a look at some common resume pitfalls and go into detail about how to avoid them. http://www.insidetech.com/benefits/articles/4281-5-resume-mistakes-you-cant-afford-to-make
Testing Designs Can Lead to More Sales You can use every marketing strategy under the sun, but if they don’t translate into conversions, it’s all for nothing. Some methods take longer than others to lead to conversions, and there are hundreds of variables that come into play for the success of any campaign. http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2009/03/16/google-tips-for-more-conversions
During The Pirate Bay trial, the music industry placed the blame for the decline in their revenues squarely on the shoulders of file-sharers. Their logic is clearly flawed, but it could sway the verdict if no alternative explanation is presented. So, if piracy isn’t to blame, then what is *actually* killing the music industry? http://torrentfreak.com/how-to-kill-the-music-industry-090227/
There’s more to the world wide Web of blogging than WordPress. Moveable Type is one of the most popular and installed software solutions ever released and bloggers that use the platform (either as a blog or as a CMS) often choose to stay with the solutions for its ease of use, powerful features and active…