<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6211649</id><updated>2011-04-21T20:36:35.587-07:00</updated><title type='text'>e-Commerce Industry News</title><subtitle type='html'>e-Commerce Industry News is where people in the tech and e-com industry can get the most recent news and developments in this fast-changing field. This blog is updated many times a day.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://e-commerce-industry-news.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6211649/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://e-commerce-industry-news.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Search engine News devoted</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16459568187695387072</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>50</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6211649.post-107599611363209562</id><published>2004-02-05T07:48:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2004-02-05T07:50:54.860-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Serious search engine technology developed by IBM"Search is trying to find the best page on a topic. WebFountain wants to find the trend," said Dan Gruhl, chief architect of the project at IBM's Almaden Research Center in South San Jose, Calif. Harnessing the Internet's data to find meaning is a visionary ideal of Web search that has yet to be attained. As more companies manage their businesses</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6211649/posts/default/107599611363209562'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6211649/posts/default/107599611363209562'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://e-commerce-industry-news.blogspot.com/2004_02_01_archive.html#107599611363209562' title=''/><author><name>Search engine News devoted</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16459568187695387072</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6211649.post-107593725268750937</id><published>2004-02-04T15:27:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2004-02-04T15:29:53.263-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Web services management gaining in popularityThere is much confusion on the issue of Web services management, because the term "management" has often been used in the past to mean many different things.Two examples: business process management, the active coordination and execution of business processes; and systems management, the passive monitoring of performance and IT infrastructure). </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6211649/posts/default/107593725268750937'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6211649/posts/default/107593725268750937'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://e-commerce-industry-news.blogspot.com/2004_02_01_archive.html#107593725268750937' title=''/><author><name>Search engine News devoted</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16459568187695387072</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6211649.post-107575084877661247</id><published>2004-02-02T11:40:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2004-02-02T11:43:06.216-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Mydoom virus: some Canadian firms were ready for itAlready labelled as the one of the most damaging worms ever, the Mydoom malicious code is proving to be a boon for hackers and spammers but of little consequence to those Canadian companies that took security up a notch after last year's spate of worms.The Bank of Montreal (BMO), a company which was already replete with security technology, </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6211649/posts/default/107575084877661247'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6211649/posts/default/107575084877661247'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://e-commerce-industry-news.blogspot.com/2004_02_01_archive.html#107575084877661247' title=''/><author><name>Search engine News devoted</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16459568187695387072</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6211649.post-107573970735675648</id><published>2004-02-02T08:35:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2004-02-02T08:37:24.700-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Making Google betterPandia and Resource Shelf editor Gary Price write 10 tips on how Google could improve itself:"Google is a fine product and has done good things for web search. However, it's not the solution".Here are 10 things it could do to improve itself:1) Google needs to fix several advanced search problems. Many of them have been known for several months. These are things that </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6211649/posts/default/107573970735675648'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6211649/posts/default/107573970735675648'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://e-commerce-industry-news.blogspot.com/2004_02_01_archive.html#107573970735675648' title=''/><author><name>Search engine News devoted</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16459568187695387072</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6211649.post-107573716301423863</id><published>2004-02-02T07:52:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2004-02-02T07:55:00.076-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Market for paid inclusion search to reach $6 billionInnovation among companies hots up as ad pie swells. With experts projecting that the global market for paid Internet searches will reach more than US$6 billion (S$10 billion) by 2006, up from about US$2 billion last year, search engine companies are gearing up to duke it out for a chunk of the advertising pie.Mr Sterling, program director </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6211649/posts/default/107573716301423863'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6211649/posts/default/107573716301423863'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://e-commerce-industry-news.blogspot.com/2004_02_01_archive.html#107573716301423863' title=''/><author><name>Search engine News devoted</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16459568187695387072</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6211649.post-107557991520634855</id><published>2004-01-31T12:11:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2004-01-31T12:14:10.326-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>The latest on update Austin at GoogleSome of the websites that haven’t been hit too hard in Google’s Florida update (November 2003) got hit real hard on or around January 23. Google’s latest update is called Austin, and they are beginning to ‘sound’ like elections!Depending on the industry you happen to be in, you could have been hit less, or harder- it depends on a whole number of factors </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6211649/posts/default/107557991520634855'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6211649/posts/default/107557991520634855'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://e-commerce-industry-news.blogspot.com/2004_01_01_archive.html#107557991520634855' title=''/><author><name>Search engine News devoted</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16459568187695387072</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6211649.post-107547082306342415</id><published>2004-01-30T05:53:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2004-01-30T05:55:55.873-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Google's competition preparing for battleGoogle's dominant position under threat as rivals develop competing technology.Ask Jeeves, the internet search engine, has come up with the best answer of all. Constantly asked by sceptics whether it would ever make money, the PG Wodehouse inspired business based in Emeryville, California, produced the clearest result this week.Steve Berkowitz, the </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6211649/posts/default/107547082306342415'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6211649/posts/default/107547082306342415'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://e-commerce-industry-news.blogspot.com/2004_01_01_archive.html#107547082306342415' title=''/><author><name>Search engine News devoted</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16459568187695387072</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6211649.post-107539728416530142</id><published>2004-01-29T09:28:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2004-01-29T09:30:16.170-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Google hesitating for an IPO for nowGoogle is reported to be having second thoughts about its $16bn flotation in the spring because of concerns that market conditions are not yet right.If true, the delay or even postponement of the hotly anticipated initial public offering (IPO) will be a blow to the tech industry, which is pinning its hopes on the Google flotation signalling a turnaround in </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6211649/posts/default/107539728416530142'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6211649/posts/default/107539728416530142'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://e-commerce-industry-news.blogspot.com/2004_01_01_archive.html#107539728416530142' title=''/><author><name>Search engine News devoted</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16459568187695387072</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6211649.post-107531775247874957</id><published>2004-01-28T11:22:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2004-01-28T11:24:43.296-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>A greater appetite for Web services integrationWithout a doubt, there is now a greater appetite for integration at every level within the organization. This is driven by the need across every aspect of an organization to move from batch processing to real-time, be it to comply with regulation such as Sarbanes-Oxley or to increase efficiency and reduce costs.In the past, this need was </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6211649/posts/default/107531775247874957'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6211649/posts/default/107531775247874957'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://e-commerce-industry-news.blogspot.com/2004_01_01_archive.html#107531775247874957' title=''/><author><name>Search engine News devoted</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16459568187695387072</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6211649.post-107530738726862873</id><published>2004-01-28T08:29:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2004-01-28T08:31:57.826-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>The 10 Do's and Don'ts of SEOHere's something that is fast to read and does the job! Rank for $ales is pleased to present "The 10 do's and don'ts of SEO". Five techniques you should always do to push your site at the top of the search engine results pages (SERP's) and keep it there, and five things which you should always avoid doing, to protect your site from a possible penalty or risk it from</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6211649/posts/default/107530738726862873'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6211649/posts/default/107530738726862873'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://e-commerce-industry-news.blogspot.com/2004_01_01_archive.html#107530738726862873' title=''/><author><name>Search engine News devoted</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16459568187695387072</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6211649.post-107526649232206683</id><published>2004-01-27T21:08:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2004-01-27T21:10:22.513-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Online retail sales expected at $ 65 billion in 2004U.S. online retail sales are expected to reach $65 billion in 2004, and will continue to grow by a compound annual growth rate of 17 percent through 2008 to top $117 billion, according to a report issued from Jupiter Research. As consumers' level of comfort with online functions such as e-mail and research continues to increase, so too will </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6211649/posts/default/107526649232206683'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6211649/posts/default/107526649232206683'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://e-commerce-industry-news.blogspot.com/2004_01_01_archive.html#107526649232206683' title=''/><author><name>Search engine News devoted</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16459568187695387072</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6211649.post-107525168915642498</id><published>2004-01-27T17:01:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2004-01-27T17:03:39.200-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>I just found a low-cost web hosting provider for Monica's website and spoke to one of the technicians and they seem really knowledgeable.I will be opening up a new account tomorrow for the small business plan.On top of having the lowest-cost I've seen so far, they also have MySQL database support that Monica's site needs so desperately.Bottom Price Web Hosting is athttp://</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6211649/posts/default/107525168915642498'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6211649/posts/default/107525168915642498'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://e-commerce-industry-news.blogspot.com/2004_01_01_archive.html#107525168915642498' title=''/><author><name>Search engine News devoted</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16459568187695387072</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6211649.post-107525123860475766</id><published>2004-01-27T16:53:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2004-01-27T16:56:07.936-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>One in 12 e-mails infected by MyDoom virus A sneaky e-mail worm continued to clog Internet traffic Tuesday, spreading faster than previous Web bugs by appearing as an innocuous error message. The worm -- dubbed "MyDoom," "Novarg" or "WORM_MIMAIL.R" -- was copying itself at a fierce pace, so fast that some companies were having to shut down their mail servers to stop it. And a new clue was </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6211649/posts/default/107525123860475766'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6211649/posts/default/107525123860475766'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://e-commerce-industry-news.blogspot.com/2004_01_01_archive.html#107525123860475766' title=''/><author><name>Search engine News devoted</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16459568187695387072</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6211649.post-107514808691391329</id><published>2004-01-26T12:14:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2004-01-26T12:16:55.123-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Microsoft will have its own toolbarMicrosoft today will introduce a new Web search feature as the software maker plays catch-up with Google, in a critical area of Internet commerce, Monday's Wall Street Journal reported.Microsoft will begin offering customers of its MSN online service a software " toolbar" for Internet browsers that has a window for searching the Web using keywords and </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6211649/posts/default/107514808691391329'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6211649/posts/default/107514808691391329'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://e-commerce-industry-news.blogspot.com/2004_01_01_archive.html#107514808691391329' title=''/><author><name>Search engine News devoted</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16459568187695387072</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6211649.post-107474921113389997</id><published>2004-01-21T21:26:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2004-01-21T21:28:52.826-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Booble: An adult search engine parodying Google"Booble" is a new adult Website parodying Google and has hit the Net running, allowing Net surfers with a thing for porn to filter over six thousand hand-selected adult Internet content listings.Booble is said to be the brainchild of a former Net executive, whose identity isn't yet known but who is based in New York and is putting his own money </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6211649/posts/default/107474921113389997'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6211649/posts/default/107474921113389997'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://e-commerce-industry-news.blogspot.com/2004_01_01_archive.html#107474921113389997' title=''/><author><name>Search engine News devoted</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16459568187695387072</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6211649.post-107468847042422504</id><published>2004-01-21T04:34:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2004-01-21T04:36:31.030-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Bagle.a virus starting to slow downBagle.a, the first major mass-mailing computer virus this year, is starting to slow down after infecting hundreds of thousands of computers, security experts said on Tuesday. The worm is programmed to stop contaminating computers on Jan. 28, but seems destined to drop off the security industry's radar before that date. The program spreads through e-mail and </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6211649/posts/default/107468847042422504'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6211649/posts/default/107468847042422504'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://e-commerce-industry-news.blogspot.com/2004_01_01_archive.html#107468847042422504' title=''/><author><name>Search engine News devoted</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16459568187695387072</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6211649.post-107465255972261882</id><published>2004-01-20T18:35:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2004-01-20T18:37:59.763-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Web services in a state of fluxTwo years ago, Ed Horst, an executive at Web services start-up AmberPoint, walked into his CEO's office with a report from influential research firm Gartner Group and a prediction.At the time, the market for Web services technology, which links software programs, was largely undeveloped. Gartner forecasted that industry giants such as IBM, Microsoft and Oracle, </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6211649/posts/default/107465255972261882'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6211649/posts/default/107465255972261882'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://e-commerce-industry-news.blogspot.com/2004_01_01_archive.html#107465255972261882' title=''/><author><name>Search engine News devoted</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16459568187695387072</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6211649.post-107460881200255032</id><published>2004-01-20T06:26:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2004-01-20T06:28:51.483-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Marketers investing more in Web marketingNearly two thirds of marketers now see digital marketing as having a very high or high level of strategic importance within their organizations, and over 75 percent of respondents plan to increase spending on digital marketing as a percentage of their marketing budget this year, according to a survey of marketing executives released today.The online </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6211649/posts/default/107460881200255032'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6211649/posts/default/107460881200255032'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://e-commerce-industry-news.blogspot.com/2004_01_01_archive.html#107460881200255032' title=''/><author><name>Search engine News devoted</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16459568187695387072</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6211649.post-107453893025822831</id><published>2004-01-19T11:02:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2004-01-19T11:04:08.966-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Wow! Such great service and courtesy!I'm really impressed with my new hosting provider. Not only am I getting the lowest-cost I could find, they also give the best technical support I have ever seen in the industry as of yet.Not only is Bottom Price Web Hosting fast and knowledgeable, their tech support technicians are also the friendliest I have seen so far in a hosting co. It sure beats the</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6211649/posts/default/107453893025822831'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6211649/posts/default/107453893025822831'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://e-commerce-industry-news.blogspot.com/2004_01_01_archive.html#107453893025822831' title=''/><author><name>Search engine News devoted</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16459568187695387072</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6211649.post-107453846731304626</id><published>2004-01-19T10:54:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2004-01-19T10:56:25.310-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>e-Commerce in France could be in dangerDevelopment of the Internet in France will be endangered if a piece of legislation entitled a Bill to Promote Confidence in the Digital Economy becomes law, the Association of French Internet Access and Service Providers (AFA) said Tuesday.The association called on French Internet users to sign an online petition to show their opposition to the bill, </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6211649/posts/default/107453846731304626'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6211649/posts/default/107453846731304626'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://e-commerce-industry-news.blogspot.com/2004_01_01_archive.html#107453846731304626' title=''/><author><name>Search engine News devoted</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16459568187695387072</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6211649.post-107453707285973194</id><published>2004-01-19T10:31:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2004-01-19T10:33:11.140-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Looksmart being dropped by MSNAlthough the LookSmart database does include listings from the volunteer based Zeal directory, most of the results are now pay-per-click text ads.Microsoft's MSN.com portal has for a long time added LookSmart's directory listings to its search engine results.Obviously someone at MSN realized that the LookSmart results reduced the quality of the overall search </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6211649/posts/default/107453707285973194'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6211649/posts/default/107453707285973194'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://e-commerce-industry-news.blogspot.com/2004_01_01_archive.html#107453707285973194' title=''/><author><name>Search engine News devoted</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16459568187695387072</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6211649.post-107448836720420667</id><published>2004-01-18T20:59:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2004-01-18T21:01:24.340-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Google always facing more and more competition on its turfGoogle Inc., which dominates the market for Web search, is developing a service that could dramatically extend the reach of its lucrative keyword-based advertising by linking such ads to e-mail, people familiar with the matter said Friday.Privately held Google, which is expected to go public later this year, faces rising competition in</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6211649/posts/default/107448836720420667'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6211649/posts/default/107448836720420667'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://e-commerce-industry-news.blogspot.com/2004_01_01_archive.html#107448836720420667' title=''/><author><name>Search engine News devoted</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16459568187695387072</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6211649.post-107429262750980980</id><published>2004-01-16T14:37:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2004-01-16T14:39:01.843-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Could the IPv6 protocol actually harm the net?IPv6 has been just around the corner for years but, if it ever becomes widespread, could it actually harm the net? As the European Commission (EC) is preparing to launch the world's first IPv6 network this week, one respected commentator predicts that the new standard will make the internet less secure and slow it down by letting many more devices </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6211649/posts/default/107429262750980980'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6211649/posts/default/107429262750980980'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://e-commerce-industry-news.blogspot.com/2004_01_01_archive.html#107429262750980980' title=''/><author><name>Search engine News devoted</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16459568187695387072</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6211649.post-107426274457321031</id><published>2004-01-16T06:19:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2004-01-16T06:20:58.686-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Legal case jeopardizes search engines' use of trademarksPlayboy Enterprises will have its day in court over accusations that search engines sold its trademark as advertising without permission.Dealing a potential setback to the Web search advertising market, a federal appeals court has reopened a lawsuit challenging the unauthorised use of trademarks in ads linked to search-engine keywords.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6211649/posts/default/107426274457321031'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6211649/posts/default/107426274457321031'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://e-commerce-industry-news.blogspot.com/2004_01_01_archive.html#107426274457321031' title=''/><author><name>Search engine News devoted</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16459568187695387072</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6211649.post-107422891420513150</id><published>2004-01-15T20:55:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2004-01-15T20:57:07.280-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>There are billions and billions of Web pages out thereAs Carl Sagan might have put it, there are billions and billions of Web pages out there. So it comes as no surprise that the results lists from search sites are getting longer.That's given rise to a new breed of solutions to help manage the information overload. One of the most ambitious recent entries is a major update of Groxis' Grokker,</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6211649/posts/default/107422891420513150'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6211649/posts/default/107422891420513150'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://e-commerce-industry-news.blogspot.com/2004_01_01_archive.html#107422891420513150' title=''/><author><name>Search engine News devoted</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16459568187695387072</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6211649.post-107420424283413129</id><published>2004-01-15T14:04:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2004-01-15T14:05:56.216-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Yahoo confirms that it is dropping Google Yahoo on Wednesday said it will drop search partner Google during the first quarter of 2004 in favor of its own technology, opening a new phase in the battle for Web search dominance.The announcement from Yahoo CEO Terry Semel caps more than a year of speculation over the move, which has been widely expected since Yahoo announced plans to acquire </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6211649/posts/default/107420424283413129'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6211649/posts/default/107420424283413129'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://e-commerce-industry-news.blogspot.com/2004_01_01_archive.html#107420424283413129' title=''/><author><name>Search engine News devoted</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16459568187695387072</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6211649.post-107420420010176153</id><published>2004-01-15T14:03:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2004-01-15T14:05:13.500-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Yahoo confirms that it is dropping Google Yahoo on Wednesday said it will drop search partner Google during the first quarter of 2004 in favor of its own technology, opening a new phase in the battle for Web search dominance.The announcement from Yahoo CEO Terry Semel caps more than a year of speculation over the move, which has been widely expected since Yahoo announced plans to acquire </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6211649/posts/default/107420420010176153'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6211649/posts/default/107420420010176153'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://e-commerce-industry-news.blogspot.com/2004_01_01_archive.html#107420420010176153' title=''/><author><name>Search engine News devoted</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16459568187695387072</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6211649.post-107412365331015971</id><published>2004-01-14T15:40:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2004-01-14T15:42:44.920-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Reasons why e-Commerce shoppers abandon cartsStill puzzled as to why e-Commerce shoppers abandon their shopping carts without buying anything on your site, as they move on to your competitor's site? NetIQ’s WebTrends reports that 35% of US adults who have researched or purchased a product online say that surprise costs would lead them to abandon a purchase online.Another 30% say they would </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6211649/posts/default/107412365331015971'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6211649/posts/default/107412365331015971'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://e-commerce-industry-news.blogspot.com/2004_01_01_archive.html#107412365331015971' title=''/><author><name>Search engine News devoted</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16459568187695387072</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6211649.post-107403179147591496</id><published>2004-01-13T14:09:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2004-01-13T14:11:42.060-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Verisign will manage RFID 'root' serverVeriSign Inc. has been awarded a contract to manage a key component of a coming global distribution network that uses electronic product code (EPC) technology, according to a joint announcement by VeriSign and EPCglobal Inc., a non-profit organization.The contract, for an undisclosed amount, assigns VeriSign the job of designing and operating the Object </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6211649/posts/default/107403179147591496'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6211649/posts/default/107403179147591496'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://e-commerce-industry-news.blogspot.com/2004_01_01_archive.html#107403179147591496' title=''/><author><name>Search engine News devoted</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16459568187695387072</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6211649.post-107402877755766929</id><published>2004-01-13T13:19:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2004-01-13T13:21:27.966-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>VeriSign planning more changes to the DNS systemVeriSign Inc. is planning changes to a Domain Name System (DNS) component responsible for coordinating updates to the .com and .net domains throughout the DNS system, according to a company spokesperson.The changes are intended to prepare .com and .net for more frequent daily updates of information such as new subdomains, address changes and the</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6211649/posts/default/107402877755766929'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6211649/posts/default/107402877755766929'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://e-commerce-industry-news.blogspot.com/2004_01_01_archive.html#107402877755766929' title=''/><author><name>Search engine News devoted</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16459568187695387072</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6211649.post-107393696326763639</id><published>2004-01-12T11:49:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2004-01-12T11:49:43.880-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Google and your park domainsGoogle DomainPark allows domain name registrars and large domain name holders to unlock the value in their parked page inventory.DomainPark delivers targeted, conceptually related keywords and advertisements to parked domain name pages by using Google's semantic technology to "understand" the meaning of each domain name.DomainPark currently powers over 1 million </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6211649/posts/default/107393696326763639'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6211649/posts/default/107393696326763639'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://e-commerce-industry-news.blogspot.com/2004_01_01_archive.html#107393696326763639' title=''/><author><name>Search engine News devoted</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16459568187695387072</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6211649.post-107393680900830890</id><published>2004-01-12T11:46:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2004-01-12T11:47:09.663-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>New Trojan horse program spreadingSecurity companies are warning Internet users about a new Trojan horse program spreading via spam e-mail and masquerading as a Windows XP software update from Microsoft Corp.The program, known as "Xombe" or "Dloader-L," arrives as an executable attachment in spam e-mail messages purporting to come from windowsupdate@microsoft.com and installs itself on </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6211649/posts/default/107393680900830890'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6211649/posts/default/107393680900830890'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://e-commerce-industry-news.blogspot.com/2004_01_01_archive.html#107393680900830890' title=''/><author><name>Search engine News devoted</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16459568187695387072</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6211649.post-107388411577206905</id><published>2004-01-11T21:08:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2004-01-11T21:08:56.773-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>I just found the best deal on Web hosting and they even have a toll free number!  Just what I've been looking for since last May!Bottom price web hosting also didn't even charge me any setup fee!Way to go guys!http://www.bottompricewebhosting.com/</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6211649/posts/default/107388411577206905'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6211649/posts/default/107388411577206905'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://e-commerce-industry-news.blogspot.com/2004_01_01_archive.html#107388411577206905' title=''/><author><name>Search engine News devoted</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16459568187695387072</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6211649.post-107388328102649303</id><published>2004-01-11T20:54:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2004-01-11T20:55:01.393-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Yahoo &amp; Google trying to outdo each otherYahoo and Google are offering new search tricks for Web surfers, with the ongoing goal of becoming indispensable.Sunnyvale, Calif.-based Yahoo on Friday started offering visitors the ability to search for flight information directly from the search box, matching a similarly new capability from rival Google's search engine. Google, in turn, embedded a </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6211649/posts/default/107388328102649303'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6211649/posts/default/107388328102649303'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://e-commerce-industry-news.blogspot.com/2004_01_01_archive.html#107388328102649303' title=''/><author><name>Search engine News devoted</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16459568187695387072</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6211649.post-107357854700484508</id><published>2004-01-08T08:15:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2004-01-08T08:16:06.966-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Forrester: e-commerce investments will grow by 1.9%Forrester Research reports that customer e-commerce spending will lead the IT spending charge in 2004, growing by 4.8% this year. Buy-side e-commerce spending will grow by 1.9%, projects Forrester. In fact, Forrester estimates that three-fourths of companies will maintain or increase their IT spending for e-commerce initiatives. Forrester bases</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6211649/posts/default/107357854700484508'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6211649/posts/default/107357854700484508'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://e-commerce-industry-news.blogspot.com/2004_01_01_archive.html#107357854700484508' title=''/><author><name>Search engine News devoted</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16459568187695387072</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6211649.post-107339832103654126</id><published>2004-01-06T06:12:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2004-01-06T06:12:20.476-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Google almost 100% certain to go publicGoogle Inc. hired Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. to arrange its initial public offering, a sale that may raise as much as $4 billion, a banker involved in the transaction said.The sale by Google, the world's most used Internet search engine, would be the biggest IPO since CIT Group Inc.'s $4.87 billion deal in July 2002. It ``will certainly </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6211649/posts/default/107339832103654126'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6211649/posts/default/107339832103654126'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://e-commerce-industry-news.blogspot.com/2004_01_01_archive.html#107339832103654126' title=''/><author><name>Search engine News devoted</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16459568187695387072</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6211649.post-107339068043540324</id><published>2004-01-06T04:04:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2004-01-06T04:04:59.950-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Linux kernel upgrade needed because of security flawsOpen-source developers released a new version of the Linux kernel Monday in a move aimed at quickly fixing several bugs--among them two serious security flaws. The 2.4.24 upgrade to the Linux kernel comes a month after the release of the previous version of the core system software and only includes patches for six software issues, including </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6211649/posts/default/107339068043540324'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6211649/posts/default/107339068043540324'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://e-commerce-industry-news.blogspot.com/2004_01_01_archive.html#107339068043540324' title=''/><author><name>Search engine News devoted</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16459568187695387072</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6211649.post-107335852902965300</id><published>2004-01-05T19:08:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2004-01-05T19:09:08.376-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Online retail experienced significant growth in 2003The online retail sector experienced significant growth during 2003 due to record holiday sales, a strong travel market and increased consumer confidence, according to a new report. Revenue for online retailers in 2003 reached $93 billion, a 27 percent increase over the same period last year, research firm ComScore Networks reported on Monday.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6211649/posts/default/107335852902965300'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6211649/posts/default/107335852902965300'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://e-commerce-industry-news.blogspot.com/2004_01_01_archive.html#107335852902965300' title=''/><author><name>Search engine News devoted</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16459568187695387072</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6211649.post-107327424716142723</id><published>2004-01-04T19:44:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2004-01-04T19:44:25.770-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Search engine predictions for 2004The year 2003 was, generally speaking, a good year for the search engine industry. While for some that may have got hit hard with the Florida update in November, the balance of the year was good. I predict 2004 will be even better, albeit you should expect some major changes. 2004 will be a year of consolidation, if there is such a thing in this rapidly </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6211649/posts/default/107327424716142723'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6211649/posts/default/107327424716142723'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://e-commerce-industry-news.blogspot.com/2004_01_01_archive.html#107327424716142723' title=''/><author><name>Search engine News devoted</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16459568187695387072</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6211649.post-107221344427465511</id><published>2003-12-23T13:04:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2003-12-23T13:04:20.206-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Creating a powerful and 'legitimate' information portalCorporate informational portals have been in use for quite some time. As the name implies, they were designed to help their users and to provide valuable information. There can also be many additional benefits when the subject of optimization of search engines is concerned. The use of "auxiliary websites", also described as portals, when </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6211649/posts/default/107221344427465511'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6211649/posts/default/107221344427465511'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://e-commerce-industry-news.blogspot.com/2003_12_01_archive.html#107221344427465511' title=''/><author><name>Search engine News devoted</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16459568187695387072</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6211649.post-107220596945882787</id><published>2003-12-23T10:59:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2003-12-23T10:59:44.583-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>For viruses and worms, 2003 was the worst year everIn no other year have computer viruses and worms wreaked so much havoc and caused so much damage as in this past year, according to security analysts. And the stakes are only getting higher as we go forward. ''This has been the worst ever,'' says Ken Dunham, director of malicious code at Reston, Va.-based iDefense Inc.''Without a doubt, </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6211649/posts/default/107220596945882787'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6211649/posts/default/107220596945882787'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://e-commerce-industry-news.blogspot.com/2003_12_01_archive.html#107220596945882787' title=''/><author><name>Search engine News devoted</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16459568187695387072</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6211649.post-107220196460542701</id><published>2003-12-23T09:52:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2003-12-23T09:52:59.823-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Kelsey Group: 60 percent of searches are local Local paid search advertising is on pace to generate $2.5 billion in 2008, according to a new research report. In a study expected to be released today, The Kelsey Group estimates that locally targeted listings are the next frontier for paid search, tapping into the 10 million small- and medium-sized businesses in the U.S.The Kelsey Group, </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6211649/posts/default/107220196460542701'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6211649/posts/default/107220196460542701'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://e-commerce-industry-news.blogspot.com/2003_12_01_archive.html#107220196460542701' title=''/><author><name>Search engine News devoted</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16459568187695387072</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6211649.post-107210637431525312</id><published>2003-12-22T07:19:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2003-12-22T07:19:49.720-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>US $2.11 billion in online sales in one weekcomScore Networks reported on 18 December that $2.11 billion was generated in the US in online retail sales during the week ending 14 December. It also noted that to-date online holiday sales at that point totaled $9.4 billion. The research firm anticipates online retail sales for the full holiday season will fall between $12.1 billion and $12.6 </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6211649/posts/default/107210637431525312'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6211649/posts/default/107210637431525312'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://e-commerce-industry-news.blogspot.com/2003_12_01_archive.html#107210637431525312' title=''/><author><name>Search engine News devoted</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16459568187695387072</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6211649.post-107206772212125381</id><published>2003-12-21T20:35:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2003-12-21T20:35:37.180-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Top programmers release major update to Linux, version 2.6.0Top programmers on Wednesday released a major update to Linux, version 2.6.0, a change that's expected to help carry the open-source operating system into new markets.The new version of the core, or kernel, of Linux has several changes that make Linux better suited to powerful computers with numerous processors, a market dominated </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6211649/posts/default/107206772212125381'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6211649/posts/default/107206772212125381'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://e-commerce-industry-news.blogspot.com/2003_12_01_archive.html#107206772212125381' title=''/><author><name>Search engine News devoted</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16459568187695387072</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6211649.post-107187212454378414</id><published>2003-12-19T14:15:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2003-12-19T14:15:39.310-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Canadians to spend average of $575 each this Christmas on giftsAccording to Leger Marketing, Canadians will spend an average $575 each this holiday season. Not surprisingly, Leger finds that Canadians from higher income households will spend more -- $758 each -- on gifts this holiday season. Léger Marketing surveyed 1,509 French- and English-speaking Canadians, ages 18 and older, between 18 </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6211649/posts/default/107187212454378414'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6211649/posts/default/107187212454378414'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://e-commerce-industry-news.blogspot.com/2003_12_01_archive.html#107187212454378414' title=''/><author><name>Search engine News devoted</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16459568187695387072</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6211649.post-107172363922410744</id><published>2003-12-17T21:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2003-12-17T21:00:53.726-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>New Technologies:  Cargo Connexion (tm)Cargo Connexion™ is a new &amp; fully integrated B2B transactional platform, that is completely transforming the North-American logistics and trucking industry.Headed by Jonathan Price, Chief Technology Officer at GCIS, Cargo Connexion™ was developed on the B2B Turnpike™ family of Business-to-Business (B2B) development tools at GCIS (the General Center for </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6211649/posts/default/107172363922410744'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6211649/posts/default/107172363922410744'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://e-commerce-industry-news.blogspot.com/2003_12_01_archive.html#107172363922410744' title=''/><author><name>Search engine News devoted</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16459568187695387072</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6211649.post-107170995521790222</id><published>2003-12-17T17:12:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2003-12-17T17:12:49.510-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Expect a lot more trouble with email in 2004If you thought spam, viruses, and fraudulent e-mail made 2003 tough, just wait until next year. That's the bottom-line message from Postini, a major player in the mail-filtering market that issued its Top 10 list of predictions for 2004 Wednesday.Postini, which filters e-mail for spam, viruses, and other threats for Internet service providers and </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6211649/posts/default/107170995521790222'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6211649/posts/default/107170995521790222'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://e-commerce-industry-news.blogspot.com/2003_12_01_archive.html#107170995521790222' title=''/><author><name>Search engine News devoted</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16459568187695387072</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6211649.post-107170498341594807</id><published>2003-12-17T15:49:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2003-12-17T15:49:57.183-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>1 in 7 commercial websites have errors on their homepageJupiter Research, a division of Jupitermedia Corp., today announced that one in seven Web site home pages it recently tested failed a simple link integrity test with one or more errors severe enough to cause visitor defection. Based on a December 2003 review of 239 well-known consumer Web sites, Jupiter's new report found that one in seven</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6211649/posts/default/107170498341594807'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6211649/posts/default/107170498341594807'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://e-commerce-industry-news.blogspot.com/2003_12_01_archive.html#107170498341594807' title=''/><author><name>Search engine News devoted</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16459568187695387072</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6211649.post-107167412677366746</id><published>2003-12-17T07:15:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2003-12-17T07:15:40.923-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Grokker spiders the deep, invisible WebGrokker is not a Web service but an application that sits on your PC. Grokker takes the raw output of a search and organizes it into categories and subcategories.Loyal readers may remember my passionate enthusiasm a year ago upon the release of a new web search product called Grokker [Making Online Searches More Useful]. This software tool takes the data</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6211649/posts/default/107167412677366746'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6211649/posts/default/107167412677366746'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://e-commerce-industry-news.blogspot.com/2003_12_01_archive.html#107167412677366746' title=''/><author><name>Search engine News devoted</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16459568187695387072</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6211649.post-107153505266342350</id><published>2003-12-15T16:37:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2003-12-15T16:37:46.076-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Amazon first to hire a Chief Algorithms OfficerAmazon has always been a company to watch closely, due to its pioneering success in the tough field of ecommerce, and the way it is progressing in Web services and application development. But now, the company is transforming itself from an online store to a high-tech firm, and is making big waves in the high-technology community.At its nine </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6211649/posts/default/107153505266342350'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6211649/posts/default/107153505266342350'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://e-commerce-industry-news.blogspot.com/2003_12_01_archive.html#107153505266342350' title=''/><author><name>Search engine News devoted</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16459568187695387072</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry></feed>
