WebmasterWorldNews and Discussion for the Web Professional2008 Domain Strategy; Time to Let Them Expire!- (Found June 18, 2008 ) "The economic downturn is creating domain aftermarket buying oppotunities, just like 2002-2003, following the Dot Com bubble."http://www.webmasterworld.com/domain_names/3663815.htm .INFO Domains Booted From Google For About Two Days Last Week- (Found June 18, 2008 ) It took awhile to make sense of this, but it appears that indeed .info got the sledge hammer for a couple of days last week in Google organic rankings.http://www.webmasterworld.com/google/3657421.htm FaceBook Goes Open Source- (Found June 18, 2008 ) "Facebook Open Platform (fbOpen) is a snapshot of the infrastructure that runs Facebook Platform."http://www.webmasterworld.com/social_media/3665281.htm You Want Some Milk To Go With Those Cookies- (Found June 18, 2008 ) "I'm hitting sites that are dropping upwards of 10, 15 and 20+ Cookies, what the heck is that I knew I was gaining a little weight but man, when you step on the scale and see the numbers! What happened out there Why so many Cookies And, how come you don't see many discussions about Cookies"http://www.webmasterworld.com/website_technology/3661753.htm Microsoft In Deal With HP: Pre Install LIVE Search On All HP PCs- (Found June 18, 2008 ) "Microsoft Corp. on Monday announced a deal that will make its Live Search the default on Hewlett-Packard Co. personal computers shipped in the U.S. and Canada, starting in January."http://www.webmasterworld.com/msn_microsoft_search/3664948.htm Someone Has to Watch The AdWords Numbers at Google- (Found June 18, 2008 ) "You can see very, very quickly if anything is amiss," said Mr. Fox, director of business product management at Google."http://www.webmasterworld.com/google_adwords/3665633.htm Can Hotlinking Damage Your Google Image Search Rankings- (Found June 18, 2008 )http://www.webmasterworld.com/google/3661750.htm Time Warner Cable Experiments With Metering Internet Use- (Found June 18, 2008 ) "On Thursday, new Time Warner Cable Internet subscribers in Beaumont, Texas, will have monthly allowances for the amount of data they upload and download."http://www.webmasterworld.com/foo/3665663.htm Facebook & Google 'Friend Connect' Venture Hit By Competing Interests- (Found June 18, 2008 ) "...a dispute erupted between Google and Facebook, its largest partner in the new service, that reflected the fact that for Web companies there is nothing casual about the business of Internet socializing: There's too much money, maybe billions, at stake."http://www.webmasterworld.com/community_building/3665756.htm Microsoft Details Robots.txt Support- (Found June 18, 2008 ) "...evolved to support more than "exclusion" directives; it now supports directives controlling what content gets included, how the content is displayed, and how frequently the content is crawled."http://www.webmasterworld.com/msn_microsoft_search/3665894.htm |