News Stories from June 2008

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News Stories from June 2008

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Experts: SEO is best in the customer's language: 30 June 2008; Companies looking to boost their search engine optimisation (SEO) campaigns need to make sure they communicate on the sa ...; Categories: Internet Marketing
Google turns its hand to online TV: 30 June 2008; Google is experimenting with the potential offered by video advertising by deploying its AdSense program to distribute a ...; Categories: Rich Media
Top web design dos and don'ts: 27 June 2008; A list of the top website design "commandments" has been compiled from a number of experts by Business Week. ...; Categories: Web Design
Approval given for new domain name system: 27 June 2008; The number of top-level domains available on the web is to be expanded following approval from the Internet Corporation ...; Categories: E-commerce
Web design tips for travel sites: 26 June 2008; Travel firms seeking to make their online presence more effective should focus on targeting the right audience, accordin ...; Categories: Web Design
Internet usage predicted to boom: 26 June 2008; Web use will soon soar to the point where a quarter of the global population regularly goes online.This is acc ...; Categories: E-commerce
Brits watch 3.5bn online videos in March: 25 June 2008; About 3.5 billion online videos were watched by UK web users during March, new figures have revealed.Statistic ...; Categories: Rich Media
Consumers pick search engines as research tool of choice: 25 June 2008; The majority of consumers make use of search engines to conduct research into potential product and service purchases. ...; Categories: Search Engines
Firefox 3.0 racks up 19m downloads: 25 June 2008; About 19 million downloads of the latest version of the Firefox browser have been recorded.This is according t ...; Categories: Internet Marketing
Web design rules 'changed by iPhone': 24 June 2008; The new iPhone released by Apple has ensured that those designing websites have had to change the way they think about t ...; Categories: Web Design
New Yahoo! job ad solutions launched: 24 June 2008; A number of new advertising channels have been opened up by Yahoo! HotJobs in order to enable more streamlined job listi ...; Categories: Search Engines
Start-up looks to solve social networking ad problem: 23 June 2008; New company SocialMedia Networks is aiming to provide the answer to the problem of how advertisers can make the most of ...; Categories: Web 2.0
Google Trends turns to website traffic: 23 June 2008; Google's Trends tool has been updated to include a new feature that enables users to analyse traffic patterns at individ ...; Categories: Search Engines
Usability market predicted to boom: 23 June 2008; The market for services that enhance usability and accessibility will soar by 20 per cent this year.This is ac ...; Categories: Web Design
Yahoo! unveils new email domains: 20 June 2008; Yahoo! has announced the launch of two new domains for use with its email service.Users can now register for Y ...; Categories: Search Engines
Web design 'can be both user and success-focused': 20 June 2008; Web developers should not cling to the idea that a successful design can only be user-centric, it has been claimed. ...; Categories: Web Design
Expert attempts to define Web 3.0: 20 June 2008; The internet will eventually evolve to focus on enabling users to build their own web applications, according to one exp ...; Categories: Web 2.0
Usability "vital" for small business websites: 19 June 2008; Small businesses looking to establish an online presence have been urged to take into account factors other than visual ...; Categories: Web Design
MySpace tops May social network rankings: 19 June 2008; The month of May saw MySpace keep its title as the most popular social networking website in the US, according to Hitwis ...; Categories: Web 2.0
YouTube takes long view on video: 19 June 2008; Video-sharing hotspot YouTube could be set to focus on making money from longer clips, it has been claimed.Acc ...; Categories: Rich Media
Google sites top April video viewing: 18 June 2008; Google-owned properties were the most popular among American web users searching for online videos in April, new statist ...; Categories: Rich Media
Growth predicted for global web traffic: 18 June 2008; Global internet traffic is set to grow at a rate of almost 100 per cent every two years due to an explosion in the use o ...; Categories: Web 2.0
Microsoft looks to Europe: 18 June 2008; Microsoft has revealed that it is to set up a new facility to conduct research into search technology at a European loca ...; Categories: Search Engines
Growth recorded for domain name registrations: 17 June 2008; About 14 million new domain names were added during the first three months of 2008, new research has indicated. ...; Categories: E-commerce
Firefox 3.0 readies for launch: 17 June 2008; The latest version of the popular Firefox browser is due to be launched later today (June 17th).Firefox 3.0 wi ...; Categories: Web Design
Americans turn to web for election info: 17 June 2008; US voters are increasingly making use of the internet and other technology to stay informed in the run-up to November's ...; Categories: Internet Marketing
Web 'has created instant response culture': 17 June 2008; The internet has created an instant response culture, where people expect immediate replies to their emails, according t ...; Categories: E-commerce
Internet, email 'makes advertising more direct': 16 June 2008; The development of the internet and email technology has helped to make advertising as a medium more direct, according t ...; Categories: Internet Marketing
Google on top for mobile search: 16 June 2008; Google's dominance in the traditional search market has extended to the mobile domain, it has emerged.Some 61 ...; Categories: Search Engines
New website design for MySpace: 16 June 2008; MySpace is to be re-launched this week with a new look and a number of new features.The social networking site ...; Categories: Web Design
Yahoo!, it's over: 13 June 2008; The on-going discussions between Microsoft and Yahoo! have ended.Yahoo! has announced that talks "regardi ...; Categories: E-commerce
Yang gets Google'd: 13 June 2008; Jerry Yang, chief executive officer and co-founder of internet company, Yahoo!, has agreed to allow Google ads on his co ...; Categories: Internet Marketing
Berners-Lee: Web could change science and government: 12 June 2008; Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the world wide web, has claimed online social systems could change science and governme ...; Categories: Web 2.0
Consumers 'need more' from mobile internet: 12 June 2008; Consumers need more from their mobile internet services, new research has shown.A study by creative agency, AK ...; Categories: Internet Marketing
Google wants independent Yahoo!: 12 June 2008; Search company, Google, has said it would prefer Yahoo! to remain independent than come under Microsoft's ownership, Inf ...; Categories: Web 2.0
ISP feels the pinch: 12 June 2008; Internet service provider (ISP), Carphone Warehouse, has seen its shares fall after lower than expected broadband sales. ...; Categories: E-commerce
Govt could decide web standards: 11 June 2008; The government should take an interest in web standards as it does with television, the culture secretary, Andy Burnham ...; Categories: E-commerce
Web gangs target passwords: 11 June 2008; Internet 'gangs' are targeting web users' passwords as part of organised criminal activities, the country's leading poli ...; Categories: E-commerce
Google takes UK search title: 11 June 2008; Search engine firm Google has extended its control over the UK search market and now controls 90 per cent of all web que ...; Categories: Search Engines
Video search widens its ad net: 11 June 2008; Video search site, blinkx, has increased its content with a new deal and introduced contextual adverts with its footage. ...; Categories: Internet Marketing
Google widens search gap: 11 June 2008; Google has widened the gap between it and the nearest US search competitor, analyst Hitwise has confirmed.Duri ...; Categories: Search Engines
iPhone 2 goes 3G: 10 June 2008; Apple has launched its second-generation iPhone and added 3G connectivity to its improved specifications.The o ...; Categories: Web 2.0
Search criteria 'splits 50:50, on-off': 09 June 2008; The criteria used by search engines to find webpages is roughly 50:50, on-page and off-page, suggested one commentator. ...; Categories: Search Engines
Govt and industry search for broadband solution: 09 June 2008; Representatives from government and the broadband industry are meeting today to discuss the future of UK broadband. ...; Categories: Web 2.0
Facebook hosts first live tour: 09 June 2008; Social networking site, Facebook, has hosted its first live music 'tour'.The site has streamed five nights of ...; Categories: Rich Media
ISPs sign code of practice: 09 June 2008; Internet service providers have agreed with a new code of practice produced by the regulator, Ofcom.The guide ...; Categories: Web 2.0
IBM prepares its supercomputer: 06 June 2008; IBM has announced its next generation of supercomputer, Blue Gene, will have the brain power of a human.The la ...; Categories: E-commerce
US legislators suggest SNS sign-up cards: 06 June 2008; US legislators have suggested social networking sites (SNS) use sign-up or credit card type checks.The attorne ...; Categories: Web 2.0
80% of workers using social sites: 06 June 2008; Young workers' internet interests are now part of their working day and 80 per cent visit social networking sites in the ...; Categories: Web 2.0
In-game ads impress players: 05 June 2008; In–game advertising has impressed major brands as part of a new study into its effectiveness.Massive Inc, ...; Categories: Internet Marketing
Web users want more guidance: 05 June 2008; Web users want more guidance on how their personal information published online is used, a new study has found. ...; Categories: Web 2.0
Online vid use will jump 50%: 04 June 2008; Online video consumption will increase by 50 per cent in five years, new research has suggested.According to c ...; Categories: Rich Media
Cable companies and ISPs exchange shots: 04 June 2008; Cable companies and internet service providers (ISPs) have blamed each other following the severance of underwater inter ...; Categories: Web 2.0
Google goes deep: 04 June 2008; Google has re-launched its business search tool and claimed it searches deeper into the internet.The product h ...; Categories: Search Engines
Yahoo! pushing its ads to new markets: 04 June 2008; Internet media company, Yahoo!, will push its online advertising efforts in emerging markets more than projected industr ...; Categories: Internet Marketing
'Big 3' dominate online ad sales: 03 June 2008; The 'big three' nations, France, Germany and the UK, have again dominated online advertising sales, new research has fou ...; Categories: E-commerce
Zombies' grave threat to internet economy: 03 June 2008; Malware, which turns PCs into "zombie' computers, is posing a growing threat to the internet industry, the New Scie ...; Categories: E-commerce
Beeb gets bashed: 02 June 2008; The BBC has come in for criticism of its internet finances after it was found the company's website, bbc.co.uk, overspen ...; Categories: E-commerce
Free laptops: 02 June 2008; Carphone Warehouse, high street electronics retailer, will offer free laptops to customers who sign up for its broadband ...; Categories: Web 2.0
Get ready for IE8: 02 June 2008; Web developers should get ready for the release of Internet Explorer 8, Microsoft has urged."We are encou ...; Categories: Web Design