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To Google Services
The almighty G has released a number of products and services
in its seven-plus years of existence; a couple of sites
have made an effort to list the services...
Google
Jamming For Code In China
The Summer of Code will spend the autumn and early winter
in China, where Google will offer valuable prizes to Chinese
participants who win the competition.
Worm
Sobers Up FBI, CIA
The ever-popular Sober worm is making the rounds again
in a new and exciting format. The ugly little worm is
circulating through email and it looks all nice and official...
Craigslist
Aims For Community Journalism
A new project from the founder of popular online classifieds
site Craigslist will extend citizen journalism to fix
trust issues Americans have with journalism.
Straight
Scoop On Gay Advertising
A poll conducted by Harris Interactive and Witeck-Combs
reveals that gay and lesbian consumers are less bothered
by advertising, either on TV, in print, or online...
World
of Warcraft And World Of Lawsuit
Chinese parents, claiming the game led to the death of
their 13-year-old son, are suing Blizzard Entertainment,
makers of the game "World of Warcraft."
Tired:
Web 2.0; New Hotness: Classifieds 2.0
Newspaper veterans attending a talk by Oodle.com CEO Craig
Donato at a Las Vegas conference learned they'd best get
onboard with online advertising ASAP.
Brightcove
Networks With AOL, IAC Cash
Video startup Brightcove gets an early Christmas present
with an infusion of $16.2 million and brings IAC chairman
Barry Diller onto its board of directors.
Another
Award For Google Guys
This time the co-founders of Google have been recognized
as the search engine company earns a "Business Leader
of the Year" award.
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Ah, the holidays. There's nothing like that pesky giving and
charitable spirit being kept in check by greed, violence, and
opportunism. Have the Xbox 360 muggings, price gouging, and
all around hysteria taught Microsoft a valuable lesson in pricing?
Maybe, but as bids on eBay reach $5,000 for the new $400 console,
Microsoft has taught everyone a lesson about timing.
Editor's Note: How much would you be willing to pay
for an Xbox 360 if one of your children REALLY wanted one? Do
you have a business anecdote about timing and pricing? What
do you think are the key factors in launching a new product?
Discuss at WebProWorld.
Microsoft learned a sore lesson in timing during the last great
console push. The original Xbox game console arrived too late.
Sony managed to get their mega-popular PlayStation 2 on the
market before Christmas and Xbox never caught up.
Not about to make the same mistake twice, the so-called "Beast of Redmond" was sure to:
1. Hype the new console three quarters in advance where the
right demographics would receive the message.
2. Release the thing in time for Christmas.
3. Beat Sony's monstrously high-tech PlayStation 3 to the market by months, rather than days or weeks.
So far, that strategy has worked for Microsoft.
In North Dakota, a 17-year-old boy, being one of the first to purchase the console at 12:01 AM Tuesday, found himself Xbox-less one minute later as two assailants punched him in the face and ran off with the goods.
An Electronics Boutique in Stafford, Virgina was robbed at gunpoint by a thief who made off with two of the consoles. He was arrested shortly after.
The console is sold out everywhere
as Microsoft, who ramped up production ahead of schedule, only had a
limited supply for their simultaneous worldwide launch.
Sellers on eBay have wasted precious little time taking advantage of the shortage. Scroll down this page of Xbox 360 listings and you'll see "Buy It Now" options for over $3000. One report has bids flying as high as $5000.
 If
it's that in demand, you might say Microsoft missed the
boat on holiday pricing. But the more important concept was
achieved: beat and under-cut Sony, who's PS3 pricing is unknown,
but expected to be between $400 and $500.
In all honesty, this was Microsoft's only real winning strategy. The Xbox 360 is lower tech with graphics that can't touch PS3-the real gamers
know that. But kids at Christmas not only don't know that, but don't
care, they just have to have one because they have to have one.
Is the Xbox 360 really worth five grand? Well, obviously it's worth as much as someone is willing to pay for it, but the more patient and prudent will wait for the PS3, if you feel you can trust Sony anymore.
About
the Author:
Jason L. Miller
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The Day After Thanksgiving… Online
By John Stith
The day after Thanksgiving has long been known as the single
busiest shopping day of the year for retailers. In recent years,
online retailers have enjoyed that same big boost. Some research
shows also that on the following Monday, online retailers get
a nice big hit as well.
Search Views
reported on recent metrics released by Shop.org based on their survey
work suggesting 77% of online retailers say their sales increase
substantially after turkey day and 36% say they will offer promotions
and incentives. They mention many retailers call it Black Friday and
its followed by "Cyber Monday."
There are several reasons for improved online retailer
fortunes, including incentives and promotions like free shipping. Also,
some people don't like dealing with the crowds and hassles of the
massive onslaught. Another possibility may be some products may already
be sold out or they're looking for better pricing online. The other
possibility (don't tell your boss) is some people may just like the
speedier response time from their work computer than at home. Don't
forget fuel prices.
A myriad of reasons apply here and for all those reasons,
ecommerce in the form of Internet retail is booming and the engines are
beginning to rumble as we move in to the holiday gift buying season in
full force.
About
the Author:
John Stith is a staff writer for WebProNews covering technology
and business. Email him here.
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Does Submitting Articles Work?
Happy Black Friday everyone. If any of you have been out shopping
this morning, I hope you survived the rush. In today's WebProWorld
spotlight post, poster bluweb
has some questions about article submissions and whether or
not you receive any search engine benefit from doing so. What
other methods of web site promotion do you recommend? Drop by
and see if you can help blu out. Take care.
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How
useful are article submissions?
As we know that writing articles for websites have become more trendy now a days. But certain questions arise in my mind like:
Suppose we are submitting keyword rich articles to article directories
or to other website which are providing article submission facilities.
Next day those websites where in we had submitted articles are
up in Google with our article link. That means in indirect way
we are promoting those article websites, right.
No doubt this is one of the important way for promoting websites
but I would like to ask, isn't there any other way out which
help to promote a website?
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