Internet Brands buys in bulk. In April, the internet holding company announced it was buying five sites. In February it bought nine. Today it's picking up 12, as it expands two major verticals: shopping and careers. No terms on the deals were disclosed.-- Shopping: The four sites acquired were...
The SEC has issued new guidance on how publicly traded companies can use the Internet to communicate online. SEC Chairman Chris Cox said: "The last time the SEC issued guidance in this area, the idea of 'social networks' hadn't yet been developed, and creating a social network where...
LONDON (Reuters UK) - Car insurers could begin to run out of claim reserves in two years if they continue to use the money to subsidise policies and fight off pressure from price comparison websites, a report showed on Monday. The findings, published by UK-based consultancy...
High tech online service ventures are facing a particularly sticky problem: site theft. When all you have between you and a competitor is some HTML code and a database, the barriers to entry are too low for safety, particularly in a borderless Internet environment. Look at the suit that Facebook...
Invest in Sales Training or Marketing?Do not under estimate the power of the WebI would not under-estimate the power of the Internet. The $$ you will invest in your Website can bring an excellent ROI, but you need to spend more than one thousand $.With a well thought Web site,...
Search engine optimization SEO is hugely important these days, but most small businesses are fairly clueless about how to make their sites look as good as possible to the spiders of the web. An extremely cheap (actually, free) way to see if your site is up to snuff is to...
Back in February, Google unveiled Google Sites, a free service enabling users to whip together secure, team-friendly Web sites. Unfortunately, it was available only to Google Apps users. But as of yesterday, Google Sites is now available to everyone. Here's an overview: Similar to Google Docs, built-in...
As I've mentioned several times on Business Hacks, one of the best ways to manage your online reputation is to create your own website; that way, when people google you, one of the first things they'll come across is something that makes you look good—and you can control. I finally...
Well-designed Web site that's easily found by search engines is a big help in reaching potential customers - wherever they may be. To boost sales, spiff up your Web site. Help is readily available, and it won't cost you an arm and a leg. Moreover, an attractive, interactive Internet presence...
Some good cheer to pass along here in Intercom: Editor & Publisher announced its 2008 Eppy Awards finalists last week, and BNET is duly honored to have been named one of three finalists for Best Business Website in the largest category -- 1 million or more unique monthly visitors. The...
My colleague Sean Silverthorne over at BNET's Harvard Business School blog tips me off to the temporary news web site created for the announcement of the proposed Delta-Northwest merger. His post is entitled "The Press Release of the Future" and indeed, this is a very creative, smart and modern way...
Better, more sophisticated software analytic tools are allowing Web advertisers to precisely target ads to their most coveted consumers How It Works ...
It seems that every media outlet in the country is covering J.K. Rowling's testimony today in a copyright case over a publisher's plans to publish, in book-form, the contents of "The Harry Potter Lexicon," a popular fan-created website that is a companion encyclopedia to her books. What's interesting here is...
The Internet has fundamentally changed the way people connect, communicate, and conduct commerce. But as the Internet becomes more central to consumers' lives, online fraud continues to evolve -- and consumer concerns about identity theft are pervasive and powerful. The future of e-commerce depends on the ability...
Here's something I've experienced firsthand: Some Web site copies your original work and passes it off as their own. Unfortunately, unless someone brings it to your attention, it's almost impossible to uncover this kind of plagiarism. Enter Copyscape, a free service that searches for copies of any Web page. ...
The time for buying valuable websites that contain important keywords for just a few bucks is over. Domain speculators have snatched up tens of millions of websites, and they've got intricate setups to make sure that they're the first to any other valuable sites that come onto the market in...
Get a Free Small-Business Web Site from MicrosoftAbout Get a free web siteIt sounds very good but, as usual, does not cater for small business in Africa.
Do I hear an echo in here? Delta Air Lines recently rolled out a best fare guarantee for its website, and to be honest, I think we've heard this before. Airline websites have had guarantees come and go over the years, but none of them seem to stay...
Commonly known as Affiliate Marketing, the business of selling other people's products is rapidly becoming more and more popular among individuals who seek to operate their own business without the accompanying hassles of inventory management, shipping and collections. All they have to do is introduce the product and generate product...
There's no doubt that the Internet has dramatically impacted the way journalists report and create stories. From the ability to search online for information about subjects to the "tipsheet" aspect of blogs, the process of newsgathering has been permanently altered by the web. But how are...
