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April 7th, 2009 at 09:58am
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There are certain things that a home business entrepreneur should always do. What are these activities? Let us find out. Every business needs an income to make it economically viable. And in a very simple way, this income needs to be more than what t
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April 7th, 2009 at 09:58am
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Is Dale Carnegie rolling over in his grave because everyone on Twitter is trying to be heard, when the key to winning friends and influencing people is actually listening? If everyone uses Twitter to promote themselves, it will become tiresome and users will move on. …
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April 7th, 2009 at 09:58am
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On the Web, interest is very fleeting. A world of other Web sites is just a mouse click away. The key to creating the interest is to focus on the visitor’s role or current needs. …
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April 7th, 2009 at 09:58am
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StaffordMarketing asked: Erik Stafford (The Faster Webmaster) gives beginners some tips on driving traffic. More information is available at www.thefasterwebmaster.com –Sent via http://heyspread.com : Upload videos to multiple sites quickly
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April 7th, 2009 at 09:58am
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Over on Mashable, Sean P. Aune has posted a list of eighteen WordPress plugins that can help you manage or tweak your RSS feed.
Real Simple Syndication (RSS) enables site owners to automatically syndicate their content to readers in an easily digestible format. There are a number of WordPress (WordPress reviews) plugins to help you manage [...]
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April 7th, 2009 at 09:58am
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16.07 million unique visitors checked out AutoTrader.com in March, a record for the vehicle search site. Traffic was up 2 million from just two months prior, suggesting a shift in the way people are searching and shopping for cars.
Of course, increased eyeballs are only good news if they translate into conversions or action of some sort. Fortunately, for AutoTrader.com, they are seeing good news indeed. Contacts between shoppers and sellers (both dealers and private) were up 18% in March compared to the same month last year.
“The current state of the economy is accelerating the trend we’ve seen developing for some time,” said AutoTrader.com President and CEO Chip Perry. “Now more than ever people want to make every dollar count and they want to know they’re getting the right car at the right price from a dealer they can count on. And the Internet is the best way for buyers to find the information they are looking for.”
What’s your interpretation of AutoTrader.com’s good fortune? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.
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April 7th, 2009 at 09:58am
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Newspapers have been struggling not just due to the economy but also due to the availability of accessing the news for free on the internet. Newspapers have resisted the change, at times trying to restrict technological advances. One example is the battle newspapers have engaged with Google, claiming it’s copyright for their articles to show up in search results.
While some newspapers have finally embraced the inevitable, the AP still seems to be dragging its feet. This week, they announced a cut in rates to newspapers and also a more aggressive stance on sites that are aggregating their news feeds without permission.
AP has two major problems with this strategy:
- They’re not the only news organization out there
- They now have to compete with the average Joe who can blog, Twitter and update their Facebook statuses with live accounts of news events from earthquakes to wars to entertainment events
Sure, it can be frustrating for a business to have to adjust to changing times and come up with a new business model, but AP wouldn’t be the first one to do so. Companies who wish to exist in any industry for the long haul must be prepared to adapt to new technologies and the winds of change.
What do YOU think of AP’s aggressive strategy? Tell us how it is in the comments.

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April 7th, 2009 at 09:58am
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Often, an item comes up in the development mailing list, or elsewhere that should be addressed, but is told in a simple way that it won’t be changed. A great example of this is the post revisions issue. Many people, including myself, would like a simple user interface added to WordPress that allowed us to [...]
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April 7th, 2009 at 09:58am
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WordPress is back, approved for the Google Summer of Code, and is looking for people interested in spending a summer deep within WordPress’ world.
For the third year in a row, WordPress is participating, and this year weve got project suggestions ranging from core functionality to plugins and BuddyPress development. You name it, we want you [...]
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April 7th, 2009 at 09:58am
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izoomer.init("pmimg",206,155,100,75);In the wake of a new Swedish anti-piracy law that allows copyright owners to force Internet service providers to reveal the IP addresses of filesharers, Internet traffic in and out of the country dropped from 120
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