 Hello
Readers,
Well, February was certainly a wild ride, with Google's purchase
of Pyra, and Overture's purchase of Alta Vista. Watch for the
importance of blogs as a marketing tool to increase, as well
as a new and vastly improved Alta Vista.
Also, Google just started a new advertising program, called
"Content-Targeted Adwords." They feed targeted ads into skyscrapers
and banners on one of three sites - Blogger.com, HowStuffWorks.com,
and the Weather Underground. Watch for AdWords leaping from
the Google search results page and onto a banner near you.
Today's issue covers the talks about a new Mobile phone payment
standard, reasons why Google bought Pyra, an investigation of
Overture's purchase, and much more.
Enjoy, Garrett + the eCommerceTrends Team
Top eCommerce
News
Mobile
Operators Team Up for m-Commerce
The new mobile conglomerate - the Mobile Payment Services Association
- now seeks a digital standard of payment for mobile services
such as gambling, videos, and music. The mobile product market
is set to explode here in the US, as phone makers provide the
public with larger, more colorful screens and smarter phones.
Opportunity only rings once.
Read
the Article Here
Why
Google Bought Blogger.com 
You may have heard that Google recently purchased Pyra, the
company responsible for Blogger.com, and BlogSpot.com, a "push-button
publishing tool for the people..."
Read
the Article Here
Search
for Survivors Follows AltaVista/Overture/Fast Searchquake
The ground moves with a confusing shift sideways, followed by
a bump, then a lurch and finally a massive rumbling explosion
that splits the earth and swallows whatever is in its path on
the surface. This happens with disturbing regularity lately
and aftershocks knock formerly solid firms off their strong
foundations. Infoseek, Go.com, Direct Hit and Excite collapse.
Read
the Article Here
The
Tax Man Commeth
Online
Sales Tax Begins
It has begun. Retail items online are being taxed. No one knows
for sure how this is going to affect the small online business
community other then to presume that we will ALL be obligated
to collect taxes in the very near future.
Read
the Article Here
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Page-Jacking
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It's
11 O'clock -- Do You Know Where Your Web Site Is?
One evening not too long ago I was looking through my web site
traffic logs, looking for patterns that could help me improve
it. I was in the section that shows the pages visitors enter
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