Internet, Marketing
Viral marketing (word-of-mouth marketing) is a really cool thing. Just think about it… instead of spending an insane amount of money on newspapers ads, TV commercials or banner ads, you spent nothing – and let your fans do all the work for you. With viral marketing, your campaigns will suddenly get a life of its [...]
Internet
Here is a list of the current most searched items on the Internet. Note: This page is updated in real-time. This means that these figures will always be up to date. Frequent search trends usually change every few hours as news stories break. Do not expect to see new results every few minutes as there [...]
Internet, Microsoft
Readers of the IE Blog were warned multiple times before the release of IE 7 that some of the bug fixes included in the latest version of the browser could break websites. Because of Microsoft’s commitment to backwards compatibility, websites based on Web standards would be at the greatest risk of breaking, especially sites that [...]
Internet
Annoying websites are here to stay; sometimes considered incredible feats of tech savvy and other times just web junk, the most annoying websites show us how creative and abrasive some webmasters can be. Some of these sites are likely intentionally caustic, but many are simply awkward. Here is a list of twenty annoying websites with [...]
Google, Internet
Seeing how Casino Royale — the 21st James Bond feature — opens this coming Friday, IGN Movies decided to celebrate the occasion with a weeklong series of features spotlighting the 007 franchise. Today, we’re focusing on James Bond’s gadgets — the vehicles, gizmos and weaponry (provided to him by “Q”) that kept 007 alive and [...]
Internet, Microsoft
Browser add-ons can help personalize the way you use the internet. The add-ons available here have been carefully screened from the Microsoft new IE Addons website and rated by users to help you select the ones that suit your needs and preferences. Start exploring them today. With so many powerful extensions to choose from for [...]
Advertisments, Internet
I decided to put together a list of all the Search Engine television commercial videos that I could find across the web. I’ve found a total of 15 commercials from 5 different search engine companies, both domestic and foreign. I was not able to find any videos for MSN.com (I know that damn butterfly is [...]
Internet
I came across an awful “top torrent site” list yesterday so I decided to make my own. So Here it is, Torrentfreak’s one and only top torrent sites + firefox search plugins, June 2006. No Login required. The order is pretty arbitrary, if you don’t like it, make your own list
Internet, SEO
One of the most common needs of online business owners is traffic. Without traffic, your web site barely exists, and is unlikely to make any profit whatsoever. With traffic, you stand a much greater chance of success – but not just any traffic. As the owner of a network of web sites receiving well over [...]
Internet
We’ve all seen the many, MANY Google Maps mashups out there, and we’ve even blogged about quite a few of them here at Lifehacker. However, there’s a lot more mapping fun in the world world than just Google’s (really!). Keep reading for ten of my favorite non-Google map mashups.
Business, Internet
I did a little bookmark scrub this morning and thought I would share the remaining content of my “Online Money” folder. While some people are going to view this simply as a big list of ways to make money online, that’s good – because it is. However, there are certain things that I don’t like [...]
Business, Internet
Everyone knows that if you are going to operate a business in today’s world you need a domain name. It is advisable to look at the domain name selected as other see it and not just as you think it looks. Failure to do this may result in situations such as the following (legitimate) companies [...]
Business, Internet
Life these days has become largely dependent on passwords – whether we’re checking our emails, transferring funds or shopping online, passwords have their part to play. We’re constantly bombarded with horror stories of security breaches, fraud, and phishing sites. Users are consistently told that a strong password is essential these days to protect private data. [...]
Internet, Microsoft
Internet Explorer 7 is designed to make browsing safer. Here’s a quick rundown of some of the new security features, including Active X opt-in, the Phishing Filter, cross-domain security, enhanced privacy protection, and an international character alert.