October 2006 - Website Magazine

BuySafe Opens API

buySAFE, Inc. , a leading online trust and safety company for e-commerce transactions, this afternoon announced the launch of the buySAFE Developers’ Network , a program that allows developers to access buySAFE’s API (Application Programming Interface...

Published Tue, Oct 10 2006 4:50 PM by PetePrestipino

SitePal for Sales Prospecting

New features of the SitePal talking avatar (which, one of these days WSM plans to test) have been released and includes a lead generation tool. SitePal is a product that allows small business owners to create talking avatars for any web site. The new...

Published Tue, Oct 10 2006 10:07 AM by PetePrestipino

Simple A/B Testing From ClickDensity

clickdensity , a tool Website Magazine has discussed before and that provides instant insight into website usability and visitor behavior through virtual heat maps, now provides A/B testing to enable users to test website changes. Users can now utilize...

Published Tue, Oct 10 2006 9:42 AM by PetePrestipino

Yahoo! Store & Site Explorer Authentication

If you're not using Yahoo! Site Explorer to determine how your site is indexed at that search engine, then you should be. If you have a Yahoo Store, now you've got even more motivation to get it done. Last night, Yahoo introduced the ability to authenticate...

Published Tue, Oct 10 2006 9:20 AM by PetePrestipino

For Blogs and Money: Mapkit Widget

Via MicroPersuasion , Platial.com tomorrow unveils its MapKits widgets for blogs. Similar to other geo-tagging services such as Frappr , Platial will differ in that it plans to share revenue with its affiliates. The service supports any platform that...

Published Tue, Oct 10 2006 9:12 AM by PetePrestipino

Hemingway's Copywriting Tips

There's a insightful post over at Copyblogger - " Ernest Hemingway's Top 5 Tips for Writing Hell " - which outlines some simple yet meaningful approaches to drafting killer copy that all those responsible for turning website visitors into buyers should...

Published Tue, Oct 10 2006 9:01 AM by PetePrestipino

PayPerPost Disclosure Policy Generator

PayPerPost , a much maligned (and simultaneously celebrated) marketplace for advertisers to reach the blogging community and their social networks, today announced it has funded, created and launched www.DisclosurePolicy.org to accelerate transparency...

Published Mon, Oct 10 2006 9:16 AM by PetePrestipino

Hot Banana Fuses with FuseTalk

Hot Banana Software , a popular content management software today announced a strategic partnership with FuseTalk that intends to give users a faster, easier way to build online communities, share information and manage discussion-forum logins from within...

Published Mon, Oct 10 2006 9:15 AM by PetePrestipino

AvantLink Deal of The Day Affiliate Solution

AvantLink.com announced an upgrade to its existing Affiliate tool center with the addition of the Deal Of The Day dynamic web publishing product, provided as a fully integrated and standardized network tool. Once Affiliates publish the Deal Of The Day...

Published Mon, Oct 10 2006 9:15 AM by PetePrestipino

Google Eye-tracking Study

SEOresearcher.com has released a new study about Google results pages. The study reveals areas where users are scanning the pages and subsequently clicking on results. The study was completed using Cornell University students who were instructed to search...

Published Sat, Oct 10 2006 8:00 AM by MikePhillips

Web Players Make Domains Primary Investment

How do you become a serious player on the Internet? One way is to make the purchase of domains a priority. It's not uncommon for some of the most Web savvy to own hundreds, thousands or even tens of thousands of domains. In many respects it's like buying...

Published Fri, Oct 10 2006 10:18 AM by PetePrestipino

Private Blogging For The Masses

On Thursday, Six Apart Ltd., a supplier of the software used to create blogs (Typepad and MoveableType - used more for business and professional blogging), unveiled another blog-writing tool dubbed Vox ( http://www.vox.com ). The free service, which has...

Published Fri, Oct 10 2006 9:30 AM by PetePrestipino

Website Magazine Bonus Article!

Website Magazine has posted a new article on the website. Written by Editor Peter Prestipino, this article looks at some intriguing and unconventional ways to get more customers and how to keep them for long-term relationships. It's available here. Add...

Published Fri, Oct 10 2006 8:31 AM by MikePhillips

One More Reason To Visit EcomXpo: Last Day!

EcomXpo, the virtual trade show taking place right now has several hundred exhibitors, enough for everyone to find something of interest. But you better hurry because today is the last day! One of the great things about this show is that you have access...

Published Thu, Oct 10 2006 10:36 AM by PetePrestipino

Yahoo! Joins Other SE's, Adds No ODP Support

Yahoo! recently announced support of the NOODP tag. For those not familiar with the NOODP tag, it tells search engines (Google, MSN's Live.com, and now Yahoo!) to not display the Open Directory Project (ODP - DMOZ.org) title and description in search...

Published Thu, Oct 10 2006 10:10 AM by PetePrestipino

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