Access Yahoo Groups Through Gmail and Get Rid of Obnoxious Ads
You know those unbearable intersticials at Yahoo Groups that get in the way of reading a message every 4 posts or so? Just subscribe your gmail address on a post-by-post basis, and you no longer have...
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Allmusic’s redesign should be public soon with lots of goodies for music lovers
The Allmusic beta preview I’ve seen looks nice, though it felt a bit sluggish (the dll-based architecture and long-winded URLs are still there) and there are some bugs left, so I’m not sure the site...
View ArticleA Critical Mass of Advertisers Makes Contextual Ads More Relevant
Andrew Goodman: "I can attest to having been extremely frustrated doing web searches trying to find things like software, templates, standard documents, and legal agreements to help me grow my...
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Paypal Previews New Home Page
Here’s what Paypal is going to look like. The feature-based lead ("send money", "request money") is replaced by a focus on audiences that gives a prominent place to eBay sellers. Fraud is acknowledged...
View ArticleBetween Fluid and Fixed: Elastic Design
Roger Johansson takes a step further the debate that wouldn’t die between proponents of fluid and fixed web designs. His in-between approach is demonstrated by his own recent "elastic" redesign. Resize...
View ArticleWho’s Going to Take Online Real Estate to the Next Level?
Combine Realtor‘s MLS-based national (i.e. US) search with HousingMaps UI (because who cares for Craigslist housing listings?), including smart ideas such as a history of past sales as featured by...
View ArticleIs a Broken Contact Form Acceptable?
In the course of the various gigs and projects I’m involved in, I end up looking for and using contact information on literally hundreds of corporate web sites per year. It’s already bad enough when a...
View ArticleIf You Thought Adwords Was Just OK, Try Yahoo for a Ride
I’m trying to extend our ad reach for TaxPrinter now that we’ve found some profitable keywords, so we’ve just opened a Yahoo Search Marketing account. Well, I’ll tell you what, you’ve got to be...
View ArticleIf You Thought Yahoo SEM Was Bad, Try MSN adCenter for a Laugh
So Renamed Microsoft adCenter Officially Launches (drumroll). Well, let’s give it a ride then. “Microsoft adCenter does not currently support the web browser you are using. Please sign in using...
View ArticleAmazon.com Kills Tabs
Remember when every web site had to have tabs because that’s what Amazon.com did, so it had to be good? Seems like a long time ago, doesn’t it? Well Amazon finally retired them, realizing that they...
View ArticleWhy Media Companies Should Pay Attention to Software Development/Operations...
Many if not most media companies invest relatively little in software development. But those that do have been grabbing the attention of an increasing number of readers, subscribers, advertisers, and...
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