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The Power of RSS

August 3rd, 2007 at 10:07 am » Comments (0)

Really Simple Syndication (RSS) has the highest value among Web 2.0 technologies, according to a Forrester Research report cited in a BtoB article. RSS was considered to have substantial business value by 23% of respondents. One in three said they used RSS for marketing.



Search Ads and Display Ads Work Better Together

August 3rd, 2007 at 10:01 am » Comments (0)

Campaigns which use both display ads and search marketing convert more online shoppers into buyers than those which use only one of these tactics.



District Court Judge Strikes Down Ticket Tax

August 3rd, 2007 at 9:09 am » Comments (0)

A Virginia general district court judge struck down as unconstitutional the fees that raised the maximum punishment for speeding to $3550.



August is National Sandwhich Month

August 3rd, 2007 at 8:57 am » Comments (0)

A Texas A&M University study, in honor of August being National Sandwich Month, revealed Americans eat more than 45 million sandwiches annually.



Young Women Outearn Young Men in NYC and Other Large U.S. Cities.

August 3rd, 2007 at 8:50 am » Comments (0)

Young women in New York and several of the nation’s other largest cities who work full time have forged ahead of men in wages, according to an analysis of recent census data.



Are People More Polite in Virtual Worlds?

August 3rd, 2007 at 8:45 am » Comments (0)

Do people behave better in virtual worlds than on blogs, forums and chat rooms on the Web? 



Man Arrested For Sex Acts With Traffic Signs

August 3rd, 2007 at 8:44 am » Comments (0)

Sioux Falls,SD police have arrested a 60-year-old man for burglary and for what they believe is at least two years worth of video-taped public sex acts.



Alarm About Bridge Raised in 1990

August 3rd, 2007 at 8:39 am » Comments (0)

More than 70,000 bridges across the country are rated structurally deficient like the I-35W bridge, and engineers estimate repairing them all would take at least a generation and cost more than $188 billion.



Flying Saucers Go Into Production

August 3rd, 2007 at 8:38 am » Comments (0)

Moller International has completed tooling and has begun producing parts for its Jetsons-like M200G volantor, a small airborne two passenger saucer-shaped vehicle that is designed to take-off and land vertically.



Army Denies Young Man Because of Allergy to Curry

August 3rd, 2007 at 8:32 am » Comments (0)

An aspiring soldier was rejected from joining the Army – because a curry once made him sick.



First Treatment Centre For Nail Biters

August 3rd, 2007 at 8:30 am » Comments (0)

Venlo, located in the Netherlands, will soon be home to the first treatment centre in the world for nail biters. Director Alain-Raymond van Abbe of the institute for pathological onychophagy (IPO) announced this on Wednesday. His expertise centre has developed a health aid over the past two years that is fitted to the individual and [...]