http://www.ecommerce-blog.com Just another WordPress weblog Sun, 25 Feb 2007 16:45:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en If you live near the sea, chances are high that your home is built over sandy soil. And if an earthquake strikes, deep and sandy soils can turn to liquid, with some disastrous consequences for the buildings sitting on them. But now, U.S. researchers have found a way to use ... http://www.ecommerce-blog.com/2007/02/25/bacteria-to-protect-against-quakes/ MySpace and Facebook are typically categorized together as “social networking” Websites. Facebook, however, makes a clear distinction between its business and that of MySpace. I chatted with Dan Rose, Vice President, about the Facebook business model at the recent Media Summit in New York City, He underscored to ... http://www.ecommerce-blog.com/2007/02/25/web-20-does-old-media-get-it/ "It was the best of times; it was the worst of times." The oft-cited quotation from Dickens' "A Tale of Two Cities" seems apt when talking about the opportunity presented by digital communications and computing. It has also ushered in a new breed of cybercriminal who tries hard to ... http://www.ecommerce-blog.com/2007/02/25/new-layers-of-defense-id-theft-and-authentication-part-2/ Everyone knows about Dell's troubles of late. The hardware maker's once industry-leading "build-to-order" supply chain systems are now the norm, and it's fallen behind in design -- areas where competitors such as Apple and Sony excel. Customer service has deteriorated since it was outsourced to India so that customers can ... http://www.ecommerce-blog.com/2007/02/25/the-latest-research-trend-customers-behind-the-wheel/ Have you ever wondered why Steve Jobs is always cast as the digital messiah and Bill Gates as the digital anti-Christ? Is it down to the merits of the technology they each have given to the world and the fact that people love Macs and hate PCs, or simply that ... http://www.ecommerce-blog.com/2007/02/25/jobs-cult-of-personality-gates-lack-of-personality/ Last year, when Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales announced plans to launch a new search engine in the first half of 2007, everyday users of this now ubiquitous tool wondered what Wales could do that Google couldn't. However, the search engine community knew better. Of course, Google reset the benchmark for ... http://www.ecommerce-blog.com/2007/02/25/the-future-of-search-reaching-for-a-piece-of-googles-pie/ Pro golfer Fuzzy Zoeller is teed off over what he calls defamatory statements about him on Wikipedia. Instead of suing the popular online reference site, Zoeller is taking a swing at a Miami company. In a lawsuit filed last week in Miami-Dade Circuit Court, Zoeller -- suing under the name ... http://www.ecommerce-blog.com/2007/02/25/fuzzy-wikipedia-entry-leads-to-zoeller-lawsuit/ If you shop for a real estate marketing tool to take your business to the next level, you are going to be disappointed. Real estate marketing starts with great services and big ideas. The "tools" are just a way to communicate those services and ideas to your audience. http://www.ecommerce-blog.com/2007/02/25/real-estate-marketing-tools-the-most-powerful-tool-of-all/ Companies are adopting blogging, podcasting and other social media as business tools. http://www.ecommerce-blog.com/2007/02/24/social-medias-as-business-tools/ Use this questionnaire to diagnose your marketing and business development needs. Then assign a simple formula and rating system to fix it. http://www.ecommerce-blog.com/2007/02/24/marketing-business-development-questionnaire-how-to-diagnose-your-needs-part-two/