March 15, 1999
Salon: Stange fruit.
...broadcasters are trying to become retailers and retailers are trying to become broadcasters and Web sites are trying to become both.
PC Magazine: Mysterious Microsoft.
John C. Dvorak. Microsoft is buying into home networking, and Neptune is a big part of its thinking.
Builder.Com: The multiple-page Web content dilemma.
The problem comes down to a trade-off between what is (at least in one context) convenient for readers vs. the site's need to generate traffic in the form of page turns to stay in business.
ClickZ: Are GIF Banners Dead?
...I could probably make a compelling argument that animated GIFs have gone the way of the dodo.
TechWeb: Selling Keywords To The Highest Bidders.
"Anything that seems to discredit the system will seem manipulative to consumers, and they will walk away."
W3C: HTML 4.0 Guidelines for Mobile Access.
W3C Note. ...describes guidelines for content authors how to create HTML 4.0 contents to be acceptable to mobile devices as much as possible.
DaveNet: NewsSearch.UserLand.Com.
This search engine is different from any you've used before. Think of it as a search engine with an editorial voice...
Industry Standard: How the Porn Sites Do It.
"There are the 'top sites' lists (Top 50, Top 100), Web rings, indexes, banner-exchange programs, adult-verification systems, trade organizations, all sorts of partnerships and associations."
Interactive Week: Build Web Sites Around Customers.
[Jakob Nielsen] "People building these things, for the most part, are not giving any thought to how people would want to use the site - to what information they are actually looking for."
Forbes: Desperate.com
Now these companies embrace the hard sell on their sites, blurring the lines between covering things and pitching them.
Forbes: Swifter, higher, stronger.
A new set of companies is marketing networks of servers optimized specifically for small to midsize web publishers.
Time: Bill Gates' New Rules.
Excerpt from Business @ the Speed of Thought. To make digital information flow an intrinsic part of your company, here are 12 key steps.
LA Times: 1 Number, 1 Phone: That's No Line.
...wireless communication is making its way into the mainstream as lower prices, improved service and new features have helped to blur the line between wired and wireless services.
Interactive Week: Call Your Info Agent Today.
[Marc Singer, McKinsey & Co] "We believe the time may not be far off when consumers can start saying, 'You want my info? Then pay for it!' "
Interactive Week: Webmasters Under Fire, Under Pressure.
Most Webmasters say their daily pressures continue to mount, and many fear losing control of their sites' priorities...
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