In the great link shortening battle, it looks like bit.ly is going to come out on top following the collapse of one of their major competitors tr.im. There was nothing wrong with the service tr.im provided, it was actually an excellent product with great brand name and a decent and loyal user base. So what [...]
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Your e-commerce customers want to make better informed decisions
August 3, 2009
Filed under:Industry News
Things aren’t looking the best for the UK economy. News emerged yesterday that 19,000 shops have closed this year, 12,000 of which were independent retailers while nearly 7,000 major retail branches also succumbed to the downward tumble. That’s about 12% of UK retail space lying empty and fruitless.
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Microsoft, Yahoo, Bing and Google. What it means to the rest of us.
July 31, 2009
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In case you failed to check into reality over the last two days you’ll have noticed that Microsoft merged with Yahoo in some kind of confusing mega deal. Microsoft’s Bing will now provide the search power for all Yahoo search queries and in return Yahoo will provide advertisements for both Yahoo and Bing. Microsoft will [...]
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The Daily Mail to stop moderating comments, so how should they display comments?
This morning, the new media age reported that The Daily Mail – (unfortunately) the UK’s most popular news site, will stop moderating user comments and adopt a free for all ideology to improve user experience. I’m all for open and lively debate but I wonder whether The Daily Mail suits really have a grasp on [...]
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