Net-Teams - Bookmark Tag 2005

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1.	Bookmarks: 0	Paris, France If you are traveling in Paris you may want to look into a car rental to get you from place to place. Paris is the capital city of France and is located in northern France. The estimated population of Paris in 2005 is 2,153,600 residents. Paris is a very popular vacation spot, with over 30 million visitors per year. A few of the attractions the people go to see in Paris include a twelfth century cathedral called Notre Dame de Paris, The Napoleonic Arc de Triomphe and of course...
2.	Bookmarks: 0	Hello From Cuba - Part 1 - First Impressions Tuesday, April 5, 2005, 6:00 pm, Hotel Havana LibreThanks to a severe case of the Revenge of Montezuma (or Ricky Ricardo?..,) I am sitting here in the Hotel Havana Libre and I finally get around to create updates from my first 4.5 days here in Cuba. The Internet connection is definitely the slowest I have ever seen in my entire life, (15 minutes to access my messages at Yahoo..), but I am giving it a shot anyways.Friday morning I arrived at the airport in Toronto at 5...
3.	Bookmarks: 0	Hello From Chicago - Part 3 - Multiple Austrian Connections Chicago, Screenz Internet Cafe, Saturday, October 21, 2005, 10:25 amSo the two of us expatriate Austrians are staying at the Arlington House Hostel, in itself an exciting experience, to be immersed in this environment of young (and older) travellers from all over the world.We got going early again this morning, at about 7 am. In the shower room Linda and I were talking and joking to each other in our Austrian dialect, all of a sudden a woman in her mid to late forties...
4.	Bookmarks: 0	Buffett's Big Bet Over the past few days, there have been several stories written about Warren Buffett’s $14 billion bet on global stock markets. I believe these stories are all in reference to this excerpt form Berkshire Hathaway’s annual report:“Berkshire is also subject to equity price risk with respect to certain long duration equity index put contracts. Berkshire’s maximum exposure with respect to such contracts is approximately $14 billion at December 31, 2005. These contracts genera...
5.	Bookmarks: 0	Christmas 2005: Bargains Galore! Merry Christmas; now start shopping! Retailers have their work cut out for them this year as they persuade consumers to shop in the face of higher fuel costs, rising mortgage rates, and credit card changes. If you are looking for a bargain, just you wait and see!
6.	Bookmarks: 0	Indian real estate: Boom or Bubble? When Farallon Capital Management, a U.S. hedge fund, and its joint-venture partner, Indiabulls, snapped up an 11-acre property in central Mumbai in March 2005 for $54.5 million an acre, the purchase was called an act of idiocy by local developers. A few months later, when the same joint venture offered $95.5 million an acre for a nearby property, its was the second-lowest bid.
7.	Bookmarks: 2	Interview With Svatoslav Sterba, The Winner Of World Marbles Championship 2005 In July 2006, second World Marbles Championship in individual hole game will take place in Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic. Now, in the time when the new marble season starts, you can read the interview with Mr. Sterba, the winner of World Marbles Championship 2005.
8.	Bookmarks: 0	Lithuania Casinos Professional gaming as a professional business is relatively new for the Republic of Lithuania, but since 2002 when the first license was awarded to Olympic Casinos, they have proliferated throughout the country. Though most are concentrated in the capital city of Vilnius, there are casinos in the cities of Kaunas, Klaipeda, and Palanga, as well.At the end of 2005, there were 57 land-based casinos, 142 betting salons, and 1 bingo salon in Lithuania, a growth of 46% over 2...
9.	Bookmarks: 0	To The East Is Quebec Quebec is a province that is located east of Ontario; it is Canada’s biggest province and has the second most people living there. There are about 7,568,640 people living there (as of 2005). The province is French speaking, that is there office language but a lot of people speak English there as well. The provinces capital city is Quebec City and the largest city is Montreal. This province has a deep history with Canada as a lot of settler settled in and around these areas.
10.	Bookmarks: 0	Mortgages. Why Interest Only Can Be A Risky Option The Council of Mortgage Lenders’ figures are showing a growing trend in interest only mortgages. From January to March 2002, 9% of new mortgages were interest only. Now take the period from October to December 2005, and the amount of new interest only mortgages has risen to 23%. In the same timeframe, the number of first time buyers choosing interest only mortgages has increased from 6% to 15%.There’s a good reason for this upturn, and that’s because the monthly payments ...
11.	Bookmarks: 0	Mortgages. The Pitfall Of Interest Only Mortgages. In the first three months of 2002, just 9% of all new mortgages were taken as interest only - but by the last quarter of 2005, the figure had risen to 23%. And amongst first time buyers, the figures rose from 6% to 15%. (Source: Council of Mortgage Lenders.)The reason is obvious. It's down to family economics. With an interest only mortgage, the monthly repayments only repay the ongoing interest so your monthly repayment is low. Repayment of the capital borrowed is delaye...
12.	Bookmarks: 0	This is Alberta Alberta was named after Princess Louise Caroline Alberta, the fourth daughter of Queen Victoria. Located in Western Canada Alberta is a province of approx 3 million people. Alberta celebrates 100 years as a province in 2005. As part of the Centennial celebration, Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip visited the province from May 23 to May 25 of 2005. The capital City of Alberta is Edmonton. Although Edmonton is the capital it is Calgary that is the most populous and has the largest metropolitan
13.	Bookmarks: 0	Royals Help Forgotten Island For a Mediterranean island with good year round weather, a friendly local English speaking population and facilities to rival that of any of her competitors, Malta is a suprisingly often forgotten island for many people planning a holiday in the Mediterranean.Malta missed some of her own government’s tourist targets in 2005, but a recent visit by Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh resulted in four days of positive media coverage in the island’s most important ma...
14.	Bookmarks: 5	Business success strategies – 5 Things I Did Right in 2005 All in all, I'm pretty happy with how 2005 turned out. My business is taking off. I've built a solid foundation to support even more growth (which I forecast for 2006) and I've even managed to take some time off.I'd like other entrepreneurs and business owners to feel as good about their business as I do about mine, so I thought I'd take a moment to share 5 things I attribute to my successful 2005.
15.	Bookmarks: 3	Business Names Do Matter, Norm Brodsky In the November 2005 issue of Inc. magazine, Norm Brodsky wrote: Your company's name plays little, if any, role in determining your success. I agree completely that a company with a bad or mediocre name can reach success. However, here are 10 reasons why coming up with a snappy, interesting and memorable name is worth the business owner's or organization's time and energy. 1. When you call or speak with strangers and mention the name of your company, and the name in...
16.	Bookmarks: 2	5 Mistakes I made in 2005 Even though I’m pretty happy with how 2005 turned out, there are still some things I wish I had done differently. Here are 5 things I aim to change for 2006.
17.	Bookmarks: 6	MBA and Tertiary Education Programs in China With China becoming the 6th largest economy in 2004 and likely to rank 4th in 2005, it has become imperative to understand China so as to explore the increasing business opportunities in China. One of the usual route for this is to study and build social networks at the leading Chinese universities. Latest available figures show that there were about 85,000 foreign students studying in China in 2002.
18.	Bookmarks: 4	Making Money From Sports Apparel Being Manufacturer Or A Distributor Every year, thousands of shirts, shorts, pants, jackets and other accessories are produced every year. This can be for brands like Nike, Reebok, Champion and Adidas to name a few that are made in different countries and sold around the world.Research shows that between 2004 and 2005, the importation of these goods rose by more than four percent. This is about $24 billion in apparel alone that analysts predict will continue to grow as people are becoming more health consci...
19.	Bookmarks: 0	Rich Jerk TV Infomercial Review And 3 Day Action Plan The Rich Jerk took the Internet by storm in 2005. His ebook was a number one seller for months! Now that the Rich Jerk has his very own TV infomercial, what can buyers expect and how should they use the Rich Jerk's course to make money online?
20.	Bookmarks: 4	Google deals another blow to the Work from Home affiliate. Click arbitrage affiliate links Google just put your minimum bids into overdrive. In January of 2005 Google ensured that only one url per sponsored result would show in the search engine results pages shown. Now it seems they want to eliminate them all together by pricing the bids beyond that of the reach of the average work from home affiliate with their new quality page ranking system introduced in early July.
21.	Bookmarks: 0	Hello From Chicago - Part 4 - A Personal Tour Of The Chicago Cultural Center Chicago, Arlington House, Sunday, October 23, 2005, 6:15 amYesterday, after our lovely Austrian breakfast we went downtown to the Chicago Cultural Center, the main downtown information hub for tourists, to ask some questions about the Pullman Historic District, a planned industrial community, built in the 1880s by industrial magnate George Pullman, creator of the famous Pullman sleeper cars. We figured this would be an interesting place to visit since it brings together a...
22.	Bookmarks: 0	Meprolight Sights Are An Excellent Choice Meprolight Night SightsMeprolight tritium sights are considered the forefront of technology for weapon mounted night sights. Meprolight sights are backed by the strongest warranty in the industry and are available by any dealer who sells Kimber products. Kimber became the exclusive distributor of Meprolight in 2005 and has brought awareness to enthusiasts and professional alike of the quality products made by Meprolight.Meprolight sights are available in fixed and adj...
23.	Bookmarks: 0	Employment Law: Unfair Dismissal - Constructive Dismissal - 'Last Straw' The case of Bell v The Spirit Group Ltd [2005] concerned a claim for unfair and constructive dismissal. The employment tribunal held that a series of acts, by the employer, cumulatively amounted to repudiation of the employee's contract of employment.The employee was a manager of a national chain of pubs and restaurants. He brought a complaint of unfair constructive dismissal against his employer in the employment tribunal on the grounds of failure to support him throughout a period of a ye...
24.	Bookmarks: 0	Are Los Angeles Clippers Tickets Becoming The Hot Item In Tinsel Town? Los Angeles Clippers tickets were, at best, an afterthought for decades in the city. The Clippers had one of the worst records in the NBA over a period of several years, and the team never went anywhere in the postseason on the rare occasions that they actually got there. The team was a mess, and perhaps no franchise in American professional sports had less hope in the big picture than the Clippers.My, how times have changed. The Clippers had a wildly-successful 2005-06 s...
25.	Bookmarks: 0	Is an Independent Advisor Right for You? The process of managing personal finances is both time-consuming and complex. According to the 2005 Employee Benefit Research Institute's Retirement Confidence Survey, 55 percent of workers said they were behind schedule in retirement savings. With so many different companies offering a range of products and services, it's hard to know where to turn for financial advice.
26.	Bookmarks: 0	Mortgage Equity Withdrawal - The Refinancing Trend Mortgage Equity Withdrawal is the formal name for equity refinance, reverse mortgages or simply home loans based on equity (as the security for the loan).Mortgage Equity Withdrawal rose to 8.7 billion pounds in the second quarter of this year to its highest since the third quarter last year, official data showed (on Tuesday 4th Oct 2005).Mortgage Equity Withdrawal is a measure of the equity Britons have extracted from their homes but which they have not re-invested in...
27.	Bookmarks: 0	The Sales Boom in Diesel Motorhomes Defies the Economic Forecasts Thor Industries Chief Executive Wade Thompson, whose business is the globe's largest allocator of diesel pusher motor coaches and travel trailers, is looking forward to the holiday ramble industry's overall product shipments to ascend in 2005 for the fourth straight yearly performance period.
28.	Bookmarks: 0	Online Dating Tips: Learn How To Survive On Lover’s Lane Before, it was considered as something that works for “Mr. or Ms. Lonelyheart” or to somebody who would want to find “Mr. Right.” Now, online dating is fast becoming the modern trend of dating and socialization.In fact, the estimated revenue garnered by online dating services just for the first half of 2003 had reached a whopping $214.3 million, according to the Forbes Magazine. Moreover, just for the month of August 2005, almost 40 million people are known to have engage...
29.	Bookmarks: 9	Online Bingo for Brits 2005 saw a huge increase in the number of online bingo games targeted at UK players. This article assesses the differences between those billed as 'UK' sites and other, more globally targeted, bingo halls.
30.	Bookmarks: 0	The Feminine Side Of Poker Poker, once traditionally considered a “man’s game”, is a man’s game no longer. Although men still dominate the game numbers-wise, women are certainly making rapid inroads on a professional level. True, no woman has as yet won the no-limit Texas Hold ‘ em Main Event, but Annie Duke did beat her older brother and eight other poker legends to win $2 million in the World Series of Poker’s 2005 Tournament of Champions.Arguably considered the best of the best among ...
31.	Bookmarks: 0	2006 St. Louis Cardinals Preview The 2005 Cardinals were led by one of the greatest offensive player's in baseball, Albert Pujols (.330 41 117). Joined by outfielders Jim Edmonds (.263 29 89), Reggie Sanders (.271 21 54) and Larry Walker (.289 15 82), Pujols and company assembled a regular season winning record of 100-62.
32.	Bookmarks: 0	Hello From Cuba - Part 3 - Hiking Vinales And Exploring Nature Hotel Havana Libre, Tuesday, April 5, 2005, 6:54 pmOn Sunday it was gorgeous. The cold front had finally passed through, the rain was gone and we had a beautiful warm sunny day without any humidity.My hostess is also a guide for the National Park System and Vinales is a nationally protected natural habitat. She had a tour planned through a side valley of Vinales (Valle del Ancon) with 3 participants, an older couple from Germany and me.The tour was fabulous, we go...
33.	Bookmarks: 0	Year in review - Top 12 News stories of 2005 As yet another New Year dawns, it is time for us to look back on 2005 and view from the outside all that happened. There were joys, triumphs, and tears. That everything that happens is a learning experience is quite true.
34.	Bookmarks: 0	Topps To Be Acquired By Eisner And Others On March 6, 2007, Topps (TOPP) announced it agreed to be acquired for $9.75 per share in cash in a transaction valued at $385.4 million. The maker of trading cards and confections (Ring Pop, Push Pop, Bazooka gum, etc.) will be acquired by the Tornante Company and Madison Dearborn Partners. The Tornante Company was founded in 2005 by Michael Eisner – it is privately held.Topps was founded in 1938. Although it was always a chewing gum company, Topps didn't start selling th...
35.	Bookmarks: 0	Redeeming Your American Express AIR MILES Credit Card Rewards In 1997, American Express Canada forged an agreement with AIR MILES rewards program to launch the American Express AIR MILES credit card exclusively for Canadian citizens. Eight years later, in 2005, an undisclosed duration for the multi year agreement extending the partnership between American Express and AIR MILES was signed.
36.	Bookmarks: 0	Oscars and Taxes Ratings for the Oscars were down a whopping 10 percent compared to 2005. Well, at least the Internal Revenue Service was watching.
37.	Bookmarks: 0	Take Care When Buying Mortgage Insurance In 2005 the Financial Services Authority (FSA) began investigating the payment protection insurance sector and subsequently handed out fines to several well known firms on the high street for mis-selling payment protection products. Recommendations were made for selling the cover and some changes for the better have been seen, however recently the FSA handed out a fine not only to a firm, but also the Chief Executive for failing to follow the proper procedures when it came to...
38.	Bookmarks: 0	State And Feds At Odds Over New Rules For Scoring Arizona Schools The U.S. Department of Education changed its rules for measuring the progress of public schools during the 2005-2006 school year. The impact was devastating to the Arizona schools, which had more than 600 schools marked as “failed”. That is nearly three times as many schools as last year.For the first time, the Arizona schools were forced to include AIMS test scores for reading and math of students, who are in their second or third year of learning English. Another change...
39.	Bookmarks: 0	Us Open Champ Geoff Ogilvy Geoff Ogilvy made a big splash in the world of golf this year by winning the prestigious US Open. Suddenly, he was on everyone's lips and they were all asking the same questions: Who is Geoff Ogilvy and where did he come from?Ogilvy is an Australian golfer who currently lives in Scottsdale, Arizona. This may come as a surprise to many but the US Open was actually Ogilvy's third championship on the PGA Tour. He previously won the 2005 Chrysler Classic of Tucson and the 200...
40.	Bookmarks: 0	Play It And Wear It Sports apparel is a multibillion industry, not only in the U.S. but around the globe. For 2005 alone, the sports apparel and athletic footwear industries gained more than $55 billion from the U.S. market. This figure was not surprising since sports apparel and footwear are the dynamic duo in U.S. sports industry. The combined earnings of the two industries have never been below the $50 billion dollar mark in the past four years.Moreover, the U.S. sporting equipment sales ...
41.	Bookmarks: 1	Pavin Snaps 10-year Golf Drought After a 10-year drought, golfer Corey Pavin finally barged into the winner's circle again on the Professional Golfers Association (PGA) by winning the 2005 U.S. Bank Championship in July 2006. The victory snapped a losing strea of 242 consecutive tournaments wihout a win.It was Pavin's 15th PGA victory -- and he did it in grand style. On the very first round of the US Bank Championship, Pavin broke the PGA record for the fewest number of strokes need to complete nine hole...
42.	Bookmarks: 0	Falcons Finally Have a Chance to Get Off to a Good Start in the Opening Month There are seven clubs that are candidates for rebound status in 2006 the seven flopped relatively miserably in 2005, averaging only 6.6 victories and three of the clubs finishing in last place in their divisions.
43.	Bookmarks: 0	A Golf Career Can Turn Your Passion Into A Lifestyle A golf career sounds like an exciting and glamorous dream to many who love the sport. However, it is more accessible than you may believe. According to a 2005 study by Golf Digest, there are over 35,000 golf courses currently operating worldwide, over half located in the United States. This translates into a booming job market filled with exciting golf careers of every description. You may not be the next Tiger Woods, but many golf jobs are open to those of varying levels of ...
44.	Bookmarks: 0	2005 US Open Winner - What Does It Take? As the 2005 US Open began in Pinehurst, NC, the name Michael Campbell wasn’t being touted as likely to finish first. Michael had attempted in four previous Opens and had not survived the weekend. Fortunately his final round of 1 under 69 gave him the two stroke lead he needed to earn a victory over the top ranked player in the world, Tiger Woods. How did Michael keep his composure with Woods making a charge on the back nine? Was it sheer confidence? Skill? Just what was the winning com...
45.	Bookmarks: 0	Tuning Out The Radio Voice It would be impossible to list all of the things people have considered crucial to success in life. Honesty, energy, bonding, modeling, control of fear…all are important. For my whole life, I’ve searched for the answers in this arena, and treasured the gems that have been revealed.In July of 2005, I went back to Longview, Washington, where I’d lived for nine years, raising my daughter. When we left, we packed much of our house into two storage units, planning to return on...
46.	Bookmarks: 0	Tuning Out For Success It would be impossible to list all of the things people have considered crucial to success in life. Honesty, energy, bonding, modeling, control of fear…all are important. For my whole life, I’ve searched for the answers in this arena, and treasured the gems that have been revealed. In July of 2005, I went back to Longview, Washington, where I’d lived for nine years, raising my daughter. When we left, we packed much of our house into two storage units, planning to return o...
47.	Bookmarks: 0	New Year Goals “Action Steps To Success”Life Coach AdviceThink back to the beginning of 2005. Like most, you started the new year with many goals. What goals did you set? Maybe 2005 was the year you were going to lose weight, get a better job, make more money, meet someone or quit smoking.How did it go?2005 has come to an end. How many of those goals did you accomplish? It’s ok to admit that you didn’t accomplish what you thought you would or even worse, what you knew you coul...
48.	Bookmarks: 0	Achieving Your Goal Most marathons provide more than their fair share of heroes and heroines who provide great examples. The London Marathon in April 2005 provided one or two especially heroic examples. The competitors have much to teach about achieving goals.
49.	Bookmarks: 0	5 Simple Steps to make 2006 the Best Year Ever!!! 5 Simple Steps to turn your life from confusion to success in under 5 minutes. Get your top 3 goals for the year and a simple system to insure that you achieve them.
50.	Bookmarks: 4	3 Tricks for 06 2005 disappeared at a speed that quantum physics is yet unable to explain. Thank goodness I had a goal to achieve!
51.	Bookmarks: 0	UK Personal Debt Problems Creating Hardship For Nation’s Young Adults Problem personal debt levels, especially for people under 25, in the UK have risen since last year according to the Consumer Credit Counselling Service (CCCS). In a report released this week they revealed that the average client aged under 25 coming for counselling in 2005 owes £15,000. The report also states that “More young people are getting themselves into situations where they find themselves unable to meet their unsecured credit commitments.”CCCS chairman Malcolm Hu...
52.	Bookmarks: 0	Student Loan Consolidation Rates Set to Increase on July 1 Congress voted on and passed Feb. 1 the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 that included massive cuts to federal student loan programs. The $11.9 billion in student loan cuts, including changes in laws regarding student loan consolidation, will negatively impact those students seeking a college education and others seeking to consolidate their higher interest loans. The industry expects a rush of students seeking to consolidate at the current low rates that are set to increase on July 1.
53.	Bookmarks: 0	Students Need To Be Aware Of Debt Management If you haven’t heard, student loan interest is now a tax deductible item on your personal tax return. On August 1, 2005 the cap on the old maximum student loan rate was lifted, and the new one was pushed into effect. So exactly what is going to be the affect on your existing student loan going to be you may be wondering. How will this now change the end result of the parent or students tax return?A lot of the associations that offer student loans told students that their ...
54.	Bookmarks: 0	Debt Consolidation Refinance Advice: Chapter 13 Bankruptcy versus Ch. 7 BK Under the old bankruptcy laws, most debtors chose between a liquidation proceeding under Chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code and a wage-earner repayment plan under Chapter 13. Under the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 (BAPCPA), new bankruptcy law, a two-part means (income) test now determines if your are eligible for Chapter 7 or must file under Chapter 13 for relief. Filing for bankruptcy should always be a last resort, since it damages your credit for many years.
55.	Bookmarks: 0	Highlights of IRS List of 2005 Tax Scams Each year, the IRS lists various scams taxpayers get caught up in. The top 2005 scams include several that manipulate laws governing charitable groups, abuse credit counseling services or rely on refuted arguments to claim tax exemptions. The agency is warning taxpayers about the growth of identity theft schemes with some particularly bold thieves even pretending to be IRS agents.
56.	Bookmarks: 0	A New Wall Street Line Dance: Performance - Line Two (December, 2005) Every December, with visions of sugarplums dancing in their heads, investors begin to scrutinize their performance, formulate coulda’s and shoulda’s, and determine what to try next year. It’s an annual, masochistic, rite of passage.
57.	Bookmarks: 0	A New Wall Street Line Dance: Performance - Line One (December, 2005) Every December, with visions of sugarplums dancing in their heads, investors begin to scrutinize their performance, formulate coulda’s and shoulda’s, and determine what to try next year. It’s an annual, masochistic, rite of passage.
58.	Bookmarks: 0	My 2006 East Coast Explorations Of South Western Nova Scotia And Halifax Over the last year or so I have had a chance to explore a lot of Canada, starting with Victoria and Vancouver in the summer of 2005, continuing with a trip to the Canadian Rockies and Calgary earlier this year. I also took two trips to Ottawa: during Winterlude in February and during the world famous Tulip Festival in May of 2006. Then I continued on with a trip to Montreal where I had a chance to see the exuberant Canada Day Celebrations in a city that definitely knows how t...
59.	Bookmarks: 0	How To Choose A Uranium Stock Now that the uranium bull market has gone to a new level, a number of exploration stocks made spectacular percentage gains after the International Investment Conference held in San Francisco in late November 2005. We turned to Kevin Bambrough, Market Strategist, and Jean-Francoise Tardif, Portfolio Manager, at Sprott Asset Management for their advice on how to navigate through the more than 250 uranium exploration, development and producing companies available across the glob...
60.	Bookmarks: 8	Surround Sound in US Theaters Summary article based on 1 year of research done by Teo Graca on Surround Sound in US Theaters from July 2005 through June 2006.
61.	Bookmarks: 0	What were the top selling eBay items for 2005? Amazon and eBay reported on their top-selling items for the past year. This is including popular tech toys and gadgets.In the consumer electronics category, the top seller for the Seattle-based e-tailer was the silver CyberHome CH-DVD 300S progressive scan DVD player
62.	Bookmarks: 0	What is Podcasting? Odds are you’ve heard the term “podcasting.” It was even selected by the editors of the New Oxford American Dictionary as the Word of the Year for 2005. But what exactly is it?In its simplest terms, podcasting is a method of publishing audio files to the Internet, which can then be automatically downloaded to a computer, iPod, MP3 player or other portable media device.
63.	Bookmarks: 55	The Demise of EZBoard EZBoard's network of forums was attacked on May 30, 2005, resulting in many forums being damaged irreparably. Many forum managers made the difficult move to PHP and are not looking back. See what this incident has done to the once venerable message board hosting community.
64.	Bookmarks: 3	Google Sued Over 'Click Fraud' in Adwords On June 24, 2005, a lawsuit was filed against Google for alleged click fraud on the Adwords pay-per-click program. The Plaintiff, Click Defense, claims Google failed to enact appropriate measures to guard against fraudulent clicks resulting in unwarranted marketing fees. Click Defense claims it has lost over $5 million to click fraud.
65.	Bookmarks: 0	EU Domains If you own a website and are located anywhere in Europe, especially the U.K., you’re probably well aware of all the attention surrounding the Eurid offering of .eu domains to the public. .Eu domains have been long awaited and their popularity is expected to be similar to .com domains. These domains were originally only available in what was known as the Sunrise 1 and Sunrise 2 stages. Sunrise 1, the first of the three stages, began on December 7, 2005. To be considered for a ...
66.	Bookmarks: 0	Email Marketing is Still Hot for Small Business Internet use continues to rise and Americans are not overloaded with information according to recently published findings by the Pew Research Center. The proportion of Americans online on a typical day grew from 36% of the entire adult population in January 2002 to 44% in December 2005.Communicating with your customers via email is very effective and welcomed by most if your message is right and they've given you permission to email them.
67.	Bookmarks: 0	Credit Card Processors As per 2005 statistics released, on line trade grew more by more than 22% over previous year. To accept credit cards for online trade, you need a merchant account. Getting a merchant account is not easy for all. It does involve a lot of money. To solve this issue, another fast emerging choice is use of third-party factoring services, also known as credit card processors. These processors process third party orders through their own merchant accounts.
68.	Bookmarks: 4	Teens And Blogs - Internet Safety Wake-Up Call In November of 2005, I read that a Roman Catholic high school in Sparta had ordered its students to remove personal blogs from the Internet, in the name of protecting them from cyberpredators. Which brings me to an important question, just how can you keep your child safe online?The Internet is a "gateway" which leads the adult predator to your child. Parents need to recognize the need to better monitor their children’s online activity. I believe that websites like xanga,...
69.	Bookmarks: 3	Pixel advertisements redefine internet marketing to provide free traffic 26th August 2005 witnessed the dawn of a new era in internet marketing. Alex Tew came up with an idea which would rewrite the nuances of internet advertising and increase traffic like never before....and thus was born "Pixel Advertising".
70.	Bookmarks: 5	Want to Become A Super Affiliate In Niche Markets? 38 million people have put up their very first websites online this year 2005 alone. It is estimated that by 2008, the internet sales industry will top then dollar bank. And to think, majority of those sites will be offering different affiliate programs for people to choose and participate into.
71.	Bookmarks: 0	Online Holiday Shopping Sales Meet Record Breaking Expectations As the dollar figures pour in and the numbers are tabulated and with business analysts predicting a record breaking online holiday shopping season, it appears the projections were right on target.Although the final holiday shopping sales figures aren't in yet, preliminary reports from a wide spectrum of sources point to online sales that have met expectations and will make e-tailers, large and small, very satisfied with the results.According to comScore, the latest "2...
72.	Bookmarks: 0	Identity Fraud Precautions Consequences of Identity FraudIn most parts of the world, identity fraud is the fastest growing offence. Yet, in the USA, a longitudinal 2005 study by Javelin Strategy & Research showed that the crime had decreased since a 2003 study from the Federal Trade Commission was released in 2003. The most current US Javelin data also showed that 9.3 million persons, being 4.25% of all adults, are victims of identity fraud on a yearly basis. In the United Kingdom in 2005 the consu...
73.	Bookmarks: 0	Google’s “Big Daddy” Purportedly Causing Havoc With Page Rankings Bigdaddy, Google’s new data centre, isn’t news to most webmasters; both Search Engine Watch and Webmaster World’s forums have discussed the technology since late 2005, and even Google’s own Chief Search Engineer Matt Cutts has blogged the topic extensively. Even the reason behind the naming convention (one of the Google staff’s kids call him Big Daddy at home) is out in the open.How Bigdaddy will affect page rankings within Google however, still remains to be seen, ...
74.	Bookmarks: 35	Eurid Eurid, otherwise known as the European Registry of Internet Domain names, is a not for profit organization based in Belgium that is specifically established to run the new .eu registry. Eurid has been appointed by the European Commission to handle the registration and management of .eu domain names. In fact, as recent as December 7, 2005, Eurid has begun accepting applications for .eu domain names. Further, if individuals pay close attention to the registration dates, they ma...
75.	Bookmarks: 0	What Gets A Book To The Top Of The Bestseller List? The business of books is big business with 172,000 new titles released in 2005 and sales in the United States of about $40 billion. But what makes a book successful? Are there any common characteristics that can spur on sales? As part of the research for "The Making of a Bestseller" Dee Power and Brian Hill, the authors, surveyed over 100 editors and agents to answer those questions.*Previous Success is the Key Indicator of Future Success *Editors and agents are in ag...
76.	Bookmarks: 5	What Do Bestselling Authors Have In Common? Nine Characteristics That May Surprise You.In writing "The Making of a Bestseller: Success Stories From Authors and the Editors, Agents and Behind Them," (Dearborn Trade, 2005), we wanted to find out what separates the publishing industry elite, the bestselling authors, from all the thousands and thousands of writers who aspire to someday make the bestseller lists. We interviewed 24 of today's most popular authors, some of whom have endured on the bestseller lists for dec...
77.	Bookmarks: 7	What Aspiring Authors Can Learn From The 2005 Publishing Year 'Tis the season for evaluating the year gone by! Over the next few weeks you'll see plenty of articles summing up the successes and failures in industries all across the board: television, movies, automobiles, retail. It's no different for the publishing industry. Already the New York Times has run an article examining publishing's good, bad and ugly decisions of 2005. There are many tidbits here and there in Publishers Weekly as well. While the overall message can seem daunt...
78.	Bookmarks: 0	The Brass Ring - Or The Bottom Rung? 24 million adults in the United States consider themselves creative writers but less than 5% have ever been published anywhere. 172,000 titles were released in 2005. It has been estimated that at any one time there are between 5 to 6 million manuscripts looking for a publishing home. Many writers are turning toward publish-on-demand (POD) houses like iUniverse, AuthorHouse and Publish America to get their books into readers’ hands. About 25,000 titles will be released by POD ...
79.	Bookmarks: 0	Interview With Howard Shapiro, A Children Book Author I nterviewed Howard Shapiro on October 24 2006Q: What are you working on now?At the moment I am marketing my Hanukkah book for the 2nd yearand trying to get my anti-bullying book into schools, foundations etc.After the first of the year, I am planning to start work on my thirdbook "Hockey Day's" which I hope to have out in October, 2007.Q: Tell us about your two books?My first book was published in October, 2005. It is called "HanukkahCounts Too!" and the ...
80.	Bookmarks: 0	Freefall - A Writing Method In January, 2005, six months before Kensington bought Passion, I took a writing course. A friend introduced me to a writing technique called Freefall.Rather than my trying to explain what she told me, I will quote directly from the Freefall website:FREEFALL is the technique of writing from the larger Self, beyond reach of the ego and its censors. . . .FREEFALL invokes the courage to fall without a parachute, into the words as they come, into the thoughts before they h...