Month of April, 2009
Once upon a time, all you needed to start your web-based business was to put up a website, create an online store, buy some Google ads and then sit back and watch the money come in. But E-Commerce has been evolving. Current E-Commerce tools like SEO and Pay-Per-Click advertising are no longer delivering the bang they once did, so online merchants have been looking at alternatives for building their businesses.
Google's News Timeline
Somewhat quietly (at least for Google) Google Labs has relaunched two new products. You can read the details regarding the relaunch here: http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/04/hard-at-play-in-google-labs-with.html.
For my first trick as a blogger, I will follow my other bloggers over the intellectual cliff and prognosticate about the future of our industry! On second thought let ‘s just focus on how Resellers can survive the Recession of 2009 and then try to tackle items higher up on Maslow’s hierarchy of needs some other day. I plan to explore each of the following topics in detail, in future blogs but for our first time together; here are what I believe to be five keys to surviving the Recession of 2009:
1. Take care of those that brought you to the dance.
Hello
I would like to thank Jordan and everyone at Host Review for giving me the opportunity to blog about topics facing the web hosting and search engine industries. I hope that my blog will provide useful information and a different perspective, while, and on occasion engage other members in thoughtful yet provocative discussions about topics of common interest. Look for my debut next week here at HostReview.com.
Do we really want to build this smart grid…for it only to be used against us? We've got to be sure those smart meters are protected.
I spoke these words two weeks before Siobhan Gorman of the Wall Street Journal broke the news that cyberspies, most likely from China and Russia, had penetrated the cybergrid that controls the US electrical supply, and and had left behind potentially disruptive software. I wasn't a bit surprised.
E-Commerce Times reports that Google is seeking to acquire Twitter, the wildly popular 140-character-or-less micro-blogging service. This is after the world's largest social network Facebook made an offer of $500 million ($100 million of that in cash!) for Twitter last December, which was rejected.
Sources are reporting that IBM is planning to acquire Sun, its rival in the computer server and software markets. According to the NYTimes, the price is nearly $7 billion. The merger will create a corporate entity, which owns some of the most recognizable software and hardware brands in the hosting and IT industries.
It's that time of the year again. In time honored tradition, the giants of the internet announce the most stupendous projects imaginable on April 1st. Just don't take their announcements at face value.
