Sunday, August 06, 2006

Cross-site scripting issues. Simply accessing some social software sites is now hazardous to your privacy and gives away your information to spammers. Researchers warn over web worms. via [The Register] 2:33:14 PM

Webmaster Central Blog: Official news on crawling and indexing sites for the Google index This was news to me. Something to be aware of if you are tracking your site's performance. More webmaster tools  Source:   Webmaster Central Blog Author:   Vanessa Fox Link:   http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2006/08… via [Techmeme] 2:26:48 PM

Lower your business costs with free or cheap communication services. The title and the lead that Lifehacker gave this article is a bit misleading. Actually, MyMoneyBlog provides pointers for free or cheap communication services (phone answering, fax, email, postal service). Which is fine and if the suggestions meet your needs, they will save you some money. Weekend Project: Put together your cheap virtual office. [Lifehacker] 2:08:46 PM

Hubpages: Publish your passions, (maybe) make some money. Hubpages are a way for individuals to create topical web pages. This sounds, at first, like such earlier "expert" sites as About.com, but the idea has been expanded. With Hubpages, you can include blog-like features and you can link to eBay, Amazon, and other ad sources in order to profit from pay-per-click. It's a business model, but only if you are willing to put in the work to create a hub that (a) serves a currently unserved niche, and (b) gives readers a reason to come back on a regular basis. If you look at some of the existing Hubs, you will see a lot of examples of what NOT to do. In other words, just because someone is giving you a horse to ride, winning the Triple Crown still takes dedication, smarts, and consistent effort. Read more about Hubpages in this TechCrunch review. Hubpages Launches, Gets $2 m from Hummer Winblad. [TechCrunch] 1:58:30 PM

How to Succeed in Business (by paying attention) This is a great weblog entry and excellent advice. Best quote: "[A] successful entrepreneur obsesses over the pulse of his or her business.  Much of that pulse is numbers." Daily Key to Success  Source:   Fractals of Change Author:   Tom Evslin Link:   http://blog.tomevslin.com/2006/08/daily_key_to_su.html via [Techmeme] 1:38:36 PM

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