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May 2002

TRENDS

  • Overture.com (formerly Goto.com) is alive and well posting it's third straight profitable quarter. They also signed a three year extension to their agreement with Yahoo. That means if you want top listings at Yahoo, break out your wallet and bid in the top three at Overture.com on your keywords.

  • If you use a hotmail account, you are at great risk of having your account lifted by hacker types forever. A major and credible security risk has been uncovered that allows someone to access your account and you can't stop them even if you change your password. If they get hold of your cookie file, you're cooked. Click here for full story at Wired.

  • From Ecommerce Times: "While low-cost marketing tools like e-mail spam may tempt budget-constrained companies, such methods often backfire and repel potential customers, analysts warned." Don't do it and don't get greedy. Build your list legitimately and you'll have a real asset. 

  •  TMP Worldwide surveyed 5,000 US workers. 50% of those responding believe technology has made more work for them. 50% of workers between the ages of 35 and 55 believe they are "drowning under their workloads."  44.4% of feel they are tied much tighter to their workplace because of mobile phones and computers.

  • AOL is squirming to keep customers who typically jump ship after they get a broadband connection.

  • "Someday, in the distant future, our grandchildren's grandchildren will develop a new equivalent of our classrooms. They will spend many hours in front of boxes with fires glowing within. May they have the wisdom to know the difference between light and knowledge." --Plato

    E learning is going wild. I'm grabbing my share of it and so should you. Teach people things on line and they will pay you for your efforts.

    Read an eye opening article about it by clicking here.

  • 32.7 million computers were shipped in the first quarter of 2002. People are stampeding the Internet and they have money to spend. Make sure you set up the systems to get your fair share.

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