Others may not but I do… “Two and a half years ago, EFF sued AT&T on behalf of its customers, seeking to hold the telecom giant responsible for its craven complicity in the White House’s illegal warrantless wiretapping program. Since then, the phone companies and their allies in Washington have spent tens of millions of dollars lobbying Congress to grant them retroactive immunity. They ran ridiculous fear-mongering attack ads against any politician who dared to oppose them. President Bush threatened to veto any bill that allowed EFF’s lawsuit to continue.” Our rights as Americans are being wiped off the slate by this administration and the Telecoms because of – MONEY and the smoke screen of FEAR! Help... [Read more]

Helpful information from Google on many conversion techniques… Conversion University We now move on to “Outcomes” which is further broken down into; Website Optimizer Overview: “Website Optimizer allows you to test changes in the website content of your pages in order to determine what will be most effective in getting conversions. You choose what parts of a page you’d like to test — headline, image, promo text – and we’ll run an experiment on a portion of your site traffic to determine which content on your site users respond to best.” Website Optimizer Helpful Hints: “While it’s easy to set up experiments using Website Optimizer, each one will benefit greatly from a bit of preparation... [Read more]

It seems like the bluster and bravado have calmed down. Possibly because of the current news… eBay denied stay in LVMH case The French Court of Appeals today denied eBay’s petition to stay an injunction issued June 30 by a Parisian court that requires eBay to halt all sales of four LVMH perfumes over any site worldwide that is accessible from France, according to an eBay spokesperson. An eBay spokesman says the company “will comply as technically and humanly possible” with the injunction while it continues to pursue its appeal of the ruling. In a statement, LVMH says that today’s denial of the stay “confirms the seriousness of the faults committed by eBay’s sites . . . and confirms the significance of the legal precedent set... [Read more]

“A language arts reference tool and comprehensive search engine for words. Includes the functions of a rhyming dictionary, thesaurus, and spelling checker, as well as an integrated full-text search engine for all of Shakespeare’s works and thousands of quotations and poems.” Ever hear of RhymeZone? Me either… Check this out – what can you do with RhymeZone? Find rhymes: This function will return words that rhyme with the word you typed in. Find synonyms: This function will return words that are the same or similar in meaning to the word you typed in. Find anonyms: This function will return words that can mean the opposite of what you typed in. Find definition: This function will search for definitions of the... [Read more]

Tons of helpful information from Google on many conversion techniques… Conversion University We move on to “Onsite Behavior Analysis” which is further broken down into; Five Tips for Writing Effective Web Headlines: “One of the easiest, low-tech ways to make users stick around and look at your products or services is to catch their attention with an engaging headline. Recent research suggests that users decide to stay or leave your site in 8 seconds or less — in that short amount of time, headlines are the one piece of copy that users will actually read.” Five Questions To Ask of Your Site Search Data: “A search box is a goldmine of information for you the site owner, because each time visitors search your site,... [Read more]