Make business connections online--the right way

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Wi-Fi gear makers make home connections

Wi-Fi gear makers make home connections 01/10/2004 04:29 PM
New products that will allow home stereos and DVD players to connect to and playback digital media stored on other devices connected to wireless networks.

Online Business Networks - Building
Quality Business Relationships on the
Internet

Online Business Networks - Building
Quality Business Relationships on the
Internet 12/28/2004 06:58 AM

Online Business Networks

Online Business Networks - Building Quality Business Relationships on the Internet
http://www.onlinebusines snetworks.com/

Reach More of the Right People Faster with Less Effort. Business is under pressure now more than ever to do more with less — bigger, better, cheaper, faster. But at what cost? At the cost of human relationships? It doesn't have to be. The internet offers powerful tools to help you find the right people, connect with them, build trust and rapport, and collaborate with them quickly and cost-effectively. This is a good guide with some fine resources. This has been added to my white paper Online Social Networking.

Live coverage from Times Online business
reporters No 1 FOR BUSINESS

Live coverage from Times Online business
reporters No 1 FOR BUSINESS 07/12/2004 05:40 AM
Business.timesonline.co.uk - Mon Jul 12, 09:22 am GMT

Business-to-business online ad network
launches

Business-to-business online ad network
launches 09/13/2004 07:15 AM
ThomasB2B.com LLC will officially launch on Monday a new online advertising network which is modeled after general-purpose ones from the likes of Yahoo Inc.'s Overture and Google Inc. but which differs in two key aspects: first, it is focused exclusively on the business-to-business market; and second, it matches ads with search queries and content through predefined categories, not keywords.

Online Billing - Small Business
Accepting Online Payment with 2ndSite’s
Free Service

Online Billing - Small Business
Accepting Online Payment with 2ndSite’s
Free Service 09/02/2004 02:06 AM
Before you send your next invoice, make sure you are not wasting time or money. Small businesses have begun to recognize the cost savings afforded by online billing thanks to 2ndSite Inc.’s free online billing service. [PRWEB Sep 2, 2004]

Make privacy your business

Make privacy your business 06/24/2005 09:19 PM
CIO Jun 22 2005 11:55PM GMT

E-training Is Made Easy When Experts
Converge For Online Webinar Focusing On
Inspiring And Educating New Online
Business Owners

E-training Is Made Easy When Experts
Converge For Online Webinar Focusing On
Inspiring And Educating New Online
Business Owners 03/14/2005 04:40 PM
Our Web Developers have assembled a powerful team of experts in various fields including Tax Specialists, Marketing Experts, IT Professionals, Coaching Gurus, Business Accountants, established Network Marketers, as well as a wide variety of other experts. The monthly webinars are a valuable resource for both established businesses and for those considering a business venture. [PRWEB Mar 14, 2005]

Cisco and Microsoft make small business
together

Cisco and Microsoft make small business
together 02/11/2004 08:22 PM
The longtime partners sharpen up their networking gear and office software bundle, to the potential detriment of rivals Hewlett-Packard and 3Com.

How To Make a Smart
Business-Intelligence Purchase

How To Make a Smart
Business-Intelligence Purchase 03/14/2003 01:28 AM
Due to the proliferation of options among vendors specializing in analytics -- along with the developing functionalities of the suite vendors -- the decision will not be easy for firms looking to make a business-intelligence software purchase.

Technology And Show Business Kiss And
Make Up

Technology And Show Business Kiss And
Make Up 04/25/2004 08:45 PM
With growth slowing in both entertainment and technology, players on both sides started to accept an uncomfortable reality: they simply could not afford to go on fighting. By Evelyn Nussenbaum, New York Times (via MyAppleMenu)

WebsiteOnThePhone.com (a business
division of Sri IIST Inc, TX) announces
the launch of Rental Management System
(RMS) - an easy-to-use off-the-shelf
software for starting an own online
video rental business.

WebsiteOnThePhone.com (a business
division of Sri IIST Inc, TX) announces
the launch of Rental Management System
(RMS) - an easy-to-use off-the-shelf
software for starting an own online
video rental business. 09/19/2004 02:24 AM
The RMS web application software allows complete automation of account creation, inventory management, tracking of rentals, customer management, rewards programs and more for the online video rental business. The online video rental store will have the capability to process payments using all major credit card processing vendors such as Card Services International, WorldPay, Authorize.net, Verisign, 2Checkout.com, Paypal, etc. [PRWEB Sep 19, 2004]

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Security Holes Make VOIP a Risky
Business

Security Holes Make VOIP a Risky
Business 05/12/2004 11:16 PM

Open source systems make business sense

Open source systems make business sense 03/19/2003 10:25 PM
CNET Mar 19 2003 1:24AM ET

Business Essentials: Can Hopscotch make
the jump to the internet?

Business Essentials: Can Hopscotch make
the jump to the internet? 07/10/2004 05:43 PM
Independent Jul 10 2004 9:42PM GMT

A Business Information Publication
Standard and Google's Power to Make It
Happen

A Business Information Publication
Standard and Google's Power to Make It
Happen 08/30/2004 03:17 PM

It's time we extend the robots.txt concept to information about businesses.

First, let's take a quick detour into robots.txt for a second —

In order to tell a search engine how to spider a Web site (or not), webmasters can stick a text file called "robots.txt" in their root directory with information spiders can use. This works because it's useful and it's ridiculously simple — everyone sticks the same file, named the same thing, in the same place. It's so simple, it can't NOT work.

MT-Blacklist does the same thing. You can put your blacklist in a text file called "blacklist.txt" in the root of your site so people can see what you're blocking.

For the sake of standards, it is recommended that the file be named blacklist.txt and reside in the root directory of your website. The possible network effect here is certainly delicious.

This isn't complicated — stick the same info in the same place and people will know where to get it.

Okay, back to the point —

Lets make up an XML spec for information about your business. Like this:


<business_info>
  <name>Deane's House of Pancakes</name>
  <address>1600 Pennsylvania Ave</address>
  <tag_line>We make round, fluffy crap.</tag_line>
  <hours>
    <monday>
      <open>0900</open>
      <close>2200</close>< br />    </monday>
[etc]


Obviously, this is absurdly simple, but you get the idea. You could have fields for your business phone number, fax number, general email, directions on how to get to your office, stock ticker symbol, customer service phone number, etc. Essentially, anything anyone would want to know about your business and for which they would (1) have to look up on your Web site, or (2) make a phone call to your receptionist.

Now, lets all put this file in the root of our Web site and call it "info.xml." That way we all know where it is, and we can all retrieve it. Now, every business has a common URL pattern where a program can find easily digestable information about the business. It's not hard to imagine what we could do with this.

For instance, Outlook could parse the domain name of the email address of all your contacts, go looking for this file for each one, then store the information with the contact (refreshing it every 30 days or so).

Online white and yellow pages could have a field day with it — you just give them your URL, and all your information is self-updating. Search engines could present this information alongside search results for your company. Etc.

Of course, this only works if everyone does it. And here, my friends, is the one, single thing that would have to happen for everyone to do it: Google adopts it. That's it. If Google announced tomorrow that they were going to do something like this, and released the spec for it, we'd see info.xml files start to hit the Web within a few hours. We'd have massive saturation within a month.

Google is already pushing beyond search with localization results. They're nailing down addresses of sites they visit, then presenting them in graduated radii from the city center.

Why not eliminate the parsing step and just ask people to put their actual address in a file in a common location? And while they're at it, have them put a bunch more information there as well. Once search engines starting spidering and parsing this stuff, it's amazing the level of detail and accuracy you could get for online directories and other business information sources.

And, again, the only thing standing between this idea and reality, is Google. Google is such a juggernaut that they could — in the words of Jean Luc Picard — "make it so" just by announcing that they wanted to it to happen. Companies would fall all over themselves to deliver it. Like Microsoft, Google is in a position to drive standards simply by virtue of its position.

So, Google, snap to it. The world is waiting.

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Microsoft product to make business
versions of popular messaging systems
work together

Microsoft product to make business
versions of popular messaging systems
work together 07/14/2004 10:35 PM
China Post Jul 15 2004 3:00AM GMT

Urgent need for organizations to make
offshore customer contact more
profitable for business and more popular
with customers.

Urgent need for organizations to make
offshore customer contact more
profitable for business and more popular
with customers. 07/22/2004 02:48 AM
[PRWEB Jul 22, 2004]

What Does It Take to Make Money Online?

What Does It Take to Make Money Online? 04/23/2004 04:15 PM
WebDevInfo Apr 23 2004 8:08PM GMT

I Make Money Online. You Can Too

I Make Money Online. You Can Too 04/10/2004 01:07 AM
WebDevInfo Apr 10 2004 5:28AM GMT

Is Online Registration For News A Ploy
To Make Online News Look Bad?

Is Online Registration For News A Ploy
To Make Online News Look Bad? 09/17/2004 02:31 PM
These days, I very rarely agree with anything written by John C. Dvorak, who seems to be spending his time not really understanding what's happening in technology. However, his latest column has an interesting theory. We've been talking a lot about how many newspapers have a backwar ds thinking policy requiring registration just to read the same AP and Reuters stories everyone else has. The public claim is that they're doing this to give their advertisers more data about their visitors, but the amount of dirty data that goes into these databases suggests that doesn't make much sense -- and could get them in legal trouble. Others point out that online editions are really doing this to get email for the sake of selling their mailing lists to marketing spammers, which does make some sense, though isn't a particularly well thought-out strategy for long term success. Dvorak's take, however, is that newspapers are doing this to keep people out on purpose. The idea is that newspapers want to play down their online operations, to show that their paper editions are still much more important. He believes they don't want the online editions to be profitable, as that would mean serious changes for their business. If true, this is an incredibly stupid position, basically trying to convince themselves that news isn't moving online when it really is. It's even worse than just not believing what's happening -- it's working to screw up the data they use themselves in figuring out what's happening. Honestly, though, this seems unlikely. It would involve too much thought. It seems, more likely, that the push towards online registration is from newspapers who haven't really thought the issues through, but who think this will somehow pay off.

Make Your Next Phone Call Online

Make Your Next Phone Call Online 12/25/2003 05:37 AM
Voice over IP is cheap, easy and available. Find out how it works and where to get connected. By Xeni Jardin from Wired magazine.

make money online novice

make money online novice 04/10/2004 01:07 AM
WebDevInfo Apr 10 2004 5:28AM GMT

How to make online lending easier

How to make online lending easier 08/13/2004 05:22 AM
Philly.com - Fri Aug 13, 09:39 am GMT

"Make Your Next Phone Call Online"

"Make Your Next Phone Call Online" 12/26/2003 02:57 PM

Ready to make new friends here, there,
online

Ready to make new friends here, there,
online 01/06/2005 07:24 AM
Gomemphis.com - Thu Jan 6, 10:09 am GMT

Singles Make Comeback Online

Singles Make Comeback Online 11/18/2003 08:56 PM
Building your music collection a song at a time, a buck at a time, is most convenient of all. By Francis Volpe (The Sentinel via MyAppleMenu)

Online games make serious money

Online games make serious money 01/19/2004 06:14 AM
Online multiplayer games look set to rack up more than $1bn in revenues this year, says a report.

Online Retailers Collectively Make
Profit (AP)

Online Retailers Collectively Make
Profit (AP) 05/24/2004 11:19 PM
AP - Online retailers collectively made a profit last year for the first time as sales jumped a better-than-expected 51 percent, in a sign of continued resilience in e-commerce, an industry survey found.

Wikis make online encyclopedias
interactive

Wikis make online encyclopedias
interactive 04/10/2005 10:40 AM
Chron.com - Sun Apr 10, 07:30 am GMT

TOM Online to Make Strategic Transaction
Announcement

TOM Online to Make Strategic Transaction
Announcement 12/17/2004 06:25 PM
Biz.yahoo.com - Fri Dec 17, 06:56 am GMT

Make a Date, Meet a Mate Online

Make a Date, Meet a Mate Online 06/13/2004 05:57 AM
Wired.com - Sun Jun 13, 02:54 am GMT

Online ads that don't make the cash
register ring

Online ads that don't make the cash
register ring 07/08/2004 06:51 PM
InternetRetailer.com Jul 8 2004 11:17PM GMT

Techology need a make over from
"Tomorrow to Today" - Business Card
Scanner India's no. 1 Patented Model -
brings E-technology to your desktop!

Techology need a make over from
"Tomorrow to Today" - Business Card
Scanner India's no. 1 Patented Model -
brings E-technology to your desktop! 06/01/2004 09:15 AM
Simply and efficiently scan and organize your business cards. [PRWEB May 29, 2004]

Online sellers who make big money on
eBay could face the tax man

Online sellers who make big money on
eBay could face the tax man 03/28/2005 03:18 AM
Boston Globe Mar 28 2005 7:20AM GMT

Why Charging For Newspaper Content
Online Doesn't Make Sense

Why Charging For Newspaper Content
Online Doesn't Make Sense 11/07/2003 04:16 AM
One of the arguments that shows up here repeatedly is on the backwardness of local newspapers charging for online content. There are a number of reasons why it's a bad idea - from the level of taking yourself out of the online discussion and believing that walled garden content can survive to misunderstanding the very basic economics of the internet. Still, many newspapers are trying to do so, and some even believe that it's going well. Along comes Vin Crosbie, who knows both the newspaper business and the online content world, to smack a little sense into them. The Albuquerque Journal explained why they thought they were brilliant for creating a "successful" operation charging for their online content, and Crosbie picks apart the argument, bit by bit, and explains how they're actually losing money on this plan - and how all their other examples of newspapers charging for online content are bad (or irrelevant) examples. If you're interested in the economics of online content, it's worth a read.

Demand, online access make used
bookstore a success

Demand, online access make used
bookstore a success 06/06/2004 05:03 AM
Chron.com - Sun Jun 6, 06:59 am GMT

Play mates How online gaming can help
you make new friends

Play mates How online gaming can help
you make new friends 05/31/2004 03:40 PM
News.bbc.co.uk - Sat May 29, 04:18 pm GMT

More People are Turning to the Internet
to Make a Living Online

More People are Turning to the Internet
to Make a Living Online 12/28/2004 09:29 PM
Promotion World Dec 29 2004 1:11AM GMT
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