Small Merchants Adopt 'Weird' PR Campaign (AP)

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New tool due for small Web merchants

New tool due for small Web merchants 07/19/2002 04:49 PM
CNET Jul 19 2002 2:13PM ET

Yahoo Offers Integrated UPS Shipping
Tools for Small Merchants

Yahoo Offers Integrated UPS Shipping
Tools for Small Merchants 05/04/2004 12:14 PM
Auctionbytes.com May 4 2004 3:40PM GMT

Adopt a Journalist in Campaign 2004:
The Drift of a Suggestion

Adopt a Journalist in Campaign 2004:
The Drift of a Suggestion 01/10/2004 06:44 PM
Over the holidays, an idea gained Net traction: webloggers "adopting" a campaign reporter. That means you monitor and collect all the reporter's work, and then... And then what? Follow the turns as the suggestion is taken up.

PressThink: Adopt a Campaign Journalist
in 2004: The Drift of a Suggestion

PressThink: Adopt a Campaign Journalist
in 2004: The Drift of a Suggestion 01/11/2004 04:55 PM
Adopt a Campaign Journalist in 2004: The Drift of a Suggestion .. PressThink .. Rosen

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VeriFone Enters Value-Conscious Segment
of US Market - Takes Direct Aim at
Hypercom, Lipman and Other Small Players
- Omni 3730 and 3730 LE Models Tailored
to Merchants Who Traditionally Rely on
Used or Inferior Brands

VeriFone Enters Value-Conscious Segment
of US Market - Takes Direct Aim at
Hypercom, Lipman and Other Small Players
- Omni 3730 and 3730 LE Models Tailored
to Merchants Who Traditionally Rely on
Used or Inferior Brands 09/07/2004 02:55 AM
VeriFone, Inc. announces new payment terminals that extend the Omni 3700 family to the value-conscious market and meet the needs of merchants who traditionally rely on used or inferior brands [PRWEB Sep 7, 2004]

Yahoo targets small business with domain
campaign

Yahoo targets small business with domain
campaign 08/17/2004 01:52 AM
Investors Business Daily Aug 17 2004 6:23AM GMT

Politics: Small-world Phenomena and the
Dean Campaign II

Politics: Small-world Phenomena and the
Dean Campaign II 01/07/2004 06:29 PM
The difficulty in building a political network like Dean is that it is extremely difficult to manufacture small-world dynamics.  The weak links derived from weblogs and other forms of social technology are made via intentional actions by the network's participants.  They can't be forced or planned.  They also are unlikely to form without help.  These intentional cross connections serve to radically reduce the average connection length of the network (the distance between any two nodes on the network).Hence the perception that the community is a small world, even if it is composed of hundreds of thousands of participants.  Operationally, short connection lengths translate into a community that acts with a speed and decisiveness not seen in authoritarian or random networks. 

The knee-jerk reaction among political managers looking at the Dean network would be to set up a candidate weblog, set up some meetup.org gatherings, and build some software.  However, that is far from what is needed to set the process that would lead to small-world phenomena in motion.

Politics: Small-world Phenomena and the
Dean Campaign

Politics: Small-world Phenomena and the
Dean Campaign 01/07/2004 06:30 PM
The Dean campaign is reliant on small-world dynamics for its power.  The cross connections of egalitarian weak links of Deanie weblogs and the aristocratic Dean hub weblog serve to amplify good or positive information moving through the system.Of course, this can cut the other way too.  Bad or negative information can be amplified out of proportion in this type of network.

My guess is that the Dean network is composed of relatively isolated clusters of nodes that rely on high throughput conduit nodes for connectivity.  If this is true, then the Dean hub and software strategy is correct. It is using the hub weblog to pump information to the high-throughput conduit weblogs using RSS (which strengthens them).

Of course, the Dean campaign isn't the only organization using the power of Internet enabled small-world networks.  Groups across the world are doing the same, including terrorists.  Terrorists?  Yes.  The rise of both the Internet and the first global terrorist organization (that could challenge the world's only remaining superpower) is closely linked.

Broadband Surf Report: Vonage CEO on
'weird' states

Broadband Surf Report: Vonage CEO on
'weird' states 03/24/2005 02:09 PM
What looks good in broadband news for March 24.

Trusted merchants

Trusted merchants 12/30/2004 11:29 AM
I got an email from a stranger asking where he should donate money for tsunami victims. I sent him the urls to the donation pages up at Amazon and Google. I didn't send him to Wikipedia. Apparently, for this type of information I trust a top-down source more than a bottom-up one. Wikipedia does its best to discourage trust on this topic, and appropriately so: Due to its open and collaborative nature, Wikipedia cannot guarantee the veracity of outside links or the absence of possible scams involving charities, thus the potential danger of fraud exists. In particular, please beware of...

The search merchants

The search merchants 06/25/2004 03:17 PM
Source: The Age - Now, Mooter and Sensis are joining in - little Aussie battlers donning khaki in a bid to slay Google, Yahoo and Microsoft - the Goliaths of internet search....

Web Merchants Open APIs

Web Merchants Open APIs 08/04/2004 06:27 PM
An Internetweek article about how Amazon, Ebay, Google, and others are opening up their APIs (as SOAP services) and how other companies like Oddcast are using these to develop new software products.

Merchants Outbid for Top Billing

Merchants Outbid for Top Billing 02/09/2003 08:56 PM
TOP online merchants have advertised extensively on search sites like Google, Yahoo, MSN and AOL, buying their way to prominence. ...

Google ranking changes irk merchants

Google ranking changes irk merchants 12/03/2003 01:24 PM
stuff.co.nz Dec 3 2003 12:04PM ET

Merchants Await Redemption

Merchants Await Redemption 12/29/2004 12:23 PM
The success of gift cards has extended the holiday shopping season -- but there's a hitch for retailers.

Affiliates vs Merchants vs Parasiteware

Affiliates vs Merchants vs Parasiteware 10/20/2002 10:10 PM
The New York times is running a story about Parasiteware and an upcoming meeting between affiliate site operators and merchants: "Early next month, leaders from the Internet's "affiliate marketing" community plan to meet with merchants and vendors of online shopping technology to seek peace after months of sniping."

For Now, Merchants Cast Lot With a New
Iraq

For Now, Merchants Cast Lot With a New
Iraq 09/12/2004 01:38 AM
The transition has been hazardous for poor Iraqis, but members of Iraq's merchant class face risks of their own.

Internet merchants struggle with traffic

Internet merchants struggle with traffic 12/15/2003 09:20 AM

Google unveils localized ads for
merchants

Google unveils localized ads for
merchants 04/15/2004 10:29 PM
China Post Apr 16 2004 2:17AM GMT

For Internet merchants, a swing to
profitability

For Internet merchants, a swing to
profitability 05/31/2004 07:02 PM
International Herald Tribune,France-38 minutes ago ... Meanwhile, they relied much more heavily on search engine marketing on Google and the other portals - an approach that retailers found more efficient early ...

Mekanism Launches Integrated Campaign
for Sega - Offbeat Campaign Details
Boy’s Obsession with Game

Mekanism Launches Integrated Campaign
for Sega - Offbeat Campaign Details
Boy’s Obsession with Game 03/14/2005 05:55 PM
Mekanism today announced the launch of a quirky and unconventional new advertising campaign for SEGA® of America, Inc. Designed to promote the PlayStation®2 and Xbox® release of Super Monkey BallTM Deluxe, the integrated campaign offers a peak into the trials and tribulations of the life of a boy so obsessed with the game, he’s decided to live in a large, inflatable ball. [PRWEB Feb 18, 2005]

The New York Times > Washington >
Campaign 2004 > Political Impact:
Campaign Dogged by Terror Fight

The New York Times > Washington >
Campaign 2004 > Political Impact:
Campaign Dogged by Terror Fight 08/02/2004 01:58 PM
added their spin

nytimes.com/2004/08/02/politics/campaign/02campaign.html?hp
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PayPal targets digital music merchants

PayPal targets digital music merchants 12/09/2003 08:24 AM
Web surfers use PayPal to buy shareware, process auction payments, and donate money to Web sites. Thanks to a new pricing plan announced by the online payment service Monday, consumers could soon use PayPal when they shop for online music.

Earn up to $1,000 by pointing online
merchants to PayPal

Earn up to $1,000 by pointing online
merchants to PayPal 09/16/2004 06:58 PM

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Internet Merchants Show Strong Numbers

Internet Merchants Show Strong Numbers 05/31/2004 01:17 AM
New York Times May 31 2004 5:52AM GMT

Online Merchants Beat Back Scammers

Online Merchants Beat Back Scammers 09/22/2004 12:08 PM

Iraq Merchants, Residents Kill
Insurgents (AP)

Iraq Merchants, Residents Kill
Insurgents (AP) 03/22/2005 03:46 PM
AP - Militants in the northern city of Mosul targeted a U.S. patrol with a roadside bomb Tuesday that killed four civilians, and Baghdad shopkeepers and residents traded gunfire with masked insurgents, killing three of them along a main thoroughfare.

The New York Times > Washington
> Campaign 2004 > Democratic
Strategies: Democrats Urge Kerry to Turn
Up Intensity of Campaign

The New York Times > Washington
> Campaign 2004 > Democratic
Strategies: Democrats Urge Kerry to Turn
Up Intensity of Campaign 09/05/2004 01:29 PM
The New York Times > Washington > Campaign 2004 > Democratic Strategies: Democrats Urge Kerry to Turn Up Intensity of Campaign .. paints a fearful Dim party today

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Microsoft Celebrates National Small
Business Week with Technology and
Service Offerings for Small Businesses

Microsoft Celebrates National Small
Business Week with Technology and
Service Offerings for Small Businesses 05/18/2004 01:31 PM
In recognition of National Small Business Week and the significant role the nation's 7.5 million small businesses play in the U.S. economy, Microsoft is teaming with other organizations that focus on small companies, including the Small Business Administration, to provide higher levels of support and services.

Microsoft Solutions for Small and Medium
Business: Small IT Solution

Microsoft Solutions for Small and Medium
Business: Small IT Solution 07/19/2004 11:14 AM

Merchants cash in on anti-capitalist
Chavez (Reuters)

Merchants cash in on anti-capitalist
Chavez (Reuters) 09/21/2004 04:37 PM
Reuters - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez often rages against the evils of capitalism, but that does not stop his supporters cashing in on the image of the leftist former army paratrooper.

China threatens Internet porn merchants
with life

China threatens Internet porn merchants
with life 09/05/2004 10:05 PM
Manila Bulletin Sep 6 2004 2:49AM GMT

PayPal No Requires Prior Account Setup
to Pay Merchants.

PayPal No Requires Prior Account Setup
to Pay Merchants. 02/13/2004 09:07 PM
PayPal, the internets largest payment processor, no longer requires an account setup prior to paying someone. This changes everything.

Change to Google Ranking System Irks
Merchants

Change to Google Ranking System Irks
Merchants 12/03/2003 01:46 AM
Yahoo! Dec 3 2003 0:38AM ET

Arenas and Stadiums Adopt Wi-Fi

Arenas and Stadiums Adopt Wi-Fi 06/10/2004 10:26 PM
Charlotte Bobcats are latest sports venue to offer Wi-Fi to fans: As venues remodel or try to appear more au courant, Wi-Fi becomes a necessity. But even the chief information officer of the SF Giants worries that people might bring too much work to the game. About 200 fans use the Giants currently free Wi-Fi network per game. The ultimate goal: delivery of exclusive replays and angles to those attending....

Canadian Feds adopt RSS

Canadian Feds adopt RSS 12/18/2003 02:20 PM
The Canadian government is syndicating its daily news items as RSS feeds. There are a bunch of feeds running, including:

National news
Regional news
Aboriginal peoples
Business< /a>
Children< /a>
Educator s

Link (Thanks, Andrew!)

"Adopt a Soldier - Stop the War"

"Adopt a Soldier - Stop the War" 05/05/2004 03:49 PM

Businesses Slow to Adopt XP SP2

Businesses Slow to Adopt XP SP2 04/04/2005 01:21 PM
A study released by research firm AssetMetrix Monday indicates that even though April 12 is quickly approaching, the day when Automatic Update will attempt to force Windows XP users to install Service Pack 2, less than a quarter of businesses have made the upgrade.

Single PC to adopt many faces

Single PC to adopt many faces 11/10/2003 11:38 PM
ZDNet Nov 10 2003 7:54AM ET
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