Has Yahoo Groups become a haven for porn and spammers?

Seeded on Thu Jun 7, 2007 11:20 AM EDT (askdavetaylor.com)

It's the inevitable evolution (devolution?) of the Internet, spammers and porn folk subverting the wonderful and historic Yahoo Groups to gain visibility and subscribers, but it's still distressing.

technology, porn, spam, yahoo-groups

Get started with Kontera contextual advertising on your site

Seeded on Tue Jun 5, 2007 11:09 AM EDT (askdavetaylor.com)

Can you actually make money with a contextual ad network? This article explains exactly how one popular site added Kontera ads and is seeing a boost of over $50,000/year in revenue, through simple, inoffensive, Web 2.0-style pop-up ads.

technology, adsense, web-advertising, ppc

How did Angelina Jolie figure out her Latitude and Longitude tattoo?

Seeded on Mon Jun 4, 2007 5:04 PM EDT (askdavetaylor.com)

Angelina Jolie has a tattoo on her arm that shows the latitude/longitude of the birthplace of each of her four children.

entertainment, celebrity, tattoo, geolocation

Industry Reshapes as 10% of Dell Employees Axed

Seeded on Fri Jun 1, 2007 12:22 PM EDT (intuitive.com)

Article explores the recent strategic blunders of Dell Corporation, compares its failed retail efforts with Apple Computer's stores, and suggests that the company stuck with its Made To Order strategy too long and is now flailing with efforts like diluting its brand by selling De …

business, apple, dell, walmart, business-strategy

FreeIQ Launches: Is it eBay for Entrepreneurs?

Seeded on Wed Apr 25, 2007 3:06 PM EDT (intuitive.com)

FreeIQ.com offers a marketplace for people interested in buying and selling Internet marketing videos, ebooks and other materials, along with a simple and effective affiliate program.

ebay, business, youtube, internet-marketing

What is 802.11n and should I upgrade to 802.11n gear?

Seeded on Wed Apr 18, 2007 2:04 PM EDT (askdavetaylor.com)

A succinct article that explains how 802.11n is different and better than the existing wireless networking standards (802.11b and 802.11g), this also explains what it means that it isn't actually standardized yet and the danger involved in buying 802.11n equipment too early.

technology, wifi, 802-11, wireless-internet

Does Digg just dislike Harry Potter?

Seeded on Tue Apr 17, 2007 1:10 PM EDT (askdavetaylor.com)

It's not a conspiracy, even if it sounds like one: Digg is a bit fussy about the format of Web page URLs, so popular Harry Potter site The Leaky Cauldron is actually incompatible with Digg.

harry-potter, odd-news, digg, social-sites

How to turn on Fast User Switching on a MacBook Pro

Seeded on Mon Apr 16, 2007 3:30 PM EDT (askdavetaylor.com)

Handy tutorial on how to enable Fast User Switching on your Mac so you can have more than one user logged in at the same time on your computer. This is particularly useful with portable systems like a MacBook or MacBook Pro, as explained by the author.

technology, mac-os-x, account-management

Why aren't my Windows folders sorted in alphabetical order?

Seeded on Mon Apr 2, 2007 12:20 PM EDT (askdavetaylor.com)

You've had this happen before: you're looking at your folders in Windows (WinXP) and suddenly realize that the icons aren't in alphabetical order. Why does that happen and how do you fix it?

technology, windows, user-interface, folders, sorting

Should you cloak your external site links?

Seeded on Thu Mar 29, 2007 10:46 AM EDT (askdavetaylor.com)

Worried about people hijacking your affiliate links, want to track click-thru traffic or perhaps you find the URLs you mention in email are too long? You need to know about link cloaking or link hiding, but be careful, there are some negatives along with the positives, as this ar …

business, seo, affiliate, cloaking

The dark side of our Norwegian Star cruise: embarkation and disembarkation

Seeded on Wed Mar 28, 2007 1:43 AM EDT (apparenting.com)

While our overall experience on the Norwegian Star was very good, getting on the ship and, even more, disembarking when we returned to Los Angeles was one of the very worst and most poorly managed experiences of my life.

travel, cruise-ship, norwegian-star, ncl

Tutorial: How to add pictures to your MySpace blog entries with Photobucket

Seeded on Tue Mar 27, 2007 11:09 AM EDT (askdavetaylor.com)

Figuring out how to create and maintain a blog on MySpace isn't too hard, until you decide you want to add photographs or pictures. Then it can get baffling for new users.

technology, blogging, myspace, flickr, photobucket