Hashemian Blog
Web, Finance, Technology

Amazon's Look Inside

    ๐Ÿ“‚ Web         ๐Ÿ—จ No Comments

One of the niceties of shopping for books on Amazon is the "Look Inside" feature. It tries to mimic browsers' experience in a physical bookstore by showing them a few selected pages from a book or a limited number of pages based on a search phrase. It's probably a violation of rules, but one could — Continue reading ยป

Amazon's Look Inside

    ๐Ÿ“‚ Web         ๐Ÿ—จ No Comments

One of the niceties of shopping for books on Amazon is the "Look Inside" feature. It tries to mimic browsers' experience in a physical bookstore by showing them a few selected pages from a book or a limited number of pages based on a search phrase. It's probably a violation of rules, but one could — Continue reading ยป

Yahoo Messenger

    ๐Ÿ“‚ Technology,Web         ๐Ÿ—จ No Comments

I guess this means I'm old and not with the current times, but I just don't get the lure of instant messaging (IM). The whole experience is so unsettling that a long time ago I vowed not to ever use it. What's the point? I have to be a super-typist to have a barely coherent — Continue reading ยป

What is best for ABN shareholders?

    ๐Ÿ“‚ Uncategorized         ๐Ÿ—จ No Comments

The faith of the Dutch ABN Amro will be decided by its shareholders. They will decide between the offers of Barclays Bank of the UK and a consortium of Royal Bank of Scotland, Fortis, and Banco Santander Central Hispano. Thing got more interested with a Dutch court decision of the $21 billion sale of LaSalle, — Continue reading ยป

Redirect Hacks and Phishing

    ๐Ÿ“‚ Hacking,Web         ๐Ÿ—จ No Comments

A few days ago in a blog entry I touched upon how search engine gamers had been able to use trusted domains and the 302 redirect trick to fool search engines into giving them higher rankings. That window of opportunity is all but closed now, but scammers still use the redirect hack to aid them — Continue reading ยป

End of the Road for Old Blogger

    ๐Ÿ“‚ Google,Web         ๐Ÿ—จ No Comments

When Google bought blogger.com from Pyra Labs over 4 years ago, there was a lot of head-scratching. Blogosphere wasn't new but it was a fraction of what it is today. Google wasn't new either, but it was just search engine site, a really good one. And it still was just a private company. Today, blogger.com — Continue reading ยป

Redirect Hacks and SEO

    ๐Ÿ“‚ Hacking,Web         ๐Ÿ—จ No Comments

In web terms a redirect hack is an umbrella concept that refers to various strategies to redirect visitors from one web page to another. There are several legitimate reasons a site may use this technology. These are generally necessary conditions where, for example, a site has migrated to another, or a page needs to temporarily — Continue reading ยป

Microsoft's bCentral LinkExchange Banner Network Shuts Down

    ๐Ÿ“‚ Marketing,Microsoft,Web         ๐Ÿ—จ No Comments

I Received the inevitable email from Microsoft today. It was inevitable because in the face of all the acquisitions, consolidations, and new technologies to deliver ads on the web, it was a miracle that LinkExchange even lasted as long as it did. LinkExchange opened its operations in 1996. It created a banner exchange marketplace where — Continue reading ยป

« Newer PostsOlder Posts »

Read Financial Markets  |   Home  |   Web Tools  |   Blog  |   News  |   Articles  |   FAQ  |   About  |   Privacy  |   Contact
Give a few Sats: 1GfrF49zFWfn7qHtgFxgLMihgdnVzhE361
paypal.me/rhashemian
© 2001-2024 Robert Hashemian   Powered by Hashemian.com