July 2008
LinkedIn launched a new feature called DirectAds that let's anyone one the site buy targeted text ads. At face value it feels a lot like the under performing "flyers" ad network on Facebook, but... Read More
On July 1st, Google announced that, using technology provided by Adobe, it had enhanced the Google Search Engine to index the text embedded within Flash movies. What followed was bad advice from... Read More
Douglas Crockford, the father of modern JavaScript, is just one of the web superstars presenting at this year's Web Directions South conference. SitePoint readers are eligible for discounted tickets!Read More
Just a quick hint to people with an interest in the development of PHP, but no time for following php-internals. Since March, there has been a wiki at wiki.php.net. The most interesting section is... Read More
According to PubMatic's latest AdPrice index, small publishers have been hit hard, seeing a huge month-to-month drop in eCPMs. Have you experienced that on your sites? We'd love to hear your... Read More
The latest Digg acquisition rumor has the site being courted by print media companies. Hitwise found that downstream traffic to print media sites from Digg is way up this year, but does that really... Read More
Google yesterday showed off what is basically a technology preview for full-text video search. Right now it only works for political videos from YouTube, but the company hinted that it could have... Read More
Want to get a bang out of your Ajax artillery? In this hands-on tutorial, Stoyan puts Ajax on the front line as he develops a web app with which you can execute shell commands on your web server. The... Read More
comScore says web video is growing, Hitwise says the market is on the decline. But they both agree on one thing: Google is way out in front of the pack when it comes to online video thanks to a... Read More
Musician Trent Reznor has fully embraced the "true fans" theory and now seems to cater almost exclusively to his core supporters. So far, it has paid off for him, and the same theory can work for... Read More
Microsoft announced that it has reached a deal with Netflix to put streaming movies and TV on the Xbox 360. That's one more nail in the DVD rental business coffin.Read More
FreeGovernment.org describes itself as a “meta political party,” and they have a radical idea: run a political candidate who votes based on online polls that constituents participate in.Read More
Have you got something you want bloggers to write about? How you pitch them makes almost as much difference in whether or not you get coverage as the quality of your news item or product.Read More
Wridea is an online idea management web application. Does it make organizing and brainstorming ideas easier or just get in the way? Find out in our review.Read More
