Twenty-Five Essential Reads for Web Professionals

This week Website Magazine sent out an email to a few thousand of our valued standard-level subscribers requesting feedback on our July issue (which was available only to professional members).

Feedback was overwhelmingly positive but as the comments came in one general theme emerged – Web professionals still appreciate the printed word.

http://www.websitemagazine.com/content/blogs/posts/archive/2009/07/24/twenty-five-essential-reads-for-web-pro-s.aspx

More Advertisers Turning To Internet

Relying less on print

The majority (92%) of advertisers are using Internet advertising in their media campaigns followed by print advertising at 88 percent, according to a new LinkedIn Research Network/Harris Poll.

http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2009/07/22/more-advertisers-turning-to-internet

Facebook, Twitter, & Wikis Really Do Impact the Bottom Line

Most Engaged Brands Reaping Financial Benefits

Companies have long had problems putting numbers on social media marketing results. Wetpaint and the Altimeter Group have now released a study looking at how engagement with consumers through social media correlates with financial performance.

http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2009/07/20/social-media-really-does-impact-the-bottom-line

What do you want from your next computer?

Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Most people need the cheapest, lowest cost system they can find - until they get it home! But being sold a system is different from being sold the right system.

http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=4934&tag=nl.e539

Who's Right: TechCrunch or Twitter?

This past Wednesday it was made public that 300+ confidential documents from Twitter had been stolen. While most industry related sites chose not to post these documents, a few did, most notably being TechCrunch.

http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2009/07/17/twitter-vs-techcrunch-starts-to-heat-up

Is Social Media Making Us Less Social Offline?

If you need to contact a friend or colleague, how do you do it? Do you go see them, call them, email them, or use some form of the social Internet? Although answers may vary, using the social Web as a primary form of communication is becoming a growing trend. A study conducted by Pew Internet and American Life Project found that 7 percent of Americans rely solely on the Internet for the majority of their social communication.

http://videos.webpronews.com/2009/07/17/is-social-media-making-us-less-social-offline/

Designing & Building Websites Your Clients Can Edit

What is every web designer's worst nightmare? The answer is probably “Internet Explorer 6,” but that desperate 10:30 p.m. phone call asking you to swap out the headshot of the CEO on the “about our company” page you get every few days from old clients is a close runner up. It only narrowly beats out “My nephew broke our website when he tried to update the calendar. Can you please fix it before our TV spot airs in thirty minutes?” And that's only because the latter call usually comes during business hours.

http://www.websitemagazine.com/content/blogs/posts/pages/designing-amp-building-websites-your-clients-can-edit.aspx

Did Twitter Cost Bruno Millions?

Word of mouth spreads quickly on Twitter

Early Friday morning it looked like Sacha Baron Cohen had done it again with his new film Brüno. With post-midnight ticket sales in the neighborhood of $1.6 million some Hollywood insiders were predicting around $50 million for the opening weekend.

http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2009/07/13/did-twitter-cost-br%C3%BCno-millions

Ten Inspiring Ecommerce Site Designs

Creating a great (and successful) ecommerce site requires a mix of terrific products, strong marketing, informative content, and strong site aesthetics. In this article, I have located ten ecommerce sites that offer inspiration for the site aesthetics portion of this mixture. Certainly, these sites . . .

http://www.practicalecommerce.com/articles/1184-Ten-Inspiring-Ecommerce-Site-Designs

Chrome OS: 3 reasons it matters, 4 reasons it's irrelevant

Jason Hiner: Google has finally announced its long-expected operating system, the Chrome OS. Here's what we know about it, plus both why it matters and why it could turn out to be irrelevant.

http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=21004&tag=nl.e550

Microsoft to deliver tech preview build of Office 2010

Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft is slated to make available today a limited technical test build of its Office 2010 suite to select testers. The new build is not a public beta. A public beta of Office 2010 is slated for later this year.

http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=3313&tag=nl.e539