24th May 2006
Copyright 2006 Jim Edwards
In a bold move, online advertising and search giant Google.com announced it will start selling online video ads this week to distribute across its partner network.
Curiously, Google will reportedly not display the ads on t...
11th May 2006
Copyright 2006 Jim Edwards
I know a business that had their website hacked, their entire customer database hijacked, and thousands of customer credit card numbers stolen at the same time.
In the following months, the hackers did their best to steal ...
03rd May 2006
Copyright 2006 Jim Edwards
Without a doubt, online video increasingly influences the way we expect to digest content on the Internet.
As high-speed access becomes the norm in households that actually spend money online, video will pervade even more ...
05th April 2006
Copyright 2006 Jim Edwards
One of the top news stories this week that got virtually no popular press involves the judgment against Microsoft by a small company with a big software patent.
University of California and Eolas Technologies, Inc. hold a ...
22nd March 2006
Copyright 2006 Jim Edwards
In a recent article, I wrote about how owners of ebooks, software, CDs and other intellectual property can keep from getting ripped off through online auction sites such as eBay and Yahoo auctions.
By popular request (a sl...
05th March 2006
Copyright 2006 Jim Edwards
I flipped on VH1 yesterday and sat enthralled as a rap artist with colorful language skills hosted "Web Junk 20" where they played 20 videos plucked from the web and played them on cable TV.
Last night I saw that Bravo Cha...
07th February 2006
Copyright 2006 Jim Edwards
The end of the free ride for email marketing looms on the horizon.
The days of building up or buying a big email list and freely using it to market and sell online are numbered like the dinosaurs heading for an ice age col...
02nd February 2006
Copyright 2006 Jim Edwards
If you didn't realize that video will take over online this year, you haven't been paying attention.
Everything from video blogs to full-blown website infomercials keep cropping up all across the Internet.
The driving f...
25th January 2006
Copyright 2006 Jim Edwards
I frequently get similar questions from viewers and subscribers all over the world.
They often ask me "Jim, what do you think of So-and-So's product?" or "How does So-and-So's product compare to your product?" or "Should I...
19th January 2006
Copyright 2006 Jim Edwards
One of the most frequent questions I get goes something like this:
"I don't have a lot of money. How can I start an online business or expose my existing online business to the world without spending a fortune to do it?"
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11th January 2006
Copyright 2006 Jim Edwards
The trend for selling video on the Internet "vending- machine-style" got a huge boost with the announcement by search giant, Google, that their online video store opened for business.
On the surface, it appears they'll jus...
04th January 2006
Copyright 2006 Jim Edwards
* Sony Offers "VoIP" *
Electronics giant, Sony, jumped on the VoIP (Voice over IP) bandwagon recently to offer long distance calls through the Internet. http://www.SonyIVE.com
They join a long list of providers competin...
01st January 2006
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About this time every year I make a few predictions about what will rate "HOT" for the coming year in the online world. Last year, among other things, online audio topped my list for 2005.
This year, 2006, I see full-motio...
07th December 2005
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Web logs, commonly referred to as "blogs," came into the mainstream about 2 years ago.
Not really a newsletter or traditional html page publishing, blogs resemble more of a web-based diary where the creator records their t...
02nd December 2005
Copyright 2005 Jim Edwards
When I started writing this column in Fall of 1998, the idea of doing all your holiday shopping online rated quite daring and trendy.
Fast-forward to today and online shopping represents a very sizeable share of all retail...
