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Archive for October, 2007

Spock.com – Web 2.0 people search

I missed the initial beta launch of http://www.spock.com two months ago. I have been swamped at DWT and quite frankly the people search space isn’t one I am particularly interested in.

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AGLOCO encourages click fraud. Watch out ASK.com Advertisers

My dislike for the marketing scam Agloco is well documented. In the most recent email I got from them flogging the scheme, they have actively encouraged their members to commit click fraud.

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Designing for changing aspect ratios.

Once thing that has changed over the last 5 years is the growth and replacement of the CRT monitor. LCD monitors have completely replaced CRTs with new computer shipments. This means a design change for website owners since LCD have a different aspect ratio.

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Website Hosting – Get your own site!

Basic website hosting is one of those things that I take for granted. I have multiple options open to me since I manage and maintain my own cluster, in addition to having a significant number of shared hosting accounts for IP range diversity. I usually bring on a new host when I have a project that has specific needs in a hosting environment. There’s also dedicated hosting plans for websites that have higher levels of traffic.

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