October 2006

I just checked out? Microsoft’s Live Search again. No doubt Microsoft is serious about search.? Search.msn.com is pretty hot.

I found the interface to be helpful. I didn’t do any formal testing, but moving around, searching and figuring out? the interface is pretty straightforward. They obviously did do the formal testing.? They seem to be? keeping? development cycles small and the stream of improvements? is refreshing to see.? However, Google will remain my default search provder in IE7 and Firefox for now, but [click to continue…]

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Ben Forta is a household name for folks that use Cold Fusion. Adobe Flex users also know Ben as a community leader and technical guru. I got to see Ben for the first time in the roll of Conference Chair for Adobe MAX. I’ve only known of Ben as a technical guru and never knew he was also a close friend of Scorpio Man, a super-hero that revealed himself during a sneek preview of Project Scorpio on Thursday. More on that later.

I caught up with Ben between conversations in the hallways of the Venetian Conference Center and asked him how things were going at this years conference.

Click the play button to hear his response.

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I? caught up with? Ed Mansouri? CEO? of? Ucompass.? Ed has built an amazing LMS / web learning system. I asked Ed specifically about the geo-locational data he is incorporating into his system.

Click the play button? to hear what he had to say…? 

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Joel Geraci is a PDF Developer Evangelist with Adobe Systems. I asked Joel what he thought about the new direction of Adobe Acrobat Reader.? 

Click play button? above to? hear? what he had to say.

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Aloha and welcome to today’s WOW Technology Minute. This is Brent reporting from the Venetian Conference Center and Casino. It’s already apparent this is not your ordinary conference.

Day one is filled with hands-on training and workshops. Most attendees are in training classes all day. Let me explain what I mean by? hands-on training.

Hands-on training is led by an instructor that goes through each step in the lesson on a projector. Students watch the instructor then do the lesson on the machine in front of them. Everyone has the same software and assistants are available to keep the flow of the class going smoothly.

Hands-on is the best method for retention. It’s much better than the normal conference model of? watch and take notes for later.? A lot of attendees here will going home on Thursday with? enhanced? and or new? skills.

I’ll have some Adobe announcements for you tomorrow after I buy some drinks for some Adobe employees tonight.

From Adobe MAX in beautiful Las Vegas, Nevada, this is Brent Norris for the World Organization of Webmasters and the WOW Technology Minute.

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The European Union? is planning to require anyone that features video on their website conform to EU standards. This means if you’ve got a personal blog and you use video on your site, you’ll need to register as a television station for the EU.

CNN’s Money Magazine describes Blue Chip Experts as a MySpace for job seekers. To get into the site, you’ll need to know the headline from the article, it’s included in this post (the missing word is MySpace).

Dodgeball is a site owned by Google that let’s you use your cell phone to notify your friends where you are so you can meet easily. This is a 2.0 SMS service that according to TechCrunch is now working with you Google account. No Google account, no worries, it’s not like it’s 2007 or anything.

Ask.com and Yahoo have new ad products marketers should check out. According to Barry Schwartz at SearchEngineWatch, Yahoo! Sponsored Search has a snappier interface and faster approval times.

Finally, Microsoft has released IE7. Download it here.

EU wants to wrap online video sites in red tape: theinquirer.net
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=35189

Blue Chip Expert – a MySpace for job seekers by CNN / Money Magazine
http://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2006/10/01/8387115/index.htm?postversion=2006101807

Blue Chip Expert
http://www.bluechipexpert.com/

Ask.com Sponsored Listings Flash Demo:
http://sponsoredlistings.ask.com/flash/v2/booth_master.html

Yahoo! Search Marketing : Be an Early Adopter of the New Sponsored Search
http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/scp/viewer/index.php?client_id=5467&event_id=17241
Project Panama Released Early : by Barry Schwartz at SearchEngineWatch.com
http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/blog/061017-174500

No Turning Back: Panama Goes Live
http://www.traffick.com/2006/10/no-turning-back-panama-goes-live.asp

Yahoo! Announced Panama Launch : See My Notes About Panama Directly From Yahoo! Search Marketing’s Headquarters
http://www.seroundtable.com/archives/006425.html#trackback

Microsoft IE7 Released : Download link here
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/default.mspx

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