code='<div id=\'Blog\'> <div class=\'BlogPostGroup\'>   <div class=\'BlogPostDate SiteTitle2\'>10/23/2008</div>   <div class=\'BlogPostLinks\'>   </div>  </div> <div class=\'BlogPost\'><div class=\'hr\'><hr /></div> <div class=\'BlogPostTitle SiteTitle3\'><a href=\'/blog/2008/10/23_Say_Web_Log_3_times_fast.asp\'>Say Web Log 3 times fast!</a> </div> <div class=\'BlogPostText\'><DIV>Web Log&nbsp; </DIV><DIV>Web Log&nbsp;</DIV><DIV>Web Log&nbsp;</DIV><DIV>Blog....blog...a blog is a Web Log...said fast.</DIV><DIV>&nbsp;</DIV><DIV>"Blogs are the hottest growing medium of communication for businesses and individuals. Based on Technorati research (blog search engine), there are almost 3 million blogs created every month, and bloggers create over 1.6 million posts per day, or over 18 updates a second!"</DIV><DIV>&nbsp;</DIV><DIV>How do I know this? I read it in a <A href="http://blog.milestoneinternet.com/web-2/blogs-rss/are-you-blogging-yet/" target=_blank>blog</A>!</DIV><DIV>&nbsp;</DIV><DIV>When I search for news about the elections half of what I get are blogs.</DIV><DIV>Its your own cyber soapbox to say whats on your mind, in your life, or to let people know what you know, or whats going on in your business or organization.</DIV><DIV>&nbsp;</DIV><DIV>If people are interested they can subscribe to your blog and receive every new update automatically in their news reader such as My Yahoo or IGoogle.</DIV><DIV>&nbsp;</DIV><DIV>You can get feedback&nbsp;&nbsp;from your customers in the form of comments to your blog entries that are an invaluable way of connecting with and responding to your market.</DIV><DIV>&nbsp;</DIV><DIV>If that ain&#39;t enough read this about the benefits for Search Engine Marketing.</DIV><DIV>&nbsp;</DIV><P><STRONG>"Blogs and Search Engines</STRONG></P><P>For an online marketer, blogs offer a powerful marketing platform. Not only do blogs enable marketers to gain a better understanding of their customers, but the content posted on blogs is much easier to find on search engines as well. Search engines love blogs because they love fresh content. Every time new content is posted on a blog, the blog site pings the search engines. This results in frequent search engine spider visits and hence much higher optimization and ranking.</P><P>Blogs also have RSS (Real Simple Syndicate) functionality, which means as soon as your article/post is posted on your blog, people signed up to receive your RSS automatically receive information about your post. They come to your blog to read the post or read it in their RSS reader. It all happens in real time on your site. The more you write, the more people will read and comment. Bloggers link to each others blogs while commenting on the post. So, every time a blog has fresh content, whether you wrote a post or readers of the blog commented on your post, search engines get pinged and visit your site.</P><DIV>Blogs help in securing quality links from relevant blogs by trackbacks and comments, which in the blogging world is also called <EM>socializing the blog.</EM> This helps in gaining link popularity and link relevancy, and helps drive relevant traffic very quickly."</DIV><DIV>&nbsp;</DIV><DIV>So blog your way to more profits with Empowered&#39;s new integrate Web Blog...thats Blog to you!</DIV></div>   <div class=\'BlogPostDetails\'>Posted      <span class=\'BlogPostShowCredit\'>By: <a href=\'http://empoweredinternet.com/bruce-campbell-director-of-mar.asp\' target=\'_blank\'>Bruce Campbell</a></span>      <span class=\'BlogPostShowDate\'>on 10/23/2008 at <a href=\'/blog/2008/10/23_Say_Web_Log_3_times_fast.asp\'>6:46 pm</a></span>      <span class=\'BlogPostShowComment\'>with <a href=\'/blog/2008/10/23_Say_Web_Log_3_times_fast.asp#Comments\'>0 Comments</a></span>   </div> </div>  <div class=\'BlogPostGroup\'>   <div class=\'BlogPostDate SiteTitle2\'>07/30/2008</div>   <div class=\'BlogPostLinks\'>   </div>  </div> <div class=\'BlogPost\'><div class=\'hr\'><hr /></div> <div class=\'BlogPostTitle SiteTitle3\'><a href=\'/blog/2008/07/30_How_to_find_the_right_SEO_provider.asp\'>How to find the right SEO provider</a> </div> <div class=\'BlogPostText\'><div></div><div>Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is a continuous process which requires a hugeamount of effort and time dedicated in regularly updating and revisinga website.<br><br></div><div></div><div>This can be a tedious work, mostespecially for beginners who are up against a very tight competition.However, through reliable companies that offer services for searchengine optimization, even starters can get high ranking and increasetraffic volume to their sites. All it takes is to choose the right SEOcompany to handle your needs and maintain your site.</div><div></div><div>But how do you really know which company will provide the best services to your advantage?</div><p>Firstoff, determine if the SEO company in question is able to gauge its ownability and giving its own rank as a company. It is best to know if thecompany positions itself as a reliable one, but still make sure to bewary of their proposals. Oftentimes, companies who assure to get yoursite fully optimized in just a span of four weeks are giving falsepromises and unrealistic goals. A dependable SEO company should be ableto help you set realistic goals, familiarize you on how search enginepromotion occurs and how positioning is calculated through algorithm.</p><p>Moreover,SEO involves a lot of technical jargons. The company must be able toexplain to you what these terms mean in a straightforward andcomprehensible manner.</p><p>When hunting for a SEO company, ask ifthey can provide you with analysis reports regarding your websitesranking, design, content, etc. They should give you detailed analysisof your website in all aspects relating to elements that may affectindexing of your webpages.</p><p>Also ask for the SEO tools and methodsthat the company utilizes in keyword analysis and keyword search. Doesthe company use effective tools? If you are not too familiar with suchtools, you can conduct research on the basic tools available foroptimization. Ask about specific strategies that the company plans toemploy for your site to get high ranking.</p><div>The company shouldalso be able to know the significance of qualified traffic over plaintraffic. One of your objectives is to increase traffic volume to yoursite. However, you do not want to get customers who just come acrossyour site because of unrelated keywords. You get increased bounceratesurfers visit your webpage then leaverather than increased sales.Qualified traffic is your major concern; you want customers who aretruly interested in purchasing products and availing services that yourbusiness offers.<br><br></div><div></div><div>Source: Google</div><br></div>   <div class=\'BlogPostDetails\'>Posted      <span class=\'BlogPostShowCredit\'>By: <a href=\'\' target=\'_blank\'>Thomas Trenz</a></span>      <span class=\'BlogPostShowDate\'>on 07/30/2008 at <a href=\'/blog/2008/07/30_How_to_find_the_right_SEO_provider.asp\'>6:58 pm</a></span>      <span class=\'BlogPostShowComment\'>with <a href=\'/blog/2008/07/30_How_to_find_the_right_SEO_provider.asp#Comments\'>0 Comments</a></span>   </div> </div>  <div class=\'BlogPostGroup\'>   <div class=\'BlogPostDate SiteTitle2\'>07/09/2008</div>   <div class=\'BlogPostLinks\'>   </div>  </div> <div class=\'BlogPost\'><div class=\'hr\'><hr /></div> <div class=\'BlogPostTitle SiteTitle3\'><a href=\'/blog/2008/07/09_Marc_Resorts_finds_member_management_ease_wit.asp\'>Marc Resorts finds member management ease with ZeppOS</a> </div> <div class=\'BlogPostText\'><DIV>Marc Resorts is a major player in Hawaiis hospitality industry. Marc owns and manages seven spectacular resorts on four of Hawaiis major islands. A high-quality web presence is crucial not only to Marcs image but its sales as well. In December 2005, Marc Resorts hired Empowered Internet Solutions to provide the tools it needed to effectively manage its website and improve Marcs ability to communicate with its website members. Marcs challenge was three-fold -- a large member base, mass communication via email and the need for an easy-to use website management solution.</DIV><DIV>&nbsp;</DIV><DIV>Marc Resorts.com had more than 5,000 members in Kamaaina groups and Travel Agent groups, and each group needed its own members only section of the website, as well as an area for non-members to apply. To reach out to these members routinely, an eBlast would need to be built every month and sent out to the list. Along with these challenges, the amount of data on the website -- as well as the sites dynamic nature due to changing rates, discounts and specials -- required either an expensive full-time webmaster or a web management tool a team of employees could use.</DIV><DIV>&nbsp;</DIV><DIV>The solution was much simpler than they expected: ZeppOS. The extensive member tools found in ZeppOS blends perfectly with Marcs website needs, and the ease of use allows its team to quickly update content. The Communication Manager sealed the deal by allowing Marc Resorts to send eBlasts and Newsletters to its members with little more than a click of a button.</DIV><DIV>&nbsp;</DIV><DIV><DIV>Client: <B>Marc Resorts</B></DIV><DIV>Website: <A href="http://www.marcresorts.com/">http://www.marcresorts.com/</A> </DIV><DIV>Focus: Content Management</DIV><DIV>Extra Functionality: Communication Manager, Resort Manager</DIV></DIV></div>   <div class=\'BlogPostDetails\'>Posted      <span class=\'BlogPostShowCredit\'>By: <a href=\'http://ahler.us\' target=\'_blank\'>Patrick Ahler</a></span>      <span class=\'BlogPostShowDate\'>on 07/09/2008 at <a href=\'/blog/2008/07/09_Marc_Resorts_finds_member_management_ease_wit.asp\'>3:35 pm</a></span>      <span class=\'BlogPostShowComment\'>with <a href=\'/blog/2008/07/09_Marc_Resorts_finds_member_management_ease_wit.asp#Comments\'>0 Comments</a></span>   </div> </div>  <div class=\'BlogPostGroup\'>   <div class=\'BlogPostDate SiteTitle2\'>06/04/2008</div>   <div class=\'BlogPostLinks\'>   </div>  </div> <div class=\'BlogPost\'><div class=\'hr\'><hr /></div> <div class=\'BlogPostTitle SiteTitle3\'><a href=\'/blog/2008/06/04_Viral_Marketing.asp\'>Viral Marketing</a> </div> <div class=\'BlogPostText\'><DIV>Viral marketing is a term that is thrown around alot. Most newbies to the viral way thinks that means to create a great product/service and that others will use them just because they are great. This is just not true. Viruses are obviously viral and what about the fear of terrorism. These are definately not good, but they are viral. </DIV><DIV>&nbsp;</DIV><DIV><SPAN class=SplashBenefit1>Viral marketing is not describing the quality of the product/service, but instead the adoptability. </SPAN></DIV><DIV><SPAN class=SplashBenefit1>&nbsp;</SPAN></DIV><DIV>&nbsp;</DIV><DIV>So how do you translate this into useful information for your website? Remember one thing: always make it <EM>easy</EM> for your users. </DIV><DIV>&nbsp;</DIV><DIV><STRONG>Try utilizing the following tips to get started. </STRONG></DIV><UL><LI><DIV>Easy to remember domain name</DIV></LI><LI><DIV>Eliminate all "fluff" content</DIV></LI><LI><DIV>Use the phrases: free and&nbsp;click here for ____</DIV></LI><LI><DIV>Eliminate extra clicks (use words inside your content to link to other pages when referring to them)</DIV></LI></UL><P>Feel <SPAN class=SiteTitle4><STRONG>FREE </STRONG></SPAN>to comment below with any other helpful ideas. </P></div>   <div class=\'BlogPostDetails\'>Posted      <span class=\'BlogPostShowCredit\'>By: <a href=\'http://ahler.us\' target=\'_blank\'>Patrick Ahler</a></span>      <span class=\'BlogPostShowDate\'>on 06/04/2008 at <a href=\'/blog/2008/06/04_Viral_Marketing.asp\'>3:22 pm</a></span>      <span class=\'BlogPostShowComment\'>with <a href=\'/blog/2008/06/04_Viral_Marketing.asp#Comments\'>0 Comments</a></span>   </div> </div>  <div class=\'BlogPostGroup\'>   <div class=\'BlogPostDate SiteTitle2\'>05/09/2008</div>   <div class=\'BlogPostLinks\'>   </div>  </div> <div class=\'BlogPost\'><div class=\'hr\'><hr /></div> <div class=\'BlogPostTitle SiteTitle3\'><a href=\'/blog/2008/05/09_Hawaii_Self_Storage_uses_Flash_Multimedia_pro.asp\'>Hawaii Self Storage uses Flash Multimedia properly</a> </div> <div class=\'BlogPostText\'><DIV>In Hawaiis competitive self-storage business, Hawaii Self Storage wanted to stand out from the pack. Having already invested a great deal in its facilities and quality of service, the company needed a way to showcase its unique services and convince prospective clients that its better than the competition. In March 2006, Hawaii Self Storage hired Empowered Internet Solutions.</DIV><P>Empowered quickly focused its design efforts on creating a look and feel that reminded the viewer of Hawaii Self Storages solutions and its quality. To do so, Empowered designed the site to look like a storage unit! The Hawaii Self Storage mascot, Mr. Safety, was positioned throughout the site as a welcoming guide to give it a friendly appearance.</P><DIV>Hawaii Self Storage now effectively showcases its solutions, as well as its locations, and offers forms to provide locker sizes and estimates to customers. It also presents information about the companys community involvement and job openings. Hawaii Self Storage uses ZeppOS to keep its content updated and its image fresh. The site is a must see; be sure to check it out!</DIV><DIV>&nbsp;</DIV><DIV><DIV>Client: <B>Hawaii</B><B> Self Storage</B></DIV><DIV>Website: <A href="http://www.hawaiiselfstorage.net/">http://www.hawaiiselfstorage.net/</A> </DIV><DIV>Focus: Service  Design</DIV><DIV>Extra Functionality: None</DIV></DIV></div>   <div class=\'BlogPostDetails\'>Posted      <span class=\'BlogPostShowCredit\'>By: <a href=\'http://ahler.us\' target=\'_blank\'>Patrick Ahler</a></span>      <span class=\'BlogPostShowDate\'>on 05/09/2008 at <a href=\'/blog/2008/05/09_Hawaii_Self_Storage_uses_Flash_Multimedia_pro.asp\'>3:38 pm</a></span>      <span class=\'BlogPostShowComment\'>with <a href=\'/blog/2008/05/09_Hawaii_Self_Storage_uses_Flash_Multimedia_pro.asp#Comments\'>0 Comments</a></span>   </div> </div>  <div class=\'BlogPostGroup\'>   <div class=\'BlogPostDate SiteTitle2\'>05/07/2008</div>   <div class=\'BlogPostLinks\'>   </div>  </div> <div class=\'BlogPost\'><div class=\'hr\'><hr /></div> <div class=\'BlogPostTitle SiteTitle3\'><a href=\'/blog/2008/05/07_Web_Management_Updates.asp\'>Mail Management Updates</a> </div> <div class=\'BlogPostText\'><DIV>Aloha!</DIV><DIV>You have probably noticed the new icon in your mail management section of&nbsp;your ZeppOS website. This icon is titled "Create Auto Responder". This is the beginnings of a new feature in Mail Management that will allow you to create your own autoresponse when you are away from your work area.</DIV><DIV>&nbsp;</DIV><DIV>To access mail management, login to your website. Go to "Control Panel" &gt;&gt; Settings &gt;&gt; Mail Setup &gt;&gt; "Click here to launch".</DIV></div>   <div class=\'BlogPostDetails\'>Posted      <span class=\'BlogPostShowCredit\'>By: <a href=\'http://www.bradleyburnham.com\' target=\'_blank\'>Bradley Burnham</a></span>      <span class=\'BlogPostShowDate\'>on 05/07/2008 at <a href=\'/blog/2008/05/07_Web_Management_Updates.asp\'>4:27 pm</a></span>      <span class=\'BlogPostShowComment\'>with <a href=\'/blog/2008/05/07_Web_Management_Updates.asp#Comments\'>1 Comment</a></span>   </div> </div>  <div class=\'BlogPostGroup\'>   <div class=\'BlogPostDate SiteTitle2\'>05/07/2008</div>   <div class=\'BlogPostLinks\'>   </div>  </div> <div class=\'BlogPost\'><div class=\'hr\'><hr /></div> <div class=\'BlogPostTitle SiteTitle3\'><a href=\'/blog/2008/05/07_Viral_Socail_Networking_Site_gets_a_new_twist.asp\'>Social networking site gets a new twist with DNA</a> </div> <div class=\'BlogPostText\'><DIV><STRONG>As web 2.0 grows, so does the technology that can be bound to it. Family tree sites such as Ancestry.com provide a way to build your family tree but do not provide a way to link us to the rest of the world. James Lee Sorenson plans to solve that problem.</STRONG></DIV><DIV><STRONG></STRONG>&nbsp;</DIV><DIV><STRONG>Sorenson </STRONG>has started a social networking&nbsp;website called genetree.com&nbsp;<EM>not </EM>based on friends, but family -- distant family. In fact, your network can&nbsp;reach&nbsp;as far&nbsp;as 12 generations with plans of expanding up to 20 generations as the social networking site grows.</DIV><DIV>Sorenson: "In fact, if you were able to have a database, as far back as say 20 generations, you&#39;d find just about anyone in a room, at any time, would have a common connection. Imagine yourself in a meeting of the United Nations and looking across from you, you realize you are related to that individual and how you are related. What a powerful influence that might be."</DIV><DIV>Genetree.com provides a DNA kit which allows you to mail in your DNA sample&nbsp;which will link you to your distant past. Also, on genetree.com, you can create your own family tree which will also be linked to your genetree through your DNA test.</DIV><DIV>&nbsp;</DIV><DIV>Watch&nbsp;the <A href="http://www.genetree.com/tour" target=_blank>demo video</A>.</DIV></div>   <div class=\'BlogPostDetails\'>Posted      <span class=\'BlogPostShowCredit\'>By: <a href=\'http://www.bradleyburnham.com\' target=\'_blank\'>Bradley Burnham</a></span>      <span class=\'BlogPostShowDate\'>on 05/07/2008 at <a href=\'/blog/2008/05/07_Viral_Socail_Networking_Site_gets_a_new_twist.asp\'>4:12 pm</a></span>      <span class=\'BlogPostShowComment\'>with <a href=\'/blog/2008/05/07_Viral_Socail_Networking_Site_gets_a_new_twist.asp#Comments\'>1 Comment</a></span>   </div> </div>  <div class=\'BlogPostGroup\'>   <div class=\'BlogPostDate SiteTitle2\'>05/02/2008</div>   <div class=\'BlogPostLinks\'>   </div>  </div> <div class=\'BlogPost\'><div class=\'hr\'><hr /></div> <div class=\'BlogPostTitle SiteTitle3\'><a href=\'/blog/2008/05/02_The_Science_of_Web_Design.asp\'>The Science of Web Design</a> </div> <div class=\'BlogPostText\'><DIV>Web Design is not my personal forte, while I appreciate and can critique design, I don&#39;t have the "eye" (natural talent) to create it. While I don&#39;t believe there is a true substitute for natural design talent their is a growing sector of the design industry that is turning it into a science. This means it can be taught and studied. You and I can create a brilliant design thanks to a few tutorials. Keep in mind though, you will most likely need a working knowledge of Photoshop (and have a copy: $999 - for full CS3 version). You should also know once the design is complete you will need to put it on the web... this is called cutting, to do that you will need a strong knowledge of CSS and HTML. That can be expensive and time consuming already, so if you don&#39;t have the time, call the professionals! :)</DIV><DIV>&nbsp;</DIV><DIV>Either way, you should have a look at a tutorial to have a deeper understanding of what is involved. The one below is a great starting point. </DIV><DIV>&nbsp;</DIV><DIV><A href="http://psdtuts.com/interface-tutorials/create-a-sleek-high-end-web-design-from-scratch/">http://psdtuts.com/interface-tutorials/create-a-sleek-high-end-web-design-from-scratch/</A>&nbsp;</DIV></div>   <div class=\'BlogPostDetails\'>Posted      <span class=\'BlogPostShowCredit\'>By: <a href=\'http://ahler.us\' target=\'_blank\'>Patrick Ahler</a></span>      <span class=\'BlogPostShowDate\'>on 05/02/2008 at <a href=\'/blog/2008/05/02_The_Science_of_Web_Design.asp\'>10:24 am</a></span>      <span class=\'BlogPostShowComment\'>with <a href=\'/blog/2008/05/02_The_Science_of_Web_Design.asp#Comments\'>1 Comment</a></span>   </div> </div>  <div class=\'BlogPostGroup\'>   <div class=\'BlogPostDate SiteTitle2\'>04/17/2008</div>   <div class=\'BlogPostLinks\'>   </div>  </div> <div class=\'BlogPost\'><div class=\'hr\'><hr /></div> <div class=\'BlogPostTitle SiteTitle3\'><a href=\'/blog/2008/04/17_Choosing_appropriate_monitor_resolution_for_y.asp\'>Choosing appropriate monitor resolution for your website</a> </div> <div class=\'BlogPostText\'><DIV><STRONG>The question has been what screen resolution should you design for? When is it time to upgrade to a larger width? Since as far back as 2001 the design community has questioned when the move should be made as the trend in monitor resolution has continued to increase. Seven years ago several studies showed that monitors with 800x600 pixels comprised over 50 percent. Based on statistics of websites in The Zeppo Network and confirmed by other recent industry studies visitors using 800x600 monitor resolution barely average 10 percent; year to date on EmpoweredInternet.com and other sites in the technology sector (See Figure B) this demographic comprises only 2 percent!&nbsp; Further statistics from within The Zeppo Network show that non-profit websites have the highest amount of visitors still using 800x600 monitor resolution at 12 percent. </STRONG></DIV><DIV>&nbsp;</DIV><DIV>Based on reading&nbsp;the Web Analytics of your website you will be able to make an informed decision on what&nbsp;appropriate minimum size you should design your site to.</DIV><DIV>&nbsp;</DIV><DIV><STRONG>*Figures below group Monitor Screen Resolution Widths into the ranges shown.</STRONG></DIV><DIV>&nbsp;</DIV><DIV><STRONG>Figure A:</STRONG>&nbsp;Average Resolutions&nbsp;of Non-Profit Organizations</DIV><DIV><IMG height=330 alt="" src="/_library/images/browser-nonprofit.gif" width=508 border=0></DIV><DIV>&nbsp;</DIV><DIV><STRONG>Figure B:</STRONG>&nbsp;Average&nbsp;Resolutions&nbsp;in Technology Sector</DIV><DIV><IMG alt="" src="/_library/images/browser-technology.gif" border=0></DIV><DIV>&nbsp;</DIV><DIV><STRONG></STRONG>&nbsp;</DIV><DIV><STRONG>Figure C:</STRONG>&nbsp;Average Resolutions&nbsp;of Community Portal</DIV><DIV><IMG alt="" src="/_library/images/browser-portal.gif" border=0></DIV><DIV>&nbsp;</DIV></div>   <div class=\'BlogPostDetails\'>Posted      <span class=\'BlogPostShowCredit\'>By: <a href=\'http://nanguse.com\' target=\'_blank\'>Mario Nanguse</a></span>      <span class=\'BlogPostShowDate\'>on 04/17/2008 at <a href=\'/blog/2008/04/17_Choosing_appropriate_monitor_resolution_for_y.asp\'>10:46 pm</a></span>      <span class=\'BlogPostShowComment\'>with <a href=\'/blog/2008/04/17_Choosing_appropriate_monitor_resolution_for_y.asp#Comments\'>2 Comments</a></span>   </div> </div>  <div class=\'BlogPostGroup\'>   <div class=\'BlogPostDate SiteTitle2\'>04/17/2008</div>   <div class=\'BlogPostLinks\'>   </div>  </div> <div class=\'BlogPost\'><div class=\'hr\'><hr /></div> <div class=\'BlogPostTitle SiteTitle3\'><a href=\'/blog/2008/04/17_Good_uses_for_Image-recognition_software.asp\'>Good uses for Image-recognition software</a> </div> <div class=\'BlogPostText\'><DIV>Image recognition software that was once used for cracking CAPTCHA codes is now being used for catching criminals and finding children.</DIV><DIV>&nbsp;</DIV><DIV>Google is now working with the National Center for Missing &amp; Exploited Children to automate a way of trolling through graphic video and images of exploited and abused children.</DIV><DIV>&nbsp;</DIV><DIV>Google&#39;s video section contains a large array of videos from the Internet. These videos are scanned by Google&#39;s new video frame fingerprinting technology for copyrighted or graphic material.</DIV><DIV>&nbsp;</DIV><DIV>For more than a year Google has been working with analysts in the Child Victim Identification Program to automate the review of 13 million images and video that the analysts once had to review manually.</DIV><DIV>&nbsp;</DIV><DIV>More info here: <A href="http://tinyurl.com/63n64m/">http://tinyurl.com/63n64m/</A></DIV></div>   <div class=\'BlogPostDetails\'>Posted      <span class=\'BlogPostShowCredit\'>By: <a href=\'http://www.bradleyburnham.com\' target=\'_blank\'>Bradley Burnham</a></span>      <span class=\'BlogPostShowDate\'>on 04/17/2008 at <a href=\'/blog/2008/04/17_Good_uses_for_Image-recognition_software.asp\'>12:49 pm</a></span>      <span class=\'BlogPostShowComment\'>with <a href=\'/blog/2008/04/17_Good_uses_for_Image-recognition_software.asp#Comments\'>1 Comment</a></span>   </div> </div>  <div class=\'BlogPostGroup\'>   <div class=\'BlogPostDate SiteTitle2\'>04/07/2008</div>   <div class=\'BlogPostLinks\'>   </div>  </div> <div class=\'BlogPost\'><div class=\'hr\'><hr /></div> <div class=\'BlogPostTitle SiteTitle3\'><a href=\'/blog/2008/04/07_A_higher_price_could_be_the_smaller_investmen.asp\'>A higher price could be the smaller investment</a> </div> <div class=\'BlogPostText\'><DIV>We all experienced or have heard&nbsp;about this. We need a service and become a proposal from a&nbsp;legitimate vendor and we find it is too much or it just does not fit in our budget. Now we are looking for the same service but for a cheaper price and fortunately there is this&nbsp;nice guy who is telling us he will take care. He is&nbsp;offering the service we need "on the side" and he offers us a good price. Like "just pay me a 1000 dollar for now and we will see more later", we are glad. That sounds like a good deal when our proposal for a let&#39;s say&nbsp; a professional web site was $5000. Ok, we pay and our friend get started and after a week he has done certain things and he comes back inquiring more money for the " next steps". we are ok with that since we have only paid a 1000 dollars so far. After a week our friend has finished some more steps and is inquiring money again, this time $2000&nbsp;and so on. To make a long story short after you pass 6000 dollars&nbsp;we ask ourselves the first time if the vendor with the "professional proposal wouldn&#39;t have been the better deal, given that not to much is done in our new website.&nbsp;But now it&#39;s to late and&nbsp;our friend gets really greedy and is telling us that the project is much bigger then he assumed and&nbsp;he only can finish the website for another $3000.&nbsp;Now we are trapped. In the real case of one of my friends, he had paid 8500 dollars before pulling the emergency&nbsp;break and ended up going back to the serious vendor paying the price in the proposal additional to the money already spent and off course since the nice guy did this job "on the side" he is gone and there is no money to recover.</DIV><DIV>&nbsp;</DIV><DIV>After spending all this money and having a lot of frustration he found out that the higher price could be the smaller investment overall.</DIV><DIV>&nbsp;</DIV><DIV>&nbsp;&nbsp;</DIV></div>   <div class=\'BlogPostDetails\'>Posted      <span class=\'BlogPostShowCredit\'>By: <a href=\'\' target=\'_blank\'>Thomas Trenz</a></span>      <span class=\'BlogPostShowDate\'>on 04/07/2008 at <a href=\'/blog/2008/04/07_A_higher_price_could_be_the_smaller_investmen.asp\'>5:33 pm</a></span>      <span class=\'BlogPostShowComment\'>with <a href=\'/blog/2008/04/07_A_higher_price_could_be_the_smaller_investmen.asp#Comments\'>2 Comments</a></span>   </div> </div>  <div class=\'BlogPostGroup\'>   <div class=\'BlogPostDate SiteTitle2\'>04/04/2008</div>   <div class=\'BlogPostLinks\'>   </div>  </div> <div class=\'BlogPost\'><div class=\'hr\'><hr /></div> <div class=\'BlogPostTitle SiteTitle3\'><a href=\'/blog/2008/04/04_Windows_7_-_Sneak_Peak.asp\'>Windows 7 - Sneak Peak</a> </div> <div class=\'BlogPostText\'><DIV><A href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:7desktop.png" target=_blank><IMG style="MARGIN: 5px" border=0 alt="" align=right src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/6c/7desktop.png/290px-7desktop.png" width=290 height=218></A>The buzz is just beginning. The rumors are already spreading. Microsoft is planning to get it&#39;s groove back with Windows 7, formorely codenamed Blackcomb/Vienna. This new operating system is scheduled to be released in 2010 and will hopefully not be continually pushed back like the Longhorn/Vista fiasco. Bill Gates and hinted at the failure of Vista and Microsoft has continued it&#39;s support of XP. Don&#39;t expect Microsoft to make the same mistake twice, although they don&#39;t have the powerful brand allegiance of Apple, they have more money and have been fending off competitors for more than 2 decades now. My guess is that Windows 7 will be a dramatic improvement in desktop interface and usability. Another thing to note is that the web has made a dramatic impact on everything, I would expect Microsoft to further exploit this and further integrate their current web tools with this operating system. It also appears that a Windows Server 7 is also planned. Well, for now, stay tuned. It looks like the Bill Gates vs. Steve Jobs battle will only heat up. Maybe Linus will get involved soon.</DIV><DIV>&nbsp;</DIV><DIV align=center><SPAN class=SiteTitle3B>Conceptual Video</SPAN><BR>Don&#39;t watch too many YouTube videos on 7, most of them are fake or purely conceptual... just be patient... :)</DIV><P align=center><OBJECT height=355 width=425><PARAM NAME="movie" VALUE="http://www.youtube.com/v/1YwCev1p1U4&amp;amp;amp;hl=en"><PARAM NAME="wmode" VALUE="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/1YwCev1p1U4&amp;amp;hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></OBJECT></P><DIV>&nbsp;</DIV><DIV>Checkout some early screen shots here:</DIV><DIV><A href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=dSD20aLhecI">http://youtube.com/watch?v=dSD20aLhecI</A></DIV><DIV>&nbsp;</DIV><DIV>Wikipedia:</DIV><DIV><A href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_7">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_7</A></DIV></div>   <div class=\'BlogPostDetails\'>Posted      <span class=\'BlogPostShowCredit\'>By: <a href=\'http://ahler.us\' target=\'_blank\'>Patrick Ahler</a></span>      <span class=\'BlogPostShowDate\'>on 04/04/2008 at <a href=\'/blog/2008/04/04_Windows_7_-_Sneak_Peak.asp\'>1:19 pm</a></span>      <span class=\'BlogPostShowComment\'>with <a href=\'/blog/2008/04/04_Windows_7_-_Sneak_Peak.asp#Comments\'>1 Comment</a></span>   </div> </div>  <div class=\'BlogPostGroup\'>   <div class=\'BlogPostDate SiteTitle2\'>04/02/2008</div>   <div class=\'BlogPostLinks\'>   </div>  </div> <div class=\'BlogPost\'><div class=\'hr\'><hr /></div> <div class=\'BlogPostTitle SiteTitle3\'><a href=\'/blog/2008/04/02_ZeppOS_CSS_Navigation_Tips.asp\'>ZeppOS CSS Navigation Tips</a> </div> <div class=\'BlogPostText\'><P>For the past few months I&#39;ve been bugging Rob about tweaking the navigation system in order to allow more flexibility and to use list based navigation rather than table based layouts. I have to give a big thanks to Rob for listening and being really proactive about making the myriad of changes and requests I&#39;ve sent in.</P><P>So, we&#39;ve got the [?NAV:Mxxx?] navigation now, which allows for loads of flexibility in regards to layout, hierarchy, and even cross-platform dropdown navigation (with the help of some Javascript). Over the next few weeks I&#39;ll be posting tips for creating navigation using CSS within the ZeppOS platform. Stay tuned!</P></div>   <div class=\'BlogPostDetails\'>Posted      <span class=\'BlogPostShowCredit\'>By: <a href=\'http://midpacificdesign.com\' target=\'_blank\'>Chris Runnells</a></span>      <span class=\'BlogPostShowDate\'>on 04/02/2008 at <a href=\'/blog/2008/04/02_ZeppOS_CSS_Navigation_Tips.asp\'>7:47 pm</a></span>      <span class=\'BlogPostShowComment\'>with <a href=\'/blog/2008/04/02_ZeppOS_CSS_Navigation_Tips.asp#Comments\'>1 Comment</a></span>   </div> </div>  <div class=\'BlogPostGroup\'>   <div class=\'BlogPostDate SiteTitle2\'>03/06/2008</div>   <div class=\'BlogPostLinks\'>   </div>  </div> <div class=\'BlogPost\'><div class=\'hr\'><hr /></div> <div class=\'BlogPostTitle SiteTitle3\'><a href=\'/blog/2008/03/06_Empowered_with_a_Capitol_E.asp\'>Empowered with a Capitol &#34;E&#34;</a> </div> <div class=\'BlogPostText\'><DIV>I spent yesterday at the Hawaii State Capitol as part of Science and Technology Day. About 40 companies in the field of Science and Technology were set up in around the inner lanai of the Capitol building. Legislators, there staff, and other interested parties circled tables to find out what was happening in the Innovation space of Hawaii.</DIV><DIV>&nbsp;</DIV><DIV>Why was I there? Because as a Webolutionary representing Empowered Internet I was showing ZeppOS, an innovative technology that has been practically applied to over 500 companies and organizations.</DIV><DIV>&nbsp;</DIV><DIV>Hawaii has an old standing but hopefully fading sense of inferiority compared to the &#39;mainland&#39; US. This comes from our agricultural &#39;plantation&#39; roots as well as being a Kingdom overthrown. But in truth many profound innovations have come from within Hawaii as well as from Hawaii&#39;s sons and daughters.</DIV><DIV>&nbsp;</DIV><DIV>Norm Abramson working at the University of Hawaii helped develop the basis for ethernet. </DIV><DIV><B>The Wikipedia states &#39;ALOHAnet</B>, also known as <B>ALOHA</B>, was a pioneering <A title="Computer network" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_network">computer networking</A> system developed at the <A title="University of Hawaii" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Hawaii">University of Hawaii</A>. It was first deployed in <A title=1970 href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1970">1970</A>, and while the network itself is no longer used, one of the core concepts in the network is the basis for the widely used <A title=Ethernet href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethernet">Ethernet</A>.&#39;</DIV><DIV>&nbsp;</DIV><DIV>Steve Case born and raised in Hawaii pioneered mass internet use with AOL.</DIV><DIV>&nbsp;</DIV><DIV>As I wrote to each legislator prior to the Capitol event, </DIV><DIV><BLOCKQUOTE>"Now Empowered Internet Solutions is leading a Webolution by empowering business owners, non-profit associations and individuals to take control of their own websites. The technology underlying this paradigm shift of websites without webmasters is called the ZeppOS, the Windows of the Web. ZeppOS is an innovative software conceived of and developed right here in Hawaii by Rob Bertholf. The Zeppo Network has obtained US patents for the software and is poised to change the way the web is used by making it as easy to edit, change and update a website as to write an email or a word document. <BR><BR>We encourage you to meet us and see a home grown innovation that Hawaii can be proud of just as Hawaii contributed to the birth of the Internetwe are contributing to the evolution the Internet by empowering anyone to use this powerful tool for information, communication and commerce.<BR><BR>We thank-you for your continued interest and support of science and technology research as well as the commercialization of innovations into new and productive industries in Hawaii and throughout the world." </BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><DIV>It is important for Hawaii to have confidence in support of its own innovations in the context of a global economy. That support can come in eliminating legal roadblocks to innovations, anti-business tax regulations as well as supporting investment through tax incentives, and proactively working to establish new companies as permanent residents of Hawaii.</DIV><DIV>&nbsp;</DIV><DIV>Empowered is such an innovative company. I hope that we exposed some of the residents of our Capitol building to the innovative energy of Empowered with a capitol E.</DIV></div>   <div class=\'BlogPostDetails\'>Posted      <span class=\'BlogPostShowCredit\'>By: <a href=\'http://empoweredinternet.com/bruce-campbell-director-of-mar.asp\' target=\'_blank\'>Bruce Campbell</a></span>      <span class=\'BlogPostShowDate\'>on 03/06/2008 at <a href=\'/blog/2008/03/06_Empowered_with_a_Capitol_E.asp\'>6:29 pm</a></span>      <span class=\'BlogPostShowComment\'>with <a href=\'/blog/2008/03/06_Empowered_with_a_Capitol_E.asp#Comments\'>0 Comments</a></span>   </div> </div>  <div class=\'BlogPostGroup\'>   <div class=\'BlogPostDate SiteTitle2\'>03/03/2008</div>   <div class=\'BlogPostLinks\'>   </div>  </div> <div class=\'BlogPost\'><div class=\'hr\'><hr /></div> <div class=\'BlogPostTitle SiteTitle3\'><a href=\'/blog/2008/03/03_Who_You_Gonna_Call.asp\'>Who You Gonna Call</a> </div> <div class=\'BlogPostText\'><DIV>The other day the new manager of a Hawaii Venture Capital company gave me a call.&nbsp; It seems he had just received a <STRONG>$2500 </STRONG>bill from their existing WebMaster for the redesign of the home page and few other inserts of some news stories.</DIV><DIV>&nbsp;</DIV><DIV>He knew that their company would be changing the navigation menus and updating alot of content in the near future and so he thought to himself&nbsp; "I know just who to call"</DIV><DIV>&nbsp;</DIV><DIV>About a month ago I had given a presentation to the law firm where he previously worked and so he knew that by Empowering his new companies website that would immediately eliminate costly bills like this and be able to execute the updates in house.</DIV><DIV>&nbsp;</DIV><DIV>So when you get your next bill from your web master and turn various shades of red...don&#39;t get mad...get empowered. </DIV><DIV>&nbsp;</DIV><DIV><STRONG>Who you gonna call? </STRONG></DIV><DIV>&nbsp;</DIV></div>   <div class=\'BlogPostDetails\'>Posted      <span class=\'BlogPostShowCredit\'>By: <a href=\'http://empoweredinternet.com/bruce-campbell-director-of-mar.asp\' target=\'_blank\'>Bruce Campbell</a></span>      <span class=\'BlogPostShowDate\'>on 03/03/2008 at <a href=\'/blog/2008/03/03_Who_You_Gonna_Call.asp\'>9:34 am</a></span>      <span class=\'BlogPostShowComment\'>with <a href=\'/blog/2008/03/03_Who_You_Gonna_Call.asp#Comments\'>0 Comments</a></span>   </div> </div>  <div class=\'BlogPostGroup\'>   <div class=\'BlogPostDate SiteTitle2\'>02/28/2008</div>   <div class=\'BlogPostLinks\'>   </div>  </div> <div class=\'BlogPost\'><div class=\'hr\'><hr /></div> <div class=\'BlogPostTitle SiteTitle3\'><a href=\'/blog/2008/02/28_Do_You_Want_a_Webolution.asp\'>Do You Want a Webolution</a> </div> <div class=\'BlogPostText\'><DIV>I have been around the Web since its inception. My first exposure to it was from my first programmer with my educational software company Rising Wave in the 90&#39;s. Kevin Hughes, then a college student at Honolulu Community College, and now the World Wide Web Hall of Fame, showed me some weird looking code call HTML.</DIV><DIV>&nbsp;</DIV><DIV>I said to myself "Who would want to touch that?" and went back to developing interactive multimedia (the big thing of the day).</DIV><DIV>&nbsp;</DIV><DIV>For the first 10 years of the Web pretty much the only people who would &#39;touch that&#39;, HTML and its fancy new brethren PHP, ASP, CFM etc were programmers who took on the humble name of WEB MASTERS.</DIV><DIV>&nbsp;</DIV><DIV>Hey who I am to say anything about them, I was one for 7 years. Starting with my own site selling Blackbelt language learning online and then designing, developing and managing sites for others I used the standard web tool called Dreamweaver along with handcoding as needed.</DIV><DIV>&nbsp;</DIV><DIV>A million WEB MASTERS bloomed and proliferated over those years and every website owner needed one every time they wanted to make significant or even simple changes to their site. </DIV><DIV>&nbsp;</DIV><DIV>Then a few years ago I met a young company that was out to change all of that. They wanted to Empower people to control their own domains (websites).</DIV><DIV>&nbsp;</DIV><DIV>Today I am leading the charge to Empower every business who is willing to take control of what is theirs and drive their business to the next level on the web.</DIV><DIV>&nbsp;</DIV><DIV>To me what I see is a complete paradigm shift from WEB MASTERS and the inevitable Web Slaves (the website owners), to empowered websites without webmasters.</DIV><DIV>&nbsp;</DIV><DIV>So revolutionary is this concept that most of the time I spend consulting with business owners is showing how it is not only possible but that yes they can do it.&nbsp; In the course of any consultation there is a moment when they get it. Yes, it is like a light goes on. From that moment they are ready to be empowered.</DIV><DIV>&nbsp;</DIV><DIV>What do we call this phenomena of freeing yourself from the chains of the past, to the dependency, financially, timewise, and even emotionally to a web master?</DIV><DIV>&nbsp;</DIV><DIV>We&nbsp;call it a WEBOLUTION and I encourage every enslaved website owner or future web owner to join it and GET EMPOWERED!</DIV></div>   <div class=\'BlogPostDetails\'>Posted      <span class=\'BlogPostShowCredit\'>By: <a href=\'http://empoweredinternet.com/bruce-campbell-director-of-mar.asp\' target=\'_blank\'>Bruce Campbell</a></span>      <span class=\'BlogPostShowDate\'>on 02/28/2008 at <a href=\'/blog/2008/02/28_Do_You_Want_a_Webolution.asp\'>3:38 pm</a></span>      <span class=\'BlogPostShowComment\'>with <a href=\'/blog/2008/02/28_Do_You_Want_a_Webolution.asp#Comments\'>0 Comments</a></span>   </div> </div>  <div class=\'BlogPostGroup\'>   <div class=\'BlogPostDate SiteTitle2\'>02/28/2008</div>   <div class=\'BlogPostLinks\'>   </div>  </div> <div class=\'BlogPost\'><div class=\'hr\'><hr /></div> <div class=\'BlogPostTitle SiteTitle3\'><a href=\'/blog/2008/02/28_A_Click_Tale.asp\'>A Click Tale</a> </div> <div class=\'BlogPostText\'><DIV>Understanding the traffic on your site is probably the greatest goldmine you have for your business.&nbsp; It&#39;s full of all sorts of rich&nbsp;information, that if you know how to harness and utilize, can generate tremendous growth and productivity off of your site.</DIV><DIV>Knowing all sorts of things like where users are coming from, what pages they visited, and how long they spent on your site can give you valuable information.&nbsp;&nbsp; </DIV><DIV>I&#39;ll give a great example from a webmaster friend who understands the importance of this.&nbsp; Looking at his clients traffic numbers and statistics every day, he noticed an individual from London had come onto the site two days in a row and browsed multiple properties.&nbsp; He told the realtors in the office to keep their eyes open for a call from London.&nbsp; Sure enough, 4 days later, he called and they were ready for him.&nbsp; The knew what properties he had browsed and were fully knowledgeable about what he was wanting.&nbsp; They were able to provide great service.&nbsp; </DIV><DIV>There are a lot of ways to utilize traffic data.&nbsp; It&#39;s important to know what your bounce ratio is - that is the percentage of users who have left the site in less than 10 seconds.&nbsp; This will vary from industry to industry but you should aim to keep it as low as possible.&nbsp; Another factor is how much time users have spent on the site.&nbsp; There is a direct correlation between how much time they spend on the site to how productive your results are from the website.&nbsp; There are a number of variables.&nbsp; And someone who knows Web Analytics can always help review your numbers and give an analysis of your site and what you can do to improve it.&nbsp; </DIV><DIV>One of the tools we&#39;ve recently discovered and enjoyed is ClickTale.&nbsp; There are a variety of ways to track users as they visit your site.&nbsp; The interactivity of the tracking tool is truly amazing.&nbsp; We liked it so much, we&#39;ve integrated it into the ZeppOS platform.&nbsp; There are fees for using ClickTale, and we can guide you on implementing it and monitoring your traffic.&nbsp; </DIV><DIV>We&#39;re all about taking it to the next level.&nbsp; And if you are, then you need to consider Web Analytics and specifically, ClickTale as a supplement to Google Analytics.&nbsp; Feel free to contact us for more information.</DIV></div>   <div class=\'BlogPostDetails\'>Posted      <span class=\'BlogPostShowCredit\'>By: <a href=\'http://www.besthawaiiwebdesign.com\' target=\'_blank\'>Chris  Hamby</a></span>      <span class=\'BlogPostShowDate\'>on 02/28/2008 at <a href=\'/blog/2008/02/28_A_Click_Tale.asp\'>12:04 pm</a></span>      <span class=\'BlogPostShowComment\'>with <a href=\'/blog/2008/02/28_A_Click_Tale.asp#Comments\'>0 Comments</a></span>   </div> </div>  <div class=\'BlogPostGroup\'>   <div class=\'BlogPostDate SiteTitle2\'>02/27/2008</div>   <div class=\'BlogPostLinks\'>   </div>  </div> <div class=\'BlogPost\'><div class=\'hr\'><hr /></div> <div class=\'BlogPostTitle SiteTitle3\'><a href=\'/blog/2008/02/27_Keyword_Protection.asp\'>Keyword Protection</a> </div> <div class=\'BlogPostText\'><DIV>Earlier this month, there was an intriguing legal case between 1-800Contacts and a competitor, Lensworld.&nbsp; The fight started when Lensworld bought keyword targets ads (such as Google Adsense and the ads that show on the right side of a search result) for 1-800Contacts, 1800Contacts and 1 800 Contacts.&nbsp; It&#39;s a common practise, but 1-800Contacts filed a trademark infringement lawsuit.&nbsp; It&#39;s not the first time, and I&#39;m sure it won&#39;t be the last.&nbsp; </DIV><DIV>The problem is, the ad networks are set up to allow you to do that.&nbsp; You can purchase any keyword you want, even a trademark name.&nbsp; The opinion is wide and far on whether or not its ethical.&nbsp; Some contend that if you own a trademark and have spent the thousands of dollars to establish that name and brand, no one else should be able to benefit from it.&nbsp; Valid point!&nbsp; I don&#39;t want my competitors showing up when someone searches for Empowered or Aloha Media Group.&nbsp; Their looking for me.&nbsp; But it&#39;s a common practise.&nbsp; Searching for brand names in google will easily show, a lot of people don&#39;t have ethical questions about purchasing ads for a keyword that is a trademark.&nbsp; And what about the search engines and portals?&nbsp; Where is Google on all this?&nbsp; Silent for the most part.&nbsp; They have built the infrastructure and have not put any restraint in for straining out trademarked keywords.&nbsp; And can you imagine the technological/legal hurdles to accomplish that?&nbsp; It&#39;s very thought provoking, and sure makes for great blog material.&nbsp; If you have an opinion about this.&nbsp; Post it now, we&#39;d love to hear.&nbsp; </DIV></div>   <div class=\'BlogPostDetails\'>Posted      <span class=\'BlogPostShowCredit\'>By: <a href=\'http://www.besthawaiiwebdesign.com\' target=\'_blank\'>Chris  Hamby</a></span>      <span class=\'BlogPostShowDate\'>on 02/27/2008 at <a href=\'/blog/2008/02/27_Keyword_Protection.asp\'>12:40 pm</a></span>      <span class=\'BlogPostShowComment\'>with <a href=\'/blog/2008/02/27_Keyword_Protection.asp#Comments\'>0 Comments</a></span>   </div> </div>  <div class=\'BlogPostGroup\'>   <div class=\'BlogPostDate SiteTitle2\'>02/15/2008</div>   <div class=\'BlogPostLinks\'>   </div>  </div> <div class=\'BlogPost\'><div class=\'hr\'><hr /></div> <div class=\'BlogPostTitle SiteTitle3\'><a href=\'/blog/2008/02/15_Yahoo_says_Microsoft....get_out_of_MySpace.asp\'>Yahoo says &#39;Microsoft....get out of MySpace!&#39;</a> </div> <div class=\'BlogPostText\'><DIV>The Yahoo soap opera is getting very interesting from the news reports today.&nbsp; The deal is from News Corp&#39;s Fox&nbsp; Interactive Media and it&#39;s a very interesting merger.&nbsp; They have valued the merger at an estimated $50 billion, a little bit more than the Microsoft offer.&nbsp; </DIV><DIV>Most of us have little knowledge of who Fox Interactive is and why on earth this deal would be taking place.&nbsp; But with one domain name, you&#39;ll get a better idea:&nbsp; <A href="http://www.myspace.com">www.myspace.com</A>.&nbsp; Yes, they own the infamous and top traffic site of My Space.&nbsp; The major benefit of this potential merger is an advertising powerhouse that would have an astounding 35% market share of online advertising.&nbsp; </DIV><DIV>This is also a great way to stave off Microsoft.&nbsp; And that is important to Yahoo, as they recently communicated in letter to their shareholders.&nbsp; They implemented a new strategy last year (which has seemed like a great move in my interactions with Yahoo), and they fear the Microsoft bid would destroy their positive direction.&nbsp; </DIV><DIV>Personally, I&#39;m much in favor of the Fox Interactive merger.&nbsp; I think it allows Yahoo to continue their direction to do something different&nbsp;by continuing their diversity&nbsp;with more online advertising.&nbsp; Many people in the media field are agreeing.&nbsp; </DIV><DIV>I think it is a brilliant step by Jerry Yang to not only avoid the Microsoft dilemna all together, but also to continue taking his company in the right direction.&nbsp; </DIV></div>   <div class=\'BlogPostDetails\'>Posted      <span class=\'BlogPostShowCredit\'>By: <a href=\'http://www.besthawaiiwebdesign.com\' target=\'_blank\'>Chris  Hamby</a></span>      <span class=\'BlogPostShowDate\'>on 02/15/2008 at <a href=\'/blog/2008/02/15_Yahoo_says_Microsoft....get_out_of_MySpace.asp\'>10:47 am</a></span>      <span class=\'BlogPostShowComment\'>with <a href=\'/blog/2008/02/15_Yahoo_says_Microsoft....get_out_of_MySpace.asp#Comments\'>0 Comments</a></span>   </div> </div> </div>'