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PayPal Offers a Credit Card Reader for Brick and Mortar Businesses
The first big move, in my opinion, that PayPal made was when they made it possible for non-PayPal members to use a PayPal merchant account on sites. When I visit new businesses thinking about adding a merchant account and selling online I usually tell them that if they are not selling $2000 a month then it would be best to go with a third party merchant account instead of a merchant account of their own. One, because of the cost savings, and two I would recommend it for businesses just starting out. Now PayPal is offering credit card readers that posts automatically to your PayPal Virtual Terminal order form. Since this card reader can be plugged into a USB port of a computer it would be handy when you travel to meet customers. You can read more about this credit card reader here. Michael Rock |
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Googles New Browser called Google Chrome
Hello Everyone!, Sorry for not posting lately, but I’ve been pretty busy. My post today will be on Google’s new browser called Google Chrome. You can download it from Google’s site at http://www.google.com/chrome. I’ve always been a Firefox fan, but when I upgraded to version 3 I had problems with some of my add ons that forced me to downgrade to version 2. Also, when logging into certain sites I’m finding that more and more that I am forced to use Internet Explorer because Firefox leaves off the submit button when trying to log in. So are we ready for yet another browser??? As a web designer I already have to design web sites so that they look great in Safari, Internet Explorer (and all of its versions with IE6 being the biggest pain), and Firefox. Now web designers everywhere will have to consider how their web sites will look in Google’s new browser called Chrome. If anyone has installed and used Google’s new browser please leave a comment on this post. I just read a killer article title entitled, “Google steals Microsoft code and you should cheer” that prompted me to read further. You can find this article at ZDnet. It is an interesting read and I agree with there comments on how this can be beneficial for everyone. |
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Google and Yahoo wheelin’ and dealin’
Google and Yahoo signed an agreement allowing Google to place paid search ads on yahoo for the next 10 years. You can read the details over at Advertising Age. Things still have been pretty busy over here lately, but in other news I read that MySpace was looking into becoming a portal like yahoo.com. Will keep you posted if anything turns up. |
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SEO firm fined $100,000
I haven’t been updating this blog in awhile due to being very busy. That’s a good thing right? Well anyway if you follow this link you can get the details on the SEO firm doing dirty deeps, but not dirt cheap. http://www.searchengineguide.com/sage-lewis/video-seo-firm-slapped-with-100000-fine.php - Michael |
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Yahoo rejects MSN offer of Buyout
It looks like that Yahoo did not accept the $44.6 Billion from Microsoft offer to buy there company. This development will be interesting for stock holders in MSN, Yahoo, and Google. Stockholders are trying to guess what is going to happen and decide whether or not to buy or sell stock in these major corporations. To read more about this development please go to Yahoo! News. |
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Google is going green!
No, I don’t mean money. I mean green as in environmental friendly. With a corporation as large as Google I’m glad to see that they are taking steps to help out our environment and yes my faith is that Google is NOT evil! Here is the post if you want to read more about it. |
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