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Change fuels the Internet and if you can’t keep up, you’ll soon be left behind. And now, there’s Google Dance to stir up the pot some more. Just what is it and how does it affect your online business?

What is Google Dance?
To explain Google Dance, let’s take a look at what Google does with the content it finds online. Google handles zillions of data on the Internet. As a search engine, it manages all these data so that it provides the most updated content for people who search for information online. To do this effectively, Google updates its index regularly. This is to make sure that new content is included in its list.

The Google Dance Tool is provided as a tool to help webmasters and online publishers to determine when the Google search engine is spidering the world wide web. This is an extremely great tool if you want to be prepared for the next Google visit (indexing).

Just how often does Google update itself?
Index update occurs approximately 10 times annually, or every 36 days. These are the major ones. These days, you can expect weekly updates. This is the reason why you get different results for the same keywords after a while. Because the results change, they are seen as ‘dancing’, which explains the name.

How does Google Dance affect online businesses?
There is one significance to Google Dance for online businesses and that is – keep up or suffer the consequences. To survive Google Dance, online businesses must continually create and offer content that offers real value. The more valuable the content your site can offer, the more links will be built to it and the more relevant your site will be for Google-powered searches.

To survive Google Dance, online businesses must also vary the techniques they use for traffic generation. This is to ensure that all source avenues are exhausted and that quality traffic is maintained. It’s also important that online businesses update their content regularly, in order to make sure that they keep up with changes and that they continue to offer fresh, relevant content.

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Who wouldn’t want to venture into a $211 billion industry with a market of over 61 million consumers worldwide?  No one.

Statistics reveal that everyone has joined in the online shopping bandwagon—and the Philippines is not exempt from this. The past years has seen an upsurge of Filipino online retailers that range from individual entrepreneurs to company subsidiaries. Yet, despite the increasing popularity of online shopping in the Philippines, Rene Fuentes observes that there is still much to be desired in the local e-commerce scene.

“A seamless multi-channel experience – this is what primarily characterizes renowned online retail networks such as Amazon and E-bay. Yet, in the Philippines, complaints of unsecured transactions, delayed deliveries and unreasonable rates still abound.” [More]

You might think thats its just a joke but its confirmed. Netscape Web browser support will be stopped by AOL ,  Netscape’s parent company.  AOL officialy announced that they will cease support for the current version of Netscape.  Although Netscape will be officially gone by February 1, 2008, a Netscape theme will be created for the current version of Firefox to make it look like Netscape 9.

I got this Q&A from Netscape’s Blog

AOL’s focus on transitioning to an ad-supported web business leaves little room for the size of investment needed to get the Netscape browser to a point many of its fans expect it to be. Given AOL’s current business focus and the success the Mozilla Foundation has had in developing critically-acclaimed products, we feel it’s the right time to end development of Netscape branded browsers, hand the reins fully to Mozilla and encourage Netscape users to adopt Firefox.

Q: What will this mean?
A: We’ll continue to release security patches for the current version of the browser, Netscape Navigator until February 1, 2008. After February 1, there will be no more active product support for Navigator 9, or any previous Netscape Navigator browser. This includes Netscape v1-v4.x, Netscape v6, Netscape v7 Suite, Netscape Browser v8, and Netscape Navigator/Messenger 9.

Q: I use Netscape now. Now that Netscape is stopping support, what do I do?
A: The Netscape Team fully stands behind the fine work being done by the Mozilla Foundation. We recommend that you download Mozilla Firefox and give it a try. We know you’ll enjoy it!

Q: Will I still be able to use Netscape?
A: You will still be able to download old versions of Netscape from the Netscape Archive (link coming). However, these products are no longer supported. Our recommendation for the nostalgic out there is to download Mozilla Firefox, and add on the Netscape theme and Netscape extensions which are available here:

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/user/56836

This way you’ll have a current web browser that is very secure, and has the look and feel you have grown accustomed to with Netscape.

Q: Will anyone be around to answer my questions?
A: The following sites will continue to exist and offer information about Netscape after February 1, 2008: The UFAQ (http://www.ufaq.org/), the Netscape Archive, the Netscape Community Forum (http://community.netscape.com/n/pfx/forum.aspx?webtag=ws-nscpbrowser&redirCnt=1).

Please bear in mind that no active product support will be available.

Q: Does this mean that Netscape is dead?
A: While we will no longer support the Netscape web browser as of February 1, 2008, Netscape.com (http://www.netscape.com) will still continue to serve as a general use Internet portal.

Are you wondering what determines a cheap DSL service? Can we really get an affordable and quality DSL service all at the same time? Well, that’s a question that many other people ask, people who have only recently seen the advantages of getting their lives wired to the World Wide Web. If you are just starting on your freelancing career and you are still on the cheap, here are some factors to consider if you are to find the most affordable way to get yourself online.

Less Bandwidth – This is true with any DSL service provider. It is in fact what determines a cheap DSL service the most. If you are okay with lesser bandwidth than usual then you can also effectively reduce DSL rates. Of course, don’t forget that the lesser bandwidth you have available to work with, the slower your Internet connection would be. This might not be a problem if there are only a few people using the Internet.

Number of Users – How many of you are using the Internet in your home? If there is only one or two of you then maybe you could work with lesser bandwidth than usual. But that could be a problem if there are five of you using the Internet and often all at the same time. Also, DSL service providers often use this to evaluate the suitability of your application. If you have a small startup company but has more than thirty employees, you might not be qualified to get the lowest DSL package even if that’s the one you’re applying for.

Purpose and Location – Is the DSL service for residential and commercial use? Internet connection used by businesses automatically fetches higher rates than those for residential use. Also, where is the place located? Would the place’s structure and electricity installation set up be a hindrance in having DSL service installed? Such concerns as well as geographical location could make your installation fee more costly than usual.

Packaged Deals – There are several times a year that DSL service providers offer individual and business customers a chance to avail of their packaged or bundled deals. You could save a lot of money if you avail any of these offers, but only if you really need all that’s being offered. Sometimes, DSL service may be offered alongside with cable service and phone connection.

You have to remember that a discount DSL service may also be more unreliable than more expensive packages. But if you’re okay with that then there’s nothing wrong with going for that kind of deal.

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Click fraud is becoming a major problem for online advertisers. If you advertise your web site on pay per click search engines such as Overture or Google AdWords, chances are that you pay way too much for ads you have placed.

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After several months of waiting for anyone’s testimonial of receiving pay check from Agloco, I finally got an official email from Agloco about the status of their operations.  This site promised to give you an easy money by creating a pyramid of your own. Anyone will be paid to surf. Sad to say, their email sounds like a farewell song.

John Chow,  Yuga and Techrunch also posted about Agoloco’s farewell bid. John Chow got a confirmation email from Agloco’s development team saying revenues aren’t enough: [More]

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