Warmest Greetings,

:: Friday, April 04, 2003 ::

In another progressive step towards freedom of Internet-Use-Choice, Microsoft was elbowed into making it more obvious that Windows XP users can just as easily use browers, music devices, etc. other than theirs and the world won't end. See Microsoft OKs Minor Changes in Windows

Kartoo, the new fangled graphical search engine, made PC Magazine's number 3 spot in it's top 5 slots for Top 5 Net-Obsessed Sites. If you don't think links to your website matter, you may want to reconsider. It was part of the testing criteria PC Magazine used to judge popular websites.

CNN (Control News Now), apparently doesn't like blogs.

I almost went into a tizzy with this one..Rules of Business Ethics

Quote: "Striking a balance "between integrity and sensibility," the U.S. Department of Commerce last week issued a set of business-ethics guidelines that it hopes will restore confidence in the U.S. economy by making it easier for the public to understand what constitutes unethical behavior and for corporations to fulfill their moral and legal obligations."

Cat got your keyword-tongue? Chew on SearchEngineBlog's "the topic of keyword selection" for such witty moments as:

Quote: "All of this hemming, hawing, and prevaricating probably indicates that we've come a long way from the days of buying eyeballs and hoping for the best! "

What the heck is "prevaricating"?

Have a great weekend!

:: posted by Kim Krause Berg on 4/04/2003 01:30:21 PM

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