The new search engine I’m using is Hakia and it is different because it’s a Semantic Search Engine. What that means is that the results you get are based on relevancy. The Hakia About page gives a quick overview but if you want a little more information on the technology, do check out the Benefits page.I am going to start reviewing search engines in my search to replace a certain search engine that I am boycotting. I am adding Hakia to the list of to be reviewed. Thanks, Marisa!
We have a full carnival,Sheila shares the heartfelt reason for The Uncarved Pumpkin at Alabama Kitchen Sink rel="nofollow".
Jean tells a truly Scary Story on My so-called-life....
CyberCelt shares pumpkin recipes in Oooey Gooey Pumpkin Treats on Texas RV Blog,
Cecile Pryor presents Jack O'Lanterns at Whatever Happened To.... (this blog is slow to load).
Thoughts.com has a member-rating system that allows you to rate the items submitted by other members, such as blog posts, photos or videos. The system averages all the ratings to calculate an overall score for each item. Once you have achieved a score of 4 or more, you may post to the public areas of Thoughts.com.
If you refer a friend to Thoughts.com and they become an active member, you win one entry into the monthly contest, where one member receives a free 6-month subscription to Netflix. There is also another contest for a trip to Las Vegas, but you have to be one of the Top Five bloggers on Thoughts.com! So if you are a power blogger, you could win an all-expense paid visit to Las Vegas this year!
I was really impressed by the information provided by Thoughts.com on charities. Thoughts.com suggests that you visit Charitynavigator.org, a website that provides financial ratings of thousands of nonprofit organizations and charities. The suggested charities on Thoughts.com are: Heal the Ocean, National Alliance to End Homelessness, Save the Children and Amnesty International.
Thoughts.com: free blog, free video and podcast hosting, forums and a social conscience. I like it!Visitors to social networking sites are more receptive to online advertising for leisure-oriented retail categories. . . There appears to be a natural synergy between the leisure categories and social networking sites. People typically enjoy sharing their experiences with these products, whether it’s to talk about their new iPhone or the pair of designer jeans they just bought.
[FCC] proposed a $40,000 fine on Sunshine for airing "The Right Side with Armstrong Williams" 10 times between Jan. 4, 2004, and July 5, 2005, on WBPH-TV, Bethlehem, Pa., and Sinclair $36,000 for episodes of "America's Black Forum" and "2004 Election countdown" on nine stations in September 2004. In all the telecasts Mr. Williams spoke of No Child Left Behind.
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Duck LaughsDiscovery Communications, which owns the Discovery Channel, TLC and Animal Planet, plans to integrate more than 100,000 hours of programming on HowStuffWorks.com, which had 3.9 million unique U.S. visitors and 18 million page views this September, according to ComScore.
Headline: FDA bans Tattoo Removal Creams?
San Diego - With the launch of it’s new website, Inkbusters.com warns the public about possible health risks associated with using tattoo removal creams purchased on the Internet. The new site states “many” tattoo removal creams sold online contain Hydroquinone, which is usually the active ingredient in skin bleaching creams.
In August 2006 the FDA proposed a ban on over the counter skin bleaching creams containing Hydroquinone due to concerns about Cancer and Exogenous Ochronosis. This proposed ban is similar to those already enacted in Japan, France, Great Britain and Australia for the same reasons.
InkBusters.com CEO Rick Barker notes, “Indirectly—and probably without knowing it—the FDA is saying they think the tattooed public may be at risk if they use tattoo removal creams containing Hydroquinone. This is particularly true when you consider most skin bleaching cream makers––prescription or OTC––never recommend Hydroquinone be used more than 4-6 months for maximum effect. Many tattoo removal cream makers online offer supplies well beyond this recommended period.”
InkBusters.com sells TCA at its website to help consumers remove tattoos in a natural non-laser fashion. TCA is a popular non-prescription skin-peeling agent commonly used by doctors, health spas and private individuals to remove fine lines, wrinkles and acne scars on the face. TCA has twice been medically tested and proven to fade and/or remove tattoos on the body. TCA looks and feels like water and is applied with a q-tip. There is no Hydroquinone in TCA.
photography by Eileen Trainor ~ all rights reserved. . . tired of having everyday the same lunch, discover MINI's alternative proposals. On the other lunch break you will discover a series of activities organized to make you experience something new during lunch break.
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Strategic Planning!
When I hear these words, I think of stuffy rooms, white boards and those markers whose fumes make your head spin, huge sticky post-its curling up on pale green walls, stale coffee, too many donuts, and playing the gatekeeper so everyone gets to contribute. In short, boil me in oil rather than ask that I help write another mission statement or outline short-term and long-term goal and the accompanying key performance indicators (KPIs) or key result areas (KRAs).
I remember the first time I saw the term, Key Performance Indicator. I just shook my head and looked at the stack of blank job descriptions that were to be completed (by me) for every full-time and part-time position in the largest department on campus. In the new strategic plan, written by the incoming administration, employee job descriptions and performance evaluations were to be synchronized with strategic plan. Then I shrugged it off and started in on the first job description. "This is not too hard," I thought.
Then I saw "performance standard" and "evaluation criteria." I think I ducked into the Woman's restroom for a primal scream. Well, that experience and many like it are behind me now; but every day, some manager, administrator or employee faces developing job descriptions and performance evaluations based upon them. In essence, we try to quantify the qualitative work that we do.
There is hope. Strategy2Act.com has developed a tool used in balanced scorecard management. Balanced Scorecard Designer by Strategy2Act.com can help bring goals for employees in line with goals for the company.
When finished, you may save your results of the BSC Designer as .bsc file type so that it may be easily shared and modified. Alternately, you can export data to MS Excel, where you may use data from the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system.
When you begin implementing balanced scorecard, you may want to purchase metrics already written for your type of business.
AlmondNet utilizes a process called "Post-Search behavioral targeting" to drive targeted display advertising to US and UK users across 40 demographic segments. Each user hosts a cookie that divulges recently-demonstrated purchase-intent to the ad firm.
Coors Light is in and Budweiser is out as the official beer of Nascar, the auto-racing league said. Beginning in 2008, the five-year, $20 million deal gives Coors Light exclusive access to Nascar logos in advertising, packaging and promotions, as well as the right to brand the Pole Award, which goes to the fastest-qualifying time in each race
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Investment spanned the entire virtual worlds value chain, including technology platform companies, virtual worlds developers, service providers and tools providers. Business models of the companies raising capital vary, ranging from advertising and subscriptions to virtual item sales, to enterprise software licensing, hosting and services.
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The Orleans hotel Las Vegas is located two miles west of the Las Vegas strip, but shuttle service to the Gold Coast puts you right in the middle of the action. If you do not want to leave the hotel, you will find all the entertainment you could want at The Orleans, sponsor of this post.. . . more than 421,000 members in New York, 866,000 members in the Toronto area, and 476,000 in Vancouver, the social networking site can be extremely enticing for cybercriminals looking for prey. The Sophos study showed that 54% of users in the London network show their full date of birth, which is key information for identity thieves. Approximately 12,000 Londoners even give out their phone number to more than a million strangers.
Members of Facebook could be putting themselves at risk of identity fraud, experts have warned. Three-quarters of users on the website's London network allow their profiles to be viewed by any other member, a snapshot survey by IT security firm Sophos found. This makes their personal details available to thousands of Facebook users regardless of whether they are friends or strangers.Advertising Age
New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo's office said it is investigating safety measures at Facebook after its investigators went undercover as under-age users of the social-networking service and were repeatedly sexually solicited.
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Sarongs and PareosIn 2006, it was arguably the industry's biggest buzzword. As web marketing and its precise measurements of online behavior became more prevalent, traditional media started to feel pressure to prove its influence. All eyes were on Mr. Plummer at a 2006 ARF event when he unveiled the advertising group's definition of engagement: "Turning on a prospect to a brand idea enhanced by the surrounding context."
