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When it comes to credit card transactions online, you can never be too secure. But, for the consumer and business purchasing managers, using Google Checkout is one of the most secure forms of doing eCommerce on the Web.

Implementing Google Checkout into your online business is a major plus for the customer on the web.

Google Checkout is the ideal solution for secure eCommerce shopping; with the ability of a buyer and consumer to use any major credit card, and maintain privacy for the buyer and his or her supplied credit card information from being shared with any seller. This keeps your customers' Visa, MasterCard, Discover Card, or American Express card information secure.

Online privacy and security of financial information is extremely important for consumers and corporate buyers alike. Keep it secure and private now for your customers' sake.

Read more about using Google Checkout for secure ECommerce today. Think about this when it comes to dealing with the costs of credit card transactions online for your B2B or B2C ecommerce website. Make it as easy as possible for buyers to purchase from your website by implementing Google Checkout for the online checkout process. If you are confused about implementing payment gateways or trying to make sure that you have built in secure shopping carts for your buyers, then Google Checkout is a great place to start for your business today.

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You may not have noticed it, but a while back Google changed their Fav Icon from an uppercase "G" to a lower case "g". The Google Favorite Browser Icon is what is displayed in the tab area and the front of the address area of a browser like Internet Explorer, Firefox, or Safari when browsing to a Google Branded website. I know there was an official response as to why Google changed and updated their Favorite Icon, but I have my branding thoughts too. Read more about the New Google Favicon.

This Fav Icon story segues into understanding your business website and online branding too.

Google is Your Website Home Page

Most people in the business world don't have a clue that their home page of their website is not really their home page at all. The home page of a website is Google.

Let me explain that statement and expand on the Google Home page premise for your website. Read more about Google is Your Website Home Page.

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Wow, What A Google Day!

I got a chance to attend a really informative half day Google Innovation seminar held at the Santa Clara Marriott on Wednesday. The conference theme was how Google is innovating for businesses in the form of cloud computing applications and passing cost savings through some really wild changes for IT departments to save tons of time and money over traditional ways of finding, sharing, and the securing of all internal data, along with major improvements in the productivity of workers and huge cost savings to both big and small enterprise companies.

Cloud Computing comes from the cloud illustration of having various IT services and software applications residing in off site data centers. Typically the computing resources being accessed are owned and operated by third-party providers. Cloud computing is getting much more notoriety today as business are looking for ways to streamline costs and improve the productivity of their workers from those that work in small company environments and to large companies — with workers from many satellite locations around the world.

Wednesday's keynote address was delivered by Dave Girouard, President of Google Enterprise. He presented some great insights in to the economy of scale. One of the aspects that we have all seen in the past few years is the price on computer storage has decreased exponentially while at the same time the drive storage capacity has increased significantly. The price per gigabyte and the price per terabyte is just incredibly low and dropping everyday. Five years ago, very few outside of the computer industry had heard of a terabyte hard drive. Now, people can go over to Costco or Fry's and pick one up at lunch time for $200.00 or less. Imagine that!

Google has taken this economy of scale to new levels that no one else in the industry has ever imagined or implemented. When it comes to dreaming and dreaming big, Google is above the clouds on this one. For example, Dave pointed out in his keynote address, in one of the larger Marriott meeting rooms filled with IT and business personnel across all industry facets, of just how the economy of scale is taken advantage of by Google. Google discovered early on that one of the implementation aspects of all this Google Search power was the need for massive numbers of computer servers along with a massive supply of electrical power to run all the servers. Google is number five in the world for producing computer servers; of course they use all those computer servers produced for themselves. They have streamlined a flavor of Linux Open Source software that is custom to their own needs without the need for the various portions of the Linux code that is not used by them. With this approach, and their proprietary file structure that was hinted at, they claim that they can upgrade all of their server's operating system in a matter of hours across all of their data centers worldwide. Imagine that, simply executing some command at one location and updating their software everywhere.

While the economy of scale was impressive to think about just from the computer aspect, Dave also gave insights into what Google is doing on the renewable energy front and also being able to supply power at costs below those of coal fired electricity plants. Energy is really one of the greatest bottlenecks for this type of operation, and it makes sense for Google to devote financial resources into this area for business. Who knows what cool discoveries might come out of this division.

Dave proceeded to give the conference attendees an overview of everything related to Google Enterprise, Google Search Appliance, and Google Message Security that seemed to be well received by all those that were attending. Security was one of the main topics that was covered in depth. When it gets down to it, I believe that after hearing how security is structured at Google, both for storing of data, and for independent audits that are being performed within Google Corporate, they are on the forefront of providing the most secure data structure of any business out there, including any individual enterprise themselves.

I had the opportunity to sit up front with my brother and associate on my right side, and the Google opposition, Microsoft, Information Worker Solution Specialist sitting on my left. I'll be nice, I won't give his name here. I had to laugh at that one though, when he introduced himself to me prior to the keynote address he said, "Hello, I'm so and so and I'm the opposition here, of course with full disclosure. I need to be up front with that." I did see him taking lots of Google notes.

In the back of my mind, I thought, Microsoft could save a lot of money if they were to start using Google's Enterprise Solutions. But, there's not a snowball's chance in hell of ever seeing that happen. However, we had a little time before the meeting started that I shared with him of what my thoughts were for improvements to Microsoft Live Small Business email and other applications. I was nice, but I tell it like it is, and shared some inside application impressions and told him in no uncertain terms, that first impressions are what matter.

So, when it comes to apples and oranges, there really is no comparison. There are more things different then there are the same. I'm not going to go into comparisons here, but suffice it to say I was really impressed with Google's top notch approach to placing the customer first. Dave got to the point, when he stated, "the customer is one click away from using someone else for search." And, I truly believe that Google is not going to forget that anytime soon. When it comes to providing secure enterprise solutions, Google believes that if it doesn't make it easier and better for the client do, then it probably should not be implemented. Everything I saw from Google today was making things better, easier, faster, more efficient, more productive, improved cost savings for businesses, and cool too.

Of course there was much more in depth talks and live demonstrations, along with actual walk thorough visual applications and "Q & A" sessions for most of the Google Enterprise solutions. If you get a chance to attend one of these Google Innovation for Business seminar events held around the country, I suggest you take advantage of it. I have to say that, breakfast and lunch was great too!

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Most every industry has a crowd of manufacturers, distributors, software providers, developers, and service providers all competing with one another in the market place.

Is your company standing out from the crowd?

With the latest acquisition talk from Steve Ballmer, Chief Executive Officer of Microsoft, in which he is proposing acquiring Yahoo! with a stock and cash buyout; one has to wonder if this merger/buyout acquisition deal would really help Microsoft that much in the search and online advertising market space.

If you are a Google Search user, how likely are you to switch to a new search engine provider? With nearly a 60 percent market share in December 2007 according to comScore Core Search Report, Google Search has shined through, with an outstanding track record that shows they have stood out from the crowd since their inception. When they were nothing more than a small startup, Google took the search engine world by storm, and turned out a better and faster product than any other search company had at the time. Google has strived to be the best, and has never been content with settling for mediocrity.

Many companies have taken the attitude that 80 percent is good enough if it can make them a profit. This is not how to operate your business. In essence, if you think you are such a big juggernaut in your particular business market place and the 80 percent attitude is your attitude, then that leaves 20 percent for any company to really take advantage of the situation, and develop a product or service that can take the world by storm. It doesn't take long before market share is changed from one company to the other.

How Do You as a Business Stand Out From the Crowd?

Differentiate and Dominate Keys to Successful Marketing

Quite often small business owners will ask me to reveal the most powerful marketing strategy I have seen. I can say without hesitation that the most powerful marketing strategy has little to do with advertising, direct mail, web sites, referrals or blogs.

No, before any of those things will really have any impact on your business you've got to uncover and communicate a way in which your business is different from every other business that says they do what you do. You've got to get out of the commodity business. You've got to stake your claim on a simple idea or position in the mind of our prospective clients.

Here's what I mean. Read more about Differentiate and Dominate Keys to Successful Marketing

Jim said: Never settle for mediocrity. Life is about change, new growth, and making a difference in the lives around us. No matter what direction life takes us in our new thinking, always striving to do it to the best of our abilities is key to success. Actions speak louder than words. B2B, B2C, and C2C Internet Marketing Services, ethical SEO, Search Engine Optimization, Online Advertising Strategies, Website Branding Solutions with Professional Web Services, Inc. Business Solutions.

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In an article at InformationWeek it was reported that Google is now offering (for a fee) an increase in the free online storage of email, pictures through Picasa Web Albums, and also some of the other online applications in the near future.


Google Brings Premium Pricing to Online Storage Options

Google on Thursday augmented the free storage it offers to users of its online services with the option to buy additional storage.

Users of Picasa Web Albums and Gmail, and soon Google Docs & Spreadsheets, can now choose from several expanded storage options: 6 Gbytes ($20 per year), 25 Gbytes ($75 per year), 100 Gbytes ($250 per year), or 250 Gbytes ($500 per year).

Read the whole story.

The article goes into some comparisons on the costs of other online storage choices.

While the storage for Google Gmail is nearly 3 GB and Picasa Web Albums is 1 Gbyte, most users will never use that.

What I think is lacking with the storage amount is the ability to use it for all types of file storage. If Google were to offer a backup solution that provides storage for all types of files, besides emails and photos, this would be an ideal solution for many individuals.

There are already quite a number of online storage solutions for backing up your data. Some even provide a means of having a virtual hard disk across a network of computers. These online storage programs allow you to sync in your virtual drive. For example, if you were to place a file in the virtual drive at one computer, it will automatically show up at the other. Likewise, if the file is removed on any of the computers, the file will also be removed across the whole network.

Google was rumored / confirmed to be working on a GDrive or the Platypus.

There are actually a few free experimental Gmail email drives. Here is an interesting article at the Wikipedia Gmail Drive.

So, I would like to see Google provide a true GDrive for the public. I think it would be a big hit.

Just my two cents worth.

Jim Warholic

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Internet Usage By Search Engine Market Segment

Everyone knows Google is number 1 but there is more to this information than meets the eye. Take a look and see what the real numbers are for Search Engine usage statistics.

Published Search Engine Use Statistics

From a standpoint of Internet Marketing and Search Engines Use Statistics there are some interesting nuggets of information to be gleaned from a couple of online studies comparing the Top search engines.

http://pwebs.net/2005/11/internet-search-engine-statistics.html

What Really Is The ODP - Open Directory Project - DMoz

Learn how easy it is to submit your technology or business website but how difficult it is to be accepted.

http://pwebs.net/2005/11/what-really-is-odp-open-directory.html

Editor Application ODP - Open Directory Project - DMoz

Instead of just talking about improving the ODP - Open Directory Project - DMoz I decided to see if I could help out.

Open Directory Project Editor
Applying for an editor position with the ODP is quite a connection process.

Read what this process and policy is like.
http://pwebs.net/2005/11/editor-application-odp-open-directory.html

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Online Wow! What A Lot Has Been Going On The Internet

Google News stories daily of new Internet Marketing and Online Advertising empowering tools for the world. And for FREE.

Google Analytics

First off is the new Google Analytics program for anyone that has a website to use. This is a top of the line Professional program. Check out more information at: Analytics And Google Base - Sales & Marketing Home Runs

Google Base

Then Google came out with Google Base. This too is free for everyone to use. What an empowering online application that can place buyers in touch with sellers for both businesses as well as consumers. This covers B2B, B2C, and C2C. Amazing. Read more about Google Analytics and Google Base http://pwebs.net/2005/11/ analytics-and-google-base-sales.html

Software Gem

Next up is a software gem discovery for plagiarism detection and online copyright infringement detection. This is a powerful program that can be used manually for free or subscribe to a monthly service to verify and automatically email you if someone copies your online works. Copyscape Copyrights

Copyright infringement and plagiarism have become a greater problem since the Internet came upon the scene. Word processing software and computer programs have made it extremely easy to copy and paste information from one source to another. It is very important, especially when it comes to original written content to verify if anyone else is copying the information. There are online procedures in effect under The Digital Millennium Copyright Act when detecting plagiarism or encountering copyright infringement. If the crime is serious enough, Legal action can also be implemented. Talk to an attorney in San Francisco that recently was suing another lawyer that copied substantial information from his website. Also see Copyright Professional Web Services

Additionally banners can be placed on the website to show that plagiarism will be detected by Copyscape.




Apparently the way this software works is through an API with Google to be able to detect copied information. See: www.copyscape.com

Funny Domain Name Story

This story is stranger than fiction. Read about a guy attempting to get into the Guinness Book Of World Records by attempting to sell The Record Breaking Domain Dot Com www.therecordbreakingdomain.com for $7,500,001.00. This Domain Name is a true story. Read the rest of the story at therecordbreakingdomain.blogspot.com

INTERNET MADE B2B B2C AND C2C

Long before the Internet was born we had businesses selling to other businesses and consumers. But it was the Internet that really put B2B And B2C on the map. For that matter, it also built the C2C landscape.

See the historical perspective on the establishment of B2B, B2C, and C2C. Read more about how the majority of home buyers start their home buying process prior to ever stepping into a home. http://difference-between-b2b-b2c.blogspot.com/2005/10/ internet-made-b2b-b2c-and-c2c.html

Corporate Marketing With Blogs

Can it be that the online journals are becoming more of a business marketing tool for corporate America?

People still ask today, "What is a blog?"

This business tool is right for you. No other way can you reach your target marketing audience so precisely than with a corporate blog. Find out more today http://b2b-and-b2c-marketing-strategies.blogspot.com/2005/10/ corporate-marketing-with-blogs.html

Some Content Providers Generate Spam
Certain Online Content Providers Seem to Generate More Spam From Their Websites Than Others. Take a look at who and why at http://unsolicited-b2b-and-b2c-emails.blogspot.com/2005/11/ some-content-providers-generate-spam.html

Internet Ethics, Blogs, Google, Yahoo!, MSN, And You

Notes and issues we have covered. Developing a successful blog for your business. What needs to be covered are the responsibilities of ethical news reporting.

Internet Search Engine Bombing Spam

The Internet is a media realm where reporting a story online about competition, businesses, or personal accounts that is not backed up by facts can be nothing more than rumor mill search engine bombing. Google, Yahoo!, and MSN Search all pick up the stories with their news searches and then others read and spread the rumor. Consequences of not following the proper reporting guidelines can have libel and legal implications even for the blogger. Read More: http://blog.pwebs.net/2005/10/ internet-ethics-blogs-google-yahoo-msn.html

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Read how you can use a blog to advertise and market a product online. See how to customize it to suit your internet marketing and online advertising needs. Create just the right landing page design for your market place industry. Make the most out of the online tools available to your business. Take a look at http://prowebservices.blogspot.com

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See how an Online Blog can also be used to run small businesses on the Internet

Designs By Rose
Lovingly Made By An Experienced Needles And Crafts Fabric Design Artist Quality, Integrity, Experience, Ingenuity, Love; Rose's passion for sewing is rooted by these high standards. They are the same roots Rose and her husband Andrew established for their family many years ago. Over time, her craft has taken wing into a lifelong labor of love.http://designsbyrose.blogspot.com

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TComino Designs Interior Design
TComino Designs Interiors For You

Is there anyone you know who is afraid of the "D" word? You know -"designer?" To some, that word invokes frightful visions of a strong-willed designer spending oodles of her clients' hard earned cash. To my clients, the word "designer" means "trusted advisor." http://tcominodesigns.blogspot.com

Both of the above examples show how sole proprietors can set up a business online using blogging software, Google Base and Analytics, and of course some old fashion Creative Internet Marketing And Online Advertising elbow grease.

Privacy And Online Security On The Internet

For those of you that do not know me, one of the things that I value more than anything else is online privacy and security.

I have written many business articles about online privacy issues and content provider concerns. I would be the first to say if a service is, or has a policy of sharing of information on the Internet with others.

Many privacy policies are extremely vague and in fact should be labeled something else other than a privacy policy.

Good Privacy Policy

There is one service that I have come to trust with my emails and information online. That service is the Google Gmail Service

See how this online service has earned my trust and respect at http://emailtalk.blogspot.com/2005/11/ privacy-on-internet.html

Blogging With Flock

I'll never forget the first time I used a browser for web navigation. It was called Mosaic and was originally loaded on my Mac PowerPC 6100 computer. Wow have Internet times changed!

Out of that came the Netscape Mozilla Browser and Internet Explorer, with others following. Now comes a brand new start-up with the attempt to turn the world upside down as far as web browsing is concerned. Read about this new Internet Browser at http://computertechster.blogspot.com/2005/10/ flock-blogging.html

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New Battery Powered Vehicles

MY, how have we progressed since the horse and buggy days.

New Battery Powered Vehicles

In the early days of self propelled vehicles they ran on steam. Now we have a whole new generation of self propelled vehicles using battery technology and super efficient high powered motors. A number of these electric scooter vehicles are starting to be used at large warehouses and even at car racing events for pit crews to use from one end of Pit alley to the other. See more on this story at http://computertechster.blogspot.com/2005/11/ battery-powered-vehicles.html

Expand Market Reach Online

Succesfully expand your sales and market reach. Develop new market segments by utilizing Internet Marketing, Search marketing, And web branding strategies and solutions from Professional Web Services, Inc. and PPC Online Advertising such as Google AdWords.

Your Web Site

"With 98 percent of engineers using the Internet for work and over 90 percent using it to research technical products, your company’s Web site is one of your most significant marketing vehicles for reaching your target audience."
http://www.globalspec.com/memberlink/ Your_Web_Site.pdf

Learn all that your website can be.
The Perfect Marketing And Advertising Salesperson
http://blog.pwebs.net/2005/11/ expand-market-reach-online.html

James A. Warholic
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Getting the Marketing Message Out.

No matter what industry sector that you find your company involved in, I would venture to say that no one knows your own company business better than YOU.

In this technical world, writing detailed information can best be accomplished by the Pros. Sure, you can get a copywriter to put some article together for you, but it still will not have the engineering or technical details that can only be provided by those in the specific industry of expertise.

Getting your marketing and advertising message out to the world. Find out:
What's Your Line? Next Generation Marketing

At the 2005 Google Dance, and Search Engine Strategies Conference, held at the San Jose Convention Center, Google was most certainly getting their marketing and advertising message out. The Search Engine Strategies Conference was an excellent time to talk with all the major search engine companies, check out the new forms of online advertising (pay-per-call), view the various web metrics programs available for website analysis, plus spend time talking with others in the industry.

The Google Dance was most certainly the highlight of the entire show. This was a time to talk with the engineers and ask any questions the invitees had. Not that any trade secrets were given out, but it helped clarify a large number of questions.

Take a look at the pictures from the dance.

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