http://www.webpublishingblog.com Internet publishing, a multidisciplinary approach. Thu, 08 May 2008 07:06:53 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In my previous post I said that Google is a data company, Yahoo is a content company. How so? They are both search engines, right? Both Google and Yahoo provide lots of web services. Yahoo always was a portal & search engine, but over the years Google has continued to add ... http://www.webpublishingblog.com/yahoo-as-a-content-business-an-unwinnable-battle.htm Tech bloggers everywhere have been talking and throwing out predictions over the failed Yahoo Microsoft merger. I'll keep it simple. Google is a data company. Yahoo is a content company. That difference is night and day when it comes to focus and performance. Content is a fine business model. Long term, ... http://www.webpublishingblog.com/how-yahoo-fd-up.htm I was recently reminded by on of my first websites from a blog post by Brendon Sinclair over at Tailored Consulting (soon to be Tailored Web Services.) The post was, "How to make $500+ an hour & other tips." Brendon mentioned a particularly unimpressive web site, with particularly unimpressive earnings, making ... http://www.webpublishingblog.com/making-money-online-for-beginners-if-you-can-write.htm I hate being a quitter, but sometimes quitting is the right thing to do. When I dropped out of my first class ever, as a senior in high school it was the right thing to do. When I dropped out of college halfway through my junior year, it was the right ... http://www.webpublishingblog.com/april-progress-report.htm SEOBook author Aaron Wall, has switched his SEOBook product over to a subscription community. I just had a chance to sign up today (link here.) At $100 a month, its not cheap, but you get access to his training program plus exclusive SEO Forum. I have been a member of several ... http://www.webpublishingblog.com/new-seobook-community-forum.htm Microsoft has submitted a $44.6 billion bid to buy Yahoo. This is the only scenario I can see as someone becoming a serious threat to Google. Yahoo attempted to become a content company rather than a data company, as Google is. They made a lot of mistakes, going entirely in the ... http://www.webpublishingblog.com/will-google-finally-have-a-real-challenger.htm 2007 was big. 2008 is shaping up to be even bigger. I have decided to significantly scale back my posting on Web Publishing Blog. This already happened in 2007, to a degree, but now I just want to make it official. Do not expect any regular posts here on out. Between ... http://www.webpublishingblog.com/why-you-should-blog-or-not.htm Holidays + big business projects = no time for blogging. I'll be back in January. By the way, you should already have your 2008 goals ready! Coincidentally the post I made exactly a year ago -- December 2nd, 2006 echoed this same thought. I'll just repost it below: The countdown clock is ... http://www.webpublishingblog.com/taking-blogging-vacation-for-december.htm People want directions. They demand that things be spelled out one step at a time -- in the most simplest of terms. This works out wonderfully for many things. Driving a car. Making a sandwich. Opening a bank account. Creating a Power Point presentation. In a business environment influenced by rapidly evolving ... http://www.webpublishingblog.com/figure-it-out-for-yourself-how-to-make-8-million-a-day.htm As promised, here is a review for Marketing Sherpa's Landing Page Handbook Second Edition. I read the entire pdf in about a day, a hard copy is still on its way in the mail. I think that it was released earlier this month, Shawn Collins made a blog post about ... http://www.webpublishingblog.com/marketing-sherpas-landing-page-handbook-review.htm