Traveling from one travel site to another

Seeded on Wed Oct 1, 2008 2:20 PM EDT (datadriving.com)

A Web Analyst's review of two travel websites, Skyscanner and Kayak.com

travel, web-design

Sales Tactics from a Web Analyst

Seeded on Thu Sep 18, 2008 10:18 AM EDT (datadriving.com)

A good web analyst makes no assumptions, asks questions and listens carefully to the needs of the customers (website visitors). And obviously, a good salesperson does the same.

business, web-analytics

Get Creative With Web Analytics!

Seeded on Mon Sep 15, 2008 2:25 AM EDT (datadriving.com)

It is an unfortunate reality that Web Analytics is a dreadfully low priority when designing or redesigning a site. This is especially true for small and medium businesses. All too often, a site is designed without much prior knowledge about visitor behavior.

business, web-analytics

Rolling Stone : Campaign '08: The Radical Roots of Barack Obama

Seeded on Thu Feb 15, 2007 9:44 AM EST (Rolling Stone)

No candidate since Robert F. Kennedy has sparked as much campaign-trail heat as Barack Obama. But can the one-term senator craft a platform to match his charisma?

politics, 2008-election, democrats, obama

Psychologist to see 'jungle-girl'

Seeded on Tue Jan 23, 2007 10:40 AM EST (BBC News)

A Spanish psychologist is travelling to Cambodia's remote north-east to assess a woman who some people believe has been living in the jungle for 19 years. Hector Rifa, of Psychologists without Borders, said he wanted to ensure she was well and getting enough support.

world-news, jungle-girl

With new products and a shorter name, Apple hopes to change the world again

Seeded on Fri Jan 12, 2007 7:59 AM EST (The Economist)

"WE'RE going to make some history here today," said Steve Jobs this week at the beginning of his annual speech at Macworld, his company's cult-like trade show in San Francisco. He was as good as his word.

technology, apple, macworld, iphone, steve-jobs, stock-options, business

Chávez victorious - A sweeping triumph for the Bolivarian revolution

Seeded on Fri Dec 8, 2006 3:35 AM EST (The Economist)

A sweeping triumph for the Bolivarian revolution

politics, chavez, venezuela, south-america, socialism, bolivarian-revolution

Ars Technica 2006 holiday gift guide

Seeded on Thu Dec 7, 2006 3:05 AM EST (Ars Technica)

It's that most wonderful time of the year

technology, holidays, gifts, gaming, hardware, software, books

Venezuela's presidential election | The Chávez machine rolls on

Seeded on Fri Dec 1, 2006 10:24 AM EST (The Economist)

A revived opposition faces a popular president armed with almost limitless oil money and several built-in advantages

politics, chavez, venezuela, election, latin-america, socialism

Taking care of business in Sweden

Seeded on Fri Dec 1, 2006 10:07 AM EST (sweden.se)

Nothing earth-shattering here, but interesting nonetheless.

business, sweden, culture, international-business

Swedes hooked on knitting

Seeded on Fri Dec 1, 2006 10:02 AM EST (sweden.se)

Knitting needles and crocheting hooks, stuffed away in closets for years, are re-appearing in Swedish cafés and homes. And its not just grandmothers who are putting them to use – a couple of professional free skiers are twisting yarn into very modern headwear.

business, sweden, knitting, clothing, skiing

Saudis ready to eject from Eurofighter deal

Seeded on Fri Dec 1, 2006 9:31 AM EST (Guardian Unlimited)

Britain faces losing a £10bn arms contract with Saudi Arabia, unless it halts a bribery investigation into the kingdom's arms trade.

politics, eurofighter, uk, france, saudi-arabia, corruption, bribery, business

Apple's P-to-P Movie Downloads To Eclipse Wal-Mart and Bit Torrent - SeekingAlpha

Seeded on Thu Nov 30, 2006 1:29 AM EST (Energy Sector and Stocks Analysis from Seeking Alpha)

Today's New York Times combines two interesting news stories about movie downloads into one. First, it describes Wal-Mart's (WMT) plans to provide digital movie downloads for an add-on fee to DVD sales, beginning first with Superman Returns this week.

technology, apple, p2p, walmart, microsoft

Making Money by Matching Surfers to Marketers

Seeded on Thu Oct 19, 2006 1:38 AM EDT (The New York Times)

LAWRENCE NG, chief executive and co-founder of Oversee.net, is blunt and direct in describing the business of his six-year-old company as "delivering eyeballs to advertisers."

technology, advertising, internet, search-engines, media

Germany's government | Angela's ashes

Seeded on Fri Oct 6, 2006 2:54 AM EDT (The Economist)

IT WAS never going to be easy for Angela Merkel to run a "grand coalition" government.

politics, merkel, germany

The Swedish model | Admire the best, forget the rest

Seeded on Fri Sep 8, 2006 2:45 AM EDT (The Economist)

Outsiders look enviously at Sweden's economic success. So why are the Swedes thinking of voting out the ruling Social Democrats next weekend?

eu, sweden, politics, european-union, social-model

Regional snapshots after five years of 'war on terror'

Seeded on Mon Sep 4, 2006 10:23 AM EDT (Raw Story)

Following is a series of detailed snapshots from around the world describing how five years of the war against terrorism have impacted individual regions.

bush, middle-east, terrorism, politics, war-on-terror, fundamentalism

Opportunity lost: The fear of being less than average

Seeded on Tue Aug 29, 2006 3:14 AM EDT (MSN)

"Last Saturday, I was in Rome trying to board a flight to come back to the states when I came across a vivid example of why markets are inefficient and why some of our best ideas are still buying opportunities."

business, finance, investing, personal-development, personal-finance

More firms to adopt web analytics

Seeded on Fri Aug 25, 2006 7:18 AM EDT (itweek.co.uk)

The UK web analytics markets is set to grow by 22 percent in 2006 to be worth a total of £56m by the end of the year, according to a new report by internet marketing and ecommerce specialist E-consultancy.

business, internet, marketing, e-commerce, web-analytics

New Orleans | One year on

Seeded on Fri Aug 25, 2006 7:06 AM EDT (The Economist)

With heartbreaking slowness, America's capital of good times is starting to revive

katrina, new-orleans, us-news

Calgary firm turns safflower into insulin

Seeded on Thu Jul 20, 2006 9:30 AM EDT (The Globe and Mail)

In a breakthrough that could rival the discovery of insulin by Canadians Frederick Banting and Charles Best in 1921, a Calgary biotech company claims to have produced commercial quantities of human insulin from genetically modified safflower plants, a move that could change the e …

business, pharmaceutical, diabetes, insulin

John T. Reed's analysis of Robert T. Kiyosaki's book Rich Dad, Poor Dad

Seeded on Tue Jul 18, 2006 9:29 AM EDT (johntreed.com)

A number of people asked me about Robert T. Kiyosaki and his book Rich Dad, Poor Dad. When I said I didn't think he was a real-estate guru, they insisted he was. Several told me I would like him, that he preaches a message like mine.

business, real-estate, personal-finance, best-seller, kiyosaki, rich-dad-poor-dad