Technology
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Amazon aStore Update
Amazon released an update to their aStore which allows for lots more customization of categories and subcategories. The overall result is that it makes users feel more like it’s "your" store and you get more search engine bump. Here’s what they have to say: For those of you linking from your website to your aStore…
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Google Reader Beats Bloglines: The King is Finally Dethroned
So I was going to write a post about how Google Reader, after three years, finally convinced me to move from Bloglines for my RSS reader. I went through Rojo, but got annoyed with the inelegant way it handles sources with tons of posts, NYT Reader, which I like but just never bought into the…
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eBay Gets More Social But Leaves Out Easy Linking
A while ago eBay launched blogs because, um, everyone else has them. They’re going even further now with eBay MyWorld, which is a MySpace-y page where you can put your listings, bio, feedback, blog, reviews, guidelines, etc. It’s a great idea, and definitely a valuable set of features. The first thing I thought of when…
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Ask.com is Getting Some Play
I’ve been hearing more and more from Ask.com lately. The other day a guy from work told me he sis a side-by-side experiment doing some search terms and found Ask.com had better results than Google. Hear on Search Engine Roundtable they note a spike in referrals from Ask.com as well. I’ve been impressed with their…
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Amazon aStore Enhancements Soon
So Amazon aStore (here’s mine) is going to be improved soon. Here’s a snip from their email: The next release of aStore (currently slated for a late November release) will allow Associates to: * Build and maintain multiple aStores using a single Associate ID * Specify products to feature on Category and…