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Microsoft Live Search Cashback Paying Up to 62.5% and Why It Could Still Be a Winner 
Allen Stern via CenterNetworks on Thu, 28 Aug. 2008
When Microsoft launched their Live Search Cashback option back in May, all of the bloggers and reporters talked about how it was going to really boost Microsoft's search market share. I took a different view, looking at it from the
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FriendFeed Doesn't Care About Mona
Allen Stern via CenterNetworks - on Wed, 27 Aug. 2008
Last month we wrote about the "FriendFeed 9" which were the 9 defaults that FriendFeed offers to each new account. FriendFeed founder Paul Buchheit
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blinkx Partners With Getty Images
Allen Stern via CenterNetworks on Wed, 27 Aug. 2008
Multimedia search provider blinkx has announced a distribution partnership with Getty Images today. The partnership brings blinkx search technology to the Getty Images database. Apparently it'
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Russia Has Fastest Growing Internet Population in Europe
Allen Stern via CenterNetworks on Wed, 27 Aug. 2008
comScore has released new stats for European Internet usage based on their World Metrix audience measurement service today. The report shows that Russia is leading Europe in Internet audience gro
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NBC News: "The Dark Side of the Web is Second Life"
Allen Stern via CenterNetworks on Wed, 27 Aug. 2008
I am not an expert in virtual worlds but on the news tonight there was a segment on Second Life which I thought was worth sharing. The NBC news anchor starts by saying, "The D
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comScore: MySpace Leads Display Ad Views; Microsoft Leads Display Ad Buys
Allen Stern via CenterNetworks on Tue, 26 Aug. 2008
comScore is out with their June Ad Metrix analysis of the top online display advertising publishers and advertisers in the U.S. On the publisher side, Fox In
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ProofHQ Offers Online Group Editing in a Blog or Browser
Allen Stern via CenterNetworks on Tue, 26 Aug. 2008
Moving from private beta to public beta today is ProofHQ. London-based ProofHQ is a collaborative editing suite that allows groups of people to provide feedback on a design or object. The serv
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Google Opens Ad Manager To All; OpenX in Trouble?
Allen Stern via CenterNetworks on Tue, 26 Aug. 2008
Google has announced this morning that they have opened up their ad serving tool Google Ad Manager to everyone. Google Ad Manager is very si
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Disqus Lets You Profit From Comments on Other Blogs and Grabs Some SEO For Themselves
Allen Stern via CenterNetworks - on Mon, 25 Aug. 2008
Have you ever been stuck wondering what to post on your blog? Can't seem to find a topic that suits the current situation? Well a new feature called "Reblogging" launche
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I Beat Usain Bolt and You Can Too
Allen Stern via CenterNetworks on Mon, 25 Aug. 2008
Usain Bolt bolted his way into the Olympics winning gold medals in the events he competed in. Apparently he's like the fastest man on earth. And now thanks to Puma (his sponsor), you can attempt to beat him at his own game. Puma has created a casual game that lets you challenge Bolt in a race. You race using your fingers, he races using hi
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Diaroogle Helps You Find a Pot to Pee In
Allen Stern via CenterNetworks on Mon, 25 Aug. 2008
If you live, work or play in Manhattan you know that finding a bathroom when you need one is typically not easy. Most signs say either "no bathroom" or "bathroom only for customers" and those bathrooms you
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The 3 Keys to Good Public Speaking
Allen Stern via CenterNetworks on Sun, 24 Aug. 2008
I had a chat today with Amber on Twitter about what makes a good public speaker at a conference, seminar or event. She asked me for my thoughts on what makes a person a good public speaker. Check out my video below for the 3 main keys to good public speaking. If there's interest, I would be happy to create more specific videos on tips and techniques on the topic. Small tweaks can provide gre
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NYC Web Tech Events - Week of August 24
Allen Stern via CenterNetworks on Sat, 23 Aug. 2008
Here are the Web tech events in NYC for the week of August 24th. Please submit other events to add to the list below. Check out Alley Reporter and NYTechEvents for more events as well.
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The Olympics Have Been Very Good for Yahoo and CenterNetworks!
Allen Stern via CenterNetworks on Sat, 23 Aug. 2008
Compete is out with their latest analysis report -- this time it's regarding the online Olympics coverage across the Web. NBC spent $900 million for exclusive rights for broadcasting the olymp
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Ikea Wants You To Watch Nils Live Until September
Allen Stern via CenterNetworks on Fri, 22 Aug. 2008
Ikea launched a new online interactive advertising campaign in Germany this week. The campaign is called "Warte bis September" ("Wait until September”). The man in the video is Nils and his home has no fu
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Just How Popular is SarahC_1225? And Why She is Important for Your Startup
Allen Stern via CenterNetworks on Fri, 22 Aug. 2008
Last week I posted an article where I discussed a variety of online ads from Singlesnet. In the ads they state, "". The ad I included in the video showed the profile of "SarahC_1225". Since that posting, I've received between 35-100 unique visitors per day coming from the search engines. Each query is fo
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One Reason You Should Never Use a Cell Phone in a Public Toilet
Allen Stern via CenterNetworks on Fri, 22 Aug. 2008
I thought this commercial was pretty funny. Nothing worse than someone yapping on the phone while you are trying to do some business. Bigfoot makes an appearance in the video too. Happy Friday everyone!
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Newegg Removes NY State Sales Tax; But You Still Need To Pay!
Allen Stern via CenterNetworks on Fri, 22 Aug. 2008
Good news for those of you that shop at Newegg and live in New York State. Back on June 1st, Newegg began to collect sales tax from al
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Blogger King Presents... How to Re-Generate Buzz for Your Startup
Allen Stern via CenterNetworks on Fri, 22 Aug. 2008
There's been a lot of talk about new.face this and beta.friend that over the past weeks. Blogger King is back with a new video on how you can easily capitalize on this technique to re-generate more buzz to your startup. It's especially effective when your startup has lost that shiny notation in the blogosphere.
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Zattoo Launches Paid High Quality TV Station Viewing
Allen Stern via CenterNetworks on Thu, 21 Aug. 2008
We initially covered online P2P IPTV service Zattoo last year when they launched in the UK. Our reporter in Switzerland, Corsin Camichel, has
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