http://www.a1articles.com en-us editorial@a1articles.com Copyright (c) 2008 Jim Edwards Tools for making online video get more common every day online. The latest craze, Flip Video cameras, make it simple and fun to snap high-quality video clips and use them for business or pleasure. Despite the widespread p... http://www.a1articles.com/article_550684_45.html 04th June 2008 Copyright (c) 2008 Jim Edwards I find it very interesting how the constant battle between "paid" and "free" plays out on the Internet. On the one hand, businesses know they must make money to stay in business, while on the other hand, consumers expect ... http://www.a1articles.com/article_550415_15.html 04th June 2008 Copyright (c) 2008 Jim Edwards Microsoft's Internet Explorer Web browser still rates as the most popular and widely used browser for one simple reason: it rides along with every Windows installation. But in response to security scares over the last ... http://www.a1articles.com/article_503568_45.html 02nd April 2008 Copyright (c) 2008 Jim Edwards One of the biggest problems anyone faces online involves too much to do and not enough time to get it done! I'm not talking about the casual Internet user who jumps online as a form of entertainment to check email, use Sk... http://www.a1articles.com/article_487553_45.html 10th March 2008 Copyright (c) 2008 Jim Edwards I started writing this column way back in 1998 and one thing rates as true today as it did ten years ago: people love free stuff online. Free software tops the list of free things they love. People particularly love free ... http://www.a1articles.com/article_474128_45.html 13th February 2008 Copyright (c) 2008 Jim Edwards The online scam technique known as "phishing" is not new. Phishing has plagued Internet users for several years now, but its effectiveness has caused the practice to grow to record levels among online criminals. "Phishing... http://www.a1articles.com/article_465909_45.html 01st February 2008 Copyright (c) 2008 Jim Edwards Ok, unless you live under a rock and get you news by carrier pigeon, most people know the USA currently teeters on the brink of recession. Though I maintain my own opinions about what this will actually mean to the ave... http://www.a1articles.com/article_460250_3.html 24th January 2008 Copyright (c) 2007 Jim Edwards No matter what you sell online, you can sell more! Simple surveys provide the fastest way to collect the information and marketing intelligence you need to make more sales. Whether you sell gift baskets, software, c... http://www.a1articles.com/article_205384_15.html 23rd August 2007 Copyright (c) 2007 Jim Edwards Do you want to know an interesting fact about books on the Web? People don't buy them for their intrinsic worth, just to, "own a book for their shelf". They want to buy a solution to a problem or in plain terms, the... http://www.a1articles.com/article_202591_3.html 16th August 2007 Copyright (c) 2007 Jim Edwards We talk about surveys all the time in Internet businesses. What purpose do they really serve? It took me a long time and a lot of mistakes to realize just how valuable they can prove in your Web and info- publishing... http://www.a1articles.com/article_202249_45.html 15th August 2007 Copyright (c) 2007 Jim Edwards It rates easier than ever to start a new business on the Internet. Never before have the opportunities been more available, the tools cheaper, or the prospects of success more likely. Whether you're a seasoned veter... http://www.a1articles.com/article_196101_3.html 02nd August 2007 Copyright (c) 2007 Jim Edwards The world's most popular search engine just keeps chugging along - the little train that could (and did) make billions of dollars and dominate the Internet landscape. Like a giant tree with a root system extending deep... http://www.a1articles.com/article_181067_45.html 01st July 2007 Copyright (c) 2007 Jim Edwards Recently I started reading a book with a seemingly improbable title, "The 4-Hour Workweek" by Timothy Ferris. In the book, Ferris makes a number of assertions about how we all, whether employed or self-employed, can wo... http://www.a1articles.com/article_177572_15.html 26th June 2007 Copyright (c) 2007 Jim Edwards Unless you live under a rock, you know by now that online video represents the hottest thing to hit the Internet since the invention of the modem. YouTube.com reportedly receives over ... http://www.a1articles.com/article_160234_45.html 16th May 2007 Copyright (c) 2007 Jim Edwards One of the greatest features of the Internet involves that fact that people enjoy a high level of freedom to express themselves. So much so that in many countries the governments restrict and censor what people can see... http://www.a1articles.com/article_155933_3.html 06th May 2007 Copyright (c) 2007 Jim Edwards The next logical step for the Internet involves moving closer to interactive television. People love to watch TV, they love to surf the web, and tens-of-millions enjoy interacting with other people on "social networkin... http://www.a1articles.com/article_155491_45.html 04th May 2007 Copyright (c) 2007 Jim Edwards Two things happened this week that brought my focus back to online video and where all this hoopla will eventually take us. First, I read an article about Joost.com, a peer-to-peer onlin... http://www.a1articles.com/article_138226_45.html 14th March 2007 Copyright (c) 2007 Jim Edwards I think most of us feel that expensive operating systems like Windows can do more things than just keep the computer running, the problem is we don't know what they are! Well, over the years I've discovered a few short... http://www.a1articles.com/article_127560_45.html 08th February 2007 Copyright (c) 2007 Jim Edwards According to a recent Nielsen-Netratings.com release, over 3/4 of all U.S. home Internet users connected at broadband speeds during November, 2006. That figure increased 13%... http://www.a1articles.com/article_122999_45.html 24th January 2007 Copyright (c) 2007 Jim Edwards As the Web grows and online promotion gets more popular among even small businesses, the cost of online advertising continues to rise. In the last 18 months, any online business owner will tell you that it now takes a ... http://www.a1articles.com/article_120810_3.html 17th January 2007 Copyright (c) 2007 Jim Edwards Computers have an interesting way of stealing your time in small increments. What do I mean? Ten minutes of spam sorting per day equates to over 60 hours a year deleting email. Five minutes per day spent looking ... http://www.a1articles.com/article_118710_45.html 10th January 2007 Copyright 2006 Jim Edwards "What makes a good web page?" People ask me this all the time, though they often encounter difficulty boiling the question down to so few words. You, like any serious website operator, want to know how to create and mai... http://www.a1articles.com/article_88205_3.html 19th September 2006 Copyright 2006 Jim Edwards One of the best things about doing business online involves the fact that with a computer and Internet connection you can do just about anything you want. One of the worst things about doing business online involves the fa... http://www.a1articles.com/article_76292_15.html 25th July 2006 Copyright 2006 Jim Edwards I would venture to say that not a single website in the world has reached its peak of effectiveness or earnings potential. No matter the circumstances, every site can "better its best." If a "magic" formula for website ... http://www.a1articles.com/article_73726_3.html 19th July 2006 Copyright 2006 Jim Edwards Despite Google's "Wall Street Darling" status, Yahoo! still rates as the most popular cyber-destination, getting more visitors than any other single website on the Internet. With the recent surge in production and consumpt... http://www.a1articles.com/article_70305_45.html 07th July 2006 Copyright 2006 Jim Edwards Every serious online business owner eats, sleeps and breaths targeted traffic to their website. They spend the most money and time trying to attract first-time visitors to their sites in hopes of generating new sales and s... http://www.a1articles.com/article_63395_3.html 16th June 2006 Copyright 2006 Jim Edwards In a bold move, online advertising and search giant Google.com announced it will start selling online video ads this week to distribute across its partner network. Curiously, Google will re... http://www.a1articles.com/article_56280_3.html 24th May 2006 Copyright 2006 Jim Edwards I know a business that had their website hacked, their entire customer database hijacked, and thousands of customer credit card numbers stolen at the same time. In the following months, the hackers did their best to steal ... http://www.a1articles.com/article_52492_15.html 11th May 2006 Copyright 2006 Jim Edwards Without a doubt, online video increasingly influences the way we expect to digest content on the Internet. As high-speed access becomes the norm in households that actually spend money online, video will pervade even more ... http://www.a1articles.com/article_50037_45.html 03rd May 2006 Copyright 2006 Jim Edwards One of the top news stories this week that got virtually no popular press involves the judgment against Microsoft by a small company with a big software patent. University of California and Eolas Technologies, Inc. hold a ... http://www.a1articles.com/article_42101_45.html 05th April 2006 Copyright 2006 Jim Edwards In a recent article, I wrote about how owners of ebooks, software, CDs and other intellectual property can keep from getting ripped off through online auction sites such as eBay and Yahoo auctions. By popular request (a sl... http://www.a1articles.com/article_38064_15.html 22nd March 2006 Copyright 2006 Jim Edwards I flipped on VH1 yesterday and sat enthralled as a rap artist with colorful language skills hosted "Web Junk 20" where they played 20 videos plucked from the web and played them on cable TV. Last night I saw that Bravo Cha... http://www.a1articles.com/article_33012_15.html 05th March 2006 Copyright 2006 Jim Edwards The end of the free ride for email marketing looms on the horizon. The days of building up or buying a big email list and freely using it to market and sell online are numbered like the dinosaurs heading for an ice age col... http://www.a1articles.com/article_27698_3.html 07th February 2006 Copyright 2006 Jim Edwards If you didn't realize that video will take over online this year, you haven't been paying attention. Everything from video blogs to full-blown website infomercials keep cropping up all across the Internet. The driving f... http://www.a1articles.com/article_26694_3.html 02nd February 2006 Copyright 2006 Jim Edwards I frequently get similar questions from viewers and subscribers all over the world. They often ask me "Jim, what do you think of So-and-So's product?" or "How does So-and-So's product compare to your product?" or "Should I... http://www.a1articles.com/article_25198_15.html 25th January 2006 Copyright 2006 Jim Edwards One of the most frequent questions I get goes something like this: "I don't have a lot of money. How can I start an online business or expose my existing online business to the world without spending a fortune to do it?" ... http://www.a1articles.com/article_24462_3.html 19th January 2006 Copyright 2006 Jim Edwards The trend for selling video on the Internet "vending- machine-style" got a huge boost with the announcement by search giant, Google, that their online video store opened for business. On the surface, it appears they'll jus... http://www.a1articles.com/article_23296_45.html 11th January 2006 Copyright 2006 Jim Edwards * Sony Offers "VoIP" * Electronics giant, Sony, jumped on the VoIP (Voice over IP) bandwagon recently to offer long distance calls through the Internet. http://www.SonyIVE.com They ... http://www.a1articles.com/article_22145_3.html 04th January 2006 Copyright 2005 Jim Edwards About this time every year I make a few predictions about what will rate "HOT" for the coming year in the online world. Last year, among other things, online audio topped my list for 2005. This year, 2006, I see full-motio... http://www.a1articles.com/article_21695_45.html 01st January 2006 Copyright 2005 Jim Edwards Web logs, commonly referred to as "blogs," came into the mainstream about 2 years ago. Not really a newsletter or traditional html page publishing, blogs resemble more of a web-based diary where the creator records their t... http://www.a1articles.com/article_18729_13.html 07th December 2005 Copyright 2005 Jim Edwards When I started writing this column in Fall of 1998, the idea of doing all your holiday shopping online rated quite daring and trendy. Fast-forward to today and online shopping represents a very sizeable share of all retail... http://www.a1articles.com/article_18045_15.html 02nd December 2005 Copyright 2005 Jim Edwards Anyone who ever priced the Microsoft Office Suite knows it represents a significant investment. A quick check of the CompUSA.com website shows Microsoft Office Standard costs $399 and Micr... http://www.a1articles.com/article_16880_15.html 23rd November 2005 Copyright 2005 Jim Edwards One of the great joys of the holiday season involves receiving the stack of catalogs that invariably clog the mailbox at the end of my driveway. Not withstanding the hernia I get from carrying them to the house, or the thr... http://www.a1articles.com/article_14580_15.html 08th November 2005 Copyright 2005 Jim Edwards ** Handheld Video ** Apple Computers recently announced the addition of a small video screen to its new iPod, the perennial favorite portable MP3 music player. Apple's announcement comes as no surprise to many "expert" ... http://www.a1articles.com/article_14134_45.html 02nd November 2005 Copyright 2005 Jim Edwards Has this ever happened to you? You need a photo for a website, brochure, flyer, or CD / DVD cover. You buy one of those 100,000 photo and clipart collections on 10 CD-ROMs hoping to find the "perfect" picture, but after... http://www.a1articles.com/article_13372_45.html 26th October 2005 Copyright 2005 Jim Edwards America Online (AOL) announced recently they will pay as much as 25 million dollars for Weblogs, Inc. (www.weblogsinc.com) in a move to expand their reach even further into the consume... http://www.a1articles.com/article_12372_13.html 14th October 2005