Archive for October 2011
October 14, 2011 | 
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As the President of the Information Marketing Association, I host monthly coaching calls for info-marketers who have questions and are trying to launch their infopreneur business. Here is a question from Ted in California about Information Test Marketing using the Internet. Since this is a common question, I decided to prepare an article about this challenge to help you.
You can create a great product, but it is worthless if there aren’t bunches of people ready to buy it. How do you determine if there are enough people interested in your product that you can actually begin advertising and marketing? I recommend taking your time and read the book “The Ultimate Guide to Google AdWords” by Perry Marshall and Brian Todd. Go step-by-step through that book and create a survey that asks, “What is your biggest question about…” whatever your product or business is. Then, go and invest in Google AdWords and test a couple of ads against each other to see which generates the most views.
The amount of clicks your ad gets will determine whether you will be able to generate enough interest to market it. On the landing page for your ad, have a form that includes a question similar to, “What’s your single most important question about _____” Fill in your subject in that blank. Then give them a place to give you their email address. You’ll learn if there is a market for your product to find out their greatest question and receive their email address. A Google AdWords campaign will help you get started quickly. Soon you’ll start compiling a list of common questions. You can send out an email to everyone who’s given you a question and tell them you’ll host a teleseminar to address the five most common questions on the phone.
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You may be experiencing problems with internet explorer 8 (IE 8), if you just got an update on your computer, through Windows Update.
If you do, join the crowd.
There are well over a thousand people who have received the update and noticed a number of problems since getting it.
The one major problem they noticed was the speed. It appears IE 8 is slower.
Computerworld ran a test using JavaScript testing, and based on their results, IE runs slower than Google’s Chrome browser.
Even Firefox 3.0.7, Apple’s Safari 3.2.2, and Opera Software’s Opera 9.63 was faster than Internet Explorer 8.
Another complaint about IE 8 is it suffers from compatibility problems with such Web standards such as CSS, HTML4, and XHTML.
This kind of problem could cause a lot of trouble for those who develop programs to be used with the browser.
In fact, just when Internet Explorer was about to be released, Microsoft has warned about such support problems with new standards and how the new browser handled them.
Microsoft added a tool to help with this problem. It is known as Compatibility View.
With Compatibility View, users can switch settings so they can view sites built for previous browser editions.
Other problems with IE 8 included lack of security. Although it was beefed up to guard against malware and known phishing scam sites, the browser got hit by a hacker.
And this happened a few days after the browser was launched.
There are more problems with internet explorer 8. For instance, Microsoft is currently testing Windows 7 using a beta version.
Microsoft is not offering a final version of their browser. Instead, they are only able to use Release Candidate 1.
Microsoft claims that problems with internet explorer 8 will be resolved with the major release of Windows 7. Let’s hope this is the case, or there will be many computer users, who just might switch over from Internet Explorer to another browser, like Firefox or Opera.
At least they are more reliable and offer faster loading than IE 8 does. If Firefox or Opera are not your choices of a browser, you can always switch to IE 7 and continue to use that.
For those who don’t feel like working with another browser, and you want to get some of those problems resolved now, we recommend looking at your registry through a free scan to help speed up your computer.
It will help a little if problems are found, and any help is better than none, until Microsoft gets this new browser up to speed.
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Yahoo has released a optimized versions of internet explorer 8 browser with some of the most demanded features in the browser today as:
- Better protection against online threats such as fraudulent sites and spy ware
- Increased speed to help you browse the Web faster
- New tools that provide easier access to your favorite sites
- Built-in Yahoo! Homepage, Yahoo! Toolbar and Yahoo! Search
Installation
Installation is simple and straight forward with two options of express and custom settings. Express settings has some features enabled by default like search update, download provider update, smart screen filtering and it sets internet explorer as a default browser for you you. You can Change these settings by choosing the custom settings option at the time of installation or later from the preference menu.
Site Suggestion
Yahoo optimized Internet explorer’s site suggestion uses your browsing history to make personalized suggestion based on your browsing history. However this is a optional feature and if you do not like it you can turn it off.
Fast Web Browsing Experience
Internet explorer 8 helps you use the internet faster than before. New features like search suggestion, retrieves information as you type. This saves a lot of time as you do not have to see the result page and search again. Similarly accelerators let you preview online services just by pointing mouse to the urls.
Customized search box
The customized search box in the tool not only provides dynamic search suggestions but also provides up to four sources like Wikipedia, flicker, dictionary.com and yahoo news to search the item. This saves time by searching directly within the source rather than going there indirectly through search pages.
Spy ware Protection
Spy ware has been a major threat to internet use today. To address this problem the yahoo toolbar has built in anti spy application powered by Computer Associates (CA). You can install and use it directly from your yahoo tool bar. whenever you feel the need to check your computer for spy ware you can just run it from your yahoo toolbar.
Supported platforms Internet Explorer 8 optimized by yahoo is supported for following operating systems.
- Windows XP 32-bit with Service Pack 2 or higher with a minimum of 64MB RAM and 150MB disk space
- Windows Vista 32-bit or 64-bit with a minimum of 512MB RAM and 115MB disk space
To sum up, IE 8 optimized for Yahoo offer more web friendly experience as compared to the other browsers.
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