Archive for the ‘Technology’ Category

Yahoo recently released AlltheWeb LiveSearch, a tool that dynamically generates search results as well as additional key word phrases that might match the query as it’s being typed. In my opinion, this seems like a great resource for anyone conducting research, especially if it’s on a subject that they may not be very familiar with.

An estimated 68% of active internet users in the U.S. had access to broadband as of February, according to a recent study from Nielsen/NetRatings. This is up 28% from 74.3 million in February 2005 to 95.5 million this February. What this means to businesses is that you can deploy a more powerful web site that includes streaming audio/video, larger images and more interactivity with less concern over bandwidth restraints. It does not mean that you should add all sorts of bells and whistles just for the sake of adding them. A good rule of thumb is to only add new features that improve a visitor’s experience on your web site in some way. Other considerations on this subject are that you will still need to follow the same usability guidelines, ensure that your web site...

The number of African-Americans that spend time online is increasing according to eMarketer report. Internet use among African-Americans has risen from just 34 percent of the adult population in 2000, to 57 percent in 2005 compared to the some 70 percent of the white U.S. population that uses the internet. The 18.4 million African-American internet users make up 10.5 percent of the U.S. online population, nearly as many as U.S. teens online.