Internet marketing consultants and business consultants have for some time been offering done-for-you website building and SEO. In getting their clients’ websites up and functional however, there has been a services gap: the writing of the copy to go onto the pages. In launching DFYContent, Kerry Finch has filled that gap.
(PRWEB) January 27, 2012 Specialist service niches within the online business world have allowed internet marketing consultants and business consultants to outsource, to high level experts, many of the components that make up their services portfolio. With the launch of DFYContent, internet writing specialist, Kerry Finch, completes that product offering, with website page copywriting packages.
“Already many of my clients are consultants who work closely with small to medium businesses to create and grow an online presence,” said Kerry. “They are able to get the websites built, and ongoing SEO organized, but when it comes to adding written website copy to sites, the system falls down.”
It was through her management of high level internet marketing events, though, that this massive gap in the services offered by online business consultants became obvious.
“Increasingly I hear consultants say that the biggest hurdle that they face in getting their clients’ websites [...] Continue Reading…
Article source: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2012/01/26/prweb9144001.DTL
Time Warner Cable Inc. reported strong earnings for the latest quarter as growth in Internet and phone services offset a mediocre performance in its traditional cable TV business.
The company said net income was $564 million, or $1.75 a share, in the last three months of 2011, a 44 percent increase from $392 million, or $1.09 a share, a year earlier.
Time Warner Cable earned $1.39 per share after adjusting for tax changes and other one-time items. That was 20 cents higher than the average estimate of analysts surveyed by FactSet.
Revenue rose 4 percent to $4.99 billion, from $4.8 billion a year earlier. That was roughly in line with expectations.
Time Warner Cable lost 129,000 residential video customers during the quarter, although it maintained its revenue in that business with price hikes and a greater percentage of customers buying more expensive levels of service. It ended the quarter with 12.1 million video subscribers.
Revenue from residential Internet services grew as the company got more subscribers and got them to pay more on average. Revenue from its residential phone business increased because of a growth in the number of customers, though the average revenue per subscriber went down slightly.
Time Warner Cable also announced [...] Continue Reading…
Article source: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/internet-phone-businesses-time-warner-cable-15450555
Tommy Wells (D-Ward 6), who has introduced a bill to stop the Internet gambling program, criticized officials for “working backwards,” implementing the program through a contract provision that did not receive public scrutiny and legislation that did not get a stand-alone public hearing before passage.“Why truncate the process? Why take a shortcut? Why not do this straight-up?” Wells asked. “We have to convince folks we’re not putting our thumbs on the scales just to make more money for the District.”But Michael A. Brown (I-At Large) — the council’s lead proponent of Internet gambling, or “iGaming” — rejected suggestions that the program was not given proper scrutiny. He suggested that any delay would be caving in to a small but vocal group of critics and would put the city at a disadvantage against states that are pursuing similar proposals.“What do they know that the world-renowned experts do not?” Brown said of the opponents, dozens of whom signed up to testify at Thursday’s hearing. “It is already happening in neighborhoods throughout our city and, frankly, throughout our country.”Thursday’s hearing was a crucial test for the Internet gambling program, which first came to light in December 2010 when language authorizing it was [...] Continue Reading…
Article source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/dcs-internet-gambling-bid-questioned/2012/01/26/gIQAjREBUQ_story.html
Tommy Wells (D-Ward 6), who has introduced a bill to stop the Internet gambling program, criticized officials for “working backwards,” implementing the program through a contract provision that did not receive public scrutiny and legislation that did not get a stand-alone public hearing before passage.“Why truncate the process? Why take a shortcut? Why not do this straight-up?” Wells asked. “We have to convince folks we’re not putting our thumbs on the scales just to make more money for the District.”But Michael A. Brown (I-At Large) — the council’s lead proponent of Internet gambling, or “iGaming” — rejected suggestions that the program was not given proper scrutiny. He suggested that any delay would be caving in to a small but vocal group of critics and would put the city at a disadvantage against states that are pursuing similar proposals.“What do they know that the world-renowned experts do not?” Brown said of the opponents, dozens of whom signed up to testify at Thursday’s hearing. “It is already happening in neighborhoods throughout our city and, frankly, throughout our country.”Thursday’s hearing was a crucial test for the Internet gambling program, which first came to light in December 2010 when language authorizing it was [...] Continue Reading…
Article source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/dcs-internet-gambling-bid-questioned/2012/01/26/gIQAjREBUQ_story.html
By JAKE COYLE, AP Entertainment Writer
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NEW YORK (AP) — After years of experimenting, the top video destinations on the Web are suddenly flush with original programming: documentaries, reality shows and scripted series.Over the next few months, YouTube, Netflix and Hulu will roll out their most ambitious original programming yet — a digital push into a traditional television business that has money, a bevy of stars and a bold attitude of reinvention.The long-predicted collision between Internet video and broadcast television is finally under way.No one is suggesting that the quality on the Internet is close to that of broadcast TV, but it’s becoming easy to imagine a day when it will be.And even though critics question whether new media can rival a business that’s been around for about 70 years, the video sites have sought partnerships with seasoned professionals. And they benefit from the different economics of global Web-based entertainment.Either way, what’s happening now is just the first wave.”This convergence is now,” says documentary filmmaker Morgan Spurlock, who created “The Failure Club,” a series about people trying to do the things they’ve always feared, for Yahoo, and “A Day in the Life,” a series documenting 24 hours of [...] Continue Reading…
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Platforms at London Underground stations will have wireless internet access by the time the London Olympics starts in the summer. According to reports, passengers at 120 stations will be able to access the internet while underground before the Olympics begin in July. London Underground is continuing with preparations to install the necessary infrastructure and is on schedule to complete the project as planned. An announcement of the chosen service provider will be made in early spring, leaving plenty of time for this to be delivered to customers in time for the 2012 Games,” said Transport for London (TfL) director of strategy and service development Gareth Powell. In February last year, TfL confirmed it was in discussions with Chinese IT giant Huawei regarding a mobile network on the underground network. Speaking to Computer Weekly at the time, a spokesman for TfL confirmed discussions. “Given the financial pressures on TfL’s budgets, any solution would need to be funded through mobile operators with no cost to fare or taxpayers,” he said. Photo: Thinkstock
Article source: http://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240114212/Wireless-internet-on-tube-by-Olympics-2012
If labor unions once amplified the legislative agenda of certain American industries, the antipiracy fight showed the potential power of a different force: young Americans who live and breathe the Internet.
A Pew Research Center poll this week found that the antipiracy legislation was the most closely followed news topic among Americans under the age of 30; even news of the presidential elections failed to get as much attention in this age group.
The bills in the House and Senate, backed by the entertainment industry, encountered a surprising defeat after a vast alliance of chip makers, Internet service providers, rival Web companies and digital rights groups cast them as a means of censoring the Web. Several sites went dark for a day in protest, and in Washington e-mail servers were deluged with messages from citizens opposing the bills. Soon even sponsors of the bills — the Stop Online Piracy Act, or SOPA, and Protect I.P. Act, or PIPA — had backed down.
But if the Internet industry was buoyed by support from its users on this particular [...] Continue Reading…
Article source: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/27/technology/victory-on-antipiracy-issue-buoys-internet-lobby.html
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Article source: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/01/22/eu-urges-balance-between-internet-freedom-and-copyright/
NEW DELHI: About a year ago, Yahoo India, the news-to-entertainment portal, hired Prem Panicker from rediff.com. He spearheads Yahoo’s non-English language strategy that is fast growing beyond Hindi. After adding Tamil and Marathi in the past three months, it plans to add content in another four to five languages this year, including Bangla and Malayalam. “We will spend 2012 building the language play,” says Panicker, managing editor of Yahoo India. Elsewhere, the Indian Railways website — one of the country’s leading sites in e-commerce, irctc.co.in — has launched a beta version in Hindi, which is being used by one-third of its users. Leading mobile value-added services (VAS) player IMI Mobile is looking to develop applications in vernacular languages. And come April, in a first, domain names will be available in seven Indian languages. From content publishers to e-commerce players, from app developers to hardware-makers, the myriad parts of the Internet space are shifting gears in the non-English language space. “A matter of compulsion” is how Subho Ray, president of the Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI), describes the rush to build a language play. “Where do you go if you want [...] Continue Reading…
Article source: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/internet/google-yahoos-initiatives-in-non-english-internet-space-gaining-pace/articleshow/11645664.cms
NEW DELHI: About a year ago, Yahoo India, the news-to-entertainment portal, hired Prem Panicker from rediff.com. He spearheads Yahoo’s non-English language strategy that is fast growing beyond Hindi. After adding Tamil and Marathi in the past three months, it plans to add content in another four to five languages this year, including Bangla and Malayalam. “We will spend 2012 building the language play,” says Panicker, managing editor of Yahoo India. Elsewhere, the Indian Railways website — one of the country’s leading sites in e-commerce, irctc.co.in — has launched a beta version in Hindi, which is being used by one-third of its users. Leading mobile value-added services (VAS) player IMI Mobile is looking to develop applications in vernacular languages. And come April, in a first, domain names will be available in seven Indian languages. From content publishers to e-commerce players, from app developers to hardware-makers, the myriad parts of the Internet space are shifting gears in the non-English language space. “A matter of compulsion” is how Subho Ray, president of the Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI), describes the rush to build a language play. “Where do you go if you want [...] Continue Reading…
Article source: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/internet/google-yahoos-initiatives-in-non-english-internet-space-gaining-pace/articleshow/11645664.cms