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21% of online retailers have conversion rates of 2-3%: According to the E-tailing Group, conversion rates are rising among online retailers – with 21% of retailers, nearly twice as many as last year, reporting rates of 2-3%. 90% of retailers have cart abandonment rates higher than 10%. 41% of respondents said their conversion rates were higher than last year,...; Tags: abandonment, cart abandonment; Blog posts 2005-04-21
21% of online retailers have conversion rates of 2-3%: According to the E-tailing Group, conversion rates are rising among online retailers – with 21% of retailers, nearly twice as many as last year, reporting rates of 2-3%. 90% of retailers have cart abandonment rates higher than 10%. 41% of respondents said their conversion rates were higher than last year,...; Tags: abandonment, cart abandonment; Blog posts 2005-04-21

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CustomError (exe): Improve the user experience and reduce abandonment rates by maintaining the look and feel of site errors and instead offer alternate page destinations with Port80 Software's CustomError for Microsoft IIS. Setting up custom error pages usually requires access to the Web server's administrative interface. With CustomError, you can simply upload...; Tags: Error, Port80 Software, Web Servers, Search, Marketing Research, Internet, Marketing; Software downloads 2008-06-24
URLSpellcheck (exe): URLSpellCheck for IIS corrects typing errors in URLs as they happen, improving user experience and lowering abandonment rates by avoiding annoying 404 errors. Fix missing, transposed, wrong, and extra characters, or even incorrect file extensions on the fly, by effortlessly redirecting users to the correct URL. As with all Port80...; Tags: Error, Port80 Software, Productivity, Servers, Hardware; Software downloads 2008-06-24
15 non-technical reasons IT projects fail: A study of IT "abandonment" reported by the British Computer Society BCS reinforces the notion that IT projects fail primarily for non-technical causes. Such quantitative research is important in helping managers understand the business, organizational, political, and cultural dimensions of IT failure. by Michael Krigsman; Tags: Information Technology, Strategy, Management, Michael Krigsman; Blog posts 2008-06-18

Wayback Machine: Microsoft's shot to kill Quicktime video: Ten years ago, give a week or so, Apple CEO Steve Jobs introduced QuickTime 3.0 to the National Association of Broadcasters' convention. Behind the scenes in the months before the introduction, Microsoft was playing hardball with hardware and software vendors over its new A/V APIs along with demands to kill...; Tags: Software, Apple QuickTime, Apple Inc., Mr., Video, Microsoft Corp., Compaq Computer Corp., Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, David Morgenstern; Blog posts 2008-04-03
Penumbra: Overture (exe): Like all good nightmares, Philip's begins with something all too real--his mother's death. The days following the funeral are characterized by nothing, save for an incessant feeling of abandonment. Until, that is, he receives a letter from a dead man. Philip's father left before he was born, taking his reasons...; Tags: Graphics, Overture Services Inc., Frictional Games, Penumbra, Philip, Games, Personal Technology; Software downloads 2008-03-31
VoIP, Inc. lawyering up for massive Click To Call Patent infringement suits: VoIP, Inc. says they have hired legal representation to defend its Patent # 6501837 against what it deems is infringement "by some of the nation's leading Fortune 500 companies. In a statement released today, VoIP, Inc.Â said Ball Law Firm would represent its Patent in a dispute...; Tags: Patent, VoIP Inc., Caller Location, Communication Network, Russell Shaw; Blog posts 2008-02-12
Apple walks on water and WiMax Mobile: In the days and hours before the Macworld Expo, it seems that anything is possible from Apple. Competitors are already angry and scared enough by what the company can do and likely will do. But it must be infuriating to many in the industry when Apple is given credit for...; Tags: Mobile, Apple Inc., USB, WiMAX, Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Desktops, Hardware, David Morgenstern; Blog posts 2008-01-11
What's on tap for Ed Tech in 2008?: It's that time of year again when all of us bloggers start prognosticating about the coming year. That being said, I think there are a few really significant trends that emerged in 2007 that will really take off in 2008. Read the list below and then tell me...; Tags: Desktop, Thin Client, Apple Inc., Amazon.com Inc., Computing, Linux, UNIX, Thin Clients, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Hardware, Christopher Dawson; Blog posts 2007-12-20
Spanish police arrest 63 in Net child porn swoop: Spanish police arrest 63 in Net child porn swoopChild PornThat is the most disgusting thing there is other then physical sexual abuse.People like that , I'm not sorry to say should be removed from society permently!!!I Personally can think of several things to do to them and each one I...; Tags: govt, child pornography; Discussion threads 2007-12-16
Police Blotter: Juror caught blogging about DUI trial: Police Blotter: Juror caught blogging about DUI trialAs far as I can tell......the decision is correct. The juror in question did not discuss the case while it was ongoing, as much as he may have wanted to. Rather, he waited until after it was all over, at which...; Tags: juror, DUI, blogging; Discussion threads 2007-11-09
Podcast: Google's OpenSocial, Facebook's dilemma, cash for iPhones and more...: This week on the Dan & David Show we explore the scope and meaning of Google's OpenSocial APIs check out our complete coverage, which dominated the news this week. We also debate about how Facebook will respond. Facebook team members showed up at Google's small launch event...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Facebook, Podcast, Google OpenSocial, Podcasts, Internet, Dan Farber; Blog posts 2007-11-01
Solaris vs AIX: The threatscape: The "threatscape" concept says in part that things which affect key suppliers affect your costs - i.e. that the possibility that Exxon might be motivated to buy out and shut down Sun has cost implications for the data center manager choosing whether to bet the business on Solaris/SPARC or AIX/Power....; Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., IBM AIX, Sun Sparc, IBM Corp., Sun Solaris, UNIX, Operating Systems, Linux, Servers, Software, Hardware, Paul Murphy; Blog posts 2007-10-24
I've said it before: Microsoft should buy BEA: The dark clouds over BEA are deepening with news that activist Carl Icahn is buying up tangible influence in the software vendor probably with the idea of a sale. BEA faces lingering unknowns on its financial statements -- not to mention entrenched concerns about sales, growth and its ability to...; Tags: BEA Systems Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co., Oracle Corp., Information Technology, Microsoft Corp., IBM Corp., Microsoft Windows, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Strategy, Programming Languages, Middleware, Java, Operating Systems, Software, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Management, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Dana Gardner; Blog posts 2007-10-05
Vista "Out of Memory" errors: Vista "Out of Memory" errorsPratchett, Unseen University, Anthill InsideSo That's where I'd come across that termthought it sounded familiarRE: Vista++?????++ Out of Cheese Error. Redo From Start.+++ Divide By Cucumber Error. Please Reinstall Universe And Reboot +++Yay for pterry and yay for Hex.Of course you have every right ...[i]I’d expect...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows Vista, HEX, Cheese Error; Discussion threads 2007-09-27
Bias and Kanter's Intel CSI analysis: Early last week a guy named David Kanter at Real World Technologies released a careful analyis of Intel's planned common systems interconnect CSI and its associated integrated memory controller IMC technology. One of the earliest comments on this came from zdnet's own George Ou who provided a quick...; Tags: P6, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Analysis, Intel Corp., David Kanter, Paul Murphy; Blog posts 2007-09-09
Bias and Kantor's Intel CSI analysis: Bias and Kantor's Intel CSI analysisAttitude tainting conclusions.Some interesting assertions, but to get to them I had to work through some biased statements.Some examples:In particular, the author claims that CSI will erase Intel’s performance deficit relative to AMD - but assumes throughout the article that AMD offers a stationary target...; Tags: 64-bit, Network technology, Processors, analysis, Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., 32-bit, Microsoft Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc.; Discussion threads 2007-09-05
Offshore outsourcing rates headed higher: Offshore outsourcing rates headed higherHope they are enjoying thieir 'bargain' service...That's what you get when you think short-term.Which means its a good time to stop offshoringWith the cost of offshore outsourcing increasing its a good time to reevaluate that position and correct that mistake by bring the work back in...; Tags: Outsourcing, offshore outsourcing, US/EU; Discussion threads 2007-07-24
GE CEO Jeff Immelt: India, globalization and the economics of scarcity: GE CEO Jeff Immelt: India, globalization and the economics of scarcityAnd will America be addressed? Or are we left to rot?I've dealt with some Indians and they seem no better than the rest of us.It's also because their cost of living allows $10/hr jobs to be goldmines, when the...; Tags: Recruitment & Selection, General Electric Co., job, American-born worker, Jeff Immelt, globalization, Lou Dobbs; Discussion threads 2007-07-06