There’s No Hiding Out on the Internet

There are people who are so concerned about their privacy and their anonymity that they want to remain completely anonymous online, yet they still want to take advantage of what the Internet has to offer. Is that possible?

Well, sort of. To hide your identity on the Web, you have to not only hide your data, but also stay a step ahead of programs that log your activities.

Regarding your data, you must hide your demographics (name, address, city, state, ZIP, phone); your financial data (credit card, expiration dates); and the hardest thing to hide — your computer (IP address).

Read the full story at Internet Evolution

CRM Vendors Glom Onto Social Media

Every IT manager has had one of those late nights — a server crashes, a software update goes haywire, an installation of a new product takes several hours longer than planned. We’ve all been there. But with new CRM technology from Microsoft, you might be greeted next morning by multiple vendors proposing new solutions for you.

Let’s say that at 10 p.m., instead of just sitting and stewing over the technical glitches, you tweet: “Banging my head with frustration over brand X’s 10.1 upgrade.” Those tweets, or maybe some comments on your Facebook page, could really help you to vent and reduce the pent-up frustration.

Read this entire blog post at Internet Evolution.

Bing Materializes Quietly Against Wave Backdrop

Last Thursday, the technology world saw a demonstration of both approaches on the same day. Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) took the innovative road by announcing Google Wave — an approach to online communication that does not fit neatly into any current classification. Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT)’s announcement of Bing, in contrast, is a “new” approach to Web search.

Google had a live demo for thousands of developers; Microsoft had a flashy canned demo for hundreds of executives. No surprise which company won the social media battle — developers and the Web world fawned over Google Wave. Meanwhile, the most quoted comment about Bing was that it stands for “But It’s Not Google.”

Check out the entire blog at Internet Evolution.

Matt Cutts Speaks on WordPress and Google

WordCamp San Francisco is a conference organized by the creators of WordPress for their user community. It was just held last weekend, May 30 and 31, in San Francisco.  Highlighting the real time nature of the blogosphere, some of the presentations have already made their way onto the net.  So those of us who could not make it out to the West Coast of North America can get some of the benefits of this great event.

Attendees have been blogging and tweeting that one of the best presentations was by Matt Cutts who is the head of the webspam team at Google where he specializes in search engine optimization (SEO) issues. With a title like “Straight from Google: What You Need to Know” it’s no surprise that his session was well attended.  Getting your blog well ranked by Google is certainly among the top goals for any blogger.

Read the full story at Blogging Tips.

Web 2.0 – Celebrating Failure

Any IT staff person knows the strain and stress that occurs whenever an application or server bites the dust, locks up or otherwise goes down.  User’s scream!  Customers kvetch!  And amidst all the rabble rousing, the IT staff has to get their job done and resolve the issue. However, in the world of Web 2.0, some companies have figured out how to market even the most dire of circumstances.

Check out the full blog at Tech Owl.