Alias Reduces Educational Pricing on Alias SketchBook Pro: "
Alias, a Silicon Graphics Inc. company, announced special educational pricing for Alias SketchBook Pro, the sketching, annotation and presentation software for Tablet PCs and Wacom tablets. Following a restructuring of its education program in July 2003 to provide affordable and accessible Maya and StudioTools learning packages, Alias is now expanding the program to include reduced pricing on Alias SketchBook Pro for both students and faculty.
Alias SketchBook Pro provides the latest in accurate digital sketching technology for industries such as industrial and product design, architecture, computer graphics, animation, game development and fashion design. Students looking to break into these industries can benefit from combining tools like Alias SketchBook Pro and a Tablet PC or Wacom tablet to hone their skills and develop a portfolio of exceptional creative work.…"
www.alias.com
www.journeyed.com
http://www.emedialive.com/Newsletters/EMediaXtra.aspx?NewsletterID=140#4
Saturday, March 06, 2004
Paid Inclusion Under Fire at Search Engine Shindig:
"The debate over the fairness and relevancy of paid search spilled onto the stage at the Jupitermedia's Search Engine Strategies 2004 conference here on Wednesday.
On one side: Google Inc., which objects to any commingling of paid search with its Web index. On the other: Yahoo Inc., which embraced this week a program for letting Web sites pay to be included in its recently launched Web index. "
And in the middle: Ask Jeeves Inc., which has dropped one paid program, where Web sites could provide XML feeds into its index, while maintaining another for paying to submit sites for crawling.
The varying positions demonstrate the evolving field of Web search. The battle to deliver the most relevant results, and to make money, has intensified now that Yahoo has switched from Google's search results to its own technology and as Microsoft Corp. builds its own technology.
The latest shift was Ask Jeeves discontinuation of its Index Express program for direct XML feeds into its Teoma search engine index. Paul Gardi, Ask Jeeves senior vice president of operations and planning, said the company was not denouncing the practice of paid inclusion but dropped that form because it didn't return relevant results for users.…
Ask Jeeves, of Emeryville, Calif., is continuing its Site Submit program, where sites pay to guarantee that their pages get crawled, Gardi said.
But Google and Yahoo, in a far-reaching panel discussion here on the future of search, did stake out clear opinions on whether Web sites should be able to pay to ensure their pages are indexed.
Google will continue to ban any paid inclusion into its Web search index, said Craig Silverstein, Google's director of technology, which drew applause from the audience. The Mountain View, Calif., company follows a strict division between its advertising business for sponsored search links and its ranking of regular results, he said.…
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1541921,00.asp
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1542441,00.asp?kc=EWNWS030404DTX1K0000599
"The debate over the fairness and relevancy of paid search spilled onto the stage at the Jupitermedia's Search Engine Strategies 2004 conference here on Wednesday.
On one side: Google Inc., which objects to any commingling of paid search with its Web index. On the other: Yahoo Inc., which embraced this week a program for letting Web sites pay to be included in its recently launched Web index. "
And in the middle: Ask Jeeves Inc., which has dropped one paid program, where Web sites could provide XML feeds into its index, while maintaining another for paying to submit sites for crawling.
The varying positions demonstrate the evolving field of Web search. The battle to deliver the most relevant results, and to make money, has intensified now that Yahoo has switched from Google's search results to its own technology and as Microsoft Corp. builds its own technology.
The latest shift was Ask Jeeves discontinuation of its Index Express program for direct XML feeds into its Teoma search engine index. Paul Gardi, Ask Jeeves senior vice president of operations and planning, said the company was not denouncing the practice of paid inclusion but dropped that form because it didn't return relevant results for users.…
Ask Jeeves, of Emeryville, Calif., is continuing its Site Submit program, where sites pay to guarantee that their pages get crawled, Gardi said.
But Google and Yahoo, in a far-reaching panel discussion here on the future of search, did stake out clear opinions on whether Web sites should be able to pay to ensure their pages are indexed.
Google will continue to ban any paid inclusion into its Web search index, said Craig Silverstein, Google's director of technology, which drew applause from the audience. The Mountain View, Calif., company follows a strict division between its advertising business for sponsored search links and its ranking of regular results, he said.…
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1541921,00.asp
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1542441,00.asp?kc=EWNWS030404DTX1K0000599
Wednesday, March 03, 2004
Microsoft Sparks Web Services for eBay:
"Specifically, developers may use Microsoft Office Excel 2003 spreadsheet and Microsoft Office FrontPage Web design applications to write services where eBay users could automate pricing and bid changes as needed. "
Participants in the eBay Developers Program can use XML application programming interfaces (APIs) with FrontPage 2003 to design Web sites that display custom information on items for sale on eBay. FrontPage 2003 includes Web design and maintenance tools and customized data views for listing multiple auction items.
With Excel 2003, users can: use XML to integrate with the eBay API to customize list views, graphs and charts; catalog bulk items online or offline; and submit item listings. The software allows eBay buyers and sellers to create a transaction record, analyze buying or selling history, and use automated uploading processes to submit listings.
To try the solution, users can download sample code with the eBay listing management capabilities within Microsoft Office from the eBay Developer site here.
http://developer.ebay.com/DevProgram/sign_in.asp?URL=/devzone/docs/samplecode.asp
http://www.internetnews.com/ec-news/article.php/3319641
"Specifically, developers may use Microsoft Office Excel 2003 spreadsheet and Microsoft Office FrontPage Web design applications to write services where eBay users could automate pricing and bid changes as needed. "
Participants in the eBay Developers Program can use XML application programming interfaces (APIs) with FrontPage 2003 to design Web sites that display custom information on items for sale on eBay. FrontPage 2003 includes Web design and maintenance tools and customized data views for listing multiple auction items.
With Excel 2003, users can: use XML to integrate with the eBay API to customize list views, graphs and charts; catalog bulk items online or offline; and submit item listings. The software allows eBay buyers and sellers to create a transaction record, analyze buying or selling history, and use automated uploading processes to submit listings.
To try the solution, users can download sample code with the eBay listing management capabilities within Microsoft Office from the eBay Developer site here.
http://developer.ebay.com/DevProgram/sign_in.asp?URL=/devzone/docs/samplecode.asp
http://www.internetnews.com/ec-news/article.php/3319641
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