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  • August 2008

    • Comcast to Put Brakes on Bandwidth Hogs

      Bloomberg  |  Aug 21, 08 9:41 AM CDT

      Comcast to Put Brakes on Bandwidth Hogs

      (Newser) - Comcast plans to reduce Internet connection speeds for heavy users, Bloomberg reports. The company's "FairShare" system will slow users down for 10 to 20 minutes during peak periods. Comcast was recently scolded by the FCC for improperly blocking file-sharing programs like BitTorrent in an effort to manage Web traffic. More »

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      FCC  • Comcast  • web traffic  • Internet service providers  • Internet access  • bandwidth  • P2P  • bandwidth usage

    • Even in Tight Election, Media Struggle to Retain Audience

      New York Times  |  Aug 4, 08 9:30 AM CDT

      Even in Tight Election, Media Struggle to Retain Audience

      (Newser) - Even as the 2008 election attracts more voter interest than it has in decades, media efforts to translate that into financial success have had mixed results, reports the New York Times. While cable news has enjoyed an uptick—and websites are setting record for online video—viewership for mainstream news media has been flatlining or worse. More »

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      election 2008  • presidential campaign  • cable TV  • web traffic  • ad revenue  • TV ratings  • American media  • network news

  • March 2008

    • Web Demands Could Cause Gridlock by 2011

      New York Times  |  Mar 13, 08 1:54 PM CDT

      Web Demands Could Cause Gridlock by 2011

      (Newser) - The Internet's growing data richness could lead to major web traffic jams within a few years. Some research predicts that user demands—with the high-bandwidth needs of video clips, social networks, and online games—could top network capacity in short order. YouTube alone used more bandwidth in 2007 than the whole web did in 2000. More »

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      Internet  • social networking  • web traffic  • bandwidth  • video conferencing

  • February 2008

    • EU May Name Censorship a Trade Barrier

      Ars Technica  |  Feb 28, 08 2:33 PM CST

      EU May Name Censorship a Trade Barrier

      (Newser) - The EU is out to hack down the Great Firewall of China, Ars Technica reports. A new proposal would classify the web censorship China and other oppressive regimes employ as a trade barrier, an approach its creator calls “unusual, but effective.” The measure already sailed through the European Parliament 571-38, and now awaits European Council confirmation. More »

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      China  • European Union  • censorship  • trade  • web traffic  • Internet censorship  • European Parliament  • Great Firewall of China  • web censorship

    • Species Site Overwhelmed by Traffic on Opening Day

      Associated Press  |  Feb 27, 08 3:15 PM CST

      Species Site Overwhelmed by Traffic on Opening Day

      (Newser) - A much-anticipated web encyclopedia of all Earth’s life forms crashed hours after its launch yesterday, inundated by traffic. The Encyclopedia of Life had 11.5 million hits in its first 5½ hours—including 2 hours down—leading the site’s founders to ask their opposites at Wikipedia for bandwidth tips. EOL plans to have a page for each of the 1.8 million species, the AP reports. More »

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      Internet  • Wikipedia  • species  • web traffic  • mushrooms

    • Google Not Clicking with Investors

      New York Times  |  Feb 27, 08 7:12 AM CST

      Google Not Clicking with Investors

      (Newser) - Google, flying high in November when its stock hit a record $747.24, is falling back to Earth as investors worry that the slowing economy is discouraging web surfers from clicking on the search giant’s ads, reports the Wall Street Journal. A comScore report yesterday said Google’s January US click-throughs were flat compared to a year ago, a concern since most of Google’s revenue comes from its text-ad traffic. More »

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      Google  • online advertising  • Internet advertising  • web traffic  • comScore  • ad clicks  • click throughs

    • Mideast Web Woes Persist as 3rd Cable Is Cut

      CNN  |  Feb 1, 08 1:18 PM CST

      Mideast Web Woes Persist as 3rd Cable Is Cut

      (Newser) - A third cable carrying Internet traffic to the Mideast was cut today off the Persian Gulf emirate of Dubai, and web and phone service remained disrupted in large areas of the Mideast and India because of breaks in two cables in the Mediterranean Wednesday. The cables severed earlier carried as much as three-quarters of the traffic between Europe and the Mideast, so their loss was more serious, CNN reports. More »

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      India  • Middle East  • Dubai  • United Arab Emirates  • web traffic  • Internet service providers

  • January 2008

    • eBay Slashes Listing Fee in Half

      Associated Press  |  Jan 29, 08 1:33 PM CST

      eBay Slashes Listing Fee in Half

      (Newser) - eBay is chopping its listing fee in half and will take a bigger chunk out of the price of sold items, a change that should lower risk for sellers and encourage more listing, the AP reports. The online auction giant is also changing the way its search results work, the company announced at a gathering today of its top 200 sellers: Negative feedback will hurt sellers’ placement. More »

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      eBay  • Amazon.com  • online auction  • web traffic  • Meg Whitman  • John Donahoe  • e commerce

    • Uneasy Lies the Yahoo That Wears Crown

      New York Times  |  Jan 14, 08 2:52 PM CST

      Uneasy Lies the Yahoo That Wears Crown

      (Newser) - With Google, Facebook, and MySpace gnawing at its top-dog status, Yahoo is reinventing some foundation applications to make them appeal to a new generation of users, reports the New York Times . First step? Turbocharging Yahoo Mail to make it more a communications hub and less a post office, a prototype Yahoo demo'd at the Consumer Electronics Show last week. More »

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      Google  • Yahoo  • Facebook  • MySpace  • Jerry Yang  • web traffic  • Consumer Electronics Show  • web portal

  • December 2007

    • Top 10 Startups to Watch In 2008

      Wired  |  Dec 25, 07 6:46 AM CST

      Top 10 Startups to Watch In 2008

      (Newser) - A web startup that checks your DNA for predisposition to a spectrum of disease - and finds you a date (23andMe); a GPS system that can thread its way around traffic (Dash);  A P2P download service that may revolutionize online video (BitTorrent); social networking designed for the workplace (LinkedIn); they're among the top ten startups worth watching in 2008, according to Wired. More »

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      web traffic  • BitTorrent  • LinkedIn  • Slide

    • TV Run for Web-Dud 'Quarterlife'

      New York Times  |  Dec 24, 07 9:47 AM CST

      TV Run for Web-Dud 'Quarterlife'

      (Newser) - YouTube buzz is tough to manufacture, and so far NBC’s “Quarterlife,” the network's experiment in TV-quality production for the web, hasn’t managed. The last dozen episodes have each drawn around 100,000 views between MySpace and YouTube combined, which isn’t many eyeballs in the TV world. Regardless, NBC will complete its web-to-TV play by broadcasting the series in February, the New York Times reports. More »

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      Internet  • television  • YouTube  • NBC  • Disney  • web traffic  • Quarterlife

    • Canadian ISP Messes With Web Pages

      Ars Technica  |  Dec 11, 07 12:27 PM CST

      Canadian ISP Messes With Web Pages

      (Newser) - Imagine for a second that your Internet provider could alter any webpage you viewed – injecting advertisements, or even censoring information. That scary scenario is possible, Ars Technica says, and the technology is already being test-driven by Rogers, a Canadian cable giant. Right now, the messages are just service notifications, but the software, developed by a marketing firm, could display anything. More »

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      Canada  • Comcast  • net neutrality  • web traffic  • ISP  • packet filtering

  • November 2007
  • October 2007

    • Doubts Arise About Web Traffic Tracking

      New York Times  |  Oct 22, 07 12:42 PM CDT

      Doubts Arise About Web Traffic Tracking

      (Newser) - If you think the internet makes tracking audience numbers any easier, think again. Media companies sometimes report millions more online visitors to their sites than tracking companies like Nielsen—because they use different measurements—and the gap makes online advertisers queasy. It's preventing the industry from growing as quickly as it could, the Times reports. More »

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      Internet  • online advertising  • website  • web traffic  • Nielsen Ratings

  • June 2007

    • Is It a Top?

      Search Engine Land  |  Jun 26, 07 7:01 AM CDT

      Is It a Top?

      (Newser) - WashingtonVC has purchased the domain name SEO.com (as in "search engine marketing") for $5 million for its portfolio company Web Targeted.  With a large percentage of Web traffic now coming from search engines, optimizing Web sites for visibility to them has become one of the hottest areas in which to invest. More »

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      Web 2.0  • domain names  • web traffic  • search engine marketing

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