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WebReference Update: December 6, 2004
What's new this week on WebReference.com and the Web? This week we have the second installment of Mikkel Aaland's "Photoshop Elements 3 Solutions". This one looks at tinting images, eliminating or diminishing dust, and more.
In Other Voices, find out what advertising technique your visitors say they hate the most, learn the ten commandments of keyword selection, and use this new generator to aid in the creation of CSS rollovers.
In Net News, September online ads reach five-month high, find out the might of XML, and see why IT jobs may continue to be sent overseas.
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New this week on WebReference.com and the Web:
| 1. FEATURE: | Photoshop Elements 3 Solutions, Part 2 |
| 2. OTHER VOICES: | |
| 3. NET NEWS: | |
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1. FEATURE: Photoshop Elements 3 Solutions, Part 2
This is the second installment of the book excerpt from Mikkel Aaland's "Photoshop Elements 3 Solutions". Today, we look at tinting images, eliminating or diminishing dust, scratches, and electronic noise, spot healing, converting color images to black-and-white and more.
http://www.webreference.com/graphics/elements2/
| 2. OTHER VOICES: |
The Most Hated Advertising Techniques The Ten Commandments of Keyword Selection Colly's CSS Rollover Generator |
- The Most Hated Advertising Techniques
Most online advertising studies have focused on how successful ads are at driving traffic to the advertiser, using simple metrics such as clickthrough rates. However, as this report from Jakob Nielsen reveals, most studies sorely neglect the user experience of online ads. As a result, sites that accept ads know little about how the ads affect their users and the degree to which problematic advertising tricks can undermine a site's credibility.
http://www.useit.com/alertbox/20041206.html
Jakob Nielsen, December 6, 2004 - The Ten Commandments of Keyword Selection
Is your Web site getting a lot of traffic, but not a lot of sales? Maybe you need to take a look at the keywords you're using. This article walks you through keyword selection process, and sums it up with ten keyword selection commandments to help keep you on track.
http://www.seochat.com/c/a/Choosing-Keywords-Help/The-Ten-Commandments-of-Keyword-Selection/
SEO Chat, December 6, 2004 - Colly's CSS Rollover Generator
CSS rollovers are pretty common and well documented. However, they sometimes tend to more less straightforward than we would like. This rollover generator should help, in any case.
http://www.collylogic.com/index.php?/weblog/comments/collys_advanced_css_rollover_generator/
CollyLogic, December 4, 2004
| 3. NET NEWS: |
September Online Ad Sales the Highest in Five Months The Might of XML Anti-Outsourcing Legislation Unlikely as Global Outsourcing of IT Jobs Grows |
- September Online Ad Sales the Highest in Five Months
Total online ad spending reached $696.2 million for the month of September, reaching its highest level since April, with technology and finance the two leading spending categories, according to a report by AdZone Research.
http://www.clickz.com/news/article.php/3443441
ClickZ Network, December 3, 2004 - The Might of XML
Unwieldy XML is giving way to new opportunities for vendors who want to improve Web services consumption.
http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3443541
internetnews.com, December 3, 2004 - Anti-Outsourcing Legislation Unlikely as Global Outsourcing of IT Jobs Grows
According to Frost & Sullivan industry analyst Jarad Carleton, the nation that places restrictions on the export of IT jobs will hobble its own businesses and could be inadvertently legislating the destruction of millions of additional jobs in the future as a result.
http://www.govtech.net/?pg=news/news&id=92346
Government Technology, December 6, 2004
That's it for this Monday. I'll have more for you next time.
Lee Underwood
Newsletter Editor, WebReference.com
lunderwood(at)jupitermedia.com
Created: December 6, 2004
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