Email Marketing / XML and Java / Search Traffic - WebReference Update

WebReference Update: January 3, 2008

New this week on WebReference.com and the Web:

FEATURE: the Top 5 Email Marketing Uses in 2007
OTHER VOICES:

• New datetime datatypes in SQL Server 2008
• Oracle Library Cache ­ Part 2
• Working with XML and Java

SIGHTINGS AROUND THE WEB: Journeys & Crossings
NET NEWS:

• November a Cool Month For Search Traffic
• R.I.P. Netscape (1994-2008)
• Google's Algorithm Awarding New Pages?

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FEATURE: the Top 5 Email Marketing Uses in 2007

Email marketing experienced another year of explosive growth. With so many new businesses putting email marketing software to work, there's been increased activity in almost every vertical market imaginable.

[Read the entire article ]

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OTHER VOICES

• New datetime datatypes in SQL Server 2008

  Older versions of SQL Server had only one datatype to store both the date and time values. In SQL Server 2008, Microsoft introduces a set of new datatypes that store date and time individually, and both date and time together.
  Database Journal

• Oracle Library Cache ­ Part 2

  Part two of this article looks at issues that arise in the Library Cache, how to find those issues and offers solutions to fix them.
  Database Journal

• Working with XML and Java

  Learn how to load and process an XML document using only the standard Java API, and then see how to simplify matters with XPath expressions.
  Gamelan

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SIGHTINGS AROUND THE WEB: Journeys & Crossings

This Web site brings "to life some of the Library [of Congress]'s most exciting and historically significant materials through Webcasts offering the personal insights of the staff who know them best." Some of the Webcast topics include school gardens, Rosie the Riveter, Pearl Harbor oral histories, and May Day. Includes video and transcripts for each session, and links to related material. [Source: Librarians' Internet Index]

[Visit the Web site ]

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NET NEWS

• November a Cool Month For Search Traffic

  With the volume of search queries down 5 percent, Google still manages to pull a little farther away from the competition.
  internetnews, January 2, 2008

• R.I.P. Netscape (1994-2008)

  As the final days of the once venerable Netscape browser come to a close, it's a good to time to eulogize Netscape, to remember and to learn from its triumph and from its tragedy.
  internetnews, December 31, 2007

• Google's Algorithm Awarding New Pages?

  It seems that Google has been recently showing a bit too much love to new or very recent pages indexed by Google.
  Search Engine Land, January 2, 2008

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That's it for this . I'll have more for you next time.

Lee Underwood
Newsletter Editor, WebReference.com
lunderwood(at)jupitermedia.com

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