http://www.interactivesalsa.com A hot mix of the Internet with mobile, media, entertainment, politics & the User! Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:32:42 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Disney.com has a new website design today.  If you want to see where the web is heading...check it out.  It is very multimedia and interactive.  In a nut, it's an experience.  If you are soley into news websites you may not like it, but if you are looking for an ... http://www.interactivesalsa.com/2008/06/25/disneycom-gets-a-new-redesign/ MySpace has a new redesign coming. Here are some screenshots of the new design. The "karaoke splash page"... A "People Search" page... A view of the "profile page" and the improved "profile editor" (right column) http://www.interactivesalsa.com/2008/06/13/a-sneak-peek-at-the-new-myspace-design/ Firefox is on a mission to break a Guinness World Record for the most software downloads in 24 hours, June 17th. Take part here - http://www.spreadfirefox.com/en-US/worldrecord/ Update (6/18/08): Amazing... I go to Firefox.com yesterday to take part in download day...and they have a link to the old version. I wish I had ... http://www.interactivesalsa.com/2008/06/11/firefox-3-help-set-a-world-record-for-most-downloads/ Forbes and Silicon Alley Insider have insight into YouTube's revenue. A quick overview: Google may be making $200 million from YouTube this year and $350 million next year. A front page ad on YouTube goes for about $175,000 per day plus a commitment to spend at least $50,000 more on YouTube or Google. A ... http://www.interactivesalsa.com/2008/05/30/youtube-makes-money-who-knew/ Yahoo is giving people a sneak peek at their new BroswserPlus tool. A note from their site... Today we're offering a preliminary look at BrowserPlus to the public in advance of opening it up to community developers. Please check out the current service APIs as well as these code samples and let ... http://www.interactivesalsa.com/2008/05/30/sneak-peek-at-yahoos-new-browserplus-tool/ Early this week Google announced third-party display ad tags will now be possible for image ads running through AdSense/AdWords.  This should boost CPM rates for publishers as the "qualified" third-parties are likely to be more sophisticated advertisers with larger budgets; the extra volume will help put pressure on ad rates ... http://www.interactivesalsa.com/2008/05/22/google-content-network-opens-to-thrid-party-display-ad-tags/ Hey look, it's iWon.com and AllAdvantage.com all over again. Maybe. Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos must have had lunch. Would I use this? Well, I am not sure. My first thought is to just go to Amazon or somewhere like PriceGrabber. But, I could be trained ... http://www.interactivesalsa.com/2008/05/22/microsoft-wants-to-pay-you-to-use-their-live-search/ Today's big news... CBS is buying CNet... becoming the 10th largest internet company (chart). Here is the press release: CBS CORPORATION TO ACQUIRE CNET NETWORKS, INC. CBS to Become a Top Ten U.S. Internet Company with Unparalleled Content and Reach, Boasting Approximately 200 Million Monthly Unique Users Worldwide CNET Networks' CNET, ZDNet, GameSpot.com, TV.com, ... http://www.interactivesalsa.com/2008/05/15/cbs-to-buy-cnet/ I admit, I have not jumped on the iPhone bandwagon.  I know, loser.  But, I like the Verizon network and the Blackberry keypad (I type a ton); it really comes down to typing mass quantities, and the Blackberry is the clear winner.  So, when I saw this on Crackberry.com... I ... http://www.interactivesalsa.com/2008/05/08/my-next-love-the-blackberry-9000/ While image search is better than it was 10 years ago (okay, that's not saying much), it could certainly be better and applied in more ways.  Google has released new information on its image search advances... with a new VisualRank algorithm that parallels PageRank.  Read more here. http://www.interactivesalsa.com/2008/04/28/visualrank-googles-image-search-to-get-better/