http://www.siiee2008.com Mon, 16 Nov 2009 07:05:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Internet has become a part of life. These days, we do everything from communication to shopping, from gathering information to providing information about our business. If you are not ‘online’ you don’t exist. This trend has given way to a whole new venue where businesses can ... http://www.siiee2008.com/why-is-seo-so-important.html Link building has become one of the most important tools to use in internet marketing. This is an incredibly effective and profitable way to provide good exposure for a website. This tool works on the simple principle of letting people know about your website and what it offers. But ... http://www.siiee2008.com/link-building-why-you-need-to-get-the-best.html MySpace is considering closing down a number of offices around the world as it attempts to cut costs and recover from a slump that has left it trailing its rivals. Senior executives at the social networking site are currently discussing the possibility of shutting down operations in California, Italy, France and ... http://www.siiee2008.com/hundreds-of-jobs-on-the-line-as-myspace-considers-cuts.html Dell stirred up a little commotion earlier today when it said that sales made through its DellOutlet Twitter account had earned the company around $2m. In fact, says Dell tweeter Stefanie N, it may be even more than that: We're also seeing that it's driving interest in new product as well. ... http://www.siiee2008.com/twitter-makes-millions-for-dell.html Reaction on Twitter and blogs was fast and furious, quite literally, in some instances to the proposals coming out of the Digital Britain report. I'll be collecting reaction as it comes in live and highlighting different parts of the report, if you want to send a comment or a blog post ... http://www.siiee2008.com/the-internet-reacts-to-digital-britain.html Thanks to Kineo for pointing me to the Market Update recently released by Ambient Insight which forecasts a compound annual growth rate of 16.3% from 2008 to 2013 for learning technology products and services. The report notes that "the market is favorable for learning technology suppliers, despite, or perhaps because ... http://www.siiee2008.com/us-surveys-show-e-learning-on-the-rise-as-training-budgets-fall.html In the perfect situation you'd have unlimited time and money available when creating a presentation, print document or online learning materials. You'd be able to call in whatever specialist expertise you wanted and have the time to wait while they delivered the goods. When it comes to the sourcing of ... http://www.siiee2008.com/the-case-for-clip-art-and-stock-photography.html Back at Online Educa in Berlin last December, I made the decision to undertake a three month trial of Twitter. I must admit I didn't really get it, but I was encouraged by the enthusiasm of Jane Hart, Josie Fraser and others, and decided to give it a go. Well, ... http://www.siiee2008.com/three-months-a-twittering.html John Medina's excellent book Brain Rules has received quite a bit of attention already (see my original post based on the videos and online information I explored first on John's website, as well as Donald Clark's recent review), but I've only just got round to reading it properly and I ... http://www.siiee2008.com/brain-rules-1.html Rule 2: The human brain evolved too In this chapter, John Medina explains how the brain has evolved over time. Much of this is not particularly relevant to learning, so I'm going to concentrate on one key element in this evolution - the development of symbolic reasoning: "Symbolic reasoning is a uniquely ... http://www.siiee2008.com/brain-rules-2.html