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Lessons learned at Mobile Content World 2006 - The showcase for mobile content providers brought to light the need for mobile website optimisation by a wider variety of businesses.

Subject: Responsive AJAX applications with COMET Author: Manuel Lemos Age in days: 184 Summary: This post describes an approach used to implement highly responsive AJAX applications using the COMET approach. It describes in detail how the AJAX COMET approach can be implemented in PHP. It also discusses how HTTP compression and chunking affect AJAX response delays, as well aspects that may influence the choice between Apache 1.3.x with mod_gzip versus Apache 2.x with mod_deflate for AJAX COMET applications.

MSN Search is now officially re-labelled Live Search. This article discusses the implications of the change and how it affects website optimisation for MSN, now and in the near future.

Pack the food tins, batteries, clothing, and maybe build a little bunker as the millennium bug is back! (Except we've got until 2038 and it will be far easier to fix).

At the beginning, I reviewed (from 17c) a shoestring e-commerce opportunity for folks that have no discretionary income and need a set of bootstraps to get them started. In preparation for Trucker Tom's Hilly Rose promo, I talked a little bit about turf battles. ERROR: I gave the TruckerTom link as podcast.com--s/b podshow.com. Next, I moved into the area of what sells and what doesn't (on the internet) with a brief historical review. Finally I discussed my philosophy and the finer points of a consulting format for a one-person e-commerce business. I make my assertion that folks have burned out on reading, which explains the rapid rise in podcasting. I think Steve Jobs figured that out a couple of years before me.

ComScore reported on the 10 most visited websites in Europe. Google leads the ranking with a reach of 75%. This article lists the hottest 10 websites.