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It’s Wednesday, so this mid-week roundup is devoted to all things business and development.

Some links are newsworthy, some retweeted across Twitter, and others just meet our “awesomeness” requirement, and regardless we hope you’ll enjoy them. Without further delay:

• How do you really feel about Flash? You may want to check out FrontalCode
• Do you contribute to open source software (OSS)? Ever wonder why people do? Not a new one, but darn awesome and will reveal some important truths about why developers develop and give code away “freely”
• In trying to help someone understand the brilliance of version control today, I was reminded of a great post on How to Git & Git Hub (via lesseverything.com) – also check out GitHub’s latest feature “Organizations.”
• For those Twitter entrepreneurs and developers who’s service has been reduced by the Fail Whale, I’d like for you to enjoy this short essay, Fail Whale Speaks (via McSweeny’s)
• Clay Shirky on How Cognitive Surplus Will Change the World (via TED)

Wildcard: CSS3 Solar System with a bit of an i.e. “effect” (via Kottke)

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Forum: Google Optimization Posted By: GoldenCity Post Time: June 30th, 2010 at 1:45:41 pm

Practical eCommerce asks industry insiders each month to share a great, innovative idea that could help an ecommerce company. Here’s what ten of them had to say for the July 2010 installment of "Great Ecommerce Ideas." Don’t Rush Your Product Listings “When first setting up your ecommerce site it can be tempting to just get the basics of the products uploaded first and add details later, but don’t rush. Take time to get the title tags and descriptions right for each product, including relevant key words and a USP [unique selling proposition). Also write the description tags to sell and include relevant keywords.” Rob Mobberley CEO Performance Motorcare Products Ltd -- Conversion Optimization Testing is Important “Run controlled A...

Have you seen sites obviously penalized by Google and, if so, what was the cause?

Forum member 'KemoSabe' wanted to mask a keyword-rich domain with a more memorable one for humans.