http://www.internetgangsters.com Tycoons in Training Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:26:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The open-source ecommerce solution, Magento has just released a new version in time for all those online Holiday stores(woot!!).  You can download the update within the Connect Manager in the admin portion of Magneto.  It includes: Google Base integration Scheduled DV logs cleaning options Google Website Optimizer Integration and more, its pretty slick, i ... http://www.internetgangsters.com/2008/11/20/new-magento-version-released-updated-seo-features/ Who is going to be picking up some of these new .tel domain names? And yes, the article below is from 2006 when the .tel started making it's move, but the sales are finally going to be happening. Check below for the dates. An Internet regulator has approved the creation of ... http://www.internetgangsters.com/2008/11/19/icann-approves-tel-domain-names/ I just read an interesting article over at Tech Crunch about online ad growth grinding to a halt and at first it had me a little worried, but after I read what they were getting at, it didn't bother me as much. The article is really short so head over ... http://www.internetgangsters.com/2008/11/17/online-advertising-in-decline/ One of my biggest money making websites had been on a ".info" domain for over a year and was pulling a fair amount of money. I know that ".info" domains are the bottom of the barrel when it comes to quality and they are usually picked up by spammers for ... http://www.internetgangsters.com/2008/11/16/my-experience-with-info-vs-com/ I recently signed up to receive a free subscription to Website Magazine which is dedicated to bringing you information on Website Success. I'm actually impressed with the first issue so far. This month it has a lot of good articles on how to manage your PPC campaigns as well as ... http://www.internetgangsters.com/2008/11/15/website-magazine/ So im at a unique crossroads in which I have the opportunity to not only create, design and manage two large online storefronts, but im not getting paid in anything other than equity for both, so naturally, I'm trying to keep my costs low. Enter Magento. A rock solid, ... http://www.internetgangsters.com/2008/11/14/getting-in-bed-with-open-source-e-commerce/ Wordpress is an amazing tool if you want to start up a content driven website without having the knowledge to code something on your own. Actually, even if you do know how to code it's a simple, quick and easy way to manage a website. Wordpress can be used in two ... http://www.internetgangsters.com/2008/11/14/wordpress-and-seo/ So I've had TTZ Media ads showing on my sites now for about 10 days and I must say they are doing pretty well. You can tailor the ads that show up on your site based on keywords, so most of the ads are always relevant to what you are ... http://www.internetgangsters.com/2008/06/30/ttz-media-after-10-days/ Alas! It has been sometime since I have posted on the greatness that is InternetGangsters.com but I do have a good reason.  Starting an IT consulting business is hard work.  One of the hardest parts being picking a name.  Since I started the business right out of college I was ... http://www.internetgangsters.com/2008/06/23/naming-your-own-business/ So I signed up for a new ad service last week, TTZ Media. From what I understand it was started by John Chow of johnchow.com and actually pays quite well. It uses a pay per click business model similar to adsense, so anytime anyone clicks on the ads you make ... http://www.internetgangsters.com/2008/06/20/experimenting-with-new-ads-ttz-media/