The Holy Grail of online commerce is to get better conversion rates, and it looks like better data may be the key (as Tim O'Reilly has been preaching for years). Full Article at Message

The State Government will extend school hours from 8:30am until 4:45pm at Western Cape College's Aurukun and Coen campuses. Full Article at ABC Online

Microsoft Could Provide Revenue for Online News Written by Nicole Ferraro 11/23/2009 Post a comment no ratings Login to Rate DISCUSS Digg Del.icio.us Reddit Email This TWEET THIS Last week we told you about Tim O'Reilly's concern about the impending Web... Full Article at Internet Evolution

Tim O’Reilly delivered a dire warning at his Web 2.0 Expo over the weekend. I felt great sympathy for Tim, reading his words. Full Article at ZDNet

LIKE MANY people in his business, the technology publisher Tim O'Reilly is a heavy user of the Twitter microblogging service. He also has a Facebook account. Full Article at Guardian Unlimited

NEW YORKThe Web 2.0 Expo was not quite the news-frenzy that its San Francisco-based brother Web 2.0 Summit was this year. Full Article at eWeek

Brace Yourself for Web Wars Written by Nicole Ferraro 11/19/2009 1 comment no ratings Login to Rate DISCUSS Digg Del.icio.us Reddit Email This TWEET THIS We are on the brink of war. But put your weapons down. This one is a war for the Web. Full Article at Internet Evolution

At his Web 2.0 Expo Nov. 17, Tim O'Reilly predicted that Microsoft will emerge as a leading proponent of the open Web, despite the company's tradition for fostering its own proprietary operating systems and development languages. Full Article at eWeek

Tim O'Reilly is going to give a keynote at the Web 2.0 conference about the War of the Web. You should read his piece, many good points, I agree with most of it. The tech industry sure loves its wars. And death. Full Article at Scripting News

by Tim O'Reilly | timoreilly | comments: 7 if you’re posting web links (Bit.ly, TinyURL) to your Twitter feed and using the Twitter Facebook app to share those updates on Facebook too, none of those links are hyperlinked. Full Article at Waxy.org Links

by Tim O'Reilly | timoreilly | comments: 0 if you’re posting web links (Bit.ly, TinyURL) to your Twitter feed and using the Twitter Facebook app to share those updates on Facebook too, none of those links are hyperlinked. Full Article at O'Reilly Radar

In 2004 the leading Web 2.0 companies were Google, Yahoo! and Amazon. But what of the dominant software company of the previous generation, Microsoft? Full Article at ReadWriteWeb

It’s a brand new week, which means it’s time for Mashable’s guide to upcoming social media and web events, parties, and conferences. For more upcoming event listings, check out Mashable’s Events section. Is your event not on this list? Full Article at Mashable!

One of the most prominent websites on earth, WhiteHouse.gov (pictured above) was just relaunched and is now running on the Drupal content management system. Full Article at Serial Consign

The White House Web site has caught a case of Drupal. In the Internet world, Drupal is not as bad as it sounds. The open source software package helps people create and manage their Web sites. Full Article at The New York Times

Play this episode directly in your browser! Just click the orange “play” button below: You can also download this episode as a standalone MP3 file. Full Article at SitePoint

by Tim O'Reilly | timoreilly | comments: 0 [Here] are some of the characteristics of the print publishing market that make me think it provides some of the best models for the commercial Internet I'd like to see developed: Even now the web is not a... Full Article at O'Reilly Radar

Mike Shatzkin has a blog post called Tim O'Reilly said this about it: This is the best post I've seen on the problems facing publishers, bar none. Mike hit almost every nail square on the head. Full Article at LISNews

There are three things about O'Reilly's analysis that pop out in particular. Consider this fair warning: the first is really, really technical, at least for 98% of the population. Full Article at techPresident