http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/r-index Find information to help grow your online business with business plans, Thomas Register, news articles and more http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/r-article-a-114241-m-3-sc-18-9_vital_statistics_for_tracking_site_traffic-i The great advantage online businesses have over other businesses is that you can measure almost everything about your customers--where they come ... Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:00:00 -0700 114241 http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/r-article-a-114235-m-3-sc-14-take_charge_of_mobile_commerce-i Cell phones are already the most ubiquitous electronic devices in the world. And with more than 40 million Americans who are now active monthly users ... Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:00:00 -0700 114235 http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/r-article-a-114209-m-3-sc-17-create_measurable_impact-i Call him a nerd, but David Rivers readily admits that each week, he waits with anticipation for a web analytics report to arrive from his marketing ... Sun, 04 Oct 2009 17:00:00 -0700 114209 http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/r-article-a-114211-m-3-sc-14-more_than_just_a_pretty_faceplate-i Thus far, Apple's pint-sized iPod Nano digital music player has made a lot of noise for its fashionable styling and ability to comfortably store ... Thu, 01 Oct 2009 17:00:00 -0700 114211 http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/r-article-a-114199-m-3-sc-17-give_your_website_a_personal_touch-i It's not personal--it's business. A mantra heard by business people through the years, but when it comes to our business websites, it's ... Sun, 27 Sep 2009 17:00:00 -0700 114199 http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/r-article-a-114195-m-3-sc-14-avoid_social_media_weapons_of_mass_destruction-i They’re infiltrating our society from the ground up. They’re your friends, your neighbors, your employees. They could even be your ... Tue, 22 Sep 2009 17:00:00 -0700 114195 http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/r-article-a-114158-m-3-sc-14-make_your_video_stand_out_in_a_crowd-i Video used to be the domain of only the largest companies with the biggest marketing budgets. But the explosion of online video sharing sites has ... Wed, 16 Sep 2009 17:00:00 -0700 114158 http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/r-article-a-114162-m-3-sc-17-5_easy_ways_to_optimize_your_website_for_bing-i After all the rumors and last-minute botched deals over the years, it's finally happened: Microsoft and Yahoo have reached an agreement to merge ... Tue, 15 Sep 2009 17:00:00 -0700 114162 http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/r-article-a-114169-m-3-sc-14-put_the_whole_world_in_your_hand-i Thanks to a recent deluge of slick cellular handsets like the BlackBerry Curve 8520 and MyTouch 3G, you know the drill: another week, another ... Thu, 10 Sep 2009 17:00:00 -0700 114169 http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/r-article-a-114172-m-3-sc-14-harness_the_power_of_freemium-i On the Web, services such as Google, Facebook, and Twitter are the undisputed kings of free, providing robust services at no charge to users. But a ... Wed, 09 Sep 2009 17:00:00 -0700 114172 http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/r-article-a-114185-m-3-sc-14-the_future_of_online_publishing-i Few and far between are the entrepreneurs who haven’t actively flipped through the pages of popular financial publications such as The Wall ... Tue, 01 Sep 2009 17:00:00 -0700 114185 http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/r-article-a-114154-m-3-sc-14-mobile_social_networking_unleashed-i Centrl  is a smart-phone application that lets you see which of your Facebook friends are around. You can spot nearby buddies on a screen-based ... Wed, 25 Mar 2009 17:00:00 -0700 114154 http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/r-article-a-114142-m-3-sc-14-google_voice_simplifies_phone_needs-i Google finally launched its long-awaited voice service, aptly named Google Voice. It's an outgrowth of a service it acquired last year, Grand ... Thu, 19 Mar 2009 17:00:00 -0700 114142 http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/r-article-a-114126-m-3-sc-14-25_common_characteristics_of_successful_entrepreneurs-i  Regardless of your definition of success, there are, oddly enough, a great number of common characteristics that are shared by successful ... Thu, 12 Mar 2009 17:00:00 -0700 114126 http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/r-article-a-114148-m-3-sc-17-10_mustclick_websites-i Surfing the web for top-notch research and advice to help your business grow? Save some time with these information-rich websites. BizStats.comFree ... Wed, 11 Mar 2009 17:00:00 -0700 114148 http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/r-article-a-114060-m-3-sc-17-make_search_engines_your_friends-i Today, more people than ever flock to the internet to locate information on just about everything. They start their quests for knowledge, services or ... Sun, 22 Feb 2009 16:00:00 -0800 114060 http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/r-article-a-114042-m-3-sc-14-downtime_deterrent_247_web_monitoring-i It's an online company's worst nightmare: The server goes down in the middle of the night and clients on the other side of the world are ... Tue, 17 Feb 2009 16:00:00 -0800 114042 http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/r-article-a-114123-m-3-sc-14-8_sites_to_help_you_network-i Sure, facebook and myspace can be useful tools for networking with consumers and peers, but what about all the other social networks on the web with ... Thu, 12 Feb 2009 16:00:00 -0800 114123 http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/r-article-a-114016-m-3-sc-17-unlock_the_secrets_of_successful_websites-i In my years online, I've seen the painstaking learning process of starting--and marketing--an online business many times over. When I started my ... Tue, 03 Feb 2009 16:00:00 -0800 114016 http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/r-article-a-113989-m-3-sc-18-make_your_new_site_social-i Your website may be just hours old, but that doesn't mean it's too early to start integrating social networking. Wine retail startup Bin ... Wed, 21 Jan 2009 16:00:00 -0800 113989 http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/r-article-a-113962-m-3-sc-17-you_never_know_whom_they_know-i We don't walk around wearing signs displaying the names of everyone we know. It would probably shock you to learn about some of the influential ... Wed, 14 Jan 2009 16:00:00 -0800 113962 http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/r-article-a-113951-m-3-sc-17-how_to_get_indexed_faster-i Search engines don't like automatic submissions. They get millions of attempted automatic submissions each day, and, as a result, go to great ... Mon, 12 Jan 2009 16:00:00 -0800 113951 http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/r-article-a-113950-m-3-sc-17-choose_the_right_domain_name-i To buy a domain name, you can do so directly from your web hosting provider, or through a separate domain name service (a recommended option for ... Mon, 12 Jan 2009 16:00:00 -0800 113950 http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/r-article-a-113956-m-3-sc-17-time_to_sell-i It might seem crazy, but now could be a great time to sell your business. Data from BizBuySell, an online business-for-sale marketplace, showed that ... 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