Apparently, there was a big stink during one session yesterday when
Search Engine Watch editor Danny Sullivan pulled Yahoo's Tim Mayer
up onstage to discuss Site Match.
Naturally, the issue of pricing came up. Prices for Site Match start
out at $49 for the first URL and $10 - $29 for every additional URL
submitted. This doesn’t include the cost-per-click fee, which is fifteen
to thirty cents per click and varies depending on the industry.
A woman named Jackie Jahosky with Specialty-Life.com stood up to Yahoo
by telling Tim that the pricing is going to kill small businesses.
Her company is a one person drop-shipping business. She works on a
small markets so that price just won't work for her.
“I
just don’t like it,” she said. This resulted in the audience applauding
her with claps and cheers.
Similar sentiment has already been shown on WebProWorld,
a popular forum for e-Business professionals and experts.
"I
thought you only get sticker shock from new cars," said Andy Timmins
of EveryContractor.com,
"I think I will pass for now!"
Marlin Fischer of Fischer Enterprises, Inc., agreed. "I'm not taking
out a second mortgage!"
Sullivan responded by saying that eventually everything's going to
head towards the paid format. Keep a heads up for that, he says.
It's understandable that as the search engine grows it wants to make
more money but you have to wonder if this will end up becoming a repeat
of what happened to Netscape…
What do you think of Site Match? Reasonable or over-priced? Join the
discussion on WebProWorld,
your forum for e-Business.
About the Author:
Garrett French is the editor of iEntry's eBusiness channel. You can
talk to him directly at WebProWorld,
the eBusiness Community Forum.
If you've been following these articles and thinking about all of
the things you should be doing to protect information, your brain
is probably on fire by now. This is the forth and final installment
and we have only have just touched on some of the possible risks to
your vital information.
Don't
worry, protecting information is a matter of creating security layers
and that is done over time. Make a list of objectives and assign priorities
based on actions that will patch the biggest holes in the least amount
of time at the lowest cost.
The first article exposed some of the risks and suggested that a risk
management program should be set up to create policy. This is your
first step. It will make you aware of your vulnerabilities by identifying
vital information and creating procedures and methods for protecting
that information. This cost you practically nothing.
The second article covered the CISP (Cardholder Information Security
Policy) being instituted by the credit card acquiring networks. Even
if you aren't running a storefront making credit card transactions,
you should find that much of the information provided there is useful
across the board.
About the Author:
Mel Davey is the creator of ImagineNation (http://imaginenation.com/),
a full service E-Commerce Application Service Provider, offering Storefronts,
Order Management Utilities, and 3rd party credit card processing.
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By
Garrett French
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Mel Davey 
Don't
worry, protecting information is a matter of creating security layers
and that is done over time. Make a list of objectives and assign priorities
based on actions that will patch the biggest holes in the least amount
of time at the lowest cost. 