Internet consultants, web site design and promotion, search engine optimization, Kootenay British Columbia

2005: The war of the big two and soon to be big three search engine wars. The two leading contenders are Google and Yahoo. Both are now listed as public companies on the Nasdaq Exchange with Google shares selling at $200.00 and Yahoo shares at $44.00 and other business and technology trends
Bill Gates Speaks: Comdex 99: At Comdex 99 in Las Vegas Bill Gates spoke at length about an Internet world accessibility any time, any where, and with any device. XML a further development of HTML language will enable wide, personal access.
Blogger 2005: Originally a Blog, short for Weblog, was to "log the web", giving links and commentaries about them. On some sites, it has evolved into a diary kept online, a sort of running commentary on life. In early 1999 the first "weblogs" became popular. Weblogs provided a series of annotated links to items such as news stories, and often included personal rants.
Canada's "Braultgate" or How to Make Money with a "Liberal-friendly" Ad Agency.: Banning Jean Brault's and friends testimony from publication has created an interesting situation about "public" access to information.
Business on the Internet 1999: There has been much news about the Internet and doing business on it. Is it possible to carry out a successful Internet business or is the Internet a passing fad? Will the Internet become part of your cable network? Many people, experts and corporations have mentioned the Internet, and depending on their point of view, attested to it's viability or belittled its importance
CRTC Rules in Favour of ISPs: What can Canada do better than the USA? Canada has succeeded in making high speed Internet access more readily available to all Canadians while the USA Internet Services coalition http://www.opennetcoalition.org/ continue to take on the Goliath of the telecommunications interests over access to cable lines.
Eudora: The E-mail program is called Eudora Lite and it has a pretty little picture (icon) in your Internet program group of an envelope. Click on this to send your first E-mail Message, once you have used E-mail you will understand why they call regular mail service Snail Mail. The only catch to E-mail service is that the recipient of the message also needs to have access to an E-mail server.
High speed Internet service will it ever come? (1999): A report entitled "Telecommunications Crossroads " was presented at the KAST (Kootenay Association for Science and Technology) annual conference in Nelson on Monday. The report was prepared by Brian Fry and Doug Alder of IPWorld Communications in Rossland. The report was funded through KAST. They interviewed the major telecommunications providers in the West Kootenay area. Their conclusion: the existing telecommunication infrastructure is better than expected. However the access to high speed capacity is severely restricted by the lack of affordable "last mile" solutions.
Monopoly Busters: Who is right? Bill Gates, commenting on the recent DOJ ruling asks "can a successful American Company continue to improve its products for the benefit of consumers?" or is the Department of Justice (DOJ) who found that Microsoft has a monopoly and abused that power. DOJ found Microsoft's, "corporate practise was to pressure other firms to halt software development that even showed the potential to weaken the applications (new software) barrier to entry or that competes with Microsoft's cherished products"
New Search Technology</dt>: The four major search engines and about a dozen well placed competitors have spent the year collectively inventing, innovating, acquiring, and copying from each other.
On Line sales in Canada: Canadian Business sees continued increase in on-line sales!According to StatsCan's 2004 Survey of Electronic Commerce and Technology, online sales by Canadian companies and government departments has continued to grow for the fifth consecutive year.
PLNet or Community Wide Learning 1998: Should BC taxpayers allow the BC Government to develop a private Internet Service for only schools and government at the cost of $123 million or should everyone in BC have equal access to the Internet for $73 million in taxpayer's money?
Reflections of on the Future from the Past: At the KAST Enterprise 99 Todd Maffin (www.FutureFile.com)spoke on future trends on the Internet.He suggested that new technology will be based on mobility: 1) use of palm pilots as browser and personal information management 2) wireless Internet service devices 3) specialized content providers (at a cost), 4) integration of cell phones with GPS (geographic position system) devices, 5) specific commercial content delivery as you walk through various locations
Sky Cache 1998: When AOL offered unlimited Internet access for $19.95, customers couldn't get on the Internet (AOL no longer offers unlimited service). Now BC-Tel has the same problem with their unlimited $20.00 evening calls. The circumstances are different but the outcome is the same. The same problem could plague the Internet as more users sign on and request more and larger files.
The Future of the Internet:Todd Maffin 1999: At the KAST Enterprise 99 Todd Maffin (www.FutureFile.com)spoke on future trends on the Internet
What's Happened in 2001: The 2000 year was plagued by the crash of many dot.com web sites to few. Internet services which were "free" lost money. Anticipated advertising revenue for banner ads, listing fees, and membership sales was not forthcoming. It seemed to be a contest among various high profile web sites as to who could lose money the fastest. Reality struck. "Free Pc" sites disappeared, web sites' attempts at being everything to everybody failed. Real revenue had to generated to maintain operations.