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Archive for September, 2007
Avoiding Domain Name Infringement
Written by admin on September 23, 2007 under Internet | View Comments
Domain Names
Domain names are integral in order to give proper identity to an entity or entities. When picking a domain name the first thing to consider is the availability of the name. To date there are already a great amount of domain name infringement cases. From a marketing point of view the amount of available domain names have greatly depleted. This being the result of many companies having already taken several domain names under their wing. To name an example we have www.3m.com and www.mmm.com both of which are owned by one company. These variations are done to ensure that the said companies are protected against infringement.
Domain Name Relevance
As aforementioned domain names give identity to an entity therefore when registering for a name, one must put into consideration the nature of business or personality of the domain. Relevance must exist between the entity and its chosen identity partnered with a justifiable basis for the name selection.
Determining the value of a business
Written by admin on September 09, 2007 under Business, Finance | View Comments
There are five things that should be taken into account when determining the value of a business. Those five things are performance in the future, the amount of financial leverage it has, what the expectations are for financial return, instead of profits; cash flow, and the structure of deals. We’ll look at each of these things in turn.
1. Performance in the Future
While most people look at the past history of a business, the thing that really helps to determine value of a business is what the business will do in the future. The history of a company is helpful and shouldn’t be discounted, but not every business owner does things the same way. Therefore, the past performance is a guideline but is by no means completely accurate and infallible when it comes to determining what will happen in the future.
Latest Web Trends
Written by admin on September 06, 2007 under Internet, Technology | View Comments
Web Trends
The latest web trends must be at the finger tips of the web developers. Otherwise how would they remain at par with other equally sharp minds which are vying for a share in the internet pie? The only way to be sure that their finger is on the right button, they have to rely on the available market statistics regarding the common browsers, their display resolutions and the most common operating systems which are in use the world over.
But before we jump into muddy cesspool of statistical data, here is a word of caution. It is said that lies are of three types: lies, white lies and statistics! I am in no way insinuating that statisticians are liars. What they provide in the form of tables and charts of data collected from reasonably reliable sources are all true and factually correct. What is debatable is the interpretation of that data.
