New Media

So you've come up with a new concept for a website or your trying to marketing your existing business online, and you need to come up with a domain name. Should I be a .com, .net, .biz? What should I name site? You think of the perfect domain, only to find out it's taken. You get the idea. It's the foundation of your e-business model, so you need to get it right, (or at least close). Here's some tips to get you started in the right direction:

Domain Tips For New Website

Dot Com, Dot Net, Dot Biz -- What Suffix should I get?

The correct use for each domain suffix has been blurred by the lack of available domains. The "dot com" is still a preferable suffix if you're involved any aspect of e-commerce. Outside of e-commerce, the other domains are acceptable and work well. You're on a "dot net" right now. The "dot net" suffix was initially set up for internet service providers, but many are now using the "dot net" for social networks. For the most part, the root of the domain is more important than the suffix. If you can get a "dot com" with the preferred root, then go with that. The "dot biz" and "dot net" with the preferred root are excellent fall backs.

The name of your site/product and your domain don't have to match -- Get a domain with keywords that are being search for.

This is just a quick review of the new ChunkIt! product from TigerLogic, with a couple tips included. I'm positive that there are many more uses that will be figured out in the next couple weeks.

5 cool ways to use ChunkIt by TigerLogic:

1. Use the term chunkit. The web is a dynamically created space, but with a term as new as this, search engines aren’t quite sure what to make of it. In the first 20 results from Google, TigerLogic’s homepage shows up, and so does this blog, and the Techcrunch blog, but otherwise the majority of the first 30 sites aren’t really about the new ChunkIt! product. Helpful to see these irrelevant chunks before wasting time at chunkit.com or chunkit.net.

2. Type “Larry Ellison compensation” into the ChunkIt! box and then click the Chunk Google (or other search engine) button. I wasn’t aware that he made that much and to find out I never had to go to any of the actual websites that were returned in the search results. Fast and informative. I wonder what Bill Gates makes?

3. Type “Earth Day Events” into the ChunkIt! box to see what you can find near you. Or check out the Green Apple Festival events listed at our parter site.

TigerLogic announced today that it is releasing a new Internet browser-based application called ChunkIt! that enhances the search experience of any popular search engine or webpage.

They are calling ChunkIt! a personal search engine (PSE), with the ability to rapidly search through thousands of search results so users can quickly determine where to find the exact chunk of information that they are looking for, in its original context.

The browser-based application works with popular search services, such as Google, Yahoo!, Microsoft Live Search, AOL and Ask to increase user productivity by extracting and displaying "chunks" of information alongside the search engine results to see beyond the simple search results.

The "chunks" are delivered in a dual panel page that display the chosen search engine results on the left and the ChunkIt! results of the key search words or phrase highlighted in the right panel. By clicking on the ChunkIt! icon next to each result, users are quickly taken directly to the highlighted chunk of information on the referenced Web page, thus eliminating the need to have multiple tabs or window open for one search.

Learn more about TigerLogic and ChunkIt! at http://www.tigerlogic.com/ChunkIt

It has been a few months since this blog has been updated. So, where are we now? The short answer is that we have a good draft of our latest website up and functioning. National Outdoors is a site we have developed that is focused on Outdoors Recreation Gear, Outdoor Equipment Reviews, Outdoor Pursuits, and Outdoor Destinations. The site also has a National Outdoor Recreation Directory that we are integrating for the first time into one of our projects. The end result is that we are excited about the potential for the new site and looking forward to seeing what our visitors think about it.

I was using the Google webmaster tools when I decided to look at the their blog. I soon came to discover that posting on a Google blog requires that one sign up for a blogger account or establish a new blog associated with an already existing Google account. So I did and quickly proceeded to add a post to see how it would look and more importantly how it might work for cross linking. Nothing special, but here it is: http://vonkirk.blogspot.com/2007/11/it-never-ends.html

My true interest is in discovering how Google will treat links from within its own network. No doubt I am late to this party and many web promoters have already figured out the best approach, but it never hurts to try.

I just got back from the techcruch 40 conference at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco. Congratulations to Mint. I didn't blog it in real time, but I plan to put some of my feedback on the conference and start-ups on the site over the coming days.

In August, Von Kirk Enterprises successfully sold All Digital Frames , the niche e-commerce website for which this site served as a blog. As a result, the focus of Digital Media Stream will be transitioning away from its original sole focus on digital picture frames to a broader focus on trends in digital media.

Most people don’t realize that their digital camera can capture video clips as well as still pictures. Quality varies from camera to camera, but it can be nice to not lug around a second (usually larger) video camera. When you take videos on your digital camera, you can quickly display them on most digital frames. Just take the card out of your camera, slide it into the frame and navigate to the video setting on the digital frame menu. You should now see the video file you recorded. Hit play and there’s the video clip.

I’ve been using the Beta version of Frame Channel along with my screensaver and Google Photo Gadget. This software is meant to operate with your wireless digital picture frame. Currently the Frame Channel software works with the Big Eframe’s WiFi models DPF3220 and DPF3219, and PhotoVu’s WiFi models PV1750 and PV1965. Here’s FrameChannel’s description from their website:

Samsung is joining its rival Philips in the Digital Picture frame market. In a few months, Samsung will be offering an 8? and 12? WiFi enabled digital frames. They will first start selling a non-wifi 7? model. (available on amazon.com by May 20th). Little details have been released about these frames. Rumors say they will automatically seek out your wireless network and display pictures from your windows media player. It’s also rumored they will have the ability to receive RSS feeds. We’ll keep you posted on what we see and hear once the frames are officially released.