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The Internet Monthly is a monthly podcast featuring 20 or so short Internet related articles, tips and tricks and a regular search engine of the month feature.

In this month’s issue you can find out about the simple answer to guessing the Web’s most used passwords, free analytics and tracking for your Web site and how sharing documents online can boost search engine results and win business.

You can also learn about the easiest way to follow your company on Twitter, the tiny swing to Bing and the big Buzz from Google, the only worldwide search engine based in Egypt and how Obama rallied opposition to fight the enemies of Net neutrality.

This podcast is derived from a monthly newsletter published by Zen Internet and recorded and produced by Silicon Bay. The podcast is reproduced by kind permission of Zen Internet.

This Month’s Podcast

The Internet Monthly – March 2010:

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This Month’s Articles

This month’s edition of The Internet Monthly podcast contains the following articles. A list of links associated with each article are included for reference:

1. NET NEUTRALITY THREAT – Obama defends the neutral web
   • www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE60E4W520100115
   • www.huffingtonpost.com/aparna-sridhar/emcitizens-unitedem-and-t_b_460748.html
2. WEB’S WORST PASSWORDS – Don’t use 123456 as your password
   • www.imperva.com/lg/lgw.asp?pid=379
3. FREE ANALYTICS AND TRACKING – Track your website statistics for free
   • www.opentracker.net
   • www.footprintlive.com
4. WEB TO PDF – Convert your documents to PDFs online
   • pdfmyurl.com
5. PUBLISH AND SHARE – Share your documents online for free
   • www.calameo.com
6. DOC SHARING – Five popular online document sharing sites
   • www.site-reference.com/articles/Search-Engines/Document-Sharing-Boosts-Social-Presence.html
7. FOLLOWBASE – Twitter for company relationship management
   • www.followbase.com
8. GIANT APP STORE – Mobile applications for more than just the iPhone
   • www.wholesaleappcommunity.com
   • www.gsmworld.com
9. SYMBIAN SOURCE – Open source operating system for mobile phones
   • developer.symbian.org/wiki/index.php/Category:Platform_Opening
10. SKYPE TV – Skype coming to a TV near you
    • www.macobserver.com/tmo/article/skype_adds_720p_hdtv_support
11. AS SEEN ON TV – Video on demand coming to the UK
    • www.hulu.com
    • www.seesaw.com
12. PAY PER VIEW – What will people pay to read online?
    • mashable.com/2010/02/16/paid-content-stats
13. VESA DISPLAYS NEW STANDARD – New digital display standard
    • www.your-story.org/vesa%C2%AE-introduces-displayport%E2%84%A2-v1-2-the-most-comprehensive-and-innovative-display-interface-available-80644
14. SWING TO BING – Microsoft’s Bing stealing users from Google
    • blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/online_mobile/u-s-web-searches-top-10-2-billion-in-january
15. DIVERTING TRAFFIC – Don’t put too much up on Google
    • www.wolf-howl.com/seo/google-hijackingtraffic
16. GOOGLE BUZZ – New social media from Google
    • www.google.com/buzz
    • techcrunch.com/2010/02/09/if-google-wave-is-the-future-google-buzz-is-the-present
    • www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=122470
    • www.businessinsider.com/yahoo-weve-had-our-own-google-buzz-for-over-a-year-2010-2
    • uk.buzz.yahoo.com
    • www.buzz.com
    • www.buzzthegame.com
17. GOOGLE IN PARIS – Google’s first TV commercial
    • www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-super-bowl-commercials/09000d5d816441a2/Google-commercial
    • www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lWY_KFYcZg
18. ANSWERING SERVICE RESURFACED – Google buys Aardvark
    • techcrunch.com/2010/02/11/google-acquires-aardvark-for-50-million
    • googleblog.blogspot.com/2006/11/adieu-to-google-answers.html
    • vark.com
19. SEARCH ENGINE OF THE MONTH– Egyptian search with web 3.0
    • www.kngine.com

This podcast is sponsored and reproduced by kind permission of Zen Internet Limited. The music on the podcast was provided courtesy of Will Tang.