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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 podcast you can find out how to create a heat map for your Web site and improve the buttons that leave visitors cold, learn why Google wants you to wave goodbye to e-mail and how a keyword catcher that narrows down a trillion search queries can still be free.

You can also learn how you to start your own search engine, or earn a living doing absolutely nothing with a big enough following on Twitter, and the solution to wi-fi hacking in a new coat of paint.

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 – November 2009:

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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. ZEN HITS SIXTH NUMBER ONE – Six years at the top as best ISP
   • www.thetelecom.co.uk/20091001/pc-pro-names-zen-best-isp-yet-again
2. MOVING TO FASTER BROADBAND – 20 Mbps coming to a town near you
   • www.zen.co.uk/Broadband/zenbroadband/up-to-20mbps-broadband.aspx
3. HARRY POTTER OUTDONE BY WINDOWS 7 – Windows 7 pre-orders out sell  Harry Potter on Amazon 
   • mashable.com/2009/10/21/windows-7-bigger-harry-potter
4. UNWANTED VISITORS – On-line shops need to improve to keep visitors 
   • www.tealeaf.com/harris-uk
5. BALANCING BUTTONS – Button makeovers improve web site conversions  
   • www.wilsonweb.com/design/niehaus-button-balance.htm
6. CLICK MAPS – Find out where people are clicking on your web site 
   • www.labsmedia.com/clickheat
7. KEYWORD TRAWLER – Analyse over a trillion keywords 
   • www.wordstream.com/keywords
8. GEO LOCATION – Find geographical coordinates of your location   
   • www.getlatlon.com
9. ZOOMBU – Journey planner for Europe by any means 
   • www.zoombu.co.uk
10. RUNNING MAPS – Map and measure your jogging and walking  
    • gb.mapometer.com/en
11. POLLUTION STREET MAPS – Pollution hot spots in your streets   
    • www.leeds.ac.uk/news/article/142
12. POLLUTION WATCH – Help to map the pollution in your area 
    • lamontreverte.org/en
13. ANTI-WIFI PAINT – Protect your valuable data with a coat of paint
    • www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p004ccxd#p004kkxj
    • emsectechnologies.com/press_releases/press1.php
14. APPLE AMBUSH – Apple tackle Microsoft for supremacy  
    • www.betanews.com/joewilcox/article/Apple-declares-war-on-the-entire-PC-industry/1256063102
    • www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/09_43/b4152000782247.htm
    • www.thestandard.com/news/2009/10/07/os-x-vs-windows-web-2-0-face-apple-gets-thrashing
15. GOOGLE WAVE – Google’s browser-based conversation tool
    • reviews.zdnet.co.uk/software/productivity/0,1000001108,39762127,00.htm
16. YOUTUBE PAY PER CLICK – Google makes YouTube pay for itself 
    • www.revolutionmagazine.com/news/945569/YouTube-makes-video-ad-move
17. TWITTER ADS – Make money while twittering
    • ad.ly
    • www.revtwt.com
    • www.marketingprofessor.com/reviews/twitter-advertising-3-services-for-traffic-or-revenue
18. READERS WRITE – The debate continues
    • en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adnan_Oktar
    • newhumanist.org.uk/2131
19. START YOUR OWN SEARCH ENGINE – Become a search engine 
    • www.80legs.com
20. SEARCH ENGINE OF THE MONTH – Search for files online 
    • www.findthatfile.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.