The Biz

Sitemaps have been around since the advent of the Web and used primarily as a way to list all the pages on a particular website.

Nowadays, sitemaps have other purposes such as organizing web content by topic, showing the search engines which pages you have created and developing a linking structure that emphasizes specific areas of your website over others.

But just how do you make a sitemap? And, how do you get that sitemap into Google, Yahoo! and MSN? That's today's topic and for the webmasters and entrepreneurs out there, I think this article will be quite refreshing.

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If there's one thing I've learned in business it's that the world doesn't wait for anyone.

In this business, while some are slow to change and adopt new technologies and services, others have fully embraced new paradigms such as software as a service, a category that Voices.com would fall into.

The promise of software as a service (SaaS) companies is that they'll be available anytime, anywhere, something that I believe we've delivered on.

In the future, the voice over industry will continue to benefit from embracing this new paradigm with the integration of new services, technologies and web applications designed to improve business performance.

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The word "usability" refers to methods for improving ease-of-use during the design process. That's precisely what we aim to do with each quarterly service update.

As we push forward to our most recent set of feature updates, aptly called Spring '08, we're once again reaching out to you for your feedback, recommendations and feature requests.

This time, we've put together a brief survey to help us improve Voices.com and there's no opinion more valuable than yours!

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News: There was a relatively short outage on Amazon’s S3 storage service a short while ago. Voices.com uses Amazon to host audio demos, but not auditions or files uploaded for SurePay escrow transactions.

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The India research lab of Google Inc., the company that runs the world’s most popular search engine, is developing a voice-based search feature that allow callers to ask for information on neighborhood restaurants, services and local entertainment.

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Who is the voice of GOOG-411? Place a free call to Dial (1-800) GOOG-411, make your guess, then find out here.

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Hold on to your hat OpenSocial Developers. Despite all the buzz surrounding OpenSocial, access to the Orkut Sandbox ( your soon-to-be testing ground ) is limited to a handful of developers. But, there's no need to sit idle. Put your name on the waiting list, and then plan your killer OpenSocial app.

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Google, on it's quest to organize the world's information, is preparing one of the largest endeavors the Internet has ever seen. It's called Google OpenSocial, and it's their answer to Facebook, the social networking utility.

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The Zune, is Microsoft's entry into the portable digital media market. Today's news is that the Zune now supports 1-click podcast subscriptions which makes adding new podcasts easier for Zune owners and also broadens the audience for podcast publishers.

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With the academic year underway, I'm beginning to see evidence that fall is upon us. Besides the leaves changing color and the back to school sales, months of development is wrapping up and we're ready to show you what we've been working on.

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Today, I'm going to reveal four Facebook applications we've got in development, give a brief description of each one, suggest some uses, and state why we think each is a Facebook killer app.

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Google continues to innovate by simplifying the design of their many web properties. A few weeks back they updated Google Analytics and today, I'm seeing changes to Google News. Google now allows you to view news results by selecting 'Standard Version', 'Text Version' and 'Image Version'.

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Today, Apple announced that it has indeed developed a revolutionary mobile phone, that is operated all with the touch of a finger. That's right, no buttons and no stylus -- it's a true touch-screen.

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The principles of Human Computer Interaction (HCI) and Information Architecture (AI) guide industrial designers, software designers as well as web developers. But just what does it all mean, and how can you apply proven practices into your web application design?

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To continue the discussion on entrepreneurship, we'll explore the topic of "intellectual property" and the various forms it takes on. Learn all about patents and why you should apply for a patent for your business.

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Ever wondered how other developers create their web apps? I've scanned in sketches from the initial development of Voices.com

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So, you have an idea for the next killer Web 2.0 app. That's great, but where do you go from here? Learn how we attack product development and how you can follow a simple and fool-proof system.

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In today's "Special Announcement", Apple once again showed it's expertise to create buzz and delivered an outstanding series of products including new versions of the iPod Video, iPod Nano and iPod Shuffle, as well as iTunes. And the most significant of these? I believe it's iTunes 7.

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I've read blog posts by other entrepreneurs and industry critics raising a question. Does the world need another blog? I'd like to refine that question. Does the world need another web 2.0 blog? My short answer is "yes", and here's why.

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