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Sales tax continues to be a potentially thorny issue for e-commerce companies, and now New York state has thrown a wrench into the process by requiring out-of-state e-commerce retailers to collect sales tax for purchases that originated with affiliate programs from sites based in the state. Today, Amazon filed a lawsuit against the state of New York challenging the new requirement. Read the full New York Times article here.

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A comprehensive (and somewhat technical) overview of all the factors that influence search engine rankings. Very detailed, and also acknowledges the disagreement over the significance of many factors. Good reading if you want to understand the details of search engine optimization. Check it out.

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Jason is the proud owner of a skull/marching band/anarchy trophy after taking the title at the highly competitive Karaoke Apocalypse competition Friday night at the Alamo Ritz. The winning song was (of course) “Welcome to the Jungle.”

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