New Website Spell Checking Service - Bush Broadband Goal Gored - Optimization Week of May 17, 2006
Optimization Week Issue #64, May 17, 2006
This time we've got a new Bandwidth Report for you and a new free tool. First, we've just launched a new spell checking web service that automatically scans your site for typographical and grammatical errors. We've teamed up with TextTrust to offer webmasters a free trial of their website spell checking service. Next in this month's Bandwidth Report we find the GAO casting doubt on President Bush's goal of universal, affordable broadband access for all Americans by 2007. While "power users," i.e., active Internet users have broken 70% broadband penetration in April 2006, if you look at all online Americans the number drops to 42% to 48%, depending on which survey you believe.
- Website Spell Checking Service
- Our new free spell checking service scans your site for spelling and grammatical errors and sends you a
free report. We've teamed up with TextTrust to offer webmasters this free trial of their website scanning service. To demonstrate the new service we provide a sample report of a spell-checked WhiteHouse.gov site.
- Bush Broadband Goal Gored - US Broadband Penetration Breaks 70% Among Active Internet Users - Broadband Study Highlights Two-Speed Europe
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President Bush's goal of universal broadband access for all
Americans by 2007 appears to be in doubt, according to a
recent GAO report. Between 42% to 48% of wired Americans
subscribe to a broadband service, according to two
recent surveys. Among active Internet users, US broadband penetration
broke 70% for the first time in April 2006. In Europe, slow adoption
among new member states has created a two-speed European Union.
