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Google Rash :: First Ever Allergic Reaction to Google?

Our CEO and Creative Director Mike Hartley's somewhat extreme views about Google have been known to those of us close to him (and unfortunately, by far too many others also, to anyone who'll listen quite frankly) for some time. Yesterday things took a turn for the worse. Mike was doing some best practice research regarding flash (used by sites like ZOOZOOM and NY Times' T Mag to deliver multimedia experiences) when he came across this link, which gave him a rash:

Official Google Webmaster Central Blog: Best uses of Flash

Some of the highlights:

Google: Flash is inherently a visual medium, and Googlebot doesn't have eyes.
Mike: How does it read the words then?

Google: Try to use Flash only where it is needed.
Mike: Thanks. Try not to make your content as compelling and engaging as other media, like tv and print. Why? So we all just keep moving around so you can keep cashing in on adwords?

Google: So what's an honest web designer to do? The only hard and fast rule is to show Googlebot the exact same thing as your users.
Mike: But you just told me Googlebot's got no eyes. My users do. The screen on which we view the web is a visual device. What on earth do you mean?

The BUZZ

May 1, 2008 New York, 'We're making history one frame at a time.'

Move over Harry Potter. ZOOZOOM magazine's latest cover model blinks and her hair blows in the wind, she's alive. It rivals the wizardry of Harry Potter's moving picture frames, and no offense Harry, but it's a lot more fashionable.

Working their own form of magic, ZOOZOOM, known as the 'Original Online Glossy,' launches the first full-screen moving magazine cover. The first to market magazine with a full-screen format, ZOOZOOM has enriched its media by incorporating moving covers that translate the ZOOZOOM aesthetic to video-rich full-screen motion. Since its inception, ZOOZOOM's goal has been to deliver a high end multi-media fashion magazine; now that bandwidth, processor speed, and software have caught up with the magazine's vision, it has become a reality.

ZOOZOOM is not trying to recreate the narrative of movies; that's already been done. They are simply creating photographs that move, like extended moments in time.

'This is just the beginning. As digital video quality increases, it becomes possible to discover a space between traditional video and stills, a brand new media- one that allows us new ways to communicate,' said Publisher David McIntyre. 'Technology and fashion are both about change and communication. Our readers are always looking for a brand new experience, and we are up to the challenge of providing it.'

'We are constantly researching new technology. We think the web offers more possibilities in mixed media than print ever could. It's exciting to demonstrate the web's potential and evolve ZOOZOOM as quickly as technology allows us to,' said CEO Mike Hartley. ZOOZOOM plans to explore fullscreen video in the form of moving covers, as well as future fashion, beauty, culture stories, and new ad-unit possibilities.'

The cover story which features Q model Georgina explores 'This Freedom', a theme culled from 'The Roaring Twenties' obsession with forward-thinking women. The editorial features both video and still photography in a collaboration between David McIntyre & Mike O'Shea.

So while Sci-fi's gravity defying cars might be some way off, at least some aspects of our vision of tomorrow have arrived today (Thursday 1st May 2008). more...

Fashion Wars Fall 2008 Day 8 :: Form, Carmen Marc-Valvo and Tony Cohen are Sold Out

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: New York, Feb 13th. 2008

Form, Carmen Marc-Valvo and Tony Cohen are sold out. José Ramon Reyes is bargain basement.

Fashion Wars' day by day voting has ended.

Fashion Wars Fall 2008 The Season :: 105 Designers To Choose From

Previous Fashion Wars Press Releases

Fashion Wars Fall 2008 Day 3 :: Hervé Léger by Max Azria, Tracy Reese and Y-3 are Sold Out
Fashion Wars Fall 2008 Day 2 :: Verrier, Alexandre Herchcovitch, and Rock and Republic are Sold Out
Liza Minelli Bottoms Out On ZOOZOOM's Fashion Wars
ZOOZOOM's Fashion Wars is already live with New York Fall 208 Day 1
Michael Kors Dumped by ZOOZOOM
Democracy is Back in Fashion
Cut and Run :: Fashion Wars influences Government Policy
Fashion Wars Season II
Fashion Wars Announce Spring 2007 Winners :: Michael Kors takes 1st place
Survey Reveals Michael Kors No Better Than Project Runway Contestants

Fashion Wars Fall 2008 Day 3 :: Hervé Léger by Max Azria, Tracy Reese and Y-3 are Sold Out

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: New York, Feb 7th. 2007

LATEST NEWS. DAY 3 ENDS. Hervé Léger by Max Azria, Tracy Reese and Y-3 are sold out on Day 3 of New York Fashion Week. Y-3 are also Bargain Basement.

Fashion Wars Fall 2008 Day 2 :: Verrier, Alexandre Herchcovitch, and Rock and Republic are Sold Out.

Verrier, Alexandre Herchcovitch, and Rock and Republic are Sold Out on Day 2 of New York Fashion Week. Academy of Art are Bargain Basement.

Previous Fashion Wars Press Releases

Fashion Wars Fall 2008 Day 2 :: Verrier, Alexandre Herchcovitch, and Rock and Republic are Sold Out
Liza Minelli Bottoms Out On ZOOZOOM's Fashion Wars
ZOOZOOM's Fashion Wars is already live with New York Fall 208 Day 1
Michael Kors Dumped by ZOOZOOM
Democracy is Back in Fashion
Cut and Run :: Fashion Wars influences Government Policy
Fashion Wars Season II
Fashion Wars Announce Spring 2007 Winners :: Michael Kors takes 1st place
Survey Reveals Michael Kors No Better Than Project Runway Contestants

Fashion Wars Fall 2008 Day 2 :: Verrier, Alexandre Herchcovitch, and Rock and Republic are Sold Out.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: New York, Feb 6th. 2007

LATEST NEWS. DAY 2 ENDS. Verrier, Alexandre Herchcovitch, and Rock and Republic are Sold Out on Day 2 of New York Fashion Week. Academy of Art are Bargain Basement.

Fashion Wars Fall 2008 Day 1 votes have been tallied! Erin Fetherston and BCBG Max Azria are sold out.

Liza Minelli sang 'If I can make it there, I'll make it anywhere,' at the Heart Truth for Heart Disease Awareness fashion show. Unfortunately, 'anywhere' did not include Fashion Wars, where Liza's Halston Original was in the bottom three outfits. She was joined by a Nautica outfit that included ski boots, a man in tights, running shorts, and three layers of sport tech outerwear (Yes, that was all one outfit) and Russian Rubin Singer's intergalactic metallic silver shift dress. But where there are losers, there are also winners. On the other side of the rainbow, two of Erin Fetherston's looks graced the top three outfits. Her smartly sophisticated black blazers and plaid mini won gold, while her sugar plum satiny bubble dress took the bronze. BCBG's retail friendly collection collected a silver second place with a slate floor-length gown proving that simplicity is what pleases the masses. ZOOZOOM is proud to give thumbs up to the proud winners, the humbled bottom three and all the hopefuls who went to war for fashion. Vote on day 2 Super Tuesday and keep democracy in your hands.

Previous Fashion Wars Press Releases

Liza Minelli Bottoms Out On ZOOZOOM's Fashion Wars
ZOOZOOM's Fashion Wars is already live with New York Fall 208 Day 1
Michael Kors Dumped by ZOOZOOM
Democracy is Back in Fashion
Cut and Run :: Fashion Wars influences Government Policy
Fashion Wars Season II
Fashion Wars Announce Spring 2007 Winners :: Michael Kors takes 1st place
Survey Reveals Michael Kors No Better Than Project Runway Contestants

Liza Minelli Bottoms Out On ZOOZOOM's Fashion Wars

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: New York, Feb 4th. 2007

The results are in! Liza Minelli, wearing a Halston Original for Heart Truth's Fall 2008 presentation, is bottom of the bottom three outfits in ZOOZOOM Magazine's Fashion Wars. But what was to be expected when ZOOZOOM placed Liza in Fashion Wars next to chickadees over six feet tall and under twenty years-old? Although they are on the bottom, ZOOZOOM's love for Liza and Heart Truth's promotion of heart disease awareness among women remains strong, and ZOOZOOM is glad to have both on the ballot. So far, the winners are Erin Fetherston's cool plum mini dresses and black blazer with BCBG Max Azria's flowing slate grey dress at Erin's heels.

Previous Fashion Wars Press Releases

ZOOZOOM's Fashion Wars is already live with New York Fall 208 Day 1
Michael Kors Dumped by ZOOZOOM
Democracy is Back in Fashion
Cut and Run :: Fashion Wars influences Government Policy
Fashion Wars Season II
Fashion Wars Announce Spring 2007 Winners :: Michael Kors takes 1st place
Survey Reveals Michael Kors No Better Than Project Runway Contestants

ZOOZOOM Fashion Wars is live with New York Fall 2008 Day 1

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: New York, Feb 3rd. 2007

ZOOZOOM's Fashion Wars is already live with New York Fall 208 Day 1. BCBG Max Azria, Duckie Brown, Erin Fetherston, Heart Truth, Nautica, Nicole Miller, Perry Ellis, Project Runway, Rubin Singer, Venexiana, Yeohlee and Yigal Azrouel are already 'battling' to see who will be crowned the winner of Day 1, to be announced on Tuesday February 5th when a new war will begin. Fashion Wars usually receives between a quarter and a half a million votes per season. With over 2,000 votes already cast in the first hours of Day 1's looks going live, Rubin Singer, BCBG Max Azria, Venexiana and Nicole Miller seem to be among the more popular. But its early days in the voting so keep checking in to see what's happening.

ZOOZOOM Fashion Wars is a game in which two designer looks from the latest New York Fashion Week ‘battle’ against each another and ZOOZOOM's readers choose the winner, telling the designers what's hot, and what's not. What's 'Sold Out' and what's 'Bargain Basement'.

ZOOZOOM's readers will be visiting Fashion Wars each day throughout New York Fashion Week Fall 2008 and voting for their favorite designers.

New York Fashion Wars Fall 2008 officially begins on Monday February 4th with all the looks from Day 1 of the week (Friday January 31st). On Tuesday February 5th we'll announce our readers' favorites from Day 1 and then start a new war. We'll do this each day throughout the week. more...

Keep up to date with each day's winners and losers by visiting our Fashion Wars Home Page.

New York Fashion Week Fall 2008 Feature Coverage

Watch out for our feature coverage starting next week. The ZOOZOOM fashion editors selected their favorite shows in our feature 'TEN for Fall 08' from the hundreds of shows, presented by designers big and small.

Fashion Wars Background

Fashion Wars launched in the Fall of 2006. It receives between a quarter and half a million votes each season. Previous season winners have included Marc Jacobs, Bill Blass and Michael Kors. Fashion Wars has been noted in the New York Times.

Previous Fashion Wars and Their Results

The Fashion Wars concluding right now.
New York Fashion Wars Spring 2008

New York Fashion Wars Fall 2007 Results Feature
New York Fashion Wars Fall 2007

New York Fashion Wars Spring 2007 Results Feature
New York Fashion Wars Spring 2007

Previous Fashion Wars Press Releases

Michael Kors Dumped by ZOOZOOM
Democracy is Back in Fashion
Cut and Run :: Fashion Wars influences Government Policy
Fashion Wars Season II
Fashion Wars Announce Spring 2007 Winners :: Michael Kors takes 1st place
Survey Reveals Michael Kors No Better Than Project Runway Contestants

About ZOOZOOM

Awards and Commendations
2007 Fashion Webby Winner, Rated by TIME as one of the coolest websites of 2005; Webby Nominated for Best Fashion Site in 2005 and 2006, and Webby Winner of Best Fashion Site 2002; ZOOZOOM has also been Adobe Site of the Day, winner of a Silver Davey and is the current holder of The Pixel Awards, Fashion.

Advertisers Have Included
Chanel Fashion and Chanel Fragrance and Beauty, The NY Times T Magazine, net-a-porter.com, Redux Charles Chang-Lima, Kai Kuhne, Custo Barcelona, Sass and Bide, Diesel, L'Oreal Paris New Vive Pro and Feria, Neiman Marcus, Clinique Happy, CITIZEN:Citizen.

More Information

Contact Mike Hartley on +1 646 262 9007 or m.hartley@zoozoom.com.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: New York, Dec 3rd. 2007

All's fair in Love and Fashion Wars :: Two time winner Michael Kors is given dishonorable discharge from Fashion Wars

Visit FashionWars.Com

ZOOZOOM, The Original Online Glossy, launches a new season of Fashion Wars, an interactive addition to their award-winning online fashion magazine where designers go head to head in fashion battles that are decided by viewers votes.

Season three of ZOOZOOM's million click feature has one noticeable omission as two time winner Michael Kors finds himself dumped from this season's lineup. While ZOOZOOM publisher David McIntyre expressed regret that Kors will not be able to fight to retain his crown, he explained the reason behind the decision. "We and our viewers have shown Michael a lot of love, voting him into the top spot twice in succession, but that love has not been returned and our photographers and editors were not granted admission to his show at Bryant Park this past season, So Mr. Kors' grievous snub to our viewers is being returned.

All's fair in love and fashion wars.

Fear not with a host of top-tier designers like Calvin Klein, Donna Karan and Carolina Herrarra in the mix of over a hundred designers showing over 2500 Spring Summer outfits from New York Fashion Week, the competition for top spot will be just a lively as ever.

Fashion Wars is fun and educational, innovative and disruptive, with enormous potential to affect the world of fashion. It's what the editors and buyers see each season but this time YOU choose. For instance, store buyers looking to see what outfits are getting traction, may make more considered purchases; designers checking out the hits and misses from their collection can make changes. It's democracy in accordance with ZOOZOOM's philosophy of tools not rules. Of course for us as a fashion magazine, it helps us plan our editorial features for the season.

Fashion Wars presents two pictures and the viewer clicks on their favorite to cast a vote, it's highly addictive, the more you play the more you learn.

Enquiries Available call Mike Hartley 212-629-7335

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: New York, Sept 4th. 2007

Don't get lost in New York this fashion week.

For the third season in a row ZOOZOOM has created a interactive map of New York Fashion Week that lists all the shows, their location and start time, you can even get directions to and from the shows.

While we appreciate that many regulars know where Bryant Park is, with over 212 shows and presentations all across New York City the Fashion Map is the perfect solution for the 'Thoroughly Modern Millie' to find her way to the more obscure shows in out of the way locations.

Visit theZOOZOOM New York Interactive Fashion Week Map

Have a great week and check out ZOOZOOM exclusive and selective coverage of the best shows and designers in New York.

Press Images Available call 212-629-7335
All other enquiries contact David McIntyre 917 923 7696

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: New York, Aug 24rd.

Democracy is Back in Fashion :: ZOOZOOM Announces Fashion War Winners.

With over 350,000 votes cast ZOOZOOM will announce the winners (and losers) of its Fall 2007 Fashion Wars on Monday 27th Aug. 2007

Democracy is in fashion again and ZOOZOOM is ready to give the people what they want. With the Spring/Summer 2008 shows just around the corner and the Fall collections ready to leave the runway and hit the streets, it's time to tally the votes from ZOOZOOM's Fashion Wars and find out the style consensus.

Michael Kors takes first place for the second consecutive season.

With over 350,000 votes cast on Fashion Wars, this past season witnessed twice the number of confrontations than the season before and this time (just as last time,) the overall winner was none other than Michael Kors. Now that Michael has been sitting on the throne for two seasons in a row, the American Sportswear staple has proven that many of us are still looking for Pierre Cardin's classic women's suit, but in fabrics that are comfortable and cuts that are updated.

Up there with Kors in neutrals, knits, jeans, and grays (yet another crowd-pleasing runway trend!) were Yigal Azrouel, and Chris Han. Beyond street-friendly tops and bottoms, it seemed the fashionistas were dreaming of the nightlife... Other favorite looks included Jason Wu's clean modern evening wear, Marc Bouwer's no holds barred silver gown, Carmen Marc Valvo's structured simplicity.

Alexandre Herchcovitch dumped!

We seem to be straddling the fence on the fur issue this year. Fur was included in both top looks (Michael Kors), and least favorites (Chaiken). And despite Alexandre Herchcovitch's unwavering boldness and political temperament, his garbage bag environmental statement was more of an art piece than an outfit for our voters. While Heatherette is always full of freak raving fun, it's outrageousness doesn't seem to fly in war.

'Fashion Wars' is an interactive feature in ZOOZOOM - The Original Online Glossy - in which viewers vote for their favorite outfits by America's top designers. The contest features 98 Designers, 2,500 outfits and 28 categories.

Visit fashionwars to see the contest in action. (note: The voting is over but you can still play to get a sense of how it works)

View the complete story with all the results here at http://zoozoom.com/#type=story&id=675

Hi-Res press images are available for all featured outfits, please call Xenia at 212 629 7335 or email press@zoozoom.com.

Overall Winners

Overall Losers

About Fashion Wars.

Fashion Wars presents two pictures and the viewer clicks on their favorite to cast a vote. The outfits can be from the same designer or from a given look or season's trend, such as 'short shorts'. The images are picked at random and the results of each battle are recorded.

The purpose of the site is to add fun to the process of learning about the latest fashion trends and perhaps influence the future.

ZOOZOOM's next fashion war will launch on the 14th of October 2007

Press Images Available call 212-629-7335
All other enquiries contact David McIntyre 917 923 7696

OTHER CATEGORIES

ZOOZOOM to be saluted alongside David Bowie, eBay's Meg Whitman, and YouTube Co-founders Chad Hurley and Steve Chen at the 2007 Webby Awards.

www.zoozoom.com

New York, NY (PRWEB) June 4, 2007 -- ZOOZOOM to honored with the Webby for the Best Fashion Site of the Year at The 11th Annual Webby Awards, June 5th. The ceremony will be held at Cipriani Wall Street, New York.

Hosted by comedian Rob Corddry, the event will recognize ZOOZOOM's founders for their innovative and original online glossy Fashion Magazine.

ZOOZOOM prides itself on its content and design. Commissioning their own fashion and beauty editorials that are comparable in quality and creativity to high-end, glossy print magazines, the resulting features are presented large, so you can see every stitch. But the other side of the ZOOZOOM success story is their non-intrusive advertising delivery system that delivers full-screen ads with results that are breaking industry records: select campaigns are enjoying click-through rates of over 27%.

ZOOZOOM will be saluted alongside Webby Award winners in a wide range of categories from Blog to Fashion to Weird, as well as three Special Achievement honorees - David Bowie (Webby Lifetime Achievement); the eBay community and CEO Meg Whitman (Webby Lifetime Achievement); and YouTube co-founders Steve Chen and Chad Hurley (Webby Person of the Year).

In keeping with Webby tradition, all special achievement honorees and winners will limit their speeches to just five words (Al Gore's 2005 speech: "Please don't recount this vote.")

Hailed as the "Oscars of the Internet" by the New York Times, The Webby Awards is the leading international honors for websites, interactive advertising, online film and video, and mobile content. The Webby Awards is presented by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, a 550-person judging academy whose members include Vinton Cerf, R/GA's Chief Bob Greenberg, "The Simpson's" creator Matt Groening, Arianna Huffington, and Harvey Weinstein.

MEDIA ALERT/TIP SHEET:

David Bowie, Beastie Boys, eBay's Meg Whitman, YouTube founders and ZOOZOOM to be honored at the 11th annual Webby Awards on June 5th.

WHAT: THE 11TH ANNUAL WEBBY AWARDS
www.webbyawards.com

WHO: David Bowie (Webby Lifetime Achievement)
eBay CEO Meg Whitman (Webby Lifetime Achievement: The eBay Community)
Beastie Boys (Webby Artists of the Year)
Steve Chen and Chad Hurley, co-founders of YouTube (Webby Person of the Year)
ZOOZOOM (Best Fashion Website)

Present at the event from ZOOZOOM will be:
David Mcintyre - Publisher
Kelley Quan - Editor in Chief
Mike Hartley - Creative Director
Julie Grahame - Production Editor
Brian Winkowski - Video Director
Martin Cooper - Lead Developer
Xenia Viray - Senior Fashion Editor

PICTURES: ZOOZOOM's royalty free pictures of the event will be here on the morning of the 6th. For hi-res versions please email requests to m.hartley@zoozoom.com

WHY: Hailed as the "Oscars of the Internet" by the New York Times, The 11th Webby Awards is the leading international award honoring websites, online film and video, interactive advertising, and mobile content.

WHERE: Cipriani Wall Street
55 Wall Street (b/t William and Pearl Street)

WHEN: Tuesday, June 5, 2007

TIME: 5:00 PM - Press check-in begins
6:00 PM - Red carpet arrival begins
7:15 PM - Awards ceremony begins
10:30 PM - Awards ceremony ends; photo op onstage with David Bowie, Meg Whitman, YouTube Founders

In keeping with The Webby's famous tradition, Bowie, Beastie Boys, Whitman, and Webby Award winners in nearly 70 categories - from Blog to Weird - will deliver their acceptance speeches with just five words.

NOTES: Media outlets must submit a request for press credentials in order to attend the event. Please email: gita@mkpr.com For information regarding ZOOZOOM call Julie Grahame at 212 629 7335 julie@zoozoom.com

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