tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59084302012-01-28T08:15:24.268ZGoogle news: pick of online articles about all things GoogleJennienoreply@blogger.comBlogger6851100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5908430.post-6229245252578002008-11-06T09:08:00.000Z2008-11-06T09:08:19.575Z

Google pulls out of ad deal with YahooSearch giant seeks to avoid 'protracted legal battle' over partnership(MarketWatch) -- Google Inc. pulled out of its proposed advertising partnership with Yahoo Inc. under pressure from regulators and clients Wednesday, leaving Yahoo's future in question as it struggles to maintain its share of the growing market for search advertising on the Internet.

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Google 'reintroduces' gambling ads to Adwords | Internet Marketing News and Blog | E-consultancy.com: "“Google AdWords allows online gambling advertisements to target Great Britain (England, Scotland, or Wales) as long as the advertiser is registered with the Gambling Commission and provides a valid operating license number. Advertisers based outside the UK and within the European Economic Area

Jennienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5908430.post-1183957909530708192008-07-21T15:04:00.000Z2008-07-21T15:04:34.428Z

Emily Bell: If Google should falter, how many others will follow? | Media | The Guardian: "If Google should falter, how many others will follow?US research company Efficient Frontier put out a report saying that Google took 77.4% of all search ad spending in the second quarter (April-June). In fact Efficient Frontier did the maths and came to the conclusion that Google actually now takes $1.10

Jennienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5908430.post-58176126856417471502008-07-02T15:58:00.001Z2008-07-02T15:59:16.032Z

Google adds Flash to search tools - vnunet.com: "Google has announced that users will now be able to index and search Flash media files.The company has added the code into its indexing algorithm which will allow its indexing bots to gather text from the SWF files used to present Flash content.Google users will be able to search through code contained within the Flash file itself, as well as Flash

Jennienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5908430.post-18934001346946059662008-06-30T17:22:00.000Z2008-06-30T17:22:59.778Z

12 Quick Tips To Search Google Like An Expert: "If you’re like me, you probably use Google many times a day. But, chances are, unless you are a technology geek, you probably still use Google in its simplest form. If your current use of Google is limited to typing a few words in, and changing your query until you find what you’re looking for, then I’m here to tell you that there’s a better

Jennienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5908430.post-81486042130778067762008-06-24T12:33:00.002Z2008-06-24T12:35:52.949Z

Adage reports "Yahoo's agreement with Google for online search ads may be generating some pricing and antitrust worries from advertisers, but in Congress the deal is increasingly raising broader concerns about ad targeting, privacy and competition....could reinvigorate a 10-year-old fight over privacy issues and lead to closer congressional oversight of online marketing activity."Could this be

Jennienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5908430.post-5136624203468937342007-11-08T09:40:00.000Z2007-11-08T09:43:57.902Z

At Google Rumours some possible far reaching changes in how Google ranks websitesare outlined, these include:Google PageRank To Be Reset PageRank to be reset to zero and replacedTwo clicks for AdSenserel=”nofollow” replaced by rel=”dofollow”True or not these are thought provoking ideas...

Jennienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5908430.post-90055289529394394302007-11-08T09:25:00.000Z2007-11-08T09:32:43.173Z

Jim Hedger at ISDB theorises that "Google is radically reworking its primary ranking algorithms" mainly because "Internet users are beginning to use their social networks as web-portals, the same way they once used Google and Yahoo!. Social networks are all about linkage however many if not most links found within social networks are useless from a search ranking perspective."He also looks at

Jennienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5908430.post-79046710731973236072007-08-14T12:34:00.000Z2007-08-14T12:43:30.413Z

It seems from Matt Cutts official Google blog that Google’s index is getting fresher and fresher. No more waiting trembling with fear for 3 months to find out what the next Google Dance will do to your search engine rankings.. Matt Cutts writes that "Now some documents can show up in minutes instead of hours or days"The example he gives relates to blog postings and I have to wonder if this

Jennienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5908430.post-1150177083033708732006-06-13T05:38:00.000Z2006-06-13T05:38:03.036Z

Another move away from the "pure" motive of organising the worlds knowledge to compiling commercially usefull knowledge?Google's GBuy Could Be 'Revolutionary' - Forbes.com: "RBC Capital Markets maintained an 'outperform' rating on Google in light of the impending launch of the company's online payment system, currently known as 'GBuy.'Consumers using GBuy, which is set for release on June 28,

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Me neither!Why I'll Never Be a Google VP: "Mayer holds many of the personality traits of tech super-stars, the interview also demonstrates two key reasons why I'll never be a Google VP. First, I need more than 5 hours of sleep a night, second, I like spending time with my husband and daughter. ;)"

Jennienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5908430.post-1147848495051533242006-05-17T06:48:00.000Z2006-05-17T06:48:15.053Z

Wonder what percentage of video uploads are porn? 90+?Google Inc. Tweaks Its Video Service - Forbes.com: "Internet search leader Google Inc. is making it easier to post and share online videos on its site, hoping to widen the appeal of a service that so far has been eclipsed by upstart YouTube.com. Until the system was changed late Tuesday, uploading a video to Google's site required a special

Jennienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5908430.post-1147847936482344052006-05-17T06:38:00.000Z2006-05-17T06:38:56.866Z

ZDNet reports that Google has a new program to recruit Australian university students work in projects in Google's Sydney office. Lars Rasmussen, Google's local head of engineering said 5-10 technical and non-technical positions would be on offer. The report also states that Gmail is now available in AustraliaGoogle plans Aussie internship program: ZDNet Australia: News: Software: "Search giant

Jennienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5908430.post-1147706942622805072006-05-15T15:29:00.000Z2006-05-15T15:29:02.660Z

Google Press Center: Press Release: "May 10, 2006 - Today, Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) announced new technologies to enhance and improve the search experience. Three new products � Google Co-op, Google Desktop 4, and Google Notebook � advance the state of the art in search by helping users worldwide find and share more relevant information. The products all incorporate new capabilities that

Jennienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5908430.post-1147706812366184662006-05-15T15:26:00.000Z2006-05-15T15:26:52.400Z

Google Press Center: Press Release: "May 10, 2006 - Today, Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) announced new technologies to enhance and improve the search experience. Three new products � Google Co-op, Google Desktop 4, and Google Notebook � advance the state of the art in search by helping users worldwide find and share more relevant information. The products all incorporate new capabilities that

Jennienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5908430.post-1147705368895134422006-05-15T15:02:00.000Z2006-05-15T15:02:49.126Z

Page comments that being disorganised is part of Google culture...how does that reflect on the mission to organise the worlds knowledge? Such internal contradiction may well be Google's achilles heel....Google admits to being disorganised - vnunet.com: "Google is growing too quickly and has become 'disorganised' as a result, according to the company's co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin."

Jennienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5908430.post-1146580585285099002006-05-02T14:36:00.000Z2006-05-02T14:36:27.490Z

Fair or unfair? Schmidt's Google Goes To Authorities About MSN - Forbes.com: "Google, led by Chief Executive Eric Schmidt, seems to be feeling the heat already from the impending update of Microsoft's Internet Explorer, the Web browser which is used by 85% of the world's PCs and which is set to be released with Windows Vista later this year as an updated version 7....The complaint has initially

Jennienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5908430.post-1146202160748985952006-04-28T05:29:00.000Z2006-04-28T05:29:20.886Z

Does this mean that sites not signed up to Google sitemaps are more likely to be penalised? Cutts writes that Google is testing notiying webmasters of spam issues with their site via the Google sitemaps webmaster interface.Cutts writes somewhat confusingly as if the spam detection is done by humans carrying the inference that is done manually but it is Google , the entity, that contacts

Jennienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5908430.post-1146121846542282392006-04-27T07:10:00.000Z2006-04-27T07:10:46.706Z

Most posters blame duplicate content issues for pages dropping from the Google index....Pages Dropping Out of Big Daddy Index at the Boston PubCon Matt Cutts confirmed that Google is to change the process used to spider pages. Caching will be implimented on the spider and thus reducing the requests that Googlebot will be required to make of a page."

Jennienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5908430.post-1145546301852751372006-04-20T15:18:00.000Z2006-04-20T15:18:21.953Z

I was hanging fire to blog this to see if anything came of the rumours....not yet it would appear....google travel - Google News: "Travel looks like Google's next target Times Online, UK - Apr 17, 2006... has kept the subject of the press briefing tightly under wraps, and it is by no means necessarily the case that the London briefing will involve Google Travel. ... Google Travel Coming Soon?

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Not new news but I know for a fact that Google adwords for gambling relating sites including casinos many on gambling sites are still making money... so unless Google is assiduaosly handing over all that revenue it is still profiting from illegal gambling proceeds....Search Engine Journal � Yahoo and Google Sued Over Gambling AdvertisementsTwo years on from the above judgement and Google are

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Google wins rights to Aussie algorithm - Breaking - Technology - smh.com.au "The algorithm, or search engine tool, is called Orion and was developed by UNSW PhD student Ori Allon at the university's School of Computer Science.Orion works as an add-on to existing search engines to improve the relevance of searches and won praise from Microsoft founder Bill Gates last year.The algorithm is a

Jennienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5908430.post-1143536198504325432006-03-28T08:56:00.000Z2006-03-28T08:56:38.596Z

See Google's Redesign ExperimentI cannot get it to load but the screenshots show the new layout...

Jennienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5908430.post-1143526461656226282006-03-28T06:14:00.000Z2006-03-28T06:14:21.710Z

Three new patents from Google signal their move into advertising in the wireless market..Google employees' wireless patents published | CNET News.com: "The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has published three wireless-related patents filed by Google employees as the search giant seeks to delve deeper into the wireless market. The patent applications, filed by Google employees Wesley Chan,

Jennienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5908430.post-1143525147682318652006-03-28T05:52:00.000Z2006-03-28T05:52:27.766Z

If your gmail is not being delivered this could explain why.....In another privacy flap, Google email riles spam fighters - MarketWatch: "The problems experienced by Schwingel and possibly thousands of other Gmail users are a consequence of Google's sometimes-hawkish policy on privacy. In an unusual practice, Google makes Gmail users virtually anonymous. That's led some spam blockers to

Jennienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5908430.post-1143484690700274602006-03-27T18:38:00.000Z2006-03-27T18:38:10.700Z

Matt Cutts: Gadgets, Google, and SEO � 2006 � March: "one more way to block Googlebot by using wildcards in robots.txt (Google supports wildcards like �*� in robots.txt). Here�s how:1. Add the parameter like �http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/some-random-post.html?googlebot=nocrawl� to pages that you don�t want fetched by Googlebot.2. Add the following to your robots.txt:User-agent: GooglebotDisallow

Jennienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5908430.post-1143484489187960942006-03-27T18:34:00.000Z2006-03-27T18:34:49.253Z

I Must monitor the search results to see how my site is doing...Matt Cutts: Gadgets, Google, and SEO � 2006 � March: "We�re down to just 1-2 data centers left in the switchover to Bigdaddy. It�s possible that the Bigdaddy switchover will be complete in the next week or two. Just as a reminder, Bigdaddy is a software upgrade to Google�s infrastructure that provides the framework for a lot of

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...but can you blame them for trying?MediaPost Publications - News Analysis: Page Rank Suit Unlikely To Get Far - 03/21/2006: "The Norwalk, Calif.-based KinderStart late last week filed a lawsuit against the search giant, charging it with unfairly degrading the site's placement in the organic search results. KinderStart is also seeking to represent other Web publishers--at least 100, by

Jennienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5908430.post-1142941940212328902006-03-21T11:52:00.000Z2006-03-21T11:52:20.226Z

Not what I expected Google's foray into finance to be.....MediaPost Publications - Google To Unveil Finance Site - 03/21/2006: "GOOGLE IS EXPECTED TODAY TO launch a new financial site that will include stock market figures, links to business stories, and links to blogs." All sounds pretty run of the mill especially when I envisaged a challenge to paypal...

Jennienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5908430.post-1142935376617137192006-03-21T10:02:00.000Z2006-03-21T10:02:56.686Z

Same old, same old....nothing conclusive but then again if I found something claiming to have the definitive explanation of the sandbox and a tech solution I would probably be just as sceptical as M Cutts in the article cited in my previos post re seo software...Coffee Talk with Senior Google Engineer : Matt Cutts: "Q: Does the sandbox exist?A: Matt said here comes the audience part? How many

Jennienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5908430.post-1142665214096781042006-03-18T07:00:00.000Z2006-03-18T07:09:39.986Z

ALBERTO R. GONZALES, in his officialcapacity as Attorney General of the UnitedStates,Plaintiff,v. GOOGLE, INC.,Defendant.The full 21-page order PDF "this case raises three vital interests: (1) the national interest in a judicial system to reach informed decisions through the power of a subpoena to compel a third party to produce relevant information; (2) the third-party's interest in not being

Jennienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5908430.post-1142664116324458522006-03-18T06:41:00.000Z2006-03-18T06:41:56.326Z

Click Fraud: An Industry Crisis? Kevin Lee explains the Google settlement and click fraud. He explains which advertisers may be eligible to collect from the settlement and " whether you should opt in to the proposed settlement and whether you need help managing the click fraud problem going forward"Three adwords campaign features increase the likelihood of click fraud:Participation in Google's

Jennienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5908430.post-1142663783385123062006-03-18T06:36:00.000Z2006-03-18T06:36:23.446Z

Only in the States,and only if you are "fit", shame.Google hiring AdWords Seminar Leaders - JenSense.com "Google is apparently sending out invites to its pool of Google Advertising Professionals for AdWords. Those that receive an invite are encouraged to submit a resume, a video and an application form in order to secure one of the paid spots. Those that are selected as speakers will apparently

Jennienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5908430.post-1142327899722308752006-03-14T09:18:00.000Z2006-03-14T09:18:19.816Z

Many sites have seen a noticeable drop in traffic & sales numbers primarily from Google traffic over the past couple of weeks from the end of feb into march.Webmaster world hosts a long discussion with all the usual "moral panic" symptoms..Quote "around FEB 21st where 1000s and 1000s of legitimate sites lost all their pages except their homepage." Pretty hysterical until Google guy steps up to

Jennienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5908430.post-1141632030360749542006-03-06T07:04:00.000Z2006-03-06T08:00:30.433Z

Plain English article detailing main features of Google Advertising..Behind the Curtain / How Google determines ranks and rates of its sponsored links: "Scott Kessler, a Standard & Poor's analyst, worries about what he calls Google's ABCs of risk: the absence of other means for making money; building competition; and click fraud, a practice in which competitors or scammers click on ads repeatedly

Jennienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5908430.post-1141401401828023242006-03-03T15:56:00.000Z2006-03-03T15:56:41.886Z

Update 5: Google Execs Paint Bright Picture - Forbes.com: "Google Inc. provided stock market analysts with more color about its secretive operations Thursday, painting a bright picture that appeared aimed at defusing growth concerns raised by the search engine leader's chief financial officer earlier this week....In his opening remarks, Google CEO Eric Schmidt assured the roomful of analysts that

Jennienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5908430.post-1140961346701534052006-02-26T13:42:00.000Z2006-02-26T13:42:26.786Z

Great result for a little bit of effort on the linking aspect, my humble litttle gambling blog now has a pagerank of 4! Better work on some links for the main site which now shows PR2, not bad though....Gambling Housewife Free Horse Racing Tips may be not as impressive as my January tipping

Jennienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5908430.post-1140422739344471282006-02-20T08:05:00.000Z2006-02-20T08:05:39.416Z

SiteProNews: Google.cn: The Internet As Beijing Sees It: "the last two or three years have shown us the inherent strength of the search engine - and none more thanGoogle. And I believe that an unintended consequence of Google's controversial stance in China has an awareness increase of just how influential search results can be. Comparisons of 'Tiananm en' searches are illustrating this. Several

Jennienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5908430.post-1140418404761503122006-02-20T06:53:00.000Z2006-02-20T06:53:24.823Z

Google Takes the Road More Traveled: "Search Engine News > Google Takes the Road More Traveled...A little more than a year after their attempt to shake up the IPO world by selling shares through a Dutch auction designed to give the "little guy" just as much chance at buying in as the big investors have, Google seems to be giving in to traditional Wall Street tactics and shifting their attention

Jennienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5908430.post-1139900567983480382006-02-14T07:02:00.000Z2006-02-14T07:02:47.986Z

The Search Experience has a De Facto Standard (for Now): "Google: The User's Definition of SearchGoogle's interface has become the de facto standard for search. Even now, all three of the major properties have very similar search results layouts, with only slight variations to distinguish them. It's in those variations, the nuances of design and layout, where the differences in the user

Jennienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5908430.post-1139900340789023972006-02-14T06:59:00.000Z2006-02-14T06:59:00.793Z

A Little Q&A With Google: "Brin, Page and Schmidt, the trio that runs Google, are the cover boys of this week's Time Magazine. Asking questions like 'Can we Trust Google With our Secrets' and publishing a general Q&A with the threesome turns up some interesting tidbits of information, including a claim by the founders that porn makes up a tiny percentage of their overall search numbers... The

Jennienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5908430.post-1139900072561164082006-02-14T06:54:00.000Z2006-02-14T06:54:32.616Z

Google partners with BearingPoint | CNET News.com: "A partnership that's expected to be announced Tuesday between Google and professional services provider BearingPoint, formerly KPMG, aims to make searching across corporate and internal desktops and databases as easy as using Google's Web search page.BearingPoint has thousands of consultants trained to help companies--including many Global 2000

Jennienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5908430.post-1139819544103995822006-02-13T08:32:00.000Z2006-02-13T08:32:24.193Z

WSJ.com - PayPal Prepares For a Challenge From Google: "PayPal Prepares For a Challenge From Google...When Jeff Jordan learned last May that Web-search leader Google Inc. was building its own Internet-payment service, he reacted swiftly.Mr. Jordan, who is president of eBay Inc.'s PayPal online-payments unit, immediately asked employees to unearth information about the Google service. Soon, PayPal

Jennienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5908430.post-1139391596951133942006-02-08T09:39:00.000Z2006-02-08T09:39:56.953Z

Matt Cutts: Gadgets, Google, and SEO � New robots.txt tool: "Sitemaps team just introduced a new robots.txt tool into Sitemaps. The robots.txt file is one of the easiest things for a webmaster to make a mistake on. Brett Tabke�s Search Engine World has a great robots.txt tutorial and even a robots.txt validator...Part of the problem is that mucking around with robots.txt files is pretty rare;

Jennienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5908430.post-1139391458875676032006-02-08T09:37:00.000Z2006-02-08T09:37:38.876Z

Matt Cutts: Gadgets, Google, and SEO � Bigdaddy progress update: " Bigdaddy continues to roll out and is now available at three data centers. In addition to 66.249.93.104 and 64.233.179.104, Bigdaddy is now up at 216.239.51.104. We’ve been going through the spam feedback and acting on it, and reading through the general search feedback as well....Bigdaddy involves new infrastructure and is not

Jennienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5908430.post-1139391240678229272006-02-08T09:34:00.000Z2006-02-08T09:34:00.680Z

Matt Cutts: on the SEO Rockstars show on webmasterradio.fm Matt Cutts: Gadgets, Google, and SEO � I�m on webmasterradio.fm!: "show is live at http://www.webmasterradio.fm/episodes/index.php?showId=16 so go download the mp3. It�s a mere 70-ish megabytes. Highlights included an update on BigDaddy, some questions about possible sandbox behavior, my take on the new show Lestat before it heads to

Jennienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5908430.post-1139391045369867562006-02-08T09:30:00.000Z2006-02-08T09:30:45.450Z

Matt Cutts: Gadgets, Google, and SEO � Recent reinclusions: Cutts writes "I appreciate BMW�s quick response on removing JavaScript-redirecting pages from BMW properties. The webspam team at Google has been in contact with BMW, and Google has reincluded bmw.de in our index. Likewise, ricoh.de has also removed similar doorway pages and has been reincluded in Google's index."The phrase that jumps

Jennienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5908430.post-1139303294844874752006-02-07T09:08:00.000Z2006-02-07T09:08:16.216Z

Internet Marketing Secrets and Strategies. Issue #85 February 02 2006: "Does Google trust you? Are you on the list of trusted sites? Do you ever wonder why some sites get the green light and rise to the top of the SERPs (search engine results pages) and why others never seem to get anywhere? It's all about trust....In VEO you don't play against the search engine algorithm, you ignore it

Jennienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5908430.post-1139300763033772442006-02-07T08:26:00.000Z2006-02-07T08:26:03.086Z

Google to Unveil New Chat Feature - Forbes.com: "Online search engine leader Google Inc. is wedding its instant messaging and e-mail services in the same Web browser, hoping the convenience will lure users from the larger communications networks operated by its chief rivals. The new chat feature to be unveiled Tuesday will provide users of Google's Gmail service with a list of contacts drawn from

Jennienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5908430.post-1139246875186035092006-02-06T17:27:00.000Z2006-02-06T17:27:55.186Z

Matt Cutts: Gadgets, Google, and SEO: "a good interview with the Sitemaps team. The most useful tidbit (which I didn�t know until now) is that Google treats a 404 HTTP status code (page not found, but it may reappear) and a 410 HTTP status code (page not found, and it�s gone forever) in the same way. I believe that we treat 404s as if they were 410s; once Googlebot has seen a 404 at that location

Jennienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5908430.post-1139246799629680822006-02-06T17:26:00.000Z2006-02-06T17:26:39.680Z

BMW.de is in trouble for using 'doorway' pages which violate Google webmaster guidelines Matt Cutts: Gadgets, Google, and SEO blogs that the Google: "webspam team continued ramping up our anti-spam efforts by removing bmw.de from our index, and ricoh.de will be removed soon for similar reasons....BMW used JavaScript-redirecting pages which fell foul specifically of "the principle of “Don’t

Jennienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5908430.post-1139233347842635172006-02-06T13:42:00.000Z2006-02-06T13:42:27.963Z

Wi-Fi sharing company wins Skype, Google backing | CNET News.com: "A wireless communications start-up in Spain that is partly a grass-roots social movement seeking to encourage users to share Internet access with their neighbors is set to announce on Monday $21.7 million in funding from big name backers, such as Skype Technologies and Google. Fon Technology SL said it has secured 18 million euros

Jennienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5908430.post-1138953186588801802006-02-03T07:53:00.000Z2006-02-03T07:53:06.603Z

Adsense Rich Media Beta: "I just received an invitation to be part of the big G's Rich Media AdSense program. Has anybody heard of this yet? They ask for a variety of CPM rates. I've never done CPM just done adsense. I'm hoping people might be able to give a range for the following: Expanding ads CPM: Floating ads CPM: Audio/Video ads CPM: Prestitial ads CPM: Intersitial ads CPM: Dedicated home

Jennienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5908430.post-1138952209280621912006-02-03T07:36:00.000Z2006-02-03T07:36:49.336Z

Google Testing VoIP Ads: "Google confirmed on Tuesday that they are working with Florida based VoIP Inc. to introduce a new system of click-to-call advertising to Adwords, their popular paid search advertisement system. Google has been testing the service since last fall with select advertisers...The Click-to-Call program brings together two of Google's interests -- Internet phone calls and

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Judge postpones Google subpoena hearing | CNET News.com: "Google's attempt to fend off the government's request for millions of search terms will move to a federal court in San Jose, Calif., on March 13...The outcome will determine whether the U.S. Justice Department will prevail in its fight to force Google to help it defend an anti-pornography law in a trial in Philadelphia this fall.....the

Jennienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5908430.post-1138870241674622282006-02-02T08:50:00.000Z2006-02-02T08:50:41.746Z

Unified Theory of Google: "Google has been undergoing a remarkable series of changes over the past six months as it adds new features, acquires new technologies and expands its operations. It is no longer a pure search engine company though its search engine is the most popular around the world. Google acknowledged the shift early last summer when CEO Eric Schmidt famously defined Google as a

Jennienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5908430.post-1138528038576314312006-01-29T09:47:00.000Z2006-01-29T09:47:18.576Z

Google offers fee-based online ad analytics | CNET News.com: "Google is partnering with Seattle-based Zaaz to offer a fee-based service for advertisers who need more support, consulting and training than they can get from the search giant's free analytics service.Zaaz will offer high-end data analysis and marketing services including accuracy audits and data collection best practices, forecasting

Jennienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5908430.post-1138527482978328702006-01-29T09:38:00.000Z2006-01-29T09:38:02.980Z

� Reactions to Google�s censored search results in China: "When you do a search in the new, censored version of Google in China, you find a message at the bottom of the results page that translates like this: �In accordance with local law, regulations, and government policies, a portion of search results are not shown.Google.cn has been called the Eunuch Version. Google Blogscoped shows just how

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Is Google's dependence on one main revenue stream search ads (Adwords) its achilles heel? Twelve page article runs through all of Google's current products and finds most of them weak and lacking marketing ...on Grading Google - Forbes.com: "Can Google ever go wrong? With a stock price hovering around $435, Google ranks as one of the world's most valuable companies, and competitors quake at its

Jennienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5908430.post-1136444381298210882006-01-05T06:59:00.000Z2006-01-05T06:59:41.526Z

Rumors persist that Google will announce it is manufacturing a $200 networkable personal computer that has no hard drive and is based around an open-source operating system, when company founder Larry Page takes the podium at the Consumer Electronics Show. Google did not deny the story, but did not confirm it either, but last month a company called Wyse Technology told Red Herring magazine that

Jennienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5908430.post-1135409188567232072005-12-24T07:26:00.000Z2005-12-24T07:26:28.653Z

AOL Deal Could Speed Google's Undoing: "AOL Deal Could Speed Google's Undoing... What a difference 10 days can make. Earlier this month, it appeared as though Microsoft and AOL were going to pair off, the Time Warner business unit shedding its old ties with Google for new ones with MSN Search. At the time, rumor had it that no large sums would change hands. Well, a large sum?$1 billion large?is

Jennienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5908430.post-1133161465290181182005-11-28T07:04:00.000Z2005-11-28T07:04:25.296Z

Seperate bids for adwords on search sites v content sites. Netimperative - Google refines content bidding for AdWords advertisers: "Google has launched a separate content bidding for AdWords, as the search giant aims to expand its paid-for search services. The move lets advertisers place one bid for ads that run on content sites and a separate bid for ads that run on search sites within the

Jennienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5908430.post-1133160261778646052005-11-28T06:44:00.000Z2005-11-28T06:44:21.820Z

Googling For Gold: "With a market cap in orbit and more cash than a small nation, Google's heft is altering the tech industry's behavior.... The Google effect is already changing the delicate balance in Silicon Valley between venture capitalists and startup companies. Instead of nurturing the most promising startups with an eye toward taking the fledgling businesses public, a growing number of

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John Battelle's Searchblog: Titans Column: Omid Kordestani: "Google's Omid Kordestani conjured a formula that took its sales to $3 billion. Now he's rethinking the world of advertising again. By John Battelle... What do you see as the future of advertising? The measurability of online advertising will extend broadly to all areas of media. You have companies spending billions of dollars on

Jennienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5908430.post-1130389598683307562005-10-27T05:06:00.000Z2005-10-27T05:06:38.733Z

Google Tests Potential Classifieds-Killer: "Google has confirmed it's testing a method of structured content submission called Google Base. The new service, unearthed by bloggers who took screenshots before the pages disappeared, could put Google into competition with classifieds providers as well as e-tailing giant eBay. 'We are testing a new way for content owners to submit their content to

Jennienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5908430.post-1130152438454655662005-10-24T11:13:00.000Z2005-10-24T11:13:59.543Z

MediaPost Publications - New AdWords Tool Suggests Keywords - 10/24/2005: "GOOGLE HAS INTRODUCED A NEW tool that offers advertisers suggested keywords. Dubbed 'Keyword Tool,' it suggests terms related to those that have been supplied by the advertiser. Google also takes into account past performance in the AdWords system, price, and popularity. The product can also suggest keywords based on terms

Jennienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5908430.post-1129624311916055592005-10-18T08:31:00.000Z2005-10-18T08:31:51.963Z

Update 1: Google Offers Glimpse at Data Collection - Forbes.com: "Google Inc. is now disclosing more details on how it collects and uses data obtained from users, but it is remaining silent on several key questions that concern privacy advocates...Danny Sullivan, editor of the industry newsletter Search Engine Watch, said that although Google can do more on disclosing how long it retains data,

Jennienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5908430.post-1129096895721653892005-10-12T06:01:00.000Z2005-10-12T06:01:35.770Z

Google Commits Funds to Philanthropic Arm - Forbes.com: "Google Inc. is financing its promise to make the world a better place with an initial commitment of nearly $1 billion to a philanthropic arm devoted to causes that mesh with the online search engine leader's crusade... Brin and Page have since decided their company's ambition extended beyond the limitations of a traditional foundation,

Jennienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5908430.post-1128922306812729782005-10-10T05:31:00.000Z2005-10-10T05:31:48.783Z

Google Reader: "Reader makes it easier to keep up with your ever-expanding reading list of content from across the web." Holizz versus the Web Blog Archive Google Reader lets: "you subscribe to a feed when youre already at a website and you cant be bothered to go to Reader and search for the feed?..It finds the author’s preferred feed and takes you to the preview page where you can subscribe.

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CTV.ca | Google localizes online maps search feature: "Google Inc. is combining its popular online maps with its local search features, continuing a quest to increase its already rapidly rising advertising revenue. ... The hybrid service blends addresses, phone numbers, maps, driving directions and other details, like user reviews and credit card information, on the same Web page. Google also

Jennienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5908430.post-1128836999246230582005-10-09T05:49:00.000Z2005-10-09T05:49:59.253Z

Google and Sun are going for open source development as a means to hinder Microsoft in various ways. Together they form a strong challenge to Microsoft. Google rich in cash has no need to charge for software. Open source software is cheaper to develop anyway because of support due for such systems from the wider tech community. Expect a lot more to come from this partnership soon. More on the

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Google still on mission to index all the information in the world and money to be made from offering free WiFi.....has to be advertising.. Google ETA? 300 years to index the world's info | CNET News.com: "It could take 300 years to index all the world's information and make it searchable, Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt predicted on Saturday at the Association of National Advertisers annual

Jennienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5908430.post-1128490787007199592005-10-05T05:39:00.000Z2005-10-05T05:39:47.043Z

Sun, Google in software distribution pact - Yahoo! News: Seems Google will be partnering up with Sun to help promote Sun's OpenOffice and Java software systems. The partnership will intensify the battle between Google and Microsoft as OpenOffice is potentially a serious challenger to MS Office if given the proper backing and marketing. "Working with Google will make our technologies available

Jennienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5908430.post-1128416904114385252005-10-04T09:08:00.000Z2005-10-04T09:08:24.160Z

Google Adsense blog announces electronic funds transfer EFT is out of beta and the service will be available to all users. I like the sound of them putting in a small test deposit for you to keep! Inside AdSense: "Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT for short) is officially out of beta. So what's changed? Our process for verifying bank account information has improved. After you submit your bank

Jennienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5908430.post-1127988070926007282005-09-29T10:01:00.000Z2005-09-29T10:01:10.983Z

United States Patent Application: 0050216434: "Variable personalization of search results in a search engine Abstract A search engine provides personalized rankings of search results. A user interest profile identifies topics of interest to a user. Each topic is associated with one or more sites, and a boost value, which can be used to augment an information retrieval score of any document from

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Why Google Blog Search Matters to Your Business: "According to Google, Google's Blog Search is 'Google search technology focused on blogs'. It includes search engine results specific to blogs not just in the Blogger.com community, but across the blogosphere at large.... Google...was already paying particular attention to blogs in regular search results, seems to make a subtle statement with the

Jennienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5908430.post-1127740801999139572005-09-26T13:20:00.000Z2005-09-26T13:20:03.056Z

The long awaited google toolbar for firefox browser users has been released....MediaPost Publications - Google Releases Firefox Toolbar - 09/26/2005: "GOOGLE'S FIREFOX TOOLBAR APPLICATION, IN beta testing since early July, was officially released last week with a set of new Firefox-only functions. Among the new features are the ability to rearrange the toolbar interface and move around the search

Jennienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5908430.post-1127630925191118582005-09-25T06:48:00.000Z2005-09-25T06:48:45.226Z

Search Engine Journal: "Google Testing Remove Result and Spam Report Options Matt Cutts confirms that Google is testing a new Remove Result features that lets users of Google personalized search exclude various sites from their search results. If Google Personalized Search users are sick of spam showing up in their results or irrelevant sites being listed, they can simply remove the pages. From

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Slashdot: "daveperry writes 'The Google Blog has a post about their use of prediction markets to forecast certain events that are relevant to their business. From the article: 'Our search engine works well because it aggregates information dispersed across the web, and our internal predictive markets are based on the same principle: Googlers from across the company contribute knowledge and

Jennienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5908430.post-1127459089332409962005-09-23T07:04:00.000Z2005-09-23T07:04:49.333Z

Slashdot | Is AOL The Key to Microsoft 'Killing' Google?: "VK writes 'When Steve Ballmer yelled at a departing Microsoft employee that he would 'kill Google' we had no idea just how direct a method he had in mind. Buying all or part of AOL may be the first part of the master plan, as Google relies heavily on the advertising pages that come from Yahoo, since it now syndicates its search to Google.

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WebProWorld Forum...."There is a TON of movement taking place on these datacenters. 66.102.7.104 66.102.7.105 64.233.189.104 66.102.7.106 66.102.7.147 216.239.63.99 99 66.102.7.99 216.239.63.104 On one of my main keyphrases I have watched my site go to the #1 position in MSN (easy) and #2 and #5 in Yahoo. Today on these datacenters I was pushed from #16 to #70 give or take a few depending on

Jennienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5908430.post-1127457177895356792005-09-23T06:32:00.000Z2005-09-23T06:32:57.896Z

Cutts Comments On Reinclusion Requests: "one drawback is probably the time factor involved in getting the relisting done. In some cases, it could take 6-8 weeks or it could take as little 2-3 weeks depending on the type of error and its severity. Dan Thies over at SitePoint mentions in his blog, 'Unfortunately, he doesn't address the collateral damage caused by some of their more aggressive

Jennienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5908430.post-1127456649158575972005-09-23T06:24:00.000Z2005-09-23T06:24:09.216Z

Net Sense Bambi Francisco writes : Google "has just begun testing advertisements on its image pages, a property that holds 1.1 billion images and drew 21 million unique visitors in July. Google images was also the place where 3% of all searches were conducted that month, according to comScore Networks. The ads aren't turned on everywhere. But in some locations, like Manhattan, if a person types

Jennienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5908430.post-1127280817804360092005-09-21T05:33:00.000Z2005-09-21T05:33:37.866Z

bloggers are a-buzzing about a possible Google WiFi launch. The buzz was started by the following FAQ that appears at the subdomain wifi.google.com an Google Secure Access: Frequently Asked Questions: "What is Google Secure Access? Google Secure Access is a downloadable client application that allows users to establish a more secure WiFi connection. Why would I want to download and install

Jennienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5908430.post-1127184158517134112005-09-20T02:42:00.000Z2005-09-20T06:59:59.426Z

Google opens up means of communication for webmasters.....will Yahoo follow?Matt Cutts: Gadgets, Google, and SEO � Filing a reinclusion request: "Everybody wants to hear about SEO-ish stuff instead of gadgets. I’ll still subject you to pure geekery now and then, but let’s tackle how to do a reinclusion request.First off, what’s a reinclusion request and why would you want to do one? If you’ve

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America Online May Switch to MSN For Web Search, Abandoning Google - September 16, 2005 - The New York Sun - NY Newspaper: "Microsoft is in talks with Time Warner about taking a stake in America Online, as part of a broader discussion about the two companies working together, according to people familiar with the matter. The conversations have centered on whether AOL would switch to using

Jennienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5908430.post-1126860378701713212005-09-16T08:46:00.000Z2005-09-16T08:46:18.703Z

Google Pilot New Webmaster Communications Initiative | Threadwatch.org: "This is real. Google is trying out a pilot program to alert site owners when we're removing their site for violating our guidelines. JavaScript redirects are the first trial, but we've also sent a few emails about hidden text, I believe. This is not targeted to sites like buy-my-cheap-viagra-here.com, but more for sites

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Vint Cerf talks Google: A lot has been made over the past week or so about Google's hiring of Vint Cerf, the man given much of the credit for making the Internet possible. Two recent interviews with Cerf shed some light on where he sees the Web going... "Last week Google hired a net-god, Vinton Cerf, as its “chief Internet evangelist”. Google’s hiring of Cerf has set off a wide range of

Jennienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5908430.post-1126859789984950422005-09-16T08:36:00.000Z2005-09-16T08:36:30.046Z

Secondary Google offering good for investors | CNET News.com: "Buyers of the 14.18 million shares that Google sold in its secondary stock offering made money on their investment in the first day of trade after the sale. Google priced the shares at $295 each on Wednesday night, and the company's shares closed Thursday at $303 a share, after reaching a high of $306.75 earlier in the session. "

Jennienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5908430.post-1126768737672100412005-09-15T07:18:00.000Z2005-09-15T07:18:57.673Z

Digital Inspiration: A-Z adsense tips for increasing revenue : "Amit Agarwal from Digital Inspiration has compiled a list of his favorite and most productive AdSense tips. A total of 26 tips are included. Besides warning that publishers should adhere strictly to AdSense policies, there are many others that you might have never considered but make a lot of sense."

Jennienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5908430.post-1126768611481096412005-09-15T07:16:00.000Z2005-09-15T07:16:51.530Z

New Study Shows SEO More Lucrative Than PPC: "The study, published this morning by Search Engine Marketing Firm iProspect looks at the return on investment and tracking information provided by companies that outsource both their pay-per-click management and their organic search engine marketing. 'For those new to the search engine marketing space, it would seem logical to conclude that based

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Update 1: Google Suit Sent Back to State Court - Forbes.com: "A federal appeals court says a class-action lawsuit alleging 'click fraud' by Google Inc. and other Internet companies should be heard in state court rather than in a federal courtroom. "

Jennienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5908430.post-1126763704316759052005-09-15T05:55:00.000Z2005-09-15T05:55:04.323Z

Why You Should Care About Google's Blog Search Launch: "Blogs aren't just about keeping tabs on breaking news or what your old college buddies are up to. They are fast becoming the content management system of choice for many small businesses. The ability to quickly and easily get content online in a manner that can be picked up by potential customers via aggregators isn't something to be scoffed

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At Google, new tools and new hires | CNET News.com: "It's never a dull day at Google, as the young company furthers its ambitions in search and other endeavors. "

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Update 1: Google Offers Stock at $295 Per Share - Forbes.com: "Google Inc. priced a follow-up stock offering of 14.16 million shares at $295 late Wednesday, offering investors a slight discount from the online search engine leader's recent market value...As it is, Google's market value stands at $89 billion, based on the 292.8 million shares expected to be outstanding after its latest offering.

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Google launches blog search | CNET News.com: "Google has launched a blog search feature, as it seeks to go head-to-head with archrival Yahoo in the booming blog market. Google's tool is designed to find listings beyond those published through its own Blogger service by searching blogs that publish feeds via RSS or Atom. The feeds are checked frequently for new content, Google said on its Web

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Google offers advice to sites on penalty.: "I have just received an email from Google about one of my test sites telling me that it is being blacklisted for 30 days. " Discussion to follow re authenticity of email

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DMNews.com | News | Article: "With the recent introduction of Google Talk - the search engine's newest voice and instant messaging product - and talk of a plan to purchase large quantities of dark fiber, some suspect that Google may be readying itself for an all-out venture into the newest online advertising trend, pay per call, writes 10e20's Chris Winfield. When Google Talk debuted a few

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Netimperative - Google updates indexing service for webmasters Netimperative - Google updates indexing service for webmasters: "Google has launched ten new interface languages for its Sitemaps service, which lets webmasters to submit their web pages, including those designed specifically for mobile devices, for inclusion in Google's index. Launched in the US earlier this year, the beta-test

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Update 1: Internet Pioneer Vinton Cerf Joins Google - Forbes.com: "Google Inc. has hired Internet pioneer Vinton Cerf to float more ideas and develop new products, adding another weapon to the online search engine leader's rapidly growing arsenal of intellect. Cerf's defection from MCI Inc., announced Thursday, represents the latest coup for Mountain View-based Google, which has been amassing

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