Google Was Almost on TV
Google is straying from its old ways and moving more toward traditional advertising methods, says the Wall Street Journal. We’re not seeing Google commercials on TV yet, but could that be on the horizon?
What is Web 2.0?
Web 2.0 is a broad term describing many different kinds of websites, websites that provide a platform where end-users have control over the content of sites. Web 2.0 includes social networking sites, wikis, sites like Squidoo.com and MySpace.com, folksonomies, Blogs, RSS Feeds and other sites that emphasize collaboration and sharing among users.
Web 2.0’s Most Ridiculous Sites
Lots of Web 2.0 sites are great. But for every Flickr, there’s a Drivl (really!). Here are a few of the new Web’s silliest ideas.
Google Not Thrilled With AOL As Investment
The billion-dollar stake Google took in AOL to keep the company out of Microsoft’s hands nearly three years ago doesn’t look like it will approach that value now. As 2005 neared its close, Microsoft and Google raced to wrap up a transaction with AOL. Its appear stemmed from the visitors AOL received on a daily [...]
Italian Firm Sues YouTube & Google
Copyright infringement accusations emerged from Italy as a TV company called Mediaset lobbed a 500 million euros lawsuit at Google.
Google Page Rank(PR) Update July 2008
Google Page Rank (PR) is underway, so check your new PR’s as soon as possible.
Google PageRank Patent May Go Poof
New criteria for restricting the scope of what the US Patent Office considers patent-worthy poses a threat to numerous software patents, including Google’s famed PageRank.
Google Spending $250k/month On Outdoor Ads In Russia
Will bus stop and subway advertising to the tune of an estimated $250,000 per month help Google gain search market share against Russia’s home grown leader Yandex? The company is launching “”Moscow 2.0,” which includes over 5,000 outdoor advertisements across Moscow.
Yahoo! strikes deal with Google
Yahoo! Inc. has agreed to let Google Inc. sell some of the advertisements it runs alongside Internet searches, seeking to shore up sales after ending talks with Microsoft Corp. about a combination. The deal may add $800 million a year to sales, Yahoo, based in Sunnyvale, Calif., said Thursday in a statement. The companies will [...]
3G iPhone 2.0 revealed!
CrunchGear has what appears to be the first legit photos on the web for the new 3G iPhone. From the TechGear description and looking at the pictures it’s definitely thinner than the original iPhone and looks reminiscent of the MacBook Air. Gotta love the multiple colors and the “red” campaign branding. Looks like the “jesus [...]
Google AdWords Editor v6.0 Released
Google has released version 6.0 of their Desktop AdWords Editor Application today. The AdWords Editor allows you to work offline and upload your changes, make bulk changes, navigate your AdWords account, and circulate proposed changes allowing for feedback from other users.
Microsoft Releases adCenter Desktop Beta
Today’s the first day of SMX Advanced 2008 in Seattle, and the President of Microsoft’s Platform & Services Division, Kevin Johnson, announced the release of adCenter Desktop Beta only moments ago. Traditionally, the only means for managing adCenter campaigns was through a web browser, which could be quite tedious and inefficient for large or complex [...]
Google’s New Favicon
This is one of the smaller changes to Google – at least if measured in pixels! Google changed their “Favicon.ico”, the 16×16 image file that usually shows in the browser address bar or in bookmarks. The old icon used a square with red, green and blue edges, wrapping an upper-case “G”. The new logo is [...]
Google Page Rank Update April/May 2008
Google have just updated the visual page rank toolbar. I have been very pleased with latest update, two of my main websites now have a page rank of six and the other has a page rank of five. Google seems to be updating the visual toolbar at much more regular intervals nowadays which is a [...]
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