Below, a recap of stories posted today to the Search
Engine Watch Blog, along with other items we’ve spotted but not blogged
separately:
From The SEW Blog…
- AOL
Offers 5 Gigabytes of Free Online Storage
In the not search-related but still useful category, AOL is now offering 5
gigabytes of free online storage through its Xdrive subsidiary. All you need
is an AOL screen name—no other strings attached. It’s an excellent service,
very easy to use, and I highly recommend it for backups, extra storage, or
just an extra locker for music, photos or other digital media. More info and
free registration here…. - See Ads?
Now You Don’t! Google AdWords Rotating Out Top Sponsored Links
Google is now displaying or not displaying the top sponsored links (with the
blue background) based on searcher behavior. What I mean is that if you, as an
individual, tend not to click on ads, Google will drop off the top ads from
the page and place them on the right side. I discovered this in the morning,
and I have a quote from a WebmasterWorld member in my post named Google
Testing Removing Top Blue Ads Based on User Behavior, which says that Google
is in fact testing this. I personally tested it myself and noticed that if
I… - Google
Adds Tabs To Personalized Home Page
Last night Google has added the ability to add and manage tabs on your
personalized home page. At the top of the page, you should see a “Add a tab”
link. Clicking on that will enable you to add a tab to your home page, helping
you keep your Google home page more organized. Both Garrett Rogers and I took
screen captures of our personalized home pages. Garrett added a “work” tab, I
decided to add a “feeds” tab, that contains all my feeds. This can be very
handy for those who are big into Google Personalized home page…. - Windows
Live Hot? You Won’t Know Since Referer Data Is Stripped
Shocking, but true, Live.com Is Not Passing Referral Information, as I
reported this morning. I spent the past 30 minutes or so debating with Danny
and digging through my own log files and asking DaveN for his confirmation on
this. Windows Live Search, which is now the default MSN search engine strips
out the referer data, so you cannot track the traffic they are sending to you.
After review, it seems like Live.com is using some sort of JavaScript to do
some sort of click tracking, without using a URL string to track the click.
That JavaScript appears to be… - Search
Forums Roundup: Sept. 15, 2006
Today’s SearchDay, Search Engine Forums Spotlight, features our weekly links
to this week’s hot topics from search engine forums across the web: Links to
the week’s topics from search engine forums across the web: Which Web Services
Do You Use? – Mining the Tail? – AdSense On Home Page – Does It Cheapen The
Look? – What are the Barriers to Using Search Analytics? – Digg Dealing With
the Same Problems as Google? and more….
Headlines & News From Elsewhere
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Tired of
linking, Yahoo! starts! making! the! news!, The Register -
Some of Google’s steps and challenges in emerging markets: Hungary, Gugli
Some of Google’s steps and challenges in emerging markets: Hungary, Gugli- The A to Z Guide to
Getting Website Traffic, Pandia - Gmail
Plus Phishing, Google Blogoscoped - Yahoo! and
Gemstar Get Cozy, Motley Fool
Opening up the Merchant Referral Program, Official Google Checkout Blog
Google Related Searches, Google Operating System-
Advertising Placements by Industry and Top Sponsored Links, August 2006,
ClickZ - Are You Listening?, ClickZ
- Planning for Panama, Part 2, ClickZ
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Okay, Lets Make A Deal: You Don’t Promote Copyright Violations, And I Don’t
Call You A Hypocrite, InsideGoogle - How to: Fix your tiny
site:domain.com results in Google, Threadwatch
HitTail: An Interesting Service, Searchblog
AOL’s Ted Leonsis To Give Up Duties; Stay on As Advisor; Management Reshuffle,
PaidContent.org- Evan
Williams: How Odeo Screwed Up, GigaOM
Topix.net Vists up 24% in Past Month, Hitwise
Updated List: Business Search, Hoover’s 100: Most Searched For Companies on
Hoovers.com, ResourceShelf
Google on the Ropes in China, Red Herring
Latest Search Numbers: Google Climbs Back Above 60%, Hitwise