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AOL Experiencing System-wide Outages
AOL is right now in the midst of a massive, system-wide e-mail outage, ClickZ has learned. Word of the problem, complete with tales of…
Daily SearchCast, June 1, 2006: New Online Ad Spending Record, Offline Print Ads Disappoint, Ask Debuts Impressive Blog Search, Clickfraud, The Google settlement And Much & More!
Today’s search podcast covers record new online ad spending while offline print ads disappoint, Ask launches impressive blog search with preview feature, a new…
Google Click Fraud Settlement: Why One Online Merchant Is Opting Out
Radiator.com is a company spotlighted in a recent Associated Press article about the proposed settlement of a class action suit against Google over click…
Google Base Absorbs Froogle Feeds; Other Submission Systems Remain Independent
When I was at Google last this month, I got an update on Google Base for a forthcoming article. One of the things I…
Offline Print Ad Experiment Disappointed Google
Google Fumbles Offline from BusinessWeek covers how during an investor call held yesterday, Google senior vice president of product management Jonathan Rosenberg mentioned the…
MSN adLab Launches With a Variety of Keyword Tools
MSN first announced adLab back in January, but it has now been made available to everyone (in beta) with a wide variety of interesting…
AdSense API Launched for Developers
Developers with 100,000+ daily page views and users contributing content will now be able to offer a “one stop shop” for their content creators…
Yahoo Video Allows Uploads & Sharing
Yahoo Video, previously offering content found only by crawling the web, now has changed to also allow uploads from content owners, similar to services…
Ask Launches Blog & Feed Search
Nearly a year after acquiring Bloglines, Ask has rolled out a new blog & feed search that combines the best aspects of its web…
Ask Debuts Blog & Feed Search
Ask's new blog and feed search offers a high-quality alternative for finding information in the blogosphere, with a number of unique tools not found…
Search Headlines & Links: May 31, 2006
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…
Daily SearchCast, May 31, 2006: Travelin’ Green With Google, Microsoft Waiting To Advertise , Language Specific SEO, Pay-Per-Call & More!
Today’s search podcast covers Travelin’ green with advice from The Earthday Network and Google, Bill Gates talking about Microsoft’s 5-year battle plan to get…
Record New Online Ad Spend
The latest figures from PricewaterhouseCoopers and the IAB shows another quarter of tremendous growth in online ad spending. By now it has reached just…
“Believe” Brand Suicide in Scotland?
I’m just back from Scotland on vacation and can’t help but note a brand story that came up again and again during my visit.…
Pay-Per-Call Looking For Ways To Grow
The pay-per-call industry has a number of folks that assumed far faster growth than what has realized to date. Pay-Per-Call Struggles to Prove Worth…
Travel Green With Tips From Google
Promoting companies that offer environmental benefits, Google has partnered with The Earth Day Network to provide Have a Green Summer tips for traveling green.…
Microsoft Patiently Waiting To Advertise
Marketwatch, reporting from the D4 conference, quotes Bill Gates discussing Google as “very much the leader” contrary to Microsoft having made previous grand statements…
Language Specific SEO Advice
A very well written elaborate (PDF) whitepaper by Huiping Iler explains in great detail what’s involved, and most of the difficulties, with search engine…
Google Anti-Phishing Will Be Part Of Firefox 2.0
As rumored, Google is to power the anti-phishing capabilities in Firefox 2.0. Firefox 2.0 Bakes in Anti-Phish Antidote from InternetNews.com has more details. While…
Redfin Gets Funding and Prepares to Go National
Seattle-based Redfin.com was one of the first real estate mashups to employ a map interface as a primary navigation tool for real-estate search. The…