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Google AdWords Produces 4 New How-To Videos for Display Ad Builder
Google AdWords has added four new videos to help you navigate their display ad builder. In addition to the previous two vids, the topics now cover: * How to access the feature in AdWords * How to search for the display ad templates that are right for you * How to create an ad * [...]
MIVA Direct Partners with Meebo for ALOT Social Community Integration
MIVA Direct has partnered with Meebo to integrate live social community features into the ALOT Toolbar and ALOT Home. The technology will facilitate real-time interactions among users in chat rooms across the ALOT network. Chris Dessi, MIVA Direct’s VP of Sales and Business Development, explains, “Since launching ALOT we’ve been building up users across a [...]
Yahoo! Tests Rich Media Ads in Paid Search Listings
Yahoo! has been testing rich media ads in their paid search listings. Thus far, the program has been available to a small group of advertisers and seen by a small group of searchers. The ads can include video, images, or a custom search box. The results are promising. Advertisers testing the rich media ads saw [...]
Yahoo! Steals Search Share from Google in January 2009
Yahoo! gained 0.5 percentage points in comScore search engine rankings for January 2009. Google just happened to lose the same amount of percentage points during the same month. But they’re not the only two swapping points. Microsoft stole 0.2% from Ask.com. These are small percentage points, so things mostly stayed steady. If these trends were [...]
Google Launches Mobile App for Windows Mobile
Google has launched its Mobile App for Windows Mobile. It can be downloaded at m.google.com. The app provides faster search. The origin of search begins in the app instead of first waiting for the browser to load. Windows Mobile users in the US, UK, Canada, France, Italy, Spain, and Germany can download the Google Mobile [...]
Twitter Tests a Search Box on the Root Domain
Twitter is testing a search box on the root URL of its site, meaning on the home page and user pages. Currently, search resides on a subdomain, http://search.twitter.com. There is a “Find People” search on the root, but searching tweets is on the root. The test will include a search box in the navigation in [...]
Bryan Eisenberg Publishes Comprehensive Google Analytics Guide
Bryan Eisenberg has published a comprehensive Google Analytics guide on his company’s blog. It consists of links to some of the best information about Google Analytics out there, from Google itself to various online marketing blogs. The post also contains videos as well as links to, well, more videos. From initial setup and goal setting [...]
Happy Fifth Birthday to Yahoo! Search
Five years ago, Yahoo! stopped using Google-powered results and embarked on their own search product. It’s been one heck of a journey. Yahoo! highlighted the following milestones on their blog: * Opened search infrastructure and index to outside developers with BOSS. * Opened search results page to outside innovation with SearchMonkey. * Launched Search Assist, [...]
Google Wins Privacy Suit Regarding Street View
Last year a Pittsburgh couple sued Google because they deemed Street View of their house a violation of their privacy. Now, the judge in the case disagrees with the couple. As many have pointed out, their case has actually brought more attention to their home. Also, the couple says Street View devalued their home, a [...]
Aussies Show Facebook Can Become Dangerous Kangaroo Court
Following the devastating bush fires in Victoria, Australia, an alleged arsonist has come under fire from Facebook users that have threatened even lynching. The legal system will prosecute him but the kangaroo court being held on Facebook could have its own legal problems, according to ABC News. “The creators of internet groups calling for the [...]