Thomson Buying Reuters for $15 billion
Thomson, a Canadian publisher is set to buy one of the world’s leading news company, Reuters for a whooping $17 billion dollar deal to create...
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Arnold Zafra writes daily on the announcements by Google, Ask.com, Yahoo & MSN along with how these announcements effect web publishers. He is currently building three niche blogs covering iPad News, Google Android Phones and E-Book Readers.
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Google Ad Creation Marketplace Up in Beta
Less than a year ago, Google Adwords launched its Click-to-play, video ads format which offered advertisers a new avenue for promoting their products and services...
Google Analytics Sports a New Look
After a long wait, the five year old Google Analytics gets a much needed update. The new version sports a new interface for better customization...
Adsense Click and Miss Reminder to Publishers
Inside Adsense Blog is reminding Publishers about accidental clicks on Adsense ads implemented on their blogs. Adsense publishers must ensure that ads are properly placed...
YouTube Makes Some Members Content Partners
Finally, in recognition of selected popular members’ contribution to its growing video content, YouTube is elevating the status of selected users to Partners. If you...
Yahoo to Acquire Right Media Ad Company
Yahoo is reportedly eyeing Right Media, a privately owned advertising company. The company previously bought a 20% stake in the company last October and will...
Hackers Exploiting IE7 Flaw Through Google Sponsored Links
If you are using IE7 as your primary browser, better be sure that you update and maintain it properly with patches and updates or else...
“Google Inside” Your PCs?
Ellinor Mills of CNET News reports that Google, and Intel, the world’s largest supplier of microprocessors has reached a co-marketing initiative that will allow makers...
Yahoo! Partners with Ebay’s Paypal for Checkout Program
Yahoo! and Ebay’s Paypal has entered into a partnership that would allow Yahoo advertisers added visibility and value on Yahoo search results. With the Yahoo-Paypal...
Google & Clear Channel Do Radio Advertising
Google and Clear Channel Communications, a radio channel with almost 675 radio stations, have entered into a deal which will allow the internet search giant...
YouTube Launches Political Vlog
There’s no doubt that political videos have become a popular campaign media for political figures. MySpace has its own MySpace Impact which has become an...
Widgetized Google Talk?
Google updates its web IM application on Tuesday with the following cool new features to boot: Pop it out now – Google Talk can now...
Google Lets Users Customize Own Maps
Google is introducing its MyMaps which will let users create their own maps using Google Maps. Interestingly called myMaps, this free tool will allow Google...
Site Specific Optimization Tips from Google Adsense
Google Adsense started sending out monthly optimization tips to Adsense publishers. These tips are the result of the Adsense system’s analysis of individual publisher accounts...
Google Inks Advertising Deal with DISH Network
Google announced that it will be selling commercials to the 125 national programming networks of Echostar DISH Network, U.S. second largest satellite service. Under the...
A Search Engine that Searches All
WebFetch, a new search engine that enables user to search the web via Google, Yahoo!, MSN Search and Ask.com all at the same time. This...
Yahoo! Opens Mail Web Services
A day after announcing the upgrade of Yahoo! Mail into unlimited storage capacity for registered users beginning in May, Yahoo! unveils the Yahoo! Mail Web...
Google Mobile Search Gets Better
A few days after unveiling its Plus Box search results, Google announces a new mobile search engine that is more tailored to a user’s needs....
Are We Witnessing the Death of Print Journalism?
There’s a lot of discussion going on the websphere about the death of newspapers and print journalism lately. Although many are starting to believe that...
Coming Soon: Online Video Search ala TV Guide
Looks like somebody took the cue from a question asked recently on whose going to be the TV guide of online video. And it’s none...
Yahoo! Launches Widgets 4.0
Riding on newsweek statement that 2007 will be the year of Widgets, Yahoo! is relaunching its previously named Yahoo Widget Engine with a faster, lighter,...
Google Plus Box : Search Results Get Better
While Yahoo improves its mobile search results, Google on the other hand unveils Plus Box. From the official Google blog: We’re very excited to unveil...
Cognition Search : Doing Search the Not So Google Way
Cognition Technologies is conducting a live demo of its patented linguistic search architecture aptly called Cognition Search. The search technology is a text based search...