Google announces a new program to put ads on TV, at least for those with the Dish Network. Is social the third generation for search? MSN backs off the "let's do promos in the search box" thing after user complaints. Google updates New Orleans images. A snake runs loose in the New York Googleplex. And more!
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Google Brings Auction Model To TV Advertising
Rumored and written about for several weeks, Google is in fact launching a beta trial of TV ads with cable company Astound and satellite TV provider Echostar, which owns Dish Network. Astound operates in selected cities in Northern California. But Dish Network is national. Interestingly, Dish Network is highly interactive,... - Google Gadget ecosystem statistics for March, Niall Kennedy
- Introducing Google Apps referrals, Inside AdSense
- Recruiting new AdWords Seminar Leaders, Inside AdWords
- Best & Worst Features of the PPC Engines, eWhisper.net
- When is MFA a Good Thing?, Threadwatch
- The Impending
Social Search Inflection Point
Search has changed. Online consumer information retrieval has reached another inflexion point – a shift from pure algorithmic search to social search. Searchers have become increasingly sophisticated, and basic algorithmic web results are getting diluted out of most mainstream search experiences such as Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, AOL and Ask. Search... - The Four
Returns Of Social Media Marketing
There are essentially four different types of return that you can expect from a successful social media marketing campaign: links, mindshare/branding, sales and consumer interaction. Below, a look at each type of return and how you can tap into it, depending on your goals.... - Next Service To Try Gaming Digg: Subvert and Profit, TechCrunch
- The State of Technorati, April 2007, David Sifry
- Mirror mirror on the wall, which blog search is best of them all?, Robert Scoble
- How SEO Can Save A Business, SEOmoz
- Jason Calacanis Challenge Update, Pronet Advertising
- Getting Clean Links From NoFollow Lemons, Link Spiel
- Google
Responds To Katrina Controversy With Fresh New Orleans Images
The Google Blog has responded to the concerns about showing pre-Katrina images for New Orleans. In short, Google said they changed the imagery back in September 2006 to provide higher resolution images of the city, even though views were from before Hurricane Katrina caused widespread damage. Now those pre-Katrina images... - MSN Gets The
Message: Don't Prefill The Search Box
I'm still waiting for the promised official response from Microsoft about the entire prefilling of the search box thing that happened at MSN UK, as we wrote about last week. But via Threadwatch, MSN UK apparently has a blog about the -- yes -- MSN UK home page. There, MSN... - ZoomInfo
Offers Free Company Profiles
ZoomInfo today launched its Business Information Search Engine, a service that offers information on more than 3.5 million companies. Although the company profiles are similar to those offered by Hoovers.com and other subscription-based providers, ZoomInfo business profiles are free. The profiles also differ in how they're compiled. While most business... - Turkish Users Demand Special Google Logo, Google Blogoscoped
- THE CHART: Downtime, Valleywag
- Snakes On A Google, Search Engine Land


Comments (1)
Danny,
Please o please do an all singing show... but, ya better make sure it is as good as the Buffy musical episode - lol.
Posted by Natasha Robinson
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April 3, 2007 4:05 PM
Posted on April 3, 2007 16:05