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Advertising Continues To Grow: Q3 Worth $5.2 Billion
Online ad revenues recorded 25 percent year-over-year growth for a $5.2 billion dollar performance in the third quarter, according to the IAB. Growth from last quarter was a less impressive 3 percent however. The Internet is on pace to break $20 billion in ad revenues this year, compared with $16.9... - Google AdSense:
When A Click No Longer Counts As A Click
This morning I reported that Google is changing what constitutes a click on an AdSense ad. In the past, a click on the URL, title or background of the ad would trigger a click and earn an AdSense publisher money. In the future, a click on the background of the... - Coming Soon:
Block Domaining Ads From Google?
In response to popular request, block domain ads looks to be coming, along with other blocking features. I have reported at the Search Engine Roundtable that some AdWords advertisers are now able to block categories of sites, plus they are able to block domain ads and error page ads. Back... - Google Won't
Hand Over Competitive Data If Hit With Subpoena
Eric Goldman has updated us on the ongoing Connor Sport Court and Rhino Court case involving Google. The case, which we covered in Want Competitive Keyword Information? Just Subpoena Google!, suggested that Google was going to hand over competitive keyword data simply because one company filed a subpoena for it.... - Yahoo's Big
Asian Mobile Push
Yahoo put out a dizzying slew of press releases today aimed at highlighting its carrier partnerships and what it claims is its mobile leadership position. The core of these releases is the announcement of nine new Asian mobile operators, adding to the company's other Asian carrier relationships. Yahoo's oneSearch will... - Google
Releases Android SDK & Offers $10 Million Mobile Development Challenge
Google has released the Android SDK and is offering $10 million in rewards to developers who can build out the best Android applications. You can learn about the SDK over here, plus there is a blog, FAQs, and discussion form. Here is a video showing you what Android can do:... - Google To
Acquire Sprint? Don't Bet On It
A TMCnet blog repeats a rumor that Google might buy US wireless carrier Sprint. This is based in part of Google's aggressive push into mobile with Android, its willingness to bid on wireless spectrum licenses and its efforts to gain access to unused parts of the television spectrum, so-called "white... - Schmidt:
Google Will Definitely Participate In The Wireless Spectrum Auction
This article from Forbes sort of quotes Google CEO Eric Schmidt saying, for the first time, that the company would "definitely" participate in the forthcoming 700 MHZ wireless spectrum auction to be held in January. It also says that Google would open that spectrum up to anyone willing to pay... - Google Getting
Ready To Partner With Clearwire On Wireless Spectrum Licenses?
Last week Forbes wrote that Google will "definitely" participate, according to CEO Eric Schmidt, in the upcoming 700MHZ wireless spectrum auction. Also last week, Google partner Sprint said that it was ending its relationship with wireless broadband provider Clearwire to build a nationwide WiMax network. (Sprint is a member of... - Microsoft
Tries Search & Win Again?
Is Live Search bringing back the search and win "Live Search Trial Program?" A Marketwatch article suggests so, even though the page is invalid. Microsoft did run this program back in August. In addition, it has also run the Live Search Club program.... - Firefox:
Google's Secret Weapon Against Microsoft?
Will Success, or All That Money From Google, Spoil Firefox? from the New York Times asks if all the money Google is feeding Firefox going to hurt the browser and the community behind the browser in the future, by aligning the browser too closely with Google and its war against... - Northeastern
University Sues Google Over Index Database Design
Northeastern sues Google over patent from The Boston Globe reports that Northeastern University and a company founded by a Northeastern professor, Kenneth P. Baclawski, is suing Google for patent infringement. The issue at hand in this case is that Northeastern has patented a method of storing database queries back in... - Diller On
Ask's Growth, Facebook & Buying AOL
Barry Diller to Time Warner: Name Your Price for AOL from AdAge has a Q&A session with Barry Diller, the CEO of IAC, the parent company of Ask.com. Diller was asked about the split up of IAC into five business units, his thoughts on the growth of the Internet, Facebook's... - AOL Buys Q&A
Provider Yedda
AOL announced that it has acquired Israeli Q&A provider Yedda for an undisclosed sum. Comparable in many respects to Yahoo Answers, Yedda bills itself as a next generation "semantic" Q&A service. AOL will more broadly integrate the functionality into a number of its sites and properties, as Yahoo has with... - LookSmart
Reports Poor Earnings & Sells FindArticles To CNET
Gary Price reports that LookSmart has sold off FindArticles to CNET Networks for $20.5 million. LookSmart published a press release that details the sale is in cash, not in stock. Neil Ashe, CEO of CNET Networks, said:... - Live Search's
Link Command Now Working
Karen Blakeman reported that you can now search use link command searches at Live Search again. Microsoft first pulled back the link command in March of this year, due to trouble with automated queries. But as Karen reported, it seems to be back with a new prefix. Just add a... - How Feedburner
Adds Up Subscriber Numbers
Last Saturday, there was a gasp of collective horror in the blogosphere as FeedBurner subscriber stats plunged for many sites. Today, it's happened again. Don't panic! Your subscribers are probably all still there, with Google Reader to blame for the missing numbers. Below, our comprehensive guide to how FeedBurner compiles... - December's
Battle Of The Search Conferences
It's mid-November, when WebmasterWorld's PubCon is traditionally held. But all's quiet on the Las Vegas front. What's up? This year, PubCon has moved to December, running head-to-head against Incisive Media's SES event in Chicago. What's a search marketer to do?... - Search Engine
Land's Blogroll, Sliced, Diced & Categorized
We've had a huge blogroll on Search Engine Land since we started last year. Inspired by some recent posts, I've now organized that massive list into categories, to make it easier for those looking to find some good blog reading. Below, a guide to our blogroll, designed to help those... - Why After 14
Years I Still Love Link Building
In looking over my past few columns I worried my commentary had drifted perhaps a bit too much to the negative side of the link building milieu (always wanted to write a sentence with the word milieu in it). So as a Yin to that Yang, here are several... - San Francisco
Oil Spill Maps & Wishing For Better Community Map Search Tools
Trying to figure out the impact of last week's oil spill in San Francisco Bay, which happened after the container ship Cosco Busan hit the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge? There are maps to the rescue! Links to them below, along with some observations on the difficulty in finding community-built maps... - YouTube
Releases Desktop Multi-Video Upload PC Client
YouTube announced the release of a desktop PC client that allows you to upload multiple videos at one time. The client is available over here and is currently only supported in Windows, but YouTube says a Mac client is coming soon. You can upload 10 minutes in length videos and... - Facebook's
Hot, At Least As A Top Search Term
Facebook might not be more popular than sex, but it's getting there -- at least as a rival to sex as something people search on. Below, a look at Facebook's new entry into a top search terms list and related stats, along the way -- including which country searches for... - Chewing Gum,
Google Universal Search, & Is That A Nude Woman?
Here's latest Google Universal Search funny, this time for chewing gum. Three images at the top. You've got your gumballs, your Juicy Fruit, and your -- um -- naked woman? Yep:... - Google's Larry
Page To Marry Lucy Southworth On December 8th
Now the other Google founder is planning a secret wedding from SFGate.com reports Google's co-founder, Larry Page is going to marry his long time girlfriend, Lucy Southworth. The wedding is scheduled for the weekend of December 8th. The location is unknown at this moment, since Page is keeping the wedding...
