As many early testers have revealed, Google has begun adding more information about their personalization tactics to the results.
In the case of Pay Per Click Ads, the method of customization is added to a non-customizable bottom line of the ad. The description shows who this ad has been targeted at. In the example below, the [...]
IMMI (Integrated Media Measurement Inc.) has provided new details on the latest figures for online programming.
The numbers are impressive enough to almost make me skeptical.
One interesting note: the data collection was targeted around major metropolitan centers such as New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami, Houston and Denver, ignoring the broadband capabilities or interest of [...]
TechCruch note’s another new Google acquisition. This one could provide video editing capabilities to YouTube.
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Danny Sullivan posts about a new feature in Google Search that i somehow missed:
“Google is now showing “search customization” messages to inform searchers when their search results have been modified from “normal” due to a searcher’s geographic location, previous query or web surfing and search history. It’s a nice move to help searchers know what [...]
“Microsoft’s CEO defended the software maker’s decision to invest heavily in its unprofitable online business, but shed minimal light Thursday on specific steps it will take to challenge Google in the wake of the failed bid to buy Yahoo.”
The AP reports on renewed focus on the flailing search enterprise, this immediately on the heels of [...]
What a lifesaver this trick is!
“Google Maps do not display latitude and longitude values, but there is an easy trick to get these numbers. This technique will provide the latitude and longitude coordinates of the center of the map displayed by Google Maps.
Looking up an address in Google Maps will center the map on that [...]
Not that it’s much of a surprise, but the official word from Yahoo! on their abandoned Ambassador Program came to me in an email today:
” Dear Current or Prospective Yahoo! Search Marketing Ambassador:
The
Yahoo! Search Marketing Ambassador program was specifically developed to help
marketers drive sales leads to their clients. For the last four years, Yahoo!
has made [...]
Knol — Google’s secret Wikipedia-like article sharing/knowledge base — is now available to everyone to try. It operates under what they call ‘moderated collaboration’ — Wikipedia killer anyone?
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comScore is out for June 2008.
Google hovers at just above 60% of U.S. Search market, at 61.8%. AOL and Ask continue to drop off. Total searches continue to grow, up another 7% from May 2008.
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Blogged with the Flock Browser
Don’t worry, it’s not as much fun as it sounds.
I received notice today that I have several account which contain keywords that will be “unmapped.”
“We wanted to let you know that a limited number of keywords in your account that are currently linked to synonyms, or “mapped,” will soon become unmapped to give [...]
