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Archive for November 27, 2008
Microsoft’s Live launches malware detection service for webmasters
Nov 27th
| Microsoft’s Live launches malware detection service for webmasters ZDNet – USA … considering that users of Microsoft’s search engine have always been exposed to malicious sites served through black hat search engine optimization? … |
| Maximize Your SEO Entrepreneur – USA Liam Scanlan, author of The 12 Habits of Highly Effective Websites: A Primer on Search Engine Optimization for Non-Technical Executives and founder of … |
| SEO Specialist Search Engine Watch – USA We are seeking an SEO Specialist to work with our growing Marketing Team on defining and developing effective Search Engine Optimization (SEO) strategies … |
Google admits to using undocumented API in Google Mobile app |
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| Google admits to violating iPhone development terms Macworld – San Francisco,CA,USA by Dan Moren, Macworld.com Google’s voice search function on the latest version of its Google Mobile search app is pretty slickly implemented: it knows when … |
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| Yahoo tops in Japan, Google close behind CNET News – San Francisco,CA,USA And although the same two leaders in the US — Google and Yahoo — top the list, it’s Google that’s trailing in Japan. According to ComScore’s qSearch data, … |
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| Google Laughs at Yahoo! and Microsoft Motley Fool – USA Yes, Google remains in a sweet spot, and it doesn’t hurt that AOL turns to minority investor Google to populate its searches with ads. But what if Google is … |
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Google Updates Street View |
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| Google’s What Me Worry Mantra For The Recession eWeek – New York, NY An eWEEK colleague asked me whether Google has experienced any blowback from it’s precipitous stock drop. Google was trading at around $750 a year ago and … |
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Google Cuts Deep With Contractor Layoffs |
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Microsoft doesn’t want Apple, Google and Sprint to get all the … |
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| Google, Yahoo still top, says Nielsen DM News – New York,NY,USA Google remains on top with 61.2% of the total number of queries, which is around 7.8 billion. Yahoo unsurprisingly remains in second with 16.9%. … |
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| Google finds phishing scam, not Gmail exploit CNET News – San Francisco,CA,USA A Google investigation into reports that a purported Gmail vulnerability was being used by unauthorized third parties to hijack domains has found no … |
MSN
| MSN to help launch (RED)WIRE on December 1 Ars Technica – Boston,MA,USA Microsoft apparently thinks so; on December 1, World Aids Day, MSN will celebrate the launch of (RED)WIRE on red.msn.com, with the help of artists such as … |
| Microsoft Warns Of Attack Exploiting Windows Vulnerability CRN – Manhasset,NY,USA Specifically, the worm deletes any use-created System Restore points, and attempts to contact numerous sites, including those of Google, Yahoo, MSN and … See all stories on this topic |
| Holiday Gift Guide 2008: GPS personal navigation devices ZDNet – USA Other GPS devices use the MSN Direct network to send data (movie times, gas prices) one way to your device. Then there are others that focus just on … |
| Why Microsoft Fails to Win Online GigaOm – San Francisco,CA,USA And Facebook, MySpace, Google’s YouTube, and other, newer sites have reduced MSN to also-ran status in terms of web popularity. … |
| LeBron James, Microsoft end partnership The Plain Dealer – cleveland.com – Cleveland,OH,USA James and MSN, Microsoft’s main Web product, have terminated their contract, a source close to James said. As a result, the MSN Web page upon which the two … |
| Technology Briefing Seattle Post Intelligencer – USA Microsoft’s MSN.com will broadcast the Dec. 1 launch of a new digital music service that is intended to help raise money for those living with HIV/AIDS in … |
Yahoo
| Googleopoly darkens future of innovation Atlanta Journal Constitution – GA, USA By SCOTT CLELAND Fresh from a Justice Department rebuke to his attempted ad partnership with Yahoo, Google CEO Eric Schmidt tells us not to worry about his … |
| Yahoo, Microsoft search grows faster than industry CNET News – San Francisco,CA,USA Yahoo and Microsoft outperformed the US search industry’s 7 percent increase in search results for the month of October, while AOL slipped further behind, … |
| SearchBiz: MSFT’s Online Struggles; More on Yahoo-AOL; Cuts At … Search Engine Land – Redding,CT,USA AllThingsD talks to a couple insiders, who say the Yahoo-AOL deal is “tabled,” “back-burnered,” and “like trying to catch a falling knife. … |
| Yahoo BOSS gives partners subject-specific search CNET News – San Francisco,CA,USA Yahoo has begun offering a new variety of its BOSS (Build Your Own Search Service) called vertical lens technology that lets partners show a subset of … |
| Yahoo Launches “Vertical Lens” Search Through BOSS Search Engine Land – Redding,CT,USA Yahoo announced an expansion to the BOSS technology named “vertical lens” technology. In short, this allows developers build their own vertical search … |
| Lycos Europe to close portal and Web hosting CNET News – San Francisco,CA,USA The closure of Lycos Europe’s portal, which includes search, online communities and content channels, comes as it faces increasing competition from Yahoo … |
| Brazil tries to rush aid to flood victims Akron Farm Report – Akron,NE,USA Brazil Add to My Yahoo! More News Feeds » Alerts Get an alert when there are new stories about: Local news media Sao Paulo, Brazil drinking water civil … |
| Yahoo! Sports: Lions fans get whine pass MLive.com – MI,USA But at least someone – as in Yahoo! Sports football blog Shutdown Corner – is showing some understanding and compassion. Yahoo! Sports, November 26: License … |
| Did Yang Make The Wrong Decision By Resgning From Yahoo? Evening Bulletin – Philadelphia,PA,USA By Ray Wilson, For The Bulletin And in this corner, we have Microsoft pitted against Yahoo who will win? Microsoft is incensed with developing a search … |
| AP poll: Few Obama, McCain backers were unwavering The Associated Press An Associated Press-Yahoo News poll that tracked the same group of about 2000 adults throughout the long campaign reveals a lively churning beneath the … |
Motorola Deploys Its First WiMAX 802.16e Trial Network in Vietnam
Nov 27th
| Motorola Deploys Its First WiMAX 802.16e Trial Network in Vietnam MarketWatch – USA announced today that the company has deployed its first WiMAX trial network for Vietnam Datacommunications Company (VDC), a member company of the Vietnam … |
| Tom Evslin: White Space Broadband Means LTE, WiMax Are ‘Toast … Dslreports – USA Evslin seems optimistic enough about white space’s potential to boldly declare that LTE and WiMax are "toast" even before those networks are built. … |
| French WiMAX co Sequans to widen Israeli activity Globes – Rishon Le-Zion,Israel French WiMAX processor developer Sequans Communications is expanding its activity in Israel. The company, founded in 2003 by chairman, president and CEO Dr. … |
| Airspan Completes First-Ever Multi-Band Mobile WiMAX Handover TMCnet – USA By Shireen Dee Airspan Networks, a provider of broadband wireless access networks formulated on Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX (News … |
| SR Telecom and Telsa Agree on WiMAX Technology and Marketing TMCnet – USA SEC, a supplier of WiMAX Forum (News – Alert)-certified solutions, today announced it established a worldwide reseller agreement with Telsa Srl covering the … |
| Nortel to Enable e-Governance with WiMAX Deployment in Indian State TMCnet – USA This large fixed WiMAX (News – Alert) deployment in India will enable e-governance providing access to 3000 locations in the State. … |
| FCC Approves WiNetworks’ Mobile WiMAX 802.16e Base Station for … TMCnet – USA By Shamila Janakiraman WiNetworks has received the first formal FCC authorization for its Mobile WiMAX 802.16e base station for 3.65 GHz networks. … |
| Ericsson WiMax Unstrung – New York,NY,USA 1:00 — Interesting to note that Ericsson AB (Nasdaq: ERIC – message board) is not entirely out of WiMax. The Bangkok Post is reporting that Ericsson is … |
| POSDATA tapped for mobile WiMAX in Kazakhstan WiMax.com – Austin,TX,USA ARNA to expand WiMAX network coverage beyond initial 36 cities using radio equipment from Korea’s POSDATA. POSDATA, an equipment manufacturer and integrator … |
| Government to hold WiMAX tender next month TeleGeography – Washington,DC,USA Peru expects to award WiMAX spectrum in the 2668MHz-2692MHz and 2668MHz -2690MHz bands in December, writes BNamericas citing state news service Andina. … |
Delaware ranks fourth in leading economic transformation
Nov 27th
| Delaware ranks fourth in leading economic transformation Cape Gazette – Lewes,DE,USA Delaware is at the forefront of the information technology and internet revolutions, with a large share of residents embracing the digital economy. |
| Conroy: no guarantee of 98 percent NBN coverage iTWire – Australia by Stephen Withers Stephen Conroy, the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, has said there is no guarantee that the National … |
| Free-to-air TV set for a new digital age Trading Markets (press release) – Los Angeles,CA,USA … PTY LTD TEN NETWORK HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX TEN AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF BROADBAND, COMMUNICATIONS AND THE DIGITAL ECONOMY AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION. |
| The Future of Internet Taxation U.S. News & World Report – Washington,DC,USA Roy Blunt, a Missouri Republican, said last year that Democrats know that "new taxes on our digital economy right now is unpalatable, but that resurrecting … |
Online Business
| Pussy & Pooch Kicks off Holiday Shopping for Pets and Pet Lovers … MarketWatch – USA LOS ANGELES, Nov 26, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) — The holiday shopping season is in full swing and Pussy & Pooch in downtown Los Angeles is hosting an After … |
| Alabama Development Office Annual Industrial Directory Now … MarketWatch – USA MONTGOMERY, Ala., Nov 26, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) — The Alabama Development Office Industrial Directory is now available online for users at … |
| 15-year-old Sutton Coldfield launches online business BirminghamMail.net – Birmingham,UK 15-year-old Will Griffin from Sutton Coldfield has a cool idea for a successful online business. Will, a Year 10 pupil at John Wilmott School in Sutton … |
Aventure Host Launches Partner Program
Nov 27th
| Aventure Host Launches Partner Program Web Host Industry Review – USA "Over the last 24 months a large number of our clients have requested an affiliate program to help generate profit from their websites. … |
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Tilana(TM) Updates Affiliate Program, Pays 25% Commission and … |
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| Affiliate marketing success Utalkmarketing – London,UK James works closely with his LinkShare account manager and claims that keeping track of the affiliate program on a regular basis is a key to its ongoing … |
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| Legendary marketer, Dale Calvert, introduces new lead capture page … 1888 Press Release (press release) – Alief,TX,USA The FreeRKCD is a great new Affiliate Program where you can generate leads with legitimate data… Atlanta, GA (1888PressRelease) November 25, … |
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| A2 Hosting Increases Affiliate Program Payout to $100/Sale WebWire (press release) – Atlanta,GA,USA Ann Arbor, MI – November 24, 2008 – Linux website hosting provider A2 Hosting (www.a2hosting.com) has boosted payment for their esteemed affiliate program … |
Amazon
| Borders.com sales fall short at $11.9 million for first full quarter InternetRetailer.com – Chicago,IL,USA This was the first full quarter of sales for Borders.com, a site the company launched May 27 after selling through Amazon.com for several years. … |
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| Amazon, eBay mixed; B. of A. shares slip MarketWatch – USA Meanwhile, online retailers Amazon.com Inc. and eBay Inc. shares were mixed as the market tried to take the temperature of Web-based commerce ahead of the … |
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| Amazon, eBay, automakers may see late action MarketWatch – USA By Carla Mozee, MarketWatch LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) — Evening investors may set their sights on shares of online retailers Amazon.com Inc. and eBay Inc. … |
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| Amazon unbiased reviewers not so independent Seattle Post Intelligencer – USA 1 reviewer on Amazon.com. "Members are real people giving unbiased advice to fellow consumers. They are not employed by Amazon.com or its affiliates," … |
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| Amazon.com’s Holiday Sales Blitz Crispy Gamer – New York City,Ny,USA Amazon.com is having a massive sale starting Friday as it attempts to get some of that lucrative holiday shopping money that may be in short supply during … |
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| Amazon.com Tries User-Generated Public Relations New York Times Blogs – New York,NY,USA Now Amazon.com has found a way to offload to users one of the most tedious tasks of the holiday season: answering questions from reporters trying to pad … |
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| Marcial: Put Amazon in Your Shopping Cart BusinessWeek – USA By Gene Marcial It’s the prototypical Internet success story: Online retailer Amazon.com () has experienced rapid growth in both sales and the dizzying … eBay
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ClickBank
| The Most Effective Dog Training Techniques PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung) – Wien,Austria Entire payment will be made via clickbank.com. Money transaction is very sensitive issue and sittingdogtraining.com assures that your data will be safely … |
PayPal
| Holiday Traditions Go Viral Adweek – New York,NY,USA PayPal is readying a Facebook-only push. It has filmed over half a dozen celebrities to encourage users to pass along a virtual fruitcake, the bane of many … |
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| PayPal Adds SMS Authentication Service InformationWeek – Manhasset,NY,USA By Marin Perez PayPal wants to use cell phones to makes its customers feel more secure with their online transactions. The online payment giant announced it … |
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PayPal announces upgrades in response to merchants’ request |
Cinema snobs rejoice: Criterion Collection goes Web 2.0
Nov 27th
Cinema snobs rejoice: Criterion Collection goes Web 2.0 |
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| Web 2.0 Security: Getting Collaborative Peace of Mind CIO Today – Woodland Hills,CA,USA By Marji McClure Experts agree that part of the investment that enterprises are making in Web 2.0 technology must include security measures to protect … |
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| ING Direct targets savers with Web 2.0 micro-site Finextra – UK Internet bank ING Direct is adding a raft of Web 2.0 tools and features to its US site as part of a new media campaign encouraging customers to save and … |
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| paidContent.org – Microsoft’s Personal Reboot: Web-Centric, But … Washington Post – United States … products and services so that they’re relevant to the Web 2.0 generation?with the entrenched development team kicking and screaming the whole time. … |
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| Web 2.0: Engage with customers to weather the economic storm Enterprise Content Management 365 (registration) – Isleworth,England,UK Web 2.0 technologies such as forums and wikis help to make the customer’s online experience personal and engaging which in turn helps to secure their … |
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| Obama, Web 2.0, and the Best of Behavioral Marketing ClickZ News – New York,NY,USA In becoming our 44th president, Obama has the opportunity of a lifetime to continue the Web 2.0 strategy as he heads into office. Undoubtedly, his team has … |
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| Holiday Helpers: Free Web 2.0 Apps NetworkWorld.com – Southborough,MA,USA For these holiday-helper Web 2.0 tools, we had a few pieces of sensible criteria in mind. We wanted simple, if not elegant interfaces that make it easy … |
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Holiday Helpers: Free Web 2.0 Apps |
Search Engine Marketing: Google extends US lead
Nov 27th
Search Engine Marketing: Google extends US lead |
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| Single Entry Point Introduces Budget-Friendly Online Marketing … MarketWatch – USA The value package features key online marketing components that a company needs to market itself online including search engine marketing, email marketing, … |
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| Local.com(R) to Present at Search Engine Strategies Chicago MarketWatch – USA Now in its 10th year, Search Engine Strategies is the premier global event series for search engine marketing and optimization. SES is produced by Incisive … |
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| SEMPO’s State Of The Market Survey Search Newz – Lexington,KY,USA The Search Engine Marketing Professional Organization has launched its fifth annual State-of-the-SEM Market Survey. SEMPO (Search Engine Marketing … |
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| Metro Directories Teams with Boomdash to Enable Local Businesses … MarketWatch – USA We’ve reviewed several leading vendors in the Search Engine Marketing space and have chosen Boomdash over their competitors, because after conducting an … |
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Search marketing ‘to see higher-than-average growth’ |
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| Steps to get your site seen on search engines Cherry Hill Courier Post – Cherry Hill,NJ,USA Search Engine Marketing (SEM): Paying for a listing of your Web site (or particular pages of your Web site) to appear at the time a user gets search engine … |
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| Search Marketing 2008: What We’ve Learned, Where We’re Headed … PR Web (press release) – Ferndale,WA,USA Speakers include: Chris Sherman of Search Engine Land; Dana Todd, of Newsforce Inc. and Chairperson of SEMPO (Search Engine Marketing Professional … |
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| SALESWORKS Systems Announces Strategic and Exclusive Partnership … PR Web (press release) – Ferndale,WA,USA Even better, the team at Zerohour brings an incredible amount of knowledge and experience in terms of search engine marketing and web optimization that … |
adCenter
| Joint Taskforce receive projects’ updates Nodaway News Leader – Maryville,MO,USA Nodaway County: Associate Commissioner Bob Westfall told of Lehr Construction working on the clock tower’s interior of the Courthouse and the Ad Center is … |
| Officeholders learn of new employee retirement contribution Nodaway News Leader – Maryville,MO,USA Other topics of discussion during the hour-long meeting were the new Ad Center’s construction progress and budget procedures. Baumli noted that there are … |
adSense
| Google: no evidence of a Gmail vulnerability ZDNet Blogs – USA … that an entire market segment within the underground economy is starting to emerge, which is primarily trading with stolen AdSense accounts. … |
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| How to lose 8000 pounds in a month Portsmouth Herald News – Portsmouth,NH,USA However… since the advent of Adsense ™, it’s all gone to hell in a handbasket. It’s become a paranoid’s worst nightmare. And I’m not even all that paranoid. … |
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Blogging for a Living |
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| Facebook wanted Twitter for $500 million in stock Geek.com – USA All kidding aside, I can see plenty of opportunity for even plugging in Google Adsense technology and serving up ads somewhere, so I would expect Twitter to … |
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| Will Google Be Giving Holiday Gifts Out This Year? Search Engine Roundtable – USA For the past few years, Google has given AdWords advertisers and AdSense publishers pretty nice gifts. Now, we have a thread at WebmasterWorld worried that … |
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| Google AdSense Applications Getting Stricter? Search Engine Roundtable – USA WebmasterWorld members are reporting that Google is being stricter in accepting new publishers for Google AdSense. Your site must adhere to specific … |
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| A little trouble shows up at Google (GOOG) — reducing contract … BloggingStocks – USA Sites that use the search firm’s AdSense program say CPMs are falling. The temptation is to believe that Google cannot survive a recession without some sort … |
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| Kyte Announces Branded Mobile Sites ReadWriteWeb – CA,USA Kyte also announced that its users can now use Google’s AdSense for Video as either a stand-alone product or to supplement Kyte’s other advertising products … |
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| Kyte Doesn’t Want Me As a User (Unless I’ll Pay) NewTeeVee – San Francisco,CA,USA … by Kyte this afternoon, where they are preparing to launch branded mobile web pages as well as the incorporation of Google AdSense for Video tomorrow. … |
adWords
Is the party over for Google? Trouble at Google AdWords? |
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| Google AdWords Location Targeting Tips Search Engine Roundtable – USA Finally, it’s noted that local ads are not preferred — you’re still competing with other AdWords advertisers for the same location. |
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| Enhancements For Google AdWords Search Newz – Lexington,KY,USA Last month, Google launched a display ad builder in the Google AdWords. Now, we have noticed that this tool is already getting updates. … |
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| Automatic Matching Introduced In Google AdWords Accounts AccuraCast – London,England,UK Google AdWords has been testing a new match type, called automatic matching since this summer. The number of accounts trialling this feature has been … |
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| Ka-Pow! Google Packs a Punch with TV Ads Marketing Pilgrim – Raleigh,NC,USA The familiar Adwords style bidding system allows users to place a per viewer bid amount for their advert. You can set a budget and bit the maximum CPM that … |
