Via Digg, news from Barry Schwartz: A WebmasterWorld thread reports that the top blue AdWords ads have been removed from the Google search results page. But in fact, it seems to be a user by user setting. Some users will see the top blue ads and some users will…
A WebmasterWorld thread reports that the top blue AdWords ads have been removed from the Google search results page. But in fact, it seems to be a user by user setting. Some users will see the top blue ads and some users will not. What does it depend on? It seems it is based on your ad clicking behavior.
I've been a follower of David Byrne's site for quite some time, but it took a recent weekend jaunt to Vegas with an old pal to jar me into re-reading his stuff. And check this out – his prognostications on the future of music search: Soon enough a site…
Soon enough a site will open that is like a Google search for music downloads — downloads that are not copy-protected but you still pay for. eMusic tracks have no copy protection, for example, but their catalogue is limited. Eventually a meta search will turn up the tracks you want, wherever they live, on whomever’s site. Consumers don’t care who they buy them from if the interface is easy and intuitive. Soon enough iTunes consumers will find they have reached the 5th authorized player on their tracks and the frustration will set in when they can’t listen to the music they paid for. They’ll start to look elsewhere.
Byrne is riffing on SpiralFrog, an ad-supported model for free (but rather DRM crippled) downloads of music. In general, I find his site refreshing and worth the journey.
Wonder what the Picasa team is thinking? Chris, who's a nice fellow, likes PhotoBucket. Link….
Remember the web's killer app before search? Yeah, it was mail. I've been catching up on my reading this weekend, and noticed this fine review of Yahoo's new mail app from the B2 blog. Worth reading, just to remind yourself how important mail is to the ongoing portal warfare…
In case you missed it, here's the NYT Sunday story (written by a Cnet staffer) on Baidu, the "Chinese Google." Recall we covered this earlier in the week here….
Google starts a Political Action Committee, SFGate reports. Google filed paperwork Thursday to register its political action committee, Google NetPAC, with the Federal Election Commission. The company intends to use the committee "to support candidates who promote an open and free Internet for our users," according to Alan Davidson,…
Google filed paperwork Thursday to register its political action committee, Google NetPAC, with the Federal Election Commission. The company intends to use the committee “to support candidates who promote an open and free Internet for our users,” according to Alan Davidson, Google’s Washington policy counsel.
At present: Search engine to track how U.S. money is spent Home Depot Begins Selling Electronics Yahoo signs search deal with Acer Digg dealing with the same problems as Google? Hitwise Says Google, Ask Gain Search Share in August; MSN, Yahoo Slip…
With Base, Video, Mail, and other hosted services, it already feels like Google is in the hosting business, but Gary notes that Google has reserved http://www.googlehostedservices.com/. Innaresting….
Interesting news from a PR agency, Connors Communications. They've created HitTail, a service that "reveals in real-time the least utilized, most promising search terms hidden in the "long tail" of a Web site's natural search results." The short of it: It promises to teach you the words that might…
Yahoo is starting a classifieds listings business. Now that makes sense. As local search, online classifieds, and Web business directories continue what seems to be an inevitable merger, Yahoo has planted a stake firmly at the crossroads. The firm announced today a new classifieds and listings division and the…
