‘Lock-bumping’ videos spark concern

The video, easily accessed on YouTube, is chilling. “Hi my name is Tyler and I’m going to show you how to make and use a bump key,” it begins.Comment

Original post by Mercury-Register

Ask Running Confusing Billboard Campaign, Or, Google Running Smart Anti-Ask Billboard Campaign

Valleywag writes about a billboard on California’s Highway 101, that reads:
THE ALGORITHM KILLED JEEVES

The reference is about Ask.com, but the question is: Who bought it? Sure, Google is the likely culprit, perhaps as a response to Ask’s “Information Revolution” campaign, but evidence is pointing in the direction of Ask buying it themselves. The evidence: A later billboard apparently reads:
THE ALGORITHM IS FROM JERSEY

Supposedly, the algorithm powering Ask’s current search was built in New Jersey, and Ask’s message is that the algorithm is so good it killed Jeeves. If it’s a pro-Ask campaign, it’s damn confusing. Hopefully this sorts itself out over the weekend.

Original post by Nathan Weinberg

New Template Widgets: Newsreel and Video Bar

<<Thanks to our friends from the Ajax Search API team, we now have two more fun and useful widgets you can add to your new Blogger blog: Newsreel and Video Bar:
The Newsreel searches Google News for your chosen keywords and displays an ever-updating list of their search results. The Video Bar does…>>   (more…)

Original post by Chris Gilmer

Adult site’s legal battle could aid Web hosting services

An appeals court’s decision in the Perfect 10 case is likely to shield Web hosting services from being sued in state courts for the actions of their users.Comment

Original post by CNET News.com

Linkify: the best bookmarklet you’re not using

<<If you blog, you should get the Linkify bookmarklet that Laurence Gonsalves wrote.
How does it work? It’s an easy 2 step process:
1. Drag the Linkify bookmarket to your personal toolbar.
2. Dang! There is no step 2! Sorry about that. I, um, got mixed up. There’s just one step.
Now how do…>>   (more…)

Original post by Chris Gilmer

Google Atlanta Open House (Read: We’re Hiring!)

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Original post by Chris Gilmer

BlogHer 2007: Building your audience

<<Last week, I spoke at BlogHer Business about search engine optimization issues. I presented with Elise Bauer, who talked about the power of community in blogging. She made great points about the linking patterns of blogs. Link out to sites that would be relevant and useful for your readers. Comment …>>   (more…)

Original post by Chris Gilmer

Linkify: the best bookmarklet you’re not using

<<If you blog, you should get the Linkify bookmarklet that Laurence Gonsalves wrote.
How does it work? It’s an easy 2 step process:
1. Drag the Linkify bookmarket to your personal toolbar.
2. Dang! There is no step 2! Sorry about that. I, um, got mixed up. There’s just one step.
Now how do…>>   (more…)

Original post by Chris Gilmer

Google Enters Offline Ad Market, Gets Lukewarm Welcome

“If you use some of the things that we understand about finding appropriate value and targeting,” said Douglas Merrill, vice president of engineering at Google, “we might get folks who haven’t advertised on …Comment

Original post by TechNewsWorld

Google Reverts New Orleans Satellite Maps To Pre-Katrina Images

Google is coming under criticism for rolling back satellite imagery of New Orleans, replacing the images of post-Katrina New Orleans with older, pre-hurricane photos that show the city in a much cleaner condition than is the reality. In this article by The Age, Google says it is only offering the best images it has, and that there are many factors that went into the change:
Chikai Ohazama, a Google product manager for satellite imagery, said the maps now available are the best the company can offer. He said numerous factors “go into the databases, everything from resolution, to quality, to when the actual imagery was acquired”.
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In the images available today, the cranes working to fix the lethal breach of the 17th Street Canal are gone. Homes wiped off their foundations are miraculously back in place in the impoverished Lower 9th Ward. So, too, is the historic lighthouse on Lake [...]

Original post by Nathan Weinberg

Accepting Google Spreadsheets tab-delimited files

<<By Naureen Kabir, Google Base SupportWe’re happy to let you know that Google Base is now accepting tab-delimited (or TSV) bulk upload files formatted using Google Spreadsheets. Most spreadsheet programs allow you to export data into a TSV file, and Google Spreadsheets is no exception. For instructio…>>   (more…)

Original post by Chris Gilmer

Google Maps Change Fuels Katrina Conspiracy Theory

Google maps has replaced post-Hurricane Katrina satellite imagery with pictures taken before the storm.Comment

Original post by E-Commerce Times

Has anyone taken the MEC Paid Search Certification?

Has anyone taken the Marketing Experiments Journal paid search course?
I am looking into taking it and trying to gauge if it is worth it or not?

Original post by local-realtor

Google Adsense / Adbrite Advertising System.

Unsure if this is in the wrong section, sorry if it is.
Im looking for something similar to google adsense / adbrite.
I want to setup a website where publishers can signup and then advertisers can purchase advertising on the publishers sites (text links & banners)
Im looking to do this in a targeted niche and may expand later.
Does anyone know of good software that can manage this? Also if you have used or use software like this any reviews would be great.
Thank You

Original post by contemptx

IUP To Honor YouTube Co-Founder

INDIANA, Pa. Indiana University of Pennsylvania will honor the co-founder of the video-sharing Web site YouTube at a distinguished alumni program this weekend.Comment

Original post by Kdka.com

Google criticised over New Orleans imagery

Only a few mouse clicks away, a total revision of the recent history of the Big Easy is on offer from Google Inc’s popular map portal.Comment

Original post by The Age

How can Yahoo Search Marketing compete with Google Adwords in PPC Advertising, effect

What are the reasons why Yahoo, despite its initial headstart (Go2.com, Overture, etc.) over Google in PPC advertising, is not anywhere close to Google Adwords in either market share for itself, or gain ‘win-win relationship image’ in terms of customer perception?
Can Yahoo do anything to bridge the gap, and even overtake Google in PPC advertising? How?
This is just to clarify based on the first response below. I’m not sure if it is purely a matter of personal preference.
Advertising is a business market, where only results would count, unlike consumer markets. When it comes to money making, the market is very efficient and ruthless.
Besides, advertisers don’t have to choose one of them over the other, as they could use both, if both would produce results for them.
Are there specific features and benefits of Google’s over Yahoo’s that advertisers prefer? For example, Bid policies, minimum bid rates, conversions to sales, [...]

Original post by MrPJH

looking for adsense alternative

I’m looking for ppc program with the next features:
- payout 50$ or lower
- payment via paypal
- accept israel as publisher country (english site…)
- atractive ads with ads like auctionads.com ads (the problem that I need ppc program)
thanks, Dvir

Original post by dvirhazout

Google Counters Viacom In The Washingtom Post

Google Managing Counsel Michael Kwun has a letter to the editor in today’s Washington Post, an on-the-mark rebuttal of a Viacom op-ed from last weekend. Google paints Viacom as an author of the DMCA who is no longer satisfied with the law it had pushed, and defends the DMCA as the only legitimate way to protect copyright on sites like YouTube.
Google’s best point: If Viacom screwed up in figuring out which videos YouTube needed to remove, how the hell did it expect Google to do it, and why are they suing Google for not doing something they couldn’t get right, something that the law they drafted says is Viacom’s responsibility. Great read, and great job fighting back. I would love to see Viacom try to beat this arguement in court.
Viacom is attempting to rewrite established copyright law through a baseless lawsuit. In February, after negotiations [...]

Original post by Nathan Weinberg

Google Notebook Leaves Beta, Gets Facelift

Ionut Alex has a look at the newest revision to Google Notebook, Google’s oft-overlooked note-taking product, which has just left beta and gotten some improved design and AJAX features. He’s detailed a lot of changes, including the easy click to add a new note, auto-saving, and other things. The coolest new thing has to be the ability to create a Google Maps noting all sorts of cool places, like this one. This is a feature native to Windows Live Maps, but its nice to see the Google Notebook team giving Maps a new feature.
What is the real point of Google Notebook? In a way, it’s the Notepad to Google Docs’ Word, the lighter note-taking app for when you don’t want to load the much more involved Docs word processor. Still, this could be better solved as a subset of the Docs application, perhaps sharing [...]

Original post by Nathan Weinberg

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