‘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
Month: March 2007
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 …
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 …
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 …
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Google Atlanta Open House (Read: We’re Hiring!)
(more…) 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 …
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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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 …
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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 …
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 …
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 …