Google Adsense and Competing Pay-per-click Ad Networks
<<Posted by Artem Boytsov, Software Engineer The Zeitgeist is “the spirit of time.” This is why when we come up with the lists of top searches on Google.com for 2006, we do not simply retrieve the most frequently-searched terms for …
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Ionut Alex links to an Opera user JavaScript designed to help Google services work better with the Opera browser. Not only do many Google services not work or have minor problems in Opera, but some of them are hard-coded to …
<<As 2006 winds down, we’d like to take a moment to reflect on some of the great things that happened this year in AdSense and on the Inside AdSense blog. We had to narrow down a long list to get …
I got a little surprise last night: A Google search for “dreamcast” featured a number of links to more specific video game topics, the type you’d see in a Google Co-Op search engine. Apparently, Google is letting the GameSpy, GameStats, …
The Ask.com Blog: THE YEAR IN ASK 2006 Ask looks back at the great comeback year they’ve had. (tags: ask 2006) Original post by Nathan Weinberg
<<Someone has been trying to contact me by leaving tons of comments on my blog for the last couple days. Sussie, I’d already seen Adam emailing around a question about your site days ago, so I knew that your site …
Ask.com has a page (not so easy to find) listing their most popular searches of the last year. Here’s the list, courtesy of Ask IQ: Top Searches Overall for 2006 MySpace Dictionary Games Cars Food Song Lyrics Poems Baby Names …
Google has launched an alternate version of the Google Maps interface, one designed to work better than the regular Maps with screen reading software, and to be mostly usable on older and non-graphical systems. It features full-screen driving directions, a …
Google Does Damn Simpler Google Maps For Accessibility Read more »
<<Posted by T.V. Raman, Research Scientist From time to time, our own T.V. Raman shares his tips on how to use Google from his perspective as a technologist who cannot see — tips that sighted people, among others, may also …
Speech-friendly textual directions from Google Maps Read more »
Google Enterprise VP David Girouard spoke to InternetNews, and he dropped a lot of interesting info. Chief among them: Google Talk “will be beefed up to integrate with traditional phone systems as well as VoIP offerings from other vendors”. That …
Steve Rubel reports that Google News Mobile now lets you personalize the layout of the page, and even add custom sections. Now you can create a Google News page to view on your cell phone or other mobile device and …
Comscore released their stats for November, showing Google slightly edging out Yahoo for second place, 475.5 million visitors to 475.2 million (out of a total internet population of 736 million). Microsoft continued to hold first place, with 501.7 million visitors. …
Here’s a rundown of other search engine’s logos for the holidays: Yahoo ran a nice Flash logo with falling snow and a skating penguin and gingerbread man. Reload the page to see the animation from the beginning. Here’s the non-Flash …
Why I left Microsoft – scottberkun.com Scott gives a lot of insight on the decisions that have shaped his career path, that led him to and away from Microsoft. (tags: microsoft job career) Original post by Nathan Weinberg and software …
Sage TV, the digital video recorder software for Windows and Linux, introduced version 6 this week, and it features a front-end for Google Video. Within the Sage interface, you can search Google Video and watch the videos on your TV …
Ladies and gents, the final Doodle in Google’s Doodle 12 holiday logo lineup. See the whole lineup at this page. Oh, and Merry Christmas to all (except those who don’t celebrate Christmas, they get a Merry Monday), and to all …
Google “Tip†at Top of Search Results | Marketing Pilgrim Google’s been putting “tips” above search results that point to other Google services, like Blogger. Google used to “buy” ads in its own search engine, using internal ad budgets to …
<<Posted by Agnes Eymery, Google Book Search Support TeamAs a child growing up in France, my grandma used to read me stories on Christmas Eve — my favorite was always “A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens. My grandfather told me …
GSpy lists what they think are Google top creations of the last year, including the Custom Search Engine, Spreadsheets, Checkout, and the new layout for Book Search. I definitely agree with that last point; the UI for Books is amazing, …