Local Inventory, Blue Dot, Mobile Searches Rolled Out By Google Posted in Ecommerce by engine - on Mar. 12
"If you have an iPhone, Palm WebOS phone, or any Android-powered device, and you're in the US, just go to Google.com in your mobile browser, tap on the "more" link, and then select 'Shopping.'" |
"Instant Buy" Increases Conversion by 430%. Posted in WebmasterWorld Supporters Forum by httpwebwitch - on Mar. 11
In depth real-world article by ecommerce pro. "last month I cashed in some sweat and built the Instant Purchase feature. The MOMENT the new feature went live, sales increased by 430%. It happened immediately." |
Hitwise: Microsoft Bing Gains A Little In U.S. February Search Share Posted in Foo by engine - on Mar. 11
"Microsoft Corp. gained a larger portion of the U.S. Internet search market in February..." |
Yahoo Search Update: March 2010 Posted in Yahoo Search Engine and Directory by rustybrick - on Mar. 11
"Yahoo Search Update: March 2010" |
Selling a Six Figure Website Posted in Webmaster General by nomis5 - on Mar. 11
"I'm in the final stages of agreeing to sell one of my websites for a six figure amount. I need any advice you can give me about the sales procedure." |
Nasdaq: Ten Years After Dot Com Stocks Peak At Over 5000 Posted in Foo by weeks - on Mar. 10
"It was exactly 10 years ago that the Nasdaq index reached its all-time peak of 5,048.62, and the tech-heavy index has never come close to recovering. It closed Tuesday at 2,340.68, 54 percent below its dot-com bubble high on March 10, 2000." |
Google: Most of The Internet is Our Competition Posted in GOOG : Google Finance and Business Operations by Brett_Tabke - on Mar. 10
"We face formidable competition in every aspect of our business, particularly from companies that seek to connect people with information on the web and provide them with relevant advertising. " |
Media Ignores Enterprise Level IT Posted in Foo by Brett_Tabke - on Mar. 10
"These are tech vendors with billions in profits that are largely ignored by business press... Oracle ($22 billion in revenue, $5 billion in profits) only cracks the top 10 companies by coverage for one of the eight publications..." |
Twitter Starts Routing All Links Through New Anti-Phishing Service Posted in Community Building and User Generated Content by bill - on Mar. 10
"By routing all links submitted to Twitter through this new service, we can detect, intercept, and prevent the spread of bad links across all of Twitter." |
Geographic Refinements added to Google Search Options Posted in Google Search News by tedster - on Mar. 10
"... "Show options" toggle and noticed a whole slew of geographic options that were new to me, including "nearby" and others, too. Apparently it all depends on what "default location" Google has recorded for your computer." |
New Google Message Center Notifications for Hacking and Abuse Posted in Google Search News by pageoneresults - on Mar. 9
"... we will notify more webmasters of more potential issues we've detected on their websites, including: Spammy or abused user-generated content" |
ICANN To Reconsider Adult Domains Posted in Domain Names by engine - on Mar. 9
"An independent review recently concluded that decision was unfair and that the plan should be reconsidered." |
Amazon Ends Colorado Affiliates Deal Over Internet Tax Plan Posted in Advertising Sales and Affiliate Programs by incrediBILL - on Mar. 9
"Amazon did state they would reinstate Colorado-based Associates if the state of Colorado brought the law into compliance with what the US Supreme Court said was constitutional." |
The Internet is a Fundamental Human Right Posted in Foo by engine - on Mar. 9
"Nearly 80 percent of people worldwide consider access to the Internet to be a basic human right, rather than a privilege..." |
AdSense Editors Won't be Paid this Month in Brazil Posted in Google AdSense by afmbr - on Mar. 9
"Payment for some Brazilian Google AdSense editors won't happen this month. In an official note on its online support forum, Google said that "some editors won't be paid in February" due to a "processing problem"." |
Google Reluctant to Release info in Viacom Case Posted in GOOG : Google Finance and Business Operations by Brett_Tabke - on Mar. 9
"[GOOGLE] has asked a federal court to keep documents filed in the case under seal for another three months. Viacom wants to unseal all but the most sensitive of trade secrets within two weeks and Google wants to wait until June 4. " |
WMT SideWiki in Google Labs Area Posted in Google Search News by helpnow - on Mar. 9
Now added to Webmaster Tools Section. |
Google Testing TV Search Service On Android-Enhanced Set-Top Boxes Posted in GOOG : Google Finance and Business Operations by Brett_Tabke - on Mar. 8
"The service runs on set-top boxes "using elements of Google's Android operating system..." |
A Week Without Microsoft Windows Posted in Linux, Unix, and *nix like Operating Systems by mack - on Mar. 8
"...running nothing but Linux for a week. The aim being that as I discovered problems I would try and find solutions, in the hope that these ideas may be of use to other members." |
China Says Google Never Filed Complaint in Hacking Case Posted in GOOG : Google Finance and Business Operations by Brett_Tabke - on Mar. 8
"The standoff between Google and the Chinese government took another turn this weekend, with state officials saying that the search giant had not come forward with a formal complaint about the hacking attacks that prompted it to threaten to shutter its operations in the country." |
Top 25 Most Dangerous Programming Errors Posted in PHP Server Side Scripting by benevolent001 - on Mar. 8
"The 2009 CWE/SANS Top 25 Most Dangerous Programming Errors is a list of the most significant programming errors that can lead to serious software vulnerabilities." |
Search Marketing Desktop out of Beta Posted in Yahoo Search Marketing Pay Per Click Advertising by YahooPete - on Mar. 8
The highly regarded Search Marketing Desktop by Yahoo - is no longer in beta. No word if Microsoft will adopt the tool for their usage. |
Bing Updates Maps - Large Amount of New Imagery Posted in Bing Search News by Brett_Tabke - on Mar. 8
Bing Says: "Last month we pushed out our largest amount of new imagery EVER in terms of square kilometers. This month, we're blowing THAT record out of the water. You thought 1 million+ sq. km. was large? How about 6.7 million square kilometers! It's pretty much unfathomable. The big winners? Aerial: The Russian Federation, Australia, Mexico and most places in the US where we had black and white imagery." |
Google Public Data Explorer Posted in Google Desktop Tools and Google Labs Projects by Brett_Tabke - on Mar. 8
"...launching the Google Public Data Explorer, an experimental visualization tool in Google Labs." |
Google Makes AJAX Applications Crawlable Posted in Google Search News by engine - on Mar. 8
"This document outlines the steps that are necessary in order to make your AJAX application crawlable. " |
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