http://www.webmasterworld.com News and Discussion for the Web Professional en-us http://www.webmasterworld.com/gfx/wmwbutton.gif http://www.webmasterworld.com 109 33 http://www.webmasterworld.com/foo/3645856.htm "Two Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives have introduced a bill that would subject broadband providers to antitrust violations if they block or slow Internet traffic." http://www.webmasterworld.com/community_building/3645853.htm "The social network Facebook has reached an agreement with 49 state attorneys general to institute a broad set of principles intended to protect young users from online predators and inappropriate material." http://www.webmasterworld.com/google_adwords/3645354.htm "Starting today, load time evaluations will be displayed on the Keyword Analysis page, for your review. We suggest taking some time to evaluate and understand this information because, starting mid-June, landing page load time will be incorporated into your Quality Score." http://www.webmasterworld.com/yahoo_search/3644804.htm "The Glue Pages Beta currently works for select search terms across select categories such as health, sports, entertainment, travel, technology, and finance." http://www.webmasterworld.com/google/3644452.htm "Got an email from Google that they have detected hidden links and have removed the site for 30 days and that I should file a reinclusion request." http://www.webmasterworld.com/opera_browser/3636507.htm Opera hasn't had real developer tools for far too long, but the wait is soon over. An alpha release is now available. http://www.webmasterworld.com/microsoft_windows_os/3642159.htm "Without UAC, if you log on as an administrator, all programs that you start will have administrator rights. For instance, your browser would have the authority, to stomp all over your program files, rewrite the registry and generally cause mayhem. But it's only a browser so why would you want to give it so much power?" http://www.webmasterworld.com/google_adsense/3642715.htm "According to Google, the delay is fixed, but not everyone is seeing it quite yet." http://www.webmasterworld.com/ecommerce/3644695.htm http://www.webmasterworld.com/firefox_browser/3644576.htm "Mozilla, the maker of the open source Firefox browser, is redoubling its efforts to check user created add-ons for viruses and Trojans after it discovered that a language pack on its official add-on page had been infected for months with rogue code," http://www.webmasterworld.com/content_copywriting/3644582.htm "In a four-page final ruling issued Wednesday, U.S. District Court Judge Florence-Marie Cooper entered the multimillion-dollar judgment against TorrentSpy parent company Valence Media for wilfully inducing, contributing and vicariously allowing copyright infringement on its Web site." http://www.webmasterworld.com/goog/3644572.htm "Google, Comcast, Intel Capital, Time Warner Cable, Bright House Networks and Trilogy Equity Partners have entered into an agreement to invest $3.2 billion in a new wireless broadband company." http://www.webmasterworld.com/website_technology/3644504.htm http://www.webmasterworld.com/google/3641902.htm The result in position 4 has been rotating between three different firms all day for our industry's top value keyphrase. All other listings above and below remain constant. http://www.webmasterworld.com/keyword/3643349.htm "For all the luddites and technophobes out there who (inexplicably) still want to do keyword research, don't despair! You don't even need a spreadsheet." http://www.webmasterworld.com/msft/3643773.htm "Those comments seemed to set a different tone than on Tuesday in South Korea, where he said the company wasn't ruling out alternative partnerships after the failure to buy Yahoo." http://www.webmasterworld.com/google_adsense/3642074.htm "There's great discussion amongst WebmasterWorld members receiving the dreaded (by some) "business model" e-mails." http://www.webmasterworld.com/yahoo_search/3642593.htm http://www.webmasterworld.com/webmaster/3642155.htm http://www.webmasterworld.com/msft/3641180.htm http://www.webmasterworld.com/foo/3638040.htm http://www.webmasterworld.com/cloaking/3639170.htm "Here's the real problem with that line of Flash/HTML cloaking philosophy..." http://www.webmasterworld.com/google_adsense/3636512.htm "I'm wondering what publishers feel are the hallmarks of an advertiser that is made for the AdSense filter?" http://www.webmasterworld.com/link_development/3638627.htm "WebmasterWorld members discuss the merits, or otherwise, of three way and multi-way link exchanges." http://www.webmasterworld.com/goog/3638949.htm "In an interesting interview, Google's CEO, Eric Schmidt talks about Microsoft-Yahoo proposals, social networking, markets, and Google technology." http://www.webmasterworld.com/microsoft_windows_os/3639640.htm Microsoft is delaying the release of Service Pack 3 for Windows XP users due to a "compatibility issue" http://www.webmasterworld.com/google_adwords/3639419.htm "Google TV Ads, a flexible, all-digital system for easily and efficiently buying more accountable and measurable TV advertising. The program, which has been an invitation-only beta test since June 2007, is now available to all US-based advertisers." http://www.webmasterworld.com/google/3634908.htm "WebmasterWorld members were reporting Googlebot crawling activity was down for some times in April." http://www.webmasterworld.com/webmaster/3639270.htm "There appears to be a botnet called Kraken infesting many machines, primarily home broadband users, on possibly an unprecedented scale with estimates ranging from 165K to 600K infected machines." http://www.webmasterworld.com/goog/3638680.htm "DoubleClick Mobile, the company's advertising delivery system for mobile devices, is integrating with mobile ad networks including AdMob, Google's AdSense for mobile content, and Millennial Media's premium MBrand network as well as its Decktrade performance network." http://www.webmasterworld.com/graphics_multimedia/3629175.htm "How often should we redesign and/or upgrade our websites look and feel, functionality, usability, etc?" http://www.webmasterworld.com/asia_pacific_search_engines/3638251.htm "Huang Chengqing, secretary general of the Internet Society of China, has disclosed that ISC has closed down the open email proxies and relays of more than 4300 email service providers." http://www.webmasterworld.com/javascript/3633246.htm "Well this is a common misconception, many people who do SEO professionally actually still think that google doesn't understand javascript." http://www.webmasterworld.com/yahoo-corp/3637478.htm "Jajah will connect the calls to and from users of Yahoo Messenger and handle billing and customer care, the startup said Tuesday." http://www.webmasterworld.com/microsoft_asp_net/3636835.htm "Microsoft has denied any blame for a rash of web server attacks that have affected half a million web pages." http://www.webmasterworld.com/google/3636545.htm "two Google scientists presented a paper describing what the researchers call VisualRank, an algorithm for blending image-recognition software methods with techniques for weighting and ranking images that look most similar." http://www.webmasterworld.com/local_search/3635253.htm "It's a neat little feature that makes it easier to change the radius of a search, something that seems to be more intuitive on a map than just picking a text based search radius." http://www.webmasterworld.com/community_building/3635606.htm WordPress: "We recommend everyone update immediately [from 2.5 to 2.5.1], particularly if your blog has open registration. The vulnerability is not public but it will be shortly" http://www.webmasterworld.com/link_development/3629897.htm "WebmasterWorld members debate the value of links from Stumbleupon." http://www.webmasterworld.com/html_editors/3620856.htm "I've been using EW for a while now its a big jump forward from FP but its not always obvious how to do things. So I thought it might be a good idea to share information, tips, etc." http://www.webmasterworld.com/yahoo_search/3635012.htm "This new developer platform, which we're calling SearchMonkey, uses data web standards and structured data to enhance the functionality, appearance and usefulness of search results." http://www.webmasterworld.com/msft/3634816.htm http://www.webmasterworld.com/yahoo-corp/3634934.htm "We are not building another social network," Chief Technology Officer Ari Balogh told more than 1,000 attendees at the Web 2.0 Expo conference in San Francisco on Thursday. "We are building social into everything we do." http://www.webmasterworld.com/msft/3634922.htm "For the quarter, Microsoft had sales of $14.45 billion, flat relative to the same period a year ago. Profit was $4.39 billion, or 47 cents a share, beating the 44 cents Wall Street analysts expected on average." http://www.webmasterworld.com/yahoo_search_marketing_overture_ppc/3633330.htm "Click Filter Report to find out how many clicks we're throwing out." http://www.webmasterworld.com/foo/3634154.htm http://www.webmasterworld.com/microsoft_windows_os/3634095.htm "XP will hit an end-of-life. We have announced one. If customer feedback varies we can always wake up smarter but right now we have a plan for end-of-life for new XP shipments," http://www.webmasterworld.com/goog/3634019.htm "the company said it had designed mobile images to look like standard graphical display ads for desktop computer Web pages, but made them smaller to fit on mobile phone screens." http://www.webmasterworld.com/google/3633626.htm http://www.webmasterworld.com/google_adwords/3633067.htm "A lawsuit filed against Google on Tuesday alleges that Google has been defrauding its AdWords customers by charging them for ads they don't want." http://www.webmasterworld.com/foo/3632751.htm "eBay is suing Craig Newmark and Craigslist's chief executive Jim Buckmaster for "unfairly diluting" eBay's interest in the popular classifieds site..." http://www.webmasterworld.com/msft/3633093.htm "This new software-plus-services platform enables PCs and other devices to 'come alive' by making them aware of each other through the internet," http://www.webmasterworld.com/microsoft_windows_os/3632784.htm "Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) has released to manufacturing (RTM). Windows XP SP3 bits are now working their way through our manufacturing channels to be available to OEM and Enterprise customers." http://www.webmasterworld.com/yahoo-corp/3632710.htm "Yahoo Inc on Tuesday posted quarterly profit, excluding one-time items, at the top end of Wall Street's range of lowered forecasts, as it sought to bolster its case that Microsoft Corp's takeover bid undervalues it. " http://www.webmasterworld.com/alternative_search_engines/3632287.htm "Nathan Stoll, former product lead of Google News, has been quietly working on a new social search service he started with the help of two other Google refugees,..." http://www.webmasterworld.com/content_copywriting/3632393.htm "Writers are pushing for legislation to guarantee the Internet's status as an open forum for communication." http://www.webmasterworld.com/goog/3631663.htm "Solar thermal company eSolar said on Monday it closed $130 million in funding from Google Inc's philanthropy arm and other investors." http://www.webmasterworld.com/goog/3631635.htm "When Google detects their cookie from any of their products (Google Groups, AdSense, Google Checkout, Gmail, to name a few) on your computer, they force you to log in through the same Google account. This causes both privacy and security issues." http://www.webmasterworld.com/community_building/3631639.htm "The idea for SA is to move beyond an increasingly commoditized blog publishing software business, and into adding advertising, design, implementation, development and site optimization services to bloggers and companies." http://www.webmasterworld.com/foo/3631587.htm "Its brand value grew 30 percent since last year's report to surpass $86 billion." http://www.webmasterworld.com/webmaster/3630413.htm "Jim Cicconi, vice president of legislative affairs for AT&T, warned that the current systems that constitute the Internet will not be able to cope with the increasing amounts of video and user-generated content being uploaded." http://www.webmasterworld.com/msft/3630397.htm "After years of exploring the matter, Microsoft has finally started offering an ad-funded version of Microsoft Works in some countries." http://www.webmasterworld.com/html/3630401.htm "Most controversial is the idea of blocking "unsafe" browsers, or browsers that do not currently include antiphishing tools. PayPal says it would first notify users when they log in if they are using an unsafe browser. Later, PayPal would simply block the use of the browser entirely." http://www.webmasterworld.com/msft/3630060.htm "With just a few clicks, "Albany" subscribers will be able install the whole package, which includes Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007, giving them the latest versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote for their personal and school projects" http://www.webmasterworld.com/msn_microsoft_search/3629526.htm "Microsoft launched an overhauled news search service this week that brings together stories, photos and video from around the world." http://www.webmasterworld.com/goog/3629487.htm "Google Inc. on Thursday reported first-quarter net income of $1.31 billion, or $4.12 a share, compared to $1 billion, or $3.18 a share, in the same period last year." http://www.webmasterworld.com/supporters/3628430.htm "WebmasterWorld members discuss the viability and development of small business, low budget web sites." (-subscription required) http://www.webmasterworld.com/google/3629342.htm Popular Mechanics has published a rare interview with Udi Manber, Google's VP in charge of search quality. It's always interesting to learn how key people at the 'plex see the big picture - and get a glimpse at what they're currently up to. http://www.webmasterworld.com/google/3629305.htm "If you're changing your domain because of site rebranding or redesign, you might want to think about doing this in two phases: first, move your site; and second, launch your redesign." http://www.webmasterworld.com/analytics/3629057.htm "We've been working hard behind the scenes for several months and are excited to announce that our new Alexa Rankings system is available." http://www.webmasterworld.com/goog/3628865.htm http://www.webmasterworld.com/yahoo-corp/3628434.htm "An Internet retailer that used a pay-per-click advertising service operated by Yahoo is suing the Internet giant for more than $1 million, claiming it was overcharged by thousands of dollars as a result of click fraud that Yahoo did little to prevent." http://www.webmasterworld.com/content_management/3628219.htm "Facebook members who install the application can post to multiple blogging services at one time, update their Facebook status in sync with micro-blogging services like Twitter, and have updates from the app appear in their Facebook Mini-Feeds." http://www.webmasterworld.com/yahoo_search_marketing_overture_ppc/3627894.htm http://www.webmasterworld.com/yahoo_search/3628075.htm "One study by RBC Capital using data on ad-buying trends from Web search marketing firm SearchIgnite shows Yahoo outpacing Google in spending on search advertising, ad viewership and click-through rates during the first quarter." http://www.webmasterworld.com/ecommerce/3628034.htm "Live Auctions represent a throwback to traditional open outcry auctions by linking eBay users remotely to auctions moderated by live auctioneers, both in physical locations or online." http://www.webmasterworld.com/analytics/3628030.htm "The Consumer Federation of America and the Consumers Union also urged the FTC to bar collection of health information and other sensitive data by companies that do business on the Internet unless a consumer consents." http://www.webmasterworld.com/goog/3627517.htm "Starting today, Google no longer controls KML. The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC), an international standards body, has announced the completion of KML's standardization process. KML has become an OGC Standard, and the OGC will take responsibility for maintaining and extending it." http://www.webmasterworld.com/alternative_search_engines/3627505.htm "AOL has bought out Sphere, a blog and news contextual display service, for an undisclosed amount." http://www.webmasterworld.com/microsoft_windows_os/3627418.htm "It sort of hit us that, wait a minute, XP will be gone as of June 30. What are we going to do?" he said. "If no one does something, it's going to be gone." http://www.webmasterworld.com/search_engine_spiders/3626881.htm "The new Yahoo! Slurp 3.0 recognizes the same user-agent and all robots.txt directives for 'Yahoo! Slurp,' though it'll identify itself as Slurp 3.0 in your web logs." http://www.webmasterworld.com/content_copywriting/3621483.htm http://www.webmasterworld.com/yahoo_search/3624823.htm "WebmasterWorld members have noticed some SERPs shuffling under way." http://www.webmasterworld.com/google/3626149.htm "This is the problem that just won't go away. We've discussed the issue in many threads, but never devoted a topic to it." http://www.webmasterworld.com/goog/3626210.htm "Salesforce has integrated Google's online productivity applications with its on-demand CRM (customer relationship management) offerings,..." http://www.webmasterworld.com/yahoo-corp/3625729.htm "We have every intention of being a significant player in search, and paid search is an important part of our business." http://www.webmasterworld.com/foo/3625292.htm "A research project at the University of Washington spots sections on the Internet that cannot be reached for several hours." http://www.webmasterworld.com/google/3625084.htm "For text boxes, our computers automatically choose words from the site that has the form; for select menus, check boxes, and radio buttons on the form, we choose from among the values of the HTML." - Official Google Blog http://www.webmasterworld.com/foo/3624664.htm "European politicians have voted down calls to throw suspected file-sharers off the net. The idea to cut off persistent pirates formed part of a wide-ranging report on creative industries written for the European parliament." http://www.webmasterworld.com/domain_names/3619627.htm "Registrars are prohibited from denying a domain name transfer request based on non-payment of fees for pending or future registration periods during the Auto-Renew Grace Period..." http://www.webmasterworld.com/msft/3623479.htm "The combination, which would join Yahoo, Microsoft's MSN and News Corporation's MySpace, would create a behemoth that would upend the Internet landscape." http://www.webmasterworld.com/yahoo-corp/3623279.htm "Yahoo Inc and Time Warner Inc are "closing in" on a deal where Yahoo would merge with Time Warner's AOL Internet unit, brushing aside Microsoft's bid for Yahoo, a source familiar with the talks said on Wednesday." http://www.webmasterworld.com/yahoo_search_marketing_overture_ppc/3622929.htm http://www.webmasterworld.com/foo/3622874.htm "ISPs say the on-demand TV service is putting strain on their networks, which need to be upgraded to cope." http://www.webmasterworld.com/foo/3622871.htm "Early versions of the service will be available from 9 April but more polished software will be released as the service is developed." http://www.webmasterworld.com/yahoo-corp/3622569.htm "The acquisition includes IndexTools' Web analytics business and technology as well as its Tensa R&D Kft. subsidiary." http://www.webmasterworld.com/community_building/3622531.htm "Yahoo is adding videos to what has just been a photo-sharing site." http://www.webmasterworld.com/video/3622543.htm "Adobe Systems on Wednesday plans to release Adobe Media Player (AMP), a free download for playing Flash-based Web videos on Macs or PCs." http://www.webmasterworld.com/ecommerce/3622527.htm "The biggest online categories: apparel (due to rise by $3.9 billion, or 17%), computers (up $3.2 billion, or 15%) and autos (up $2.5 billion, or 15%)." http://www.webmasterworld.com/microsoft_windows_os/3620841.htm "Microsoft boss Bill Gates has dropped a hint about the next version of Windows." http://www.webmasterworld.com/google/3616919.htm "WebmasterWorld members revisit this potentially worrying topic." http://www.webmasterworld.com/google_adsense/3617559.htm "WebmasterWorld members review Google's AdSense Ad Review Center." http://www.webmasterworld.com/goog/3621676.htm "Google is offering to host enterprise web applications on its own infrastructure with a new tool for developers, App Engine." http://www.webmasterworld.com/goog/3621657.htm "We believe that data retention requirements have to take into account the need to provide quality products and services for users, like accurate search results, as well as system security and integrity concerns," http://www.webmasterworld.com/webmaster/3621019.htm "Google Inc. received 67% of all U.S. Internet searches during the four weeks ended March 29, according to information service Hitwise." http://www.webmasterworld.com/community_building/3620853.htm "This week marks the launch of Facebook Chat" http://www.webmasterworld.com/yahoo-corp/3620795.htm "The widely anticipated system, known as AMP!, aims to simplify the process of buying and selling online ads for advertisers, ad agencies, fast-growing ad trading networks and Web site publishers." http://www.webmasterworld.com/yahoo-corp/3620785.htm "Yahoo Inc is not opposed to Microsoft Corp's bid for the Web media company, as long as it is at the right price,..." http://www.webmasterworld.com/video/3620427.htm "An introduction to the basics of video production." http://www.webmasterworld.com/search_engine_promotion/3620227.htm "The officials decided after a two-day meeting in Brussels that the maximum time for keeping search data is six months." http://www.webmasterworld.com/goog/3619782.htm http://www.webmasterworld.com/goog/3616238.htm "The world's top Internet company said it will begin over the next several weeks to allow users of its Google Docs word processing application to edit documents without an active Web connection, on planes, trains and other disconnected spots." http://www.webmasterworld.com/ecommerce/3617905.htm "This policy affects items like eBooks, MP3 files, content in PDF format, recipes, etc." http://www.webmasterworld.com/msft/3619151.htm "Microsoft Corp. and Yahoo Inc. senior executives met this week to discuss Microsoft's proposal to acquire the Internet company but failed to resolve any of their differences,..." http://www.webmasterworld.com/goog/3618875.htm "In a statement, the Internet services leader said it planned to remain active in rule-making by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission that will govern how Verizon Communications, the winning bidder for the "C Block" of nationwide wireless spectrum, will operate its network." http://www.webmasterworld.com/microsoft_windows_os/3619099.htm "Windows XP Home for ULCPCs will be available until the later of June 30, 2010, or one year after general availability of the next version of Windows." http://www.webmasterworld.com/google/3617477.htm For the past 3 months, despite continued link building (all permanent, relevant one-way links), the rankings haven't budged. Anyone ever seen this before? http://www.webmasterworld.com/domain_names/3618178.htm "Fees for using two of the most common suffixes for Internet addresses are going up for a second consecutive year." http://www.webmasterworld.com/opera_browser/3618264.htm http://www.webmasterworld.com/opera_browser/3618216.htm "Opera claims to have boosted mobile surfing speeds by up to 50% with a new version of its Mini browser." http://www.webmasterworld.com/firefox_browser/3617963.htm "Firefox 3 Beta 5 is a developer preview release of Mozilla's next generation Firefox browser and is being made available for testing purposes only." http://www.webmasterworld.com/yahoo_search/3617887.htm "Yahoo today became the first major search engine to let people search the Web by talking to a mobile device...." http://www.webmasterworld.com/goog/3617665.htm "Maintaining objectivity in both search and advertising is paramount to Google's mission and core to the trust we ask from our users. For this reason, we plan to sell the Performics search marketing business to a third party." http://www.webmasterworld.com/ecommerce/3617187.htm "Amazon TextBuyIt lets people text the name of a product, its description or its UPC or ISBN to 262966 (that's "Amazon" on the keypad) from anywhere their cell phones work, including from inside physical stores." http://www.webmasterworld.com/webmaster/3616976.htm "Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin said on Tuesday he was proposing to dismiss a petition from Web-based phone service Skype to force open wireless networks." http://www.webmasterworld.com/google_adwords/3613505.htm "How one WebmasterWorld member is affected by the change in Google AdWords Quality Score." http://www.webmasterworld.com/msft/3616947.htm "The updated IE Mobile browser will support Adobe Flash and Microsoft's Silverlight so that Windows Mobile users will be able to view multimedia Internet applications in their browsers." http://www.webmasterworld.com/msft/3616923.htm "The decision was made public on the Web site of a European standards organization, Ecma International, on Tuesday. ISO is expected to formally announce the vote Wednesday." http://www.webmasterworld.com/linux/3616298.htm "Adobe's decision to join the Linux Foundation is a natural extension of its commitment to open standards and open source, which demonstrates its leadership and foresight in the software industry," said Jim Zemlin, executive director at the Linux Foundation. http://www.webmasterworld.com/google/3615917.htm "Using a mashup of numerous factors such as recurrence plots, fuzzy measure analysis, online betting odds and the weather forecast from the iGoogle weather gadget, we can create a sophisticated model of what the internet will look like 24 hours from now." http://www.webmasterworld.com/google/3615693.htm Our members discuss what looks like a storm brewing in the Google search results, with rapid ups and downs beyond what they've seen in the recent past. http://www.webmasterworld.com/supporters/3612477.htm "WebmasterWorld members discuss ways to speed up site performance, including tips on graphics and servers." (-subscription required) http://www.webmasterworld.com/yahoo_search/3615134.htm "Yahoo unwraps a content-portal targeting women, a step away from sales niches (travel, finance, autos) and concentrating on a social demographic." http://www.webmasterworld.com/google/3612941.htm "Reaching out a helping hand to the roboto-phobic website owner, Webmaster Tools launches a tool to generate robots.txt file." http://www.webmasterworld.com/search_engine_spiders/3613998.htm "The following items can be used to identity bots and slow down and stop most unwanted traffic if applied with proper due care." http://www.webmasterworld.com/flash/3614699.htm Warnings about the insecurity of online Flash multimedia created with all but the most recent authoring tools have largely fallen upon deaf ears..." http://www.webmasterworld.com/ecommerce/3614599.htm "A massive data breach at Hannaford Brothers Cos. was caused by a "new and sophisticated" method in which software was secretly installed on servers at every one of its grocery stores, the company told Massachusetts regulators this week." http://www.webmasterworld.com/webmaster/3611758.htm "I would like to know how I should go about actually implementing the languages, and HOW to do it." http://www.webmasterworld.com/google/3613885.htm "On Saturday, March 29, 2008, Earth Hour invites people around the world to turn off their lights for one hour - from 8:00pm to 9:00pm in their local time zone." http://www.webmasterworld.com/webmaster/3606784.htm http://www.webmasterworld.com/google_adsense/3612961.htm "Ads should be easily distinguishable from surrounding content." http://www.webmasterworld.com/graphics_multimedia/3612415.htm "Flickr and Facebook allow you to share photos online, and desktop programs like Picasa, iPhoto and Photoshop Elements let you make the pictures look good before you upload. But starting today with its new Photoshop Express site, Adobe is putting the two together." http://www.webmasterworld.com/supporters/3611344.htm One WebmasterWorld member finds the error of missing alt tags in the W3C validator, and asks, is that really an error?" (-subscription required) http://www.webmasterworld.com/yahoo_search_marketing_overture_ppc/3609463.htm "WebmasterWorld members discuss the issues around YSM account portability, or lack of." http://www.webmasterworld.com/webmaster_business_issues/3612444.htm "Administrators of email systems should have stopped querying the database (relays.ordb.org) in December 2006 when it shut down, but some failed to do so. That was no problem until today, queries were simply rejected, but now the address of any email server presented is being returned as an open relay." http://www.webmasterworld.com/analytics/3612149.htm "YouTube Insight, a free tool that enables anyone with a YouTube account to view detailed statistics about the videos that they upload to the site." http://www.webmasterworld.com/google_adwords/3609903.htm "Has anyone around here successfully reversed a $10.00 bid to reasonable levels by making changes to their site..." http://www.webmasterworld.com/google_adwords/3607399.htm "Starting in April, display URLs for new ads will be required to match their destination / landing page URLs, without exception. Please adjust your URLs accordingly when creating new ads." http://www.webmasterworld.com/google_adwords/3607350.htm "WebmasterWorld members are reporting AdWords account phishing spam e-mails." http://www.webmasterworld.com/foo/3611062.htm Citigroup said it is likely Microsoft Corp will raise its $31-per-share offer for Yahoo Inc and upgraded Yahoo shares to "buy" from "hold." http://www.webmasterworld.com/community_building/3611112.htm "Another Google Inc. executive is leaving the Internet search giant for social networking start-up Facebook Inc." http://www.webmasterworld.com/google_adsense/3610669.htm http://www.webmasterworld.com/yahoo_search_marketing_overture_ppc/3610595.htm http://www.webmasterworld.com/advertising/3609348.htm "Top Web publishers are planning a revolt. Even as more prominent sites experiment with selling remnant inventory through online ad networks, and in some cases ad exchanges, ESPN.com is saying thanks, but no thanks." http://www.webmasterworld.com/microsoft_windows_os/3610031.htm "We are offering free-of-charge support to anyone who is having issues installing Windows Vista SP1," http://www.webmasterworld.com/community_building/3610066.htm "Starting today, we will be working with Facebook, Bebo, Hi5, Tagged and LinkedIn to exchange functionally-similar Contacts APIs, allowing us to create a safe, secure two-way street for users to move their relationships between our respective services." http://www.webmasterworld.com/msn_microsoft_search/3609155.htm http://www.webmasterworld.com/google/3609720.htm http://www.webmasterworld.com/msft/3609254.htm http://www.webmasterworld.com/google/3607524.htm http://www.webmasterworld.com/goog/3609247.htm "As Google has pointed out previously, the vast majority of viable spectrum in this country simply goes unused, or else is grossly underutilized," http://www.webmasterworld.com/google_adwords/3556974.htm "Demographic bidding helps you display your ads to specific gender and age group audiences on some sites in the Google content network, giving you more control over who your audience is and greater insight into how your ads perform with certain demographic groups." http://www.webmasterworld.com/google/3609049.htm "According to a Google spokeswoman, the company has honored such requests from 'a couple' of unnamed businesses. These companies, however, may not be able to reverse their decisions." http://www.webmasterworld.com/supporters/3601537.htm "WebmasterWorld member shares some secret sauce."(-subscription required) http://www.webmasterworld.com/ecommerce/3606454.htm "...he asked me if I have any creative ideas to boost his sales in the last few days so he breaks the million barrier." http://www.webmasterworld.com/webmaster/3607922.htm "The conclusion that such ventures would not be profitable led to sudden withdrawals by service providers like EarthLink, the Internet company that had effectively cornered the market on the efforts by the larger cities." http://www.webmasterworld.com/directories/3604078.htm "People poo-poo the directory model but I swear, every time someone delcares that the directory model is dead it gets reinvented . . with a new skin . . and the same guts." http://www.webmasterworld.com/content_management/3604036.htm "I intend to use WP for a project that, over time, will likely encompass 1000s of articles. Since I'm about to get started I realized it may be a good time to ask if anyone has experienced "the limits" of WordPress." http://www.webmasterworld.com/ecommerce/3607533.htm "The Amazon Fulfillment Web Service (Amazon FWS) allows merchants to tap in to Amazon's network of fulfillment centers and our expertise in logistics," http://www.webmasterworld.com/google/3604964.htm http://www.webmasterworld.com/webmaster/3606702.htm "Verizon Communications Inc and AT&T were big winners in the U.S. government's auction of wireless licenses that raised a record $19.59 billion, the Federal Communication Commission said on Thursday." http://www.webmasterworld.com/yahoo-corp/3606241.htm http://www.webmasterworld.com/analytics/3606233.htm "So he drafted a bill, now gathering support in Albany, that would make it a crime, punishable by a fine to be determined, for certain Web companies to use personal information about consumers for advertising without their consent." http://www.webmasterworld.com/pda_mobile_computing/3605650.htm "We have very much hit a watershed moment in terms of mobile Internet usage," Matt Waddell, a product manager for Google Mobile, said in an interview. "We are seeing that mobile Internet use is in fact accelerating. http://www.webmasterworld.com/search_engine_promotion/3605661.htm "Google Inc's share of the global Web search market dipped in February from January, despite a rise in its U.S. search share, an Internet industry analyst said on Wednesday, citing comScore data." http://www.webmasterworld.com/asia_pacific_search_engines/3605291.htm "China's Alibaba Group is seeking investors to buy the 39 percent stake in the Internet company held by Yahoo Inc, a person with direct knowledge of the situation said on Tuesday, outlining a plan that could stop Microsoft Corp from getting the Alibaba stock." http://www.webmasterworld.com/webmaster/3605116.htm "A leading marketing forecaster on Tuesday cut its projection for U.S. spending on online advertising this year, signalling that economic troubles are likely biting into corporate marketing budgets." http://www.webmasterworld.com/community_building/3605109.htm http://www.webmasterworld.com/microsoft_windows_os/3604859.htm http://www.webmasterworld.com/google_adsense/3603712.htm http://www.webmasterworld.com/google/3603256.htm "How do others see that number - a 24% failure rate?" http://www.webmasterworld.com/yahoo-corp/3604025.htm "Cash flow may almost double in the next three years, and sales growth goals for 2009 and 2010 are higher than analysts estimate, Yahoo said in its most detailed argument since rejecting the deal more than a month ago." http://www.webmasterworld.com/video/3603850.htm "The Commission said setting the Digital Video Broadcasting Handheld (DVB-H) as the preferred European Union standard would give the industry a boost." http://www.webmasterworld.com/supporters/3603306.htm "It has been said that the top 10k sites make up 90% of the search results that people see. If just 1000 people are involved in search quality control, they could surf the majority of the sites in serps less than one hour." (-subscription required) http://www.webmasterworld.com/goog/3603079.htm http://www.webmasterworld.com/xml/3603303.htm "If the answer is true, then we know that a perfect transfer of data between one and the other is always possible. But it also proves that the world no longer needs both formats, doesn't it? http://www.webmasterworld.com/local_search/3596368.htm "Ad syndication programmes also provide a valuable revenue stream, and Yell.com netReach remunerates partners on a pay per-click basis... It will remove the pain of managing a PPC (pay-per-click) programme for the smaller business." http://www.webmasterworld.com/advertising/3602858.htm "The new platform will go live on April 1st, 2008 PST, at which point eBay will no longer be running its affiliate program through Commission Junction." http://www.webmasterworld.com/goog/3602837.htm "We would be concerned by any kind of acquisition of Yahoo by Microsoft," Chief Executive Eric Schmidt told reporters. http://www.webmasterworld.com/supporters/3593467.htm "I would like to know if there is any benefit in doing PPC for these keywords." (-subscription required) http://www.webmasterworld.com/foo/3600808.htm "Verizon says this technology can solve the bandwidth utilization challenges that surround peer-to-peer technology." http://www.webmasterworld.com/asia_pacific_search_engines/3600763.htm "The partnership is aimed at driving Internet traffic to both Web sites and sharing online products, Youku Chief Executive Victor Koo said in a statement on Friday." http://www.webmasterworld.com/yahoo_search/3599922.htm In the coming weeks, we'll be releasing more detailed specifications that will describe our support of semantic web standards. Initially, we plan to support a number of microformats, including hCard, hCalendar, hReview, hAtom, and XFN." http://www.webmasterworld.com/msft/3600578.htm "Rapt's technology, along with its information and advisory services offerings, will become key components of the Atlas Publisher Suite, part of Microsoft's Advertiser and Publisher Solutions Group." http://www.webmasterworld.com/yahoo-corp/3600430.htm "Yahoo, the internet company, is planning to move its European headquarters from London to Switzerland." http://www.webmasterworld.com/yahoo-corp/3600427.htm http://www.webmasterworld.com/community_building/3596592.htm "If the bill becomes law, the website operator would have to pay if someone was allowed to post anonymously on their site. The fine would be five-hundred dollars for a first offense and one-thousand dollars for each offense after that." http://www.webmasterworld.com/community_building/3599541.htm "In an unexpected move, AOL has acquired social-networking site Bebo. The price tag: $850 million in cash." http://www.webmasterworld.com/goog/3599388.htm "Google Inc. plans to announce a new service that Web publishers can use to manage their online ad sales and serve up ads each time a consumer pulls up a Web page." http://www.webmasterworld.com/google_adsense/3597384.htm "Using Excel for advanced AdSense reports." http://www.webmasterworld.com/goog/3598552.htm "That's why the closing of the DoubleClick acquisition arrives at a particularly interesting time for Google, especially since DoubleClick is expected to boost Google's anemic display advertising business and thus allow the company to add some diversification to its revenue stream." http://www.webmasterworld.com/goog/3598292.htm "YouTube said its latest customization offerings allow anyone building a Web site or Internet-connected software program to upload videos straight to YouTube. They can fetch video feeds, comments, responses or playlists from YouTube." http://www.webmasterworld.com/advertising/3596658.htm "WebmasterWorld members discuss earning tens of thousands of Dollars for affiliate links, and evaluate the negative impact of such a deal." http://www.webmasterworld.com/goog/3597418.htm "European Union regulators cleared Google Inc.'s $3.1 billion bid for online ad tracker DoubleClick, saying the deal will not hurt competition for online ads." http://www.webmasterworld.com/supporters/3597070.htm Indepth Feature Article: "Anytime I get off track and get lost in a haze of weird code, applets, and the latest trend, I bring myself back to the basics - usability testing. This helps me figure out what my customers/users/members want, and how my site can be improved to meet their needs." (-subscription required) http://www.webmasterworld.com/google_adsense/3596581.htm "I just received a promotional email from Google encouraging me to advertise on their content network." http://www.webmasterworld.com/foo/3597282.htm "The European Union launched an investigation on Monday into whether U.S. prosecutions of foreign online gambling companies were discriminatory, possibly paving the way for action at the World Trade Organization." http://www.webmasterworld.com/yahoo-corp/3597279.htm "We're not going to get into a fight with Microsoft, which has a lot more money than us," Murdoch told investors at the annual Bear Stearns media conference. http://www.webmasterworld.com/analytics/3596362.htm "Consumers have not complained to any great extent about data collection online. But privacy experts say that is because the collection is invisible to them." http://www.webmasterworld.com/google_adwords/3592741.htm "A number of WebmasterWorld members are reflecting on the increase in bids since the new QS update." http://www.webmasterworld.com/graphics_multimedia/3595642.htm http://www.webmasterworld.com/css/3592524.htm "This technique enables you to emulate position-fixed in IE6 without the usual jittering problem when scrolling the page." http://www.webmasterworld.com/search_engine_promotion/3583940.htm http://www.webmasterworld.com/css/3586393.htm "Is there a fundamental differece between how one slices up images in a PSD file when one is using floats for layout versus a table layout?" http://www.webmasterworld.com/google_adwords/3594140.htm http://www.webmasterworld.com/goog/3594337.htm "The Pentagon banned the Internet giant's digital-mapping vehicles from all military installations after detailed photographs of Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio appeared on Google Maps." http://www.webmasterworld.com/pda_mobile_computing/3594011.htm "Mr. Jobs announced a low-cost software development kit that outside programmers can use to create programs for the iPhone, much as they now write the vast majority of the programs created for the Macintosh." http://www.webmasterworld.com/analytics/3592706.htm http://www.webmasterworld.com/google/3581132.htm "I rank about 6 places better than using lowercase?" http://www.webmasterworld.com/google_adwords/3591430.htm http://www.webmasterworld.com/keyword/3560808.htm