Archive for April, 2011

The Yuri Gagarin Google Logo – Spaceship Logo

2011/04/13

Google has a special Google logo, aka Doodle, for Yuri Gagarin. It is the 50th anniversary of the first human spaceflight

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Google Hotpot Rolled Into Google Places

2011/04/13

Last Friday, Google announced they are dropping the Google Hotpot name and folding it into Google Places…

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Show adCenter Content Ads Only On Specific Sites

2011/04/13

There is a thread at the Microsoft Advertising Forum with complaints from some advertisers over how to control where your Microsoft adCenter ads are shown.

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Richard Trevithick Inventor Of Steam Locomotive Gets Google Doodle

2011/04/13

Richard Trevithick British inventor of the first functioning steam locomotive received a Google Doodle for his 240th birthday. Trevithick was born in 13 April 1771 and died 22 April 1833. Click to read the rest of this post…

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Most AdSense Ads Lead To Questionable Or Unknown Sites

2011/04/13

SiteTruth.net posted results for the past 60-days of his AdRater extension, which looks at “advertiser legitimacy for text ads on web pages.” The report collected 11…

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After 4-Month Slide, YouTube Regains Viewers & Sessions

2011/04/13

After a four-month slide in both unique viewers and video viewing sessions, YouTube rebounded in March to post gains in both of those categories.

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Bing Releases Business Center, Includes Free Deals

2011/04/13

There are three major wars being waged on the web right now: search, social, and local. Each and every technology company seems to be pushing for ownership in their non-standard territories – with Google trying to enter social, Facebook trying to enter local, and so forth

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Google’s Algorithm Officially Integrates User Feedback

2011/04/12

Everywhere you look in search engine optimization sites, the word of the day seems to be “Panda.” Or, if you prefer, “Farmer” – since the two monikers both describe the major Google algorithm that was implemented to fight off spam.

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Microsoft Now Owns 30% of Search

2011/04/12

It’s very difficult to get consistent figures on who  owns search.

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Bing, Ask Buying Ads On Google Doodle News Search Results

2011/04/12

The popularity of Google Doodles has not been overlooked by Bing and Ask, both engines are buying low costing paid search traffic for Yuri Gagarin figuring the people who click thru may stay and use Bing News or Ask.com. Click to read the rest of this post…

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