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Google Earth has landed in spectacular fashion. This new service from Google offers satellite imagery from around the world which can be overlaid with local search results and directions. Google Earth is a stand alone application (i.e. you need to install some software which is available for free, but your computer needs to meet certain system requirements) and…
UK search engine everyclick.com is tapping into the increasing volume of Internet searches for a good cause. Every month, the search engine donates 50% of its gross revenue to charity. Where a part of the revenue generated by clicks on paid search results normally goes to pay-per-click companies like Google AdWords or Yahoo! Search, everyclick.com retains this income…
For the second time this year, Yahoo! has released a “search engine weather report”. Well, the weather report was really just a quick update on Yahoo!’s search blog informing webmasters about the fact that Yahoo! was going to make changes to its index on June 20. Tim Mayer from Yahoo! said that webmasters could expect to see more…
Several days after the rumors about a new PayPal style payment service from Google (code-named “Google Wallet”) surfaced, Google’s CEO Eric Schmidt publicly denied that Google was working on a payment system to compete head to head with eBay’s PayPal.
On 21 June, Schmidt was quote in an Associated Press article as saying “We do not intend to offer a…
Fathom Online reports a dip in average keyword costs for May, mainly driven by a fall in mortgage related keywords prices after the Fed’s latest interest rate increase. Despite the drop, average keyword prices in the “Finance – Mortgage” vertical tracked by Fathom Online still stood at $4.52. The only vertical to buck the declining trend was “Automotive”, with keyword…
It’s always nice to be able to present a new SEO product or service. In the case of the Optimizer Kit PLUS, we’ve chosen three of our existing services to form a new combo including keyword analysis, code optimization and our basic Easy Submit submission service. The combo is a great service for anyone who wants to improve…
According to a report by the Wall Street Journal, Google is planning to launch an electronic payment service to compete with eBay’s PayPal. While officials from both companies declined to comment, the WSJ suggests that this payment service, code named “Google Wallet”, could be available as early as this year.
This move would help Google diversify its revenue…