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Yahoo! has just unveiled a new SmartAds program which promises to provide unrivalled levels of relevance and targeting for online advertisers. Now creative and messaging will be dynamically merged - presenting Yahoo! users with more tailored advertising than ever before.After the recent merger of their search and display advertising divisions, this new smart advertising program ...
There has been some very interesting discussion over at Webmaster World regarding the top 100 dos and don'ts in e-commerce. Started by Habtom the list has many interesting tips and common sense advice for any business operating an e-commerce website. While not all the points may apply to your business this list is an excellent ...
Video search engine blinkx, has teamed up with RealNetworks to use its RealPlayer media player online. The deal will see RealPlayer installed with a video search box, powered by Blinkx, enabling users to search around 12 million hours of online video. This new deal is sure to provide Google owned YouTube with some fierce competition. ...
Last week I reported on a potential war brewing between eBay and Google regarding their competing checkout solutions, Google Checkout and Paypal. The conflict left Google in the dark when eBay decided to pull their AdWords listings from Google search results.eBay called the move an 'experiment' claiming they wanted to test how the change in ...
According to the Silicon Valley rumor mill, Fox Interactive, a division of News Corp., has dangled social network icon MySpace in front of the Yahoo! board to tempt them into selling a 25% share of the company. While MySpace carries a significant amount of traffic, the jury's out whether it's worth the price tag.The first ...
The latest search share report (qSearch analysis) by ComScore presented no major surprises, with search engine giant Google forging further ahead, and would-be competitors falling further behind. Overall, search continued its remarkable growth, increasing over 11 percent from May 2006.ComScore, a global internet information provider, recorded over 7.6 billion US searches in May 07, which ...
Local search engines such as Google Local and Yahoo! Local rely on many sources of to gather information on a business and enhance their local search Listing. One of the main sources used for enhancing business listings are review sites - where users post appraisals and evaluations of businesses and products they've used.More than just ...
Internet auction site eBay has decided to pull all their US search ads from Google, a shocking move by one of the company's largest AdWords clients. The move is a response to Google's planned disruption of 'eBay Live' an annual event for eBay sellers.The partnership between Google and eBay has been on the rocks since ...
After several months of privacy backlash, search engine and advertising giant Google has launched a new Public Policy blog in an effort to create a open discussion about the issues that not only impact their business, but the internet overall.Google hopes the new Public Policy blog will start the necessary conversations around issues including net ...
There is a theory that has been circling for years that Sponsored Ads impact your SEO efforts. Some people believe that Google or Yahoo! pay-per-click help website owners achieve higher organic rankings.To go direct to the source, a Google user has asked whether or not this is the case by posting a question on Google ...