According to reports CNN.com is investing in Outside.In, a start-up that feeds neighborhood blogs and other local news and information to sites of newspapers, TV stations and other media. Also CNN.com, plans to put Outside.In information on its own home page in the local news section. Outside.In already feeds neighborhood information to several news organizations, including the Chicago … [Read more...]
Google Files Suit Against Sites and Domains Promoting “Making Money With Google”
I'm sure you have received spam advertising promoting programs that promise that you can make money at home using Google Adsense. Yesterday, Google filed a federal lawsuit in district court in Utah, alleging that Pacific WebWorks and other companies, infringed on Google's trademark by incorporating it name into ads for unauthorized, and what Google says are phony products. According to the … [Read more...]
Google Search Announces It Now Is Indexing “Real Time Results” From Facebook, Twitter & MySpace
Google announced on its blog today that it has revamped its search engine to integrate real-time search results from users of Twitter, Facebook and MySpace. "I would say that real time search is the natural evolution of universal search," Marissa Mayer, Google's vice president of search products and user experience, said at an event at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, … [Read more...]
Google Launches Free DNS Service: What It All Means
Google launched their public DNS product this week allowing each computer user to reconfigure their internet settings and begin using the free service. Every internet connection relies on a DNS server to resolve domain names into an ip address. Generally this service is provided free of charge by your internet provider. In the past there have been many cases where software installs and … [Read more...]
Cyber Monday Kicks Black Friday’s Ass
Marketing-optimization firm Coremetrics said today sales from Cyber Monday were up, almost 14% from last year. Other findings for Cyber Monday Coremetrics included: Consumers spend an average of $180.03 per order this year, compared to $130.24 in 2008, an increase of over 38%. Consumers bought almost 30% more items per order this year. Coremetrics said apparel and jewelry retailers … [Read more...]
“Largest Spam Gang” In The World Fined $15.5 Million Dollars
From the FTC today: ""At the request of the Federal Trade Commission, a federal judge has ordered the mastermind of a vast international spam network to pay $15.15 million in a default judgment for his role in what was identified by the anti-spam organization Spamhaus as the largest “spam gang” in the world. The spam gang deceptively marketed products such as male-enhancement pills, … [Read more...]
Want To Rank High On Google? In 2010 Your SEO May Depend On The Speed Of Your Site
Matt Cutts from Google gave a video interview last week discussing what changes lay ahead for Google for the new year. According to Mr. Cutts, the most important new factor for SEO rank maybe the speed at which your site loads. "We are thinking more and more that site speed should be a factor in search ranking." "Maybe its fair to say it you have a very fast site you should get a bonus or … [Read more...]