Archive for September, 2007

Customer Service Problems Ruin Internet Marketing Efforts

Monday, September 17th, 2007

If you visit online forums at all, inevitably you might just see a customer service issue that makes its' way to the forum for discussion. This is usually the result of a failed attempt at dealing with the company in the first place. By the time the issue ...

Google’s Private Jet Gets A Home At NASA’s Moffett Field

Wednesday, September 12th, 2007

One thing about Google is that they never think small. And they like their privacy, so it comes as no surprise that company President Eric Schmidt is said to have secured a hangar to house Google's refurbished wide-body Boeing 767-200 out of Moffett Field, an airport that is run by ...

Yahoo To Provide Advertising At Social Networking Site - Bebo

Wednesday, September 12th, 2007

With the battle raging on in the internet advertising arena, Yahoo! has won out to be the main advertising source for Bebo, a popular social networking website for folks in England. Officials are expected to announce the agreement in London today and is part of a plan to boost their ...

Google Referrals 2.0

Tuesday, September 11th, 2007

Google has expanded their Referrals program to offer many different products and services. The program is a Cost Per Action setup with some extremely high payouts. The big difference between Referrals and regular Google Adsense ads is that you don't just get paid for clicks. Instead, ...

Google Adsense - There’s No Harm In Tweaking

Monday, September 10th, 2007

One of the big advantages of the Google Adsense is the nearly live time traffic stats that you get. Because of the almost instantaneous nature of the stats, and the presence of tracking channels, you can "play" with your Adsense implementation until you get something nearing perfection. This ...

Google Launches ‘My Library’ To Organize And Browse Book Titles

Friday, September 7th, 2007

Yesterday Google announced the addition of a new service called "My Library" which will allow web users to organize and browse their favorite book titles. This service lets visitors create links to books and articles and then allows them to rate them, review them and share them with others visitors. Users ...

Google SiteLinks Are Not A Sign Of Authority

Friday, September 7th, 2007

One frustrating thing about webmasters is their tendency to mindlessly copy and clone everything in sight. This can range from entire websites to erroneous information. Once they get a wrong-headed idea into their minds, it's like pulling teeth to try and get them to evolve and change. One ...

Google Adsense - More Traffic Doesn’t Always Mean More Money

Thursday, September 6th, 2007

Google Adsense can be annoying if you're a publisher at times. One of the most consistently frustrating things is when you do your job and "get more traffic", but the new traffic is monetized at a lower rate than you expected. In essence, you get paid less for ...

Facebook Opening Up User Profiles To Search Engines

Wednesday, September 5th, 2007

It was recently announced that Facebook is opening up their user profiles to be spidered and indexed by the major search engines. If you're shy and don't want your profile to be served up as a result, not to worry. Philip Fung reassures that you can set your privacy permissions to ...

Yahoo Buys BlueLithium For 300 Million Dollars

Wednesday, September 5th, 2007

Today Yahoo! announced that they have bought BlueLithium, an advertising company that displays banners on about 1,000 websites. Increased competition in the online advertising market between Yahoo, Microsoft, and Google has led to a series of acquisitions by all three companies. Yahoo has struggled over the past year, reporting disappointing ...