Entries from January 2005

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How to Make a Title Tag that Search Engines will Love

January 27th, 2005 by GuestColumnist | No Comments

How to Make a Title Tag that Search Engines will Love
Making the following changes to your title tag can help improve ranking and increase targeted traffic to your website. Including keyword phrases in your title tag - think of a title tag as the name above a shop. Imagine you are walking down a busy […]

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Loren Baker, Editor

Business.com Adds People Search to Search Engine

January 27th, 2005 by Loren Baker, Editor | 1 Comment

Business.com Adds People Search to Search Engine
Business.com has added “People Search” to its business search capabilities. “People Search” allows business professionals to easily locate and learn about sales prospects, potential business partners, and job candidates on the Web by searching summaries of 24 million business people via a database developed and powered by Eliyon Technologies.
Business.com’s […]

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Google Hires FireFox - Well FireFox’s Developer

January 26th, 2005 by GuestColumnist | 1 Comment

Google Hires FireFox - Well FireFox’s Developer
There has been lots of speculation over the past few months on Google creating the Google Browser, yesterday Ben Goodger, the lead engineer for Mozilla Firefox, has announced that he will be joining Google, Inc.. Of course, in his blog entry he doesn’t disclose the nature of his job […]

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Google and Yahoo Enter the Video Search Arena

January 26th, 2005 by GuestColumnist | No Comments

Google and Yahoo Enter the Video Search Arena
The newest activity in the field of search appears to be combing through videos. Or in some cases, the transcripts of videos. Google had a debut of their version of video search last night. In what appears to be a well-timed reaction to Google’s release, a […]

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Loren Baker, Editor

Kanoodle Appoints Lance Podell As CEO

January 25th, 2005 by Loren Baker, Editor | No Comments

Kanoodle Appoints Lance Podell As CEO
Kanoodle today announced the appointment of Lance Podell, currently president, to chief executive officer, effective immediately. Podell takes over the position of CEO from the company’s founder, Kent Keating, who will now serve as Kanoodle’s chairman.
Mr. Podell will continue to drive Kanoodle’s business, providing advertisers with the most […]

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Gates Foundation Donates $750 Million For Infant Vaccinations

January 25th, 2005 by GuestColumnist | 7 Comments

Gates Foundation Donates $750 Million For Infant Vaccinations
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, run by Microsoft’s multi-billionaire founder Bill Gates, is to donate $750 million over 10 years for worldwide infant vaccination. The foundation said the money would go to the Geneva-based Global Alliance for Vaccination and Immunisation (GAVI), a partner of the World Health […]

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Adding Value to Google AdWords

January 24th, 2005 by JimHedger | No Comments

Adding Value to Google AdWords
This is a breaking story about Google AdWords based on several rumours, readings and conversations. There is a fair likelihood that some information here is erroneous. In an email, Google Advertising PR Michael Mayzel stated, “We are not providing comment.” If correct the implications are huge and might provide Google advertisers […]

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Loren Baker, Editor

Apple iTunes Sells Over 250 Million Songs

January 24th, 2005 by Loren Baker, Editor | 3 Comments

Apple iTunes Sells Over 250 Million Songs
Apple Computers announced this week that its iTunes Music Store has sold more than 250 million songs - that’s a quarter of a billion downloads! iTunes features more than a million songs available on a pay-per-download basis and remains the leader in online music eventhough Microsoft and Yahoo […]

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Google AdWords API to be Released to AdWords Advertisers

January 22nd, 2005 by GuestColumnist | 2 Comments

Google AdWords API to be Released to AdWords Advertisers
This might be one of the biggest announcements for the PPC community in a while. SiliconValleyWatcher.com reports that Google [is] to provide AdWords API to Advertisers. The report discusses that this will probably only be available to larger advertisers at first, as well as 3rd party companies […]

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Loren Baker, Editor

Firefox Browser Market Share Increases as Internet Explorer Drops

January 22nd, 2005 by Loren Baker, Editor | 6 Comments

Firefox Browser Market Share Increases as Internet Explorer Drops
Mozilla’s Firefox is starting to pose a danger to Microsoft’s Internet Explorer after years of being the darling of a strange mix of AOL enthusiasts and techies. Mozilla Firefox has now been downloaded over 19 million times, and with more web surfers becoming browser savvy, a range […]

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