WebTrends Upgrades WebPosition 3.5 with SmartReports WebTrends has upgraded WebPosition Gold 3 to WebPosition 3.5, which now offers a new wizard-based interface for reporting on keyword rankings, while offering more sophisticated and flexible reporting capabilities with its new Excel-based tool, WebPosition SmartReports. The upgrade is free for current WebPosition Gold 3 users. The new Quick [...]

Yahoo! 360: Community Key to Ratings/Reviews Yesterday, after apparent leaks to the press, Yahoo! decided to announce its rumored blogging/social networking service (to launch at the end of the month)—Yahoo! 360. According to AP reports, the service will offer multiple features and allow people to share content, photos, etc. There are many such applications already [...]

How to Create a Favicon for Your Web Site Ever see those little custom icons next to a web site listing in your favorites folder or on your browser address bar? Have you ever wondered how to create one for your own site? Well I’m going to reach you in this article. The icons are [...]

Google Adds Ad Links Tool to Google AdSense Just as Microsoft starts to warm up online buzz about their own paid search offering and Yahoo contextual advertising network sightings arouse bloggers with the dream of a new revenue generating option on the horizon, Google throws the industry a curveball right out of left field. Now, [...]

SearchFeed Sponsored Links Reach Over 500 Million Searches per Month Searchfeed.com, a search advertising network, announced today its search advertising reach now exceeds a half a billion searches per month. This considerable increase marks a near doubling in search volume for the engine, growing from 360 million searches per month in 2003. “This is a [...]

RIM Shares Rise on BlackBerry Deals After a week of lowering search stocks, RIM stock prices have risen sharply after agreements were made between Research In Motion with Yahoo and AOL. RIM, which makes BlackBerry wireless devices, agreed with both web properties to support both instant messaging services on the BlackBerry. RIM reports it will [...]

Become.com Announces Affinity Index Ranking Algorithm Become.com yesterday unveiled its answer to Google PageRank, Affinity Index Ranking (AIR), its patent-pending technology for ranking web pages. AIR provides highly targeted search results by understanding the context of pages on the web. Become.com is a search engine that helps people find product reviews and relevant buying information. [...]

Google Local Edit Business Listing Process John Battelle reports that Google Local Adds Self Serve Business Listings. So I thought I give it a shot. They make you login, which is understandable and then they take you through a clear and easy step by step process to update your listing. Personally, I hate how my [...]