Entries from May 2006

Loren Baker, Editor

eBay & Yahoo : Yahoo Search Marketing Ads on eBay

May 25th, 2006 by Loren Baker, Editor | 1 Comment

eBay & Yahoo : Yahoo Search Marketing Ads on eBay
Yahoo and eBay announced that they have entered into a multiyear partnership today which will fortify the offerings of one another, growing Yahoo Search Marketing via expansion on eBay and eBay’s PayPal online ‘banking’ and payment system via Yahoo integration. This partnership will expand Yahoo’s sponsored […]

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Loren Baker, Editor

PayPal & Yahoo Publisher Network

May 25th, 2006 by Loren Baker, Editor | No Comments

PayPal & Yahoo Publisher Network
Yahoo Publisher Network recently added direct deposit as a payment option for publishers beta testing YPN ads on their sites. Today’s news on the Yahoo & eBay PayPal and Search Marketing partnership will bring a new payment option to YPN; PayPal!
PayPal will be integrated and promoted as Yahoo!’s payment solution to […]

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Loren Baker, Editor

Yahoo eBay Alliance : PayPal, Search Marketing & More

May 25th, 2006 by Loren Baker, Editor | No Comments

Yahoo eBay Alliance : PayPal, Search Marketing & More
Yahoo and eBay have formed a commercial partnership which the two companies feel will build their position in their respected online shopping, payment and communications markets against recent moves by Microsoft’s Live Windows Shopping and Google Base. This, ladies and gentlemen, is MASSIVE.
The partnership includes integration of […]

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Loren Baker, Editor

YouTube & MySpace Dominate 65% of Video Search Market

May 25th, 2006 by Loren Baker, Editor | 1 Comment

YouTube & MySpace Dominate 65% of Video Search Market
Why is the building of social networks and multimedia video search so important to Google, Yahoo and MSN? Because they are being hammered by social sharing YouTube & MySpace in the Video Search market, and I mean hammered!
According to a recent Hitwise study, YouTube & MySpace […]

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WendyBoswell

Google To Close Orkut Pages That Encourage Violence

May 25th, 2006 by WendyBoswell | 1 Comment

Google To Close Orkut Pages That Encourage Violence
This from the Miami Herald; Google has “agreed to shut down some communities on its popular Orkut social networking site because the Brazilian government says they advocate violence and human-rights violations.” More from the article:
“Google agreed to shut down any sites that violate Orkut’s terms of service, which […]

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Loren Baker, Editor

Peter Da Vanzo’s Top 10 SEO Mistakes

May 25th, 2006 by Loren Baker, Editor | No Comments

Peter Da Vanzo’s Top 10 SEO Mistakes
Are you making mistakes in your SEO campaign which may hurt your business, or that of your clients’, in the long run? Peter Da Vanzo, long time SEO and search engine forum, blog and news contributor, has put together his Top 10 SEO Mistakes at the V7N Search Marketing […]

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Loren Baker, Editor

Dayparting with Google AdWords & Yahoo Search Marketing

May 25th, 2006 by Loren Baker, Editor | 1 Comment

Dayparting with Google AdWords & Yahoo Search Marketing
Jennifer Slegg reports on Search Engine Watch that Google AdWords is about to rollout dayparting and new scheduling features. Dayparting is the ability to serve ads during certain parts of the day, which is specifically nice for local businesses, targeting for morning, lunch or dinner time, and keeping […]

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Loren Baker, Editor

Del.icio.us Redesigns Homepage with Hotlist

May 25th, 2006 by Loren Baker, Editor | No Comments

Del.icio.us Redesigns Homepage with Hotlist
Following the trend of recent redesigns and feature additions by 2.0 veterans Flickr, Yahoo and YouTube, del.icio.us has now redesigned its homepage and added the new hot list.
From the del.icio.us blog:
The del.icio.us popular page is very… well, popular. Many of you read it frequently and use it to find interesting […]

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Loren Baker, Editor

GMusic : Google Music vs. Apple iTunes?

May 24th, 2006 by Loren Baker, Editor | No Comments

GMusic : Google Music vs. Apple iTunes?
Google is already selling video downloads of sporting events and television programs via their Google Video Store, but recent happenings which follow a Google Launch trend have led to expectations that Google will soon be launching a Google Music Store, or GMusic, which may compete with Apple iTunes.
ZDNet’s Garett […]

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Loren Baker, Editor

Ask.com’s Stock Market Smart Answers

May 24th, 2006 by Loren Baker, Editor | No Comments

Ask.com’s Stock Market Smart Answers
Ask.com has added new Stock Market Smart Answers to their collection of high quality content which is served via partners to Ask.com searchers (served above the ads). Gary Price writes on the Ask.com blog:
Like many web engines, entering a ticker symbol and/or company name will give you the latest stock price […]

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