So – it seems like Senator Conroy and ‘new Labor’ are insistent on enforcing internet censorship on the Australian people.
We would suggest you read this blog post and also read Google’s view on the matter .
You may also wish to express your views at Getup: http://www.getup.org.au/campaign/SaveTheNet&id=892
Looks as though Google may be rolling out their latest changes now, so keep a look out for how your site is being indexed, and how quickly. Caffeine seems to be aimed at stripping out spam sites from search results, but it is also showing some changes in indexing/SERPS re ‘old’ Google.
See more here: http://www.seoibiza.com/blog/2009/08/19/google-caffeine-observations/ [...]
Well, the on-off affair between Microsoft and Yahoo is back on again as the companies announce a partnership arrangement aimed at improving their share of the search market.
The result will see Yahoo using Microsoft’s Bing search engine technology in conjunction with Yahoo’s ad network.
I don’t see this an an attempt to try and take Google on [...]
While YouTube is undoubtedly one of the most popular sites on the web, recent figures show that Google are feeling some big financial pain from it. The delivery model behind YouTube means that much of the content delivered is not giving a return to Google.
Goggle hopes that the cost per impression for ads carried on [...]
Google have announced the pending (although as yet undated) lauch of their ‘Wave’ product/platform.
What is Wave?
Well – to quote from Google:
A “wave” is equal parts conversation and document, where people can communicate and work together with richly formatted text, photos, videos, maps, and more.
Here’s how it works: In Google Wave you create a wave and [...]
The results of a recent (admittedly small scale but well presented) experiment suggest that an effective way to boost a PPC ad campaign is to acquire relevant on-target generic names to enhance or enforce the ads and get more traffic from them.
The guys at Memorable Domains ran a study which showed that: “All other things being equal [...]
I thought I’d let you know about this excellent interview on BruceMarler.com with Domainer Aron Meystedt.
http://brucemarler.com/exclusive-interview-with-xfcom-founder-and-professional-domainer-aron-meystedt/
It’s a informative piece which could provide a bit of inspiration for new and experienced domainers. Many of the points Aron makes relate to areas that have been discussed here before, such as:
Development vs Parking
Strategies for getting into domaining
Decline in [...]
Recent figures show that the 2008 online advertising spend in the US showed an increase of over 10% on 2007, despite the Financial Crisis that was beginning to take hold in the latter part of the year.
2008 US revenue (MOT Worldwide, just the US) came to a record $23.4 billion, surpassing 2007’s record of $21.2 billion [...]
What’s going on chaps? My Google Adsense CTR has died in the arse.
I know the big G has been making some changes to it’s targetting lately, and introducing the new personalised visitor cookie stuff – but seriously, something bad has happened to the clicks. Early March I was doing just fine, but in the last [...]
Hi Everyone,
Back from my Christmas and New Year break – spent a lovely couple of weeks over in Queensland (you know it – ‘Beautiful one day, Perfect the next…’). Surf, sea, kayaks, cold beer and all that stuff.
Settling back in now and looking forward to 2009 – a few things coming up over the next [...]
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