Although it takes less than 15 seconds to create an outbound link, some people will spend quite a bit more time agonizing over the ramifications. Now, Google’s issued a blog post about outbound links, and the company’s official stance amounts to "relax."
Netflix Shares Slide, Company Still Setting Records
Netflix shares fell 13% yesterday, but at the time of this writing are up over 5% today. The drop is a result of a trimmed fourth-quarter outlook.
User-Generated Telemarketer Butt-Kickin
If the mob is good for anything, it’s kicking some tail. Sometimes it’s a righteous wave of derriere demolition, and others it’s an unfair and maniacal feeding frenzy. But if all that ire is directed toward an unknown caller clicking on your answering machine ten times a day, nobody’s going to care whether crowd-sourced, digital brutality is justified or not.
Google Putting AdSense in Your Games
It was only a matter of time, but Google is beginning beta testing for in-game advertising, or "AdSense for Games". On Google’s Inside AdSense Blog, Ryan Hayward writes:
SMX East: Assessing The Googleopoly
Google’s big and getting bigger, as firms like comScore and Hitwise can confirm. Then there’s its pending deal with Yahoo to consider. So a session at SMX East addressed the question of whether Google is a monopoly, and what can and should be done about the issue.
YouTube Launches Ecommerce Platform
YouTube has reached agreements with iTunes and Amazon.com to offer users "click-to-buy" links to download music, games and other products.
MySpace and HP Work on Printing Your Profile Photos
MySpace and HP have teamed up on a deal that will see HP printing technology used across multiple areas on MySpace, including all photo sections. You will be able to easily print pictures from not only people’s profile photos, but ones that are inserted into blog posts, comments, messages, etc. The first stage of the partnership is anticipated to include an HP branded print button enabling MySpace users to preview and print photos directly from their MySpace profiles.
Facebook Launches Microsoft Live Search Integration…
Facebook temporarily launched Microsoft Live Search integration with its site before removing it a short time later. It’s unclear why the feature has been removed, but the post announcing it on the Facebook Blog was removed as well, so I’m guessing it wasn’t quite ready for primetime, and they goofed.
SMX East: Handling CSS, Ajax, And SEO
Since most relevant recommendations are presented as and relate to standard English words, it’s not too hard to understand most of the SEO basics. But stuff relating to CSS and Ajax can get a little confusing, so a session at SMX East tried to focus on a few tips and tricks.
SMX East: Reviving A Failed PPC Campaign
At the session "Reviving A Failed PPC Campaign" the speakers discussed how to turn around a failed paid search campaign.(Coverage of the SMX East conference will continue at Murdok Videos. Keep an eye on Murdok for more notes and videos from the event this week.)