Plan For Impressive “Yahooplex” In Motion

Either Yahoo learned nothing from the real estate bubble, or the company's got something pretty fantastic up its sleeve.  Or it's just sending out feelers, not preparing to pour concrete.  Anyway, a fresh report indicates that Yahoo's taken a step towards building a large, new campus.

Google Says Search Ads Boost Brand Awareness

Google conducted a joint test with Levi's and found that paid search ads raised consumer awareness of the Levi's brand, regardless of whether or not they were clicked. In the test, 53% of "in-market" consumers named Levi's when asked which brand of jeans came to mind when a Levi's search ad was in the top sponsored position. That seems pretty likely anyway, but only 30%…

StumbleUpon Goes Search with New Incarnation

Update: Starting today, all StumbleUpon users can access the new interface, according to the company. Original Article: StubmleUpon launched a big redesign today. The new version of the site comes with a variety of new features, which the company says are designed to make it simpler, searchable, and more social.

Google Ranked World’s Most Attractive Employer

It's a good bet that mailmen (and/or mail servers) are still delivering huge numbers of applications and resumes to Google.  A very large survey has confirmed that university students regard the search giant as the world's most attractive employer. Universum contacted almost 120,000 students from Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Russia, Spain, the UK, and the US regarding which companies they'd most like…

You No Longer Need the Google Toolbar to Use Sidewiki

Last month, Google introduced Sidewiki, a feature of the Google Toolbar that allows users to comment on any page on the web. The comments could only be viewed by others who have the toolbar and the feature installed. That was until now.