Google’s Webmaster Tools Out of Beta
Vanessa Fox has reported on Official Google Webmaster Central Blog that Google is taking webmaster tools out of beta and allowing webmasters and others to comment on the blog.
Vanessa says on bidding farewell to beta:
Google’s New Initiative: Clicks for Charity
Google launches “Clicks for Charity,” turning user searches into donations for charities. Learn how every click contributes to a good cause.
PPC Advice – Good, Bad, or Very Bad?
Today, I took a few moments to take in a bit of the current online marketing blogscape. I eventually came across a post entitled "17 most common PPC mistakes web marketers make" by Igor Mor. It was posted on SEOMoz as part of their YOUMoz program where they "claim" posts from others they deem appropriate.
John Edwards Works The Second Life Corner
Various sorts of virtual destinations such as movie theatres, diners, media agencies and back alley prostitution rings can be found gracing the digital streets of Second Life. Now, you can add the unofficial campaign headquarters of presidential hopeful John Edwards to that list.
As if the virtual world of Second Life weren’t full of enough debauchery, now it’s home to a whole new form of prostitution and depravity — a process that these days we formally refer to as campaigning for the U.S. presidency.
MySpace Sexual Assault Suit Dismissed
The idea that MySpace was responsible for an offline sexual assault fell on deaf judicial ears as a Texas judge dismisses a $30 million lawsuit filed by the parents of a 13-year-old girl.
The drama occurred last spring after a Texas girl, who misrepresented herself as a 14-year-old (the minimum age to use MySpace), arranged to meet 19-year-old Pete Solis, who also lied about his age, near the girl’s home. Solis was later arrested and charged with sexual assault.
Senator Wants to Block Tubes
Senator Ted Stevens has already achieved a certain kind of blogosphere and Internet infamy for his comments about teh Internets being "a series of tubes" (click the image for a dance remix of his address to the Senate). Now, he seems to want to compound that infamy by passing legislation that would block most social networking sites – including not just MySpace, but virtually any site that allows user contributions, including Wikipedia – from any school that receives federal education funding.
Bold and Italics in Search Engine Relevancy
Dear Kalena…
A quick question – How much added value is there to placing keyword text within bold, strong, italics, or emphasis tags in terms of the weight given to those terms by search engines?
Thanks,
Adam
Kalena’s Answer:
Dear Adam
MSN Dutch Digg Clone Forgets Spam Protection
Recently (I honestly don’t know when), MSN launched a Digg clone in the Netherlands, called MSN reporter.
You can submit your story, and others can vote for it or against it. The top stories go to the MSN.nl homepage.
Now the boys at MSN haven’t really thought this through, as they store what stories you’ve voted on in… your cookie-jar!
NetSuite Parnters With eBay
NetSuite, an on demand business management software provider has partnered with online auction site eBay. The pair is working together to provide businesses with a more effective way to sell items on eBay while running their businesses with NetSuite.
Teqlo – Do-It-Yourself Mashups
If you’re one of those people who’ve been waiting for somebody to create a tool that would let ordinary mortals without programming expertise mix and match applications and create their own mashups, today’s your big day.