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A/B Testing for Adsense is Often Pointless
Google recently posted a little blurb about The ABCs of A/B Testing. I hate to be a wet blanket, but for most…
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PPC Patent Bid War On The Horizon
According to a couple of sources, there are some very early patents (filed in 1996 and awarded three years later) on pay-per-click advertising that could spark a bidding war. The patents cover systems and methods for online advertising rather than the technology for it, and have been dormant for years after the filing company went under.
Adobe PHP SDK Takes An Update
After releasing the unofficial Adobe software development kit for PHP this week, Adobe's Mike Potter noted that a few tweaks were needed with the SDK.
Online Video May Be Screened In China
A YouTube fact sheet states that over 65,000 videos are uploaded to the site on a daily basis. Now, imagine how many of those would make it if every single one had to be screened by a live person. Fear not - this isn't going to happen at YouTube - but it is what the Chinese government has proposed as policy for its own online…
Del.icio.us Samples Ads, Thumbnails
There is "more shiny" on the Yahoo-owned social bookmaring site, Delicious, including thumbnail images of bookmarked websites on the home page, plus contextual search ads too.
Google’s Neven Buy Prods Conspiracy Theories
Neven Vision has been absorbed into the secretive bowels of the Googleplex, and Neven's background in biometrics used by the government and law enforcement has prompted whispers of possible implications of the acquisition.
