Note Your Google Website Optimizer Experiments

Google has released a new feature for its Website Optimizer tool, called Experiment Notes. The feature is designed to help users include documentation as part of their testing. For any experiments, users can now add their own annotations. If you are unfamiliar with Website Optimizer, it's a free tool from Google that webmasters can use to increase conversions by making adjustments to design and text…

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Facebook in the News for Several Reasons

As you may know, Facebook surpassed MySpace in traffic a while back. New data from Hitwise indicates that the launch of Facebook Connect likely played a major role in this. The following graph shows a major increase in market share of social networking visits starting with the time when Facebook Connect was launched:

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Google Outlines Plans To Monetize Online Content

Google has plans to introduce a micro payment system aimed at helping online publishers earn additional revenue. In a document submitted to the Newspaper Association of America in a response to a request made by the NAA to a number of companies, Google outlined its proposed payment plan.

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YouTube Readies Friend-Finder Feature

It looks like Conan O'Brien's imaginary YouTwitFace site is coming one step closer to reality.  Last night, YouTube announced that it's introducing a new "You may know these people" feature, which of course sounds quite similar to Facebook's "People you may know" offering. 

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Bit.ly Teams Up with Yfrog on Image Sharing

Update: The YFrog and bit.ly partnership is now live. A YFrog spokesperson says that with Apple announcement that iPod nanos will now come equipped with video cameras – this opens a new, inexpensive way for people to capture video and then post it to Twitter.

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