No More PPC for Amazon Associates

Amazon is ending the payment of referral fees to associates in North America using pay-per-click (PPC) to get traffic. This is effective beginning May 1st. The change is not temporary. Amazon will not reinstate payment of referral fees to paid search associates. They say the decision to make the change is based on their review of how they invest their advertising resources.

Google Launches Gadget for Insights for Search

Google has introduced an iGoogle gadget for Insights for Search. It displays the top rising searches and top related searches on your Google home page. Users can change the settings to show results for a specific location, keyword, category, or source.

Google Health And CVS Expand Partnership

CVS Caremark has expanded its partnership with Google Health by offering its pharmacy customers the ability to download their prescription and medication histories to their Google Health account. Customers filling prescriptions at CVS pharmacy stores can now add their medication history to their online medical record directly from CVS.com.

Netflix Now Streaming South Park And Nickelodeon Shows

Netflix has announced it will be offering programming from Viacom's MTV Networks and Comedy Central via its streaming service. The first nine seasons of  "South Park" featuring 139 episodes are now available to be instantly streamed from Netflix.