Facebook Testing New Ad Format?

Update: I contacted Facebook asking for more details on the testing, and I was given only the following official statement from the company:

The DiggBar Cometh

Remember in late February when a new Digg Toolbar was uncovered via an image on Flickr? It was said to be coming out to take on StumbleUpon and TinyURL (and similar services) at the same time. Well now we get a closer look at that as Digg prepares to roll out the DiggBar. Kevin Rose posted about it at Digg the Blog today and included…

Google Knows Where You Live

Google’s changing it up, and local search optimization just became very, very important. It used to be a searcher had to be very specific about a query to bring back local results. To borrow from Search Engine Guide's Miriam Ellis, who tips us off to the changes in the usual Google “10 pack,” or the top ten search results, a search for “chiropractor” reveals just…

Spammers Take Scripts To User-Generated Sites

The number of websites blocked for hosting malicious content rose by 197 percent in March, according to MessageLabs, the highest number since October 2008. Experts credit the spike to a sharp increase in web-based and email-borne images with injected scripts like JavaScript and VBScript.

Report: MSFT To Spend $100M Promoting New Search Brand

Microsoft's new search brand should be announced sooner rather than later, and when that day comes, it looks like the corporation is going to make sure people notice.  According to a new report, Microsoft intends to spend as much as $100 million on an advertising campaign.