More Ways to Use Google to Boost Your Marketing Potential

Have you ever checked out Google's Insights for Search? Basically it's a set of tools launched last summer that let you look at trends in search to help you apply them to your own marketing campaigns. "See what the world is search for," as the product's slogan goes.

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Google TV Ads Moves Forward With MSNBC

Google TV Ads is on a roll.  About 15 days ago, the division struck a breakthrough deal with CNBC, and there was official talk of partnerships between it and MSNBC, Oxygen, and SciFi moving forward "in the coming months."  Now the MSNBC arrangement's been made, and advertisers have gained access to an enormous audience. A post on the goofily named Let's Take It Offline blog…

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Google Reaches Ad Deal With European News Agencies

Google and the European Pressphoto Agency (epa) have struck a deal under which the search engine will host epa content on Google News. Under the agreement Google News users will be able to find original text stories and photos from the online services of a number of epa's eleven agencies.

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New Chrome Beta, Blog Announced

Everyone knows that Google loves the word "beta"; Gmail has stood as evidence of this for years.  Well, love can do powerful things, and Google's brought back the term to describe a fresh, faster-than-ever version of its Chrome browser.  There's a new Chrome blog, too.

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Australia Threatens $11,000 Fines For Unapproved Linking

Be glad if you’re not running a website, blog, or forum in Australia right now. If you linked to the wrong website, a site on the Australian Communications and Media Authority’s secret blacklist, they can fine you $11,000 ($7,262 US) per day that link stays live.

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