Google Improving International Search
Google is doing a lot of things to improve the way they rank sites across all of the different languages of the world. Some examples of where improvements are being made include taking into consideration things like:
SEC: Facebook Can Keep Hiring, Stay Private
Deals involving Google and Microsoft may get the government feeling nervous, but so far, Facebook’s growth isn’t causing much anxiety. The SEC has given the social networking company special permission to keep hiring and handing employees equity without publicly sharing its financial data.
Google Docs Offers Form Templates
If you use Google Docs, you might be pleased to know that Google is now offering templates for forms. And to start off they’ve got 13 different ones to choose from. If you are not familiar with templates in Google Docs, to utilize them, you go to New and select from template from the pull-down menu.
Tips For Online Retailers Preparing For Cyber Monday
With the official holiday shopping season beginning next week, U.S. retailers expect "Black Friday" (November 28 this year) sales will grow 1.2 percent.For "Cyber Monday" the first Monday after Thanksgiving, retailers expect to see growth of 2.4 percent, according to a study from BDO Seidman.Online sales are projected to grow 8 percent and gift card sales are expected to grow 5.1 percent.
Controversial Goodmail Raises Another $20 Million
Goodmail is a company that offers a service called CertifiedEmail whose goal is to eliminate security risks in email, and it is one that many organizations turn to when they have important emails to send. Goodmail’s customers include a number of big name retailers from Walmart to Old Navy, not to mention ISPs like AOL, AT&T and Comcast, and government agencies like the FBI and the FDA.
Google Friend Connect May Soon Launch
For once, Google looked to be a half-step (or more) behind. Yahoo’s testing a “social” new homepage, Microsoft’s rolling out a “social” Windows Live update, and from the search giant, nada on this front. Except, it seems, for Friend Connect, which just might launch soon.
YouTube in HD – What A Concept
I have not seen any official announcements yet, but YouTube looks to be venturing into High-Definition territory, a place where its competitors are already residing. Meghan Keane at Wired writes:
Microsoft Discusses Updating adCenter Bids
The economy’s crashing, the holidays are coming, and businesses are growing ultra-competitive. It’s time to revisit online marketing campaigns, then, and Microsoft has released some tips on how adCenter users can decide if their bids need to be updated.
Google Makes Improvements to Ad Manager
If you are not familiar with Google Ad Manager, it is a tool that lets web publishers organize their ad booking. It lets you use data from past campaigns to estimate how many impressions you need to sell to make your goals.
Google Maps Used To Mark Pirate Attacks
Google’s been known to track all sorts of stuff, including search trends, wildfires, and the flu. Now Google Maps and Google Earth are being used to record the locations of what might qualify as an even more interesting thing: pirate attacks.