Hi-Res Google Maps Images On the Way

You may recall about a month and a half ago, it was announced that GeoEye would be launching a satellite with the highest resolution available on the market and would be lending its technology to Google Maps. Today, the first image was released from the GeoEye-1. "We are pleased to release the first GeoEye-1 image, bringing us even closer to the start of the satellite's…

The Journey to a $15 Million Blog Sale

As all Webproworld readers are probably aware by now, Bankaholic, a blog run by 22-year-old Johns Wu was sold to BankRate.com for $15 million, a price some people find shockingly high, but enough to change a man's life dramatically. We've covered this inspirational story extensively since we first learned of it.

Google Tries to Keep Drunk People From Messing Up Their Lives

Google is working on a new Gmail feature in Google Labs that allows the user to better protect themselves from sending emails that they may later regret sending. The feature is called "Mail Goggles", and seems to be aimed at people who have too much to drink on the weekends and send out drunken emails that when they wake up the next day and wish…

Google Devaluing DMOZ and Yahoo! Links?

Google is no longer suggesting that you should be listed in relevant directories. In fact, they've even removed the suggestion from their webmaster guidelines, as Brian Ussery noticed. The page used to have bullet points for: