Twitter Buys Summize For $15 Million

The not-so-quiet rumors circulating last week about Twitter buying social search engine Summize are no longer rumors but are confirmed. Twitter founder Biz Stone confirmed it on his blog today, and one report has the deal valued at $15 million in cash and stock. Two surprises there: 1.    $15 million is exactly what Twitter just secured in its latest round of financing. 2.    Twitter has…

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Google Penalizes Newsday.com For Selling Links

According to Search Engine Roundtable, a popular media website Newsday.com, has been hit hard in terms of PageRank, as Google has specified that the website in question has been penalized for selling links that pass PageRank and for violating

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Google Presents Seven Cities In 3D

Here's a bit of news that belongs in some strange borderland between cutting-edge technology and the plot of a "Corner Gas" episode: seven local governments have worked with Google to publish 3D models of their cities.

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Google, Yahoo Deal Could Raise Ad Costs

Yahoo's search advertising deal with Google is likely to raise average keyword prices on Yahoo for most marketers according to a new study from search management firm SearchIgnite.Keyword prices on Yahoo have the potential to increase by an average of 22 percent. The actual increase for a specific marketer depends on the amount of spending across different types of keywords and the ad ranking on…

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