Yahoo Still Standing After Closing Bell

Ben Franklin might not have agreed, but after Microsoft withdrew its offer, the drop in Yahoo's stock became as certain as death and taxes.  The only surprise was that, after a full day of trading, the drop was more of a dip than a plunge.

Exploring The Google Penalty Box

Pick a number between 6 and 950 and you'll likely find evidence, or at least the antecedent number, for a Google ranking penalty. Webmasters and SEOers are in general agreement Google penalizes, and have dubbed them according to their numeric reprimand: -6, -30, -60, -950, and so on. Google inadvertently in cases has acknowledged such penalties exist, but has yet to present any hard and…

ABC Stuffing More Commercials Into Online TV

Feeling safe in the knowledge that I could catch up online, I skipped "Lost" last Thursday night and watched PBS's "Carrier" instead.  Then, on the ABC website, everything worked fine.  But in the future, watching shows on the ABC site may be a little more annoying thanks to extra commercials.

Midday At Yahoo: Market Cap Slides

Shares of Yahoo climbed as high as $29.73 on Friday ahead of optimism about a Microsoft-Yahoo deal, but Steve Ballmer's decision to dump the deal after market close rattled Yahoo stock today.

Google Aims Block At Verizon Wireless Bid

Verizon's win in the FCC auction for the C block of 700MHz spectrum should be stopped unless the company agrees to give existing customers open access privileges, according to Google.