Interesting New Google Earth Sky Feature

After the launch of Google Earth's sky feature in August last year, see: Get Ready To Explore Space With Google Earth! made us experience the space in a totally new way.

In-House SEM Salaries: Quite a Range

Earlier today we discussed some mind boggling statistics about search marketing and its efficacy, see: PPC Ads Are Ignored 88.5% Of The Time!. Another study, this time about search marketers by SEMPO, explores the earning potentials of SEMs. The salaries actually have a surprising range, with the lowest ones bordering around minimum wages $60/year to the highest ones being around $70,000 a year.

Still More Acquisition Rumors: Google And Yell

Every slow Friday turns into a day for rumors, and as it turns out, this one was also a day for discussing the Yellow Pages industry.  Now something's come about that combines the two subjects: a rumor that Google will buy Yell, a UK Yellow Pages company.

Google Hacking Not Fun For You

Securing one's server is a waste of time if someone leaves a spreadsheet full of usernames and passwords where it can be found with a public search.

Microsoft’s Sweet New Ad Intelligence Tool

I hate to curse, but this tool is bad ass. Ad Intelligence is a new keyword tool from Microsoft which is well worth using, and will probably force Google and Yahoo to make better keyword tools.