Google Asks Feds For Better Document Access
The numerous agencies of the federal government possess thousands of documents and pieces of information that can’t be found by Google’s crawlers.
Microsoft Dangles Deal: Products For A Peek
Allow Microsoft to keeps tabs on your computer through the Windows Feedback Program, and fill out a few surveys, and the company will reward you with one of its software packages.
YouTube Ad Partner Program Extension
Back in May of this year, YouTube began allowing its “most popular and prolific original content creators” to become partners and receive profits from ads displayed alongside their videos, and other revenue sharing models.
Shoppers Spending More Time Researching Online
Online shoppers researched product information 11 percent and 27 percent more on Thanksgiving Day and Black Friday respectively than they did on Cyber Monday, according to research from WebCollage.
Top Ad + Top Organic = Buy
Searchers are more likely to consider purchasing, to remember specific brands, and to associate specific brands with keywords when ads are in the search results, according to a newly study from Enquiro.
Google Lets Go Of Postini Employees?
Last week, all eyes were on AOL, and perhaps even Yahoo, to see if employees would be let go prior to Christmas. Now a surprising rumor has spread that Google filled the Grinch’s role by firing around 60 former Postini employees.
CPG Brand Sites Attract 66 Million Visitors
During the third quarter of 2007, consumer packaged goods (CPG) brand sites brought in a total of 66 million U.S. visitors, an increase of 10 percent over the same period last year, according to comScore.
PC Shipments Increase 16%
Global PC shipments are estimated to rise by 16 percent in the fourth quarter of 2007, according to IDC’s Worldwide Quarterly PC Tracker. After a slow second half of 2006, with growth hitting a low of 7 percent in the fourth quarter, growth has increased steadily in 2007 and the annual growth rate is expected to reach 14 percent up from 10 percent in 2006.
ISP Hijacks Google Homepage
Controversy is brewing over a Canadian ISP inserting customer messages at the top Google’s homepage, brought to you by Yahoo.
Google, Search Drives Health, Travel Traffic
Websites in the health & medical and the travel categories received substantial traffic driven to them from search engines in November 2007.