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The robots.txt analysis tool at Google Webmaster Central received some much-needed updating, and should be more effective for webmasters today.
The Filter, a social music recommendation site has released a new version of its software that features an improved user interface that enables users to create playlists to fill their iPod, iPhone and Apple TV more quickly.
What’s in a title? Well, sometimes, a lot of words - I believe the most I’ve seen was 23 - but Owen Van Natta’s job at Facebook had a nice, simple name: chief operating officer. Now Van Natta’s been given the title of “chief revenue officer and vice president of operations,” and yes, by comparison, that’s neither concise nor prestigious.
First off, my title may have unintentionally tricked you; this article revolves around what the Brits call “football,” but what we Americans identify as “soccer.” Sorry, NFL fans. But followers of the English Premier League have come to the right place, and it’s actually their search activity that has caused all the buzz.
Gumtree was quite “sticky” overseas - the classifieds site attracted and held a lot of attention in the UK, Ireland, Poland, New Zealand, Asia, Australia, and South Africa. Gumtree, which is owned by eBay, will now have a chance to do the same in three American cities.
HarperCollins said today that it would make digital book content available for the iPhone. The publisher said it would make excerpts of 14 new titles available online in an iPhone-compatible format using HarperCollins Browse Inside application.
