Google Expands Print Ads

Google said today it would expand its Google Print Ads advertising initiative. The program launched in November 2006 with a test of 50 newspapers and a small group of advertisers.

Adsense in Password Protected Areas

Google just posted up on their Adsense blog that there is a new feature called site authentication. The gist of it is that this feature will allow you to set up a user name and password for the Adsense robot. It can then go in and crawl your password protected pages (much like a registered user) and thus begin showing relevant ads.

Microsoft Gains Not Our Loss, Says Yahoo

By the raw numbers, comScore's assessment of June's search market share showed a 2.9 point rise for Microsoft, while Google, Yahoo, and Ask collectively lost 2.9 points. Yahoo said the reason for this isn't a zero-sum calculation.

Google, DoubleClick Cast As Net Neutrality Fight

Sparks fly as Scott Cleland, president of Precursor Group and chairman of anti-net neutrality organization Netcompetition.org, receives the criticism he fully expected in assessing the likelihood of the Google offer for DoubleClick being blocked.