Google addresses myths about its AdSense program, shedding light on common misconceptions and providing clarity for publishers.
Avenue A / Razorfish Clarifies Crawler
Rob Aronson, Vice President of Search Engine Marketing for Avenue A Razorfish spoke to Murdok for an interview about their Super Intelligent Link Crawler. (SiLC)
YouTube Clarifies Copyright Protection Efforts
YouTube cofounder Steve Chen addressed the "speculation" in the media about the video-sharing site’s technological efforts to combat copyright infringement.
Google Clarifies Paid Link Stance
Google has updated its Webmaster Guidelines to include definitions of commonly used terms for shady practices and clearer language about the penalties associated with black and gray hat SEO tactics.
Google’s Shuman Clarifies Click Fraud Points
A couple of numbers regarding click fraud have been in play and widely discussed: ClickForensics’ 14.2 percent claim and Google’s internal assessment of less than 2 percent. Those numbers don’t tell the whole story either.
Edelman Clarifies Vista Giveaway
The angst of bloggers who admitted to receiving choice AMD laptops loaded with Windows Vista received an injection of drama as PR firm Edelman has now asked for the goodies to be returned or given away after being reviewed.
Google Clarifies Quality Score Guidelines
Since announcing algorithmic adjustments to the calculation of landing page quality score, and the subsequent impact on minimum bids, Google has been the object of some scrutiny from its advertising partners. Following much anticipation, the company has finally released more concrete basis of suggestion for achieving high quality score ratings.
PyMusique Team Re-opens iTunes Backdoor, Clarifies Position
The back and forth between Apple’s iTunes and the makers of the PyMusique hack continues. On Monday, news broke of PyMusique and its capability to block the installation of iTunes DRM files, which are placed on songs while they are being downloaded.
Google Clarifies: No AdSense In Email
Contrary to the interpretation of some forum and blog posters, Google AdSense terms and conditions does currently forbid the use of AdSense ads in email.