Some marketers put up their ads with Google AdWords, and then wonder why they are not seeing any ad impressions. Google tries to explain what could be happening here.
Google Hears Music So You Can See It
Those content deals Google inked with Warner Music Group and Sony BMG have been quickly turned into a free, ad-supported content respository on Google Video for music fans.
More Orkut Legal Concerns For Google
Orkut is becoming quite a problem child for Google. Now that things have finally begun to calm down from its legal battle in Brazil, similar issues are cropping up in India. This new issue involves hate speech, while the Brazilian dispute involved both hate speech and child pornography. Company execs still aren’t likely to label this as “progress,” though.
Google Adds Library, Expands Edu Offerings
Google took another step toward the company’s stated goal of indexing the world’s information by adding the entire collection of public domain historical resources from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the Wisconsin Historical Society Library to its Google Books Library Project.
Google Docs & Spreadsheets Launches
Check it: docs.google.com.
TechCrunch already has an overview.
Google’s New Master Plan
Like many other multi-billion dollar corporations, Google has long since based its commercial pursuits on a singular, master plan. The company’s vision, it seems, is on the verge of major restructuring.
Google Docs Takes Over For Writely
By combining the Writely online word processor and the Spreadsheets service into a single sign-on product, Google has moved ever closer to fulfilling the expectation they will someday place an online competitor to Microsoft Office online.
Google, Yahoo Offer Search Weather Reports
Both search engines have had updates taking place, with Yahoo issuing its customary “weather report” while Matt Cutts at Google discusses their latest tweaks.
Google Blog Titles Need Work
The Official Google Blog carries messages varying from discussions of Google’s legal affairs to recommendations on relaxation techniques. The way Googlers title their posts has some other bloggers wishing for a little more clarity for those titles.
Edelman Critiques Google AdWords
Spyware researcher Ben Edelman looked into pay-per-click scams and the lengthy AdWords Content Policy, and found plenty of advertisers pushing to and past the boundaries of “ethical and legal advertising” online.