As you may know, YouTube has a new channels design in the works. It was actually supposed to be out on July 15th, but was postponed (not for the first time). Murdok recently ran down a nice sized list of new features that YouTube will be including in this new design here.
Google TV Ads Reporting Options Improved
It’s getting hard to imagine how the Google TV Ads team could make things any easier on marketers. After these promoters have been given suggestions concerning which shows are best-suited to a given audience, a new series of features and options will report back ad viewership data in greater-than-ever detail.
IRS Offers Improved Online Filing
The Internal Revenue Service has announced that starting on January 16 it is expanding its e-file program for 2008 federal tax returns.IRS Commissioner Doug Shulman recommends taxpayers consider e-file this year as the best option to file accurate tax returns and receive fast refunds. The e-file program includes new improvements to the Free File program that will allow nearly all taxpayers to e-file for free.
Google Reader Interface Improved
Google Reader has undergone some changes. The objective seems to have been to simplify things and give the whole thing a cleaner look and feel. While I’m sure the changes will still receive their share of critics, I for one am generally pleased with the update. Let’s take a look at the changes. First off, if you can’t find something that is supposed to be there:
The New and Improved iGoogle
Google has rolled out a new version of homepage customizer iGoogle. They say they’ve rolled it out to all U.S. users, but that would include me, and I have seen no signs of it on my page, so apparently "all" is a little strong. Hopefully I will be included soon, because being a fan of iGoogle, I would find the new features quite useful.
The Improved Reality of Parked Domain Traffic
For years many of us in the advertiser camp have yelled about the fact that vendors like Google AdWords lump domain traffic in with "search" traffic without giving you much control over the situation. A lot of this was justifiable yelling – but as with much about the content networks (and stuff that should be in the content network but was in the past classified as search), today’s reality seems to have improved.
Live Search Maps Gets Improved Interface
Microsoft shipped a new version of Windows Live Search Maps, one that comes with an all new, all better interface.
Link Bait: The Path To An Improved Web
With link bait becoming such a popular and successful tactic in SEO it was only a matter of time before people started rallying against it as the most evil thing to hit the world of marketing sincewellsince, whatever was the last successful SEO tactic.
The New and Improved Microsoft CRM 3.0
Microsoft CRM (customer relationship management) was created in order to assure the proper management of your company’s budget and to support the needs and requirements of your business.
Flash Tricks For Improved Search Engine Rankings
Normal wisdom says that if you use Flash in a web site it will hurt your search engine placement. This is due primarily to search engines having a hard time to index Flash content. But with a little ingenuity we can use that very problem to our advantage.