To some people, the Summer Olympics are little more than a nuisance – their television viewing schedules get messed up, don’tcha know. But those who really enjoy the Games may be glad for the chance to watch the 2008 Olympic Torch Relay in Google Maps and Google Earth.
Microsoft Offers To Buy Yahoo
The world’s top software company could boost its online presence dramatically if Yahoo accepts a $44.6 billion bid to be purchased.
Local Search Offers Consumers Control
The appeal of local search to people wanting to buy comes from a basic need to control their environment.
Google Offers Festivus For Webmasterus
On Google Webmaster Central Blog and in the post titled "A Festivus for our webmasterus." Google says "If it’s good enough for the Costanzas, it’s good enough for Webmaster Central: it’s time for a Festivus for the rest of us (webmasterus)!"
Google Offers Reprieve From Google Hell
Webmasters can stop fretting about Google’s supplemental results – they’re not really there anymore. Google has lifted the veil between indices.Google introduced its supplemental results in 2003, much to the chagrin of webmasters actively looking to have more of their content indexed for search. In what the company then called "a new Google experiment," a pair of indexes were created, one for the search engine’s main results, and a second for more obscure queries.
AT&T Offers Parental Control For Mobiles
AT&T has introduced a new Web-based feature that allows parents to stay in touch with their children while controlling the children’s mobile phone use.
iRazoo Search Offers Rewards
There are search engines (Google), there are human-powered search engines (Mahalo), and now there’s the “world’s first people powered, points driven, search engine”: iRazoo. I’m starting to dread the future; every company will use at least 30 words to define itself.
Google Offers Search For Small Businesses
Google has launched Google Custom Search Business Edition, which is focused on small businesses who want to add Google search to their Web sites.
Google Offers Olive Branch To eBay
In an apparent change of heart Google canceled their "Let Freedom Ring" event that would have been an attempt to steal eBay’s thunder and attract sellers away from the eBay Live event.
Yahoo Publisher Network Offers PayPal
Site publishers have wanted a faster payment method than waiting for snail mail to bring a check for their ad display earnings.