Yahoo has decided to drop some knowledge on Yahoo Search Marketing advertisers about a tool it has that it says will speed up their campaign optimization. If you are not familiar with it, it’s called the Bulksheet.
New Saving and Sharing Features for Google Maps
Google has added features to Google Maps that let you save, annotate, and share directions using My Maps. Users can save driving directions by simply clicking the "save to my maps" link below the directions.
Google Offers Money Saving Tips With Tip Jar
With the economy in a recession and people looking for more ways to save money, Google is offering help with a new money saving site called Tip Jar.
Google says the site is an experiment that it hopes will offer users the most effective ways to save money. Tip Jar is powered by Google Moderator, which itself began as an experiment for the Google App Engine.
Google: You’re Not Saving the Rain Forests That Way!
Forestle is a search engine built on Google Custom Search, with the goal of saving the Rain Forests. That seems like a noble enough cause. Their methods of going about this, however, have gotten the site’s search functionality revoked by Google. When you try to perform a search on Forestle, you get a big pink box with a message from the Forestle team. The message goes:
Yahoo Looks To AOL For Saving
And by screw I mean noose. Following the Yahoo/Microsoft saga is like watching a billion-dollar chess game, and Yahoo’s current board only has a couple of moves left before they find themselves in check. It’s not over, but it’s close. Yang and company’s last desperate move: Chat up TimeWarner/AOL about a possible $10 billion merger and get it done before the Wrestlemania of all annual board meetings on August 1st.
Ask, Dell Continue Energy-Saving Efforts
About three months ago, Ask joined a tree-planting program created by Dell to offset carbon emissions. Those trees are presumably doing just fine. The bigger piece of news relates to energy-efficient servers the two companies discussed, and those are also on track.
Yahoo, Capital One Release “Saving Zone”
I liked Capital One’s “barbarian” commercials, and for the foreseeable future, that’s what’ll come to mind whenever I think of the company. But a new association has taken place, as well, because Yahoo and Capital One have teamed up to create the “Capital One Saving Zone.”
Data Saving in Case of Browser Crashes
So a few days ago I posted a question on the BlogCFC blog about whether I should add “crash protection” to the BlogCFC entry editor.
The Saving Grace Of Offsite Data Backup
In the words of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, “Precaution is better than cure.” In a situation involving the loss of data, where a “cure” may be impossible, this phrase becomes even more true. Many businesses have taken this aphorism to heart, and are careful to back up their data. And perhaps just as importantly – they’re backing it up offsite.
Average Joe And Saving The Internet
Pull Average Joe to the side (the next time you see him at the pub or wherever Joe haunts these days) and float the phrase “Network Neutrality” by him; if for nothing else, to watch the blankness wash over him. He has little use for the phrase, though it has the potential to affect him greatly.