This change has been expected for a while; if anything, it’s only surprising that it took so long to be enacted. But Google Korea has, for better or for worse, started asking for age verification following any adult-themed inquiries.
Man Starts Site To Find Girl Of His Dreams
A story of a man who saw the girl of his dreams on a crowded subway train got the attention of New Yorkers this week.
Google Starts Shared Storage Service
Google users can boost their available storage for Gmail and Picasa Web Albums to as much as 250GB for an annual fee.
Search Is Where Your Campaign Starts
Setting up an online campaign can be complicated, and it’s hard to know where to begin. Lately, social marketing and blog marketing have been the buzz words, but if you’re just getting started, just like in anything, really, you should start with the basics. And the basics of an online campaign involves a tightly targeted search campaign.
Holiday Season Starts Early For Online Retailers
For most of us the holiday season is the beginning of Thanksgiving and lasts through the end of the year. For online retailers the holiday season starts at the end of October according to a study from Oneupweb titled, “2006 Holiday Online Retail Buying Trends”.
iPhone Drops, Everyone Starts Cussin’
Just try to look at Apple’s new iPhone without cursing. Go ahead, try it. You know who else is cursing? Microsoft, RIM, Nokia, Verizon, and Sprint, to name a few. This daggum rickafrackin thing is going to smash the bejeebers out of everything else.
Yahoo Starts Matching Souls
Yahoo has partnered with Beliefnet, a “leading spirituality media company” (oxymoron, anyone?), to enhance an online community for spiritual daters. Dubbed Soulmatch, the site is already up and running; this new arrangement will supposedly make Soulmatch “the largest and most active” site of its kind.
MIMA Summit Starts Today
The Minnesota Interactive Marketing Association annual Summit starts today.
Warner Hugs YouTube, Starts Talking Gibberish
YouTube didn’t just get a mammoth deal with Warner Music Group. The video-sharing site got schooled in how to talk in press release, and what to call its new intellectual property inspector.
Dumbfind Starts Free Tagvertising Trial
Dumbind.com, the self-described “searchiest search engine on the Web,” announced the start of a free trial for advertisers with their Adsonomy “tagvertising” concept. Interested advertisers can select a list of tags for contextual advertising alongside search results.