It’s your call, folks. Is Yahoo trying to single-handedly save GM, Ford, and Chrysler, or does it just suffer from ridiculously bad timing? Either way, something interesting’s occurred, as the company has seen fit to freshen Yahoo Autos.
Microsoft Wields Updated Webmaster Tools
Microsoft’s Live Search behavior should yield more information to site publishers as the company took its Webmaster Tools out of beta and tweaked them with some new features.
Google Video Gets Updated Again
Google Video’s existence continues to be a bit of a mystery; after Google paid $1.65 billion for YouTube, you’d think the company would be able to concentrate on just it. Still, users of Google Video are likely to be happy about a new redesign.
Google Directory Updated from DMOZ Data?
I know a segment of my readers are sick to death with anything to do with Google PageRank updates, and I haven’t even bothered mentioning the most recent update up until now… there wasn’t really anything newsworthy in it.
SEO 500: An Updated View On Copy
Traditionally, the magic word count for SEO has been around 300 words. As Google gets more particular about what it picks up due to higher concentrations of MFA (made-for-AdSense) pages, that new optimal count may be 500-600 words with a long tail.
Google Free Data Crawl Updated
I have to say it makes me pleasantly happy to see that the ever entrenched “datadepot” has finally been replaced on Google’s search crawl when you search for a common term like “free Alaska DRG”…
Updated Jabber Product Improves Messaging
Jabber, Inc. has launched an updated version of its Jabber Extensible Communications Platform (Jabber XCP) in the form of a 5.1 release. Features have been added and compatibility has been improved from the last generation of the software.
Google Scholar Wants To Keep You Updated
There are geeks and there are nerds, so the Eighties told us (dorks and dweebs, too, but these have yet reach to any type of social prominence). You may have guessed by now that I’m a nerd – I like to study. Google Scholar’s new addition, then, will just increase the hours I spend in ancient civilizations — for another, their time in quarks.
Google Local, News Updated
More pictures means more reasons to enjoy Google Local, while Google News loses a notable part of its name after nearly four years.
Yo, NYC Site Getting Updated
As part of the Big Apple’s marketing ventures, the city will support a new website dedicated to selling its official merchandise; you gotta problem with that?