MSN is launching the AdCenter US Pilot program and they are seeking participants. As mentioned in an earlier post, MSN AdCenter was launched in Singapore followed by France last month. Entry in the US pilot is by invitation only and selection of participants are on a rolling basis from who express interest and refer other small and medium businesses. MSN adCenter will … [Read more...] about MSN AdCenter Pilot US Launch
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A Race for Patents
With the patent office workers swamped with patent applications and a shortage of manpower, patent filers have been able to get a higher number of patents approved. Google filed a patent and now the others are following suit. There are five new patents - 2 Google patents, 1 MSN patent, and 2 Yahoo patents. According to Cr8asiteforums.com: Variable personalization of … [Read more...] about A Race for Patents
Google Launching Classifieds
Classified advertising is a $100 billion-plus industry worldwide. With such a lucrative market, Google is in talks to launch classifieds via partners like Classified Intelligence according to its news release. Google is also seeking classified advertising sites like CareerBuilder and Adicio for direct feeds of listings which would complete its local coverage in search … [Read more...] about Google Launching Classifieds
Personalized Search Results with ‘Remove Result’
Google is currently beta testing a new option that lets you determine what results show up the next time by removing results you don't like from your personalized search results. Matt Cutts, the Google engineer, has more details on how you can try this out at his blog. Could this be the future of search where everyone sees different results? With all the spamming going … [Read more...] about Personalized Search Results with ‘Remove Result’
Google Rankings for “Failure”
Earlier I reported on how pranksters push unwarranted sites like George Bush's biography to the top of the search engine results list by employing Google Bombing tactics. Despite complaints, Google decided not to manually manipulate rankings of the site. Marissa Mayer, Google's director of consumer products, says: "Pranks like this may be distracting to some, but they … [Read more...] about Google Rankings for “Failure”