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Yang Says Microsoft Deal is Best Bet for Yahoo
Posted by Nathania Johnson Nov 6, 2008
Jerry Yang told attendees at the Web 2.0 Summit yesterday that a deal with Microsoft is still the best option for Yahoo. To which I say: Then why didn’t you accept the $31 per share acquisition offer made earlier this year? And then I read this: “People who know me know I …
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Wordtracker Launches â””Keyword Questionsâ””
Posted by Greg Jarboe Nov 6, 2008
Wordtracker has launched â””Keyword Questions,â”” a free tool that letâ””s webmasters and SEOs find the specific questions that people type into search engines. The answers to these questions can provide interesting web copy and could pick up a lot of search traffic. According to Ken McGaffin, Chief Marketing …
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YouTube Adds Search to Embeddable Videos
Posted by Nathania Johnson Nov 6, 2008
YouTube is adding search and 3 other features to embeddable videos. The search feature will appear at the end of videos that are embedded on other sites. The other features are things you’ve seen if you visit YouTube’s site but were not previously available for the embeds: High-quality start images (thumbnails)Integrated video …
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Q3 Earnings for MySpace, interCLICK and Answers Corp.
Posted by Nathania Johnson Nov 6, 2008
Earnings are in for MySpace (owned by NewsCorp), interCLICK, and Answers Corporation. The three advertising revenue-based companies had mixed results. NewsCorp reported that Fox Interactive Media, of which MySpace is the primary web property, saw a 17% gain. However, that’s still a 57% drop from the previous quarter. NewsCorp president Rupert …
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Google Terminates Yahoo Advertising Partnership
Posted by Frank Watson Nov 5, 2008
Yahoo announced that Google has decided to terminate its advertising partnership with Yahoo, “following indication from the Department of Justice that it would seek to block it, despite Yahoo!â””s proposed revisions to address the DOJâ””s concerns,” the Yahoo press release stated. While I understand Google does not want to add another …
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Search Engine Watch Forum Discussions
Flash website Nov 6, 2008
Would flash website indexed on google. If not what is the solution. I want to build a flash website but same time am looking search engine optimization…
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Google Gets Coyote Arm the Next Morning Nov 5, 2008
Yes, yes, I know it was Microsoft that forced the DOJ to investigate the deal so intensively Google just had to pull out. Or did Google step in as a dancing partner and made Googely eyes just long enough to stave off the competition from stealing the prize away, then made …
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Internal link structure Nov 5, 2008
If page A links to page B with 3 links (top nav, bottom nav, and in text), does page B gets 3 “votes” and page A counts 3 outbound links, or the number to the outbound links to the same target is irrelevant for both A and B pages?
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