Monthly Archives: December 2006

Google’s xmas starts on the 21st..

TweetHome page update..  Its now xmas @ google   More here: http://www.google.co.uk/doodle12.html

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The end of images next to google adsense!!!

TweetSo here it is.. Â Ad and image placement: a policy clarification We’ve recently received a number of emails from publishers asking how we feel about the placement of images near Google ad units. There’s been some confusion on this … Continue reading

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Went to google today :)

TweetI got invited last week to attend a meeting regarding the usability of google base. So today I popped down to google’s London office to have a look around and “Attempt” to discuss my problems with base and froogle alike.. … Continue reading

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google recommends google add url

TweetI just set my girl friend a site to have a play with.. Hopefully she’ll make so much money I’ll never have to work again  Anyway the point of the post (back on topic boy) So I got her … Continue reading

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UI update on adsense .. Pretty colours

TweetNote the “u” in colours lol.. The new single page layout dosen’t make any differnce to me… But hey might help someone ? The colours are pretty The visual representation is very good bar not really needed for anyone using … Continue reading

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Online banking fraud ‘up 8,000%’

TweetFull report over @ beeb but is google msn etc.. Going to do anything about it ? Most fraud is via phishing email so google/msn can’t do anything about that but serp warning and toolbar would be great  IE7 … Continue reading

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Plan your Christmas shopping trip with Google Maps.

TweetGoogle home page update.. Google has add a linky to google maps.. Plan your Christmas shopping trip with Google Maps.  Screen shot Great to see the word “Christmas” and not seasons greeting etc.. Â

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Ask.com adwords campaign seem to get around brands ?

TweetJust seen this on a mate PC..  Got him to take this screen shot.. Funny imho …  Its so bad for user experience imho.. I clicked on the add to see what ask was going to off me … Continue reading

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Radio adwords..

Tweet I’m looking forward to some feed back on this but i’m pretty sure its not going to be very applicable for me and my sites again  Bringing radio advertising to Google advertisers: an update There’s been a lot … Continue reading

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New Sitemaps Protocol May Hurt Your Listings in Yahoo! Tim Says no!

TweetQuite a few comments in forums regarding the drop in indexing/ranking when adding the site maps protocol.. This used to be a google sitemaps topic and now has moved to yahoo, however tim (assuming Tim Mayer)Â has commented on SERT … Continue reading

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