Was Click Fraud Criminal Case Dropped Because Google Didn't Cooperate?
Google appears to have taken the latter path, which may have several consequences. Would-be fraudsters still have to guess at how Google sifts out bogus clicks. But allowing an alleged scheme to brazenly conduct click fraud to go
Google drops click fraud case against Michael Anthony Bradley
"Google appears to have taken the latter path, (keep its efforts to detect and quantify click fraud a secret which could allow Bradley to go unpunished. ) which may have several consequences. Would-be fraudsters still have to guess
When Was the Last Time You Talked to Google?
And I guess ultimately, I do want you to know that I’m talking to Google on a regular basis. Maybe one day we’ll do lunch. This is the first in a series of posts covering SEO “best practices” called SEO for Everybody.
Google Malware Warning
Now the only question to ask is why the site in question ranks 4th in Google for the term ‘funny pictures’, even with this warning? I guess currently the malware issue doesn’t cause a penalty [
Google Pays Networks to Leave YouTube Alone
I think this might be some old news, as it has been mentioned in Mark Cuban’s post, “Some intimate details on the Google YouTube Deal“, but BusinessWeek is more trustworthy, I guess.(Mr. Cuban said the source has not been “fact checked”
Google Running Tests To Display Quality Score Data
Nick confirmed, "Google is running a test now — we haven’t formally announced it yet, but I guess I’m going to tell you now — showing in the front end, quality score information to the advertiser. This is sensitive.
Guess Who?
"Guess Who?" 2.5 x 3.5" fine art print. Copyright 2006 Maggie Stiefvater. watching you violate the company policy on net surfing, and open up Google. to my blog after getting the google results for "art of the criminally insane.
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Guess-The-Google Guess the image-search keyword. via Invisible Shoebox
Google Landing Pages Requirement in Force
Bravo Google, welcome to the club, to those of us in Internet and direct marketing this has pretty much been rule forever now. Better late than never I guess. If you want to get the most from your advertising dollars online you should
Paid Search Cost Guess-timators
I often wonder how accurate the traffic and cost estimators for Google, Yahoo and MSN really are. Do they take into effect the So, who knows what the future holds for these traffic and cost guess-timators. Perhaps, the engines will

Google Testing Showing AdWords Quality Score Data to Advertisers Search Engine Roundtable
Last month PPC Blog wrote that Google to Show AdWords Quality Score in Ad Group Detail after spotting a DigitalPoint Forums post that read; "Next month I'll beta test the Quality Score Column in AdGroup Detail (I've been invited by
Google Cache Archiving More of Your Page? Search Engine Roundtable
The Google cache typically only stored about 100KB of your page. So if you had a heavy page with lots of content, not all of that page would be seen in the Google cache. That seems to have changed at
Google De-indexes Talk.Origins, Won't Say Why UPDATED Slashdot
J. J. Ramsey writes "Talk.Origins is an archive with thousands of pages exposing creationist pseudoscience. Rather mysteriously, Google pulled the plug on its search engine, giving only the vague reason: 'No pages from your site are currently included in Google's index due to violations of the webmaster guidelines.' This was apparently triggered by a recent cracking of the site that added 'hidden
THE LOST TAPES / Conversations tape-recorded in the early years with Google's founders illuminate how their actions San Francisco Chronicle
When I contacted San Francisco's Upside magazine in late 1999 about writing freelance articles, my first assignment was to do a story about an obscure search engine with a weird name based in Mountain View. At that time, few people beyond the Stanford campus
Mixed Messages From Yahoo! Forbes
At the Web 2.0 Summit, the troubled Internet giant was everywhere. But what was it trying to say?
The Vanishing Click-Fraud Case BusinessWeek Online via Yahoo! UK & Ireland Finance
Why was a seemingly slam-dunk case against an alleged click-fraudster who attempted to extort Google quietly dismissed?
Intelligence Land Search Watch & Who Hit It Wise? Search Engine Journal
SearchEngineWatch.com seems to be prepared for the leave of Danny Sullivan, the founder of SEW and it head editor for over a decade. While Danny is preparing via his firm Calafia Consulting the launch of his new site SearchEngineLand.com on December 11 and SEW not only lost Danny but most of their long term and []
SEO for Web 2.0 WebProNews
On Wednesday I went to a Silicon Valley WebGuild event at Google on what I thought would be a discussion on SEO for Web 2.0. I thought I would hear discussions on optimizing Flex and AJAX and learning how we could make these Web 2.0 Technologies more search engine friendly. Instead, the discussion was more focused on how Web 2.0 companies were using SEO. Which is completely different, especially
Yahoo! To Reorganize; Where Is Search In Yahoo!'s Future? Search Engine Roundtable
Last night, the news broke after many rumors about Yahoo!'s CEO possibly leaving, that COO, Rosenweig is resigning (not the CEO) and that Yahoo! is going to "reorganize." Danny posted the news at Search Engine Land with the press release,
Online retailers are watching you Baltimore Sun
Internet merchants track shopper's digital trails, tailor promotional offers This holiday shopping season, the price you pay online may depend on your gender and where you live. It may also hinge on what time of day you shop, the speed of your Internet connection, if you are an AOL user, or perhaps even your Google browsing habits. google+guess: google+guess