WebmasterWorldNews and Discussion for the Web ProfessionalProductivity Tip: Increase Email Check Time- (Found June 18, 2008 ) WebmasterWorld members discuss ways to help improve productivity. (-subscription required)http://www.webmasterworld.com/supporters/3670330.htm Google Deal With Yahoo Raises Antitrust Questions- (Found June 18, 2008 ) "the heads of key subcommittees in the House and the Senate reiterated their intention to look into whether the Google-Yahoo arrangement would diminish competition."http://www.webmasterworld.com/goog/3674710.htm Google Still Unsure How To Make Money With YouTube- (Found June 18, 2008 ) "Eric Schmidt, the search giant's chief executive, said it "seemed obvious" that Google should be able to generate "significant amounts of money" from YouTube, on which hundreds of millions of videos are watched every day, but that as yet it hadn't figured out how to go about it."http://www.webmasterworld.com/goog/3673191.htm A.P. Doesn't Want Titles and Short Excerpts Used- (Found June 18, 2008 ) "According to the following, the A.P. is going after a webmaster for posting article titles and brief excerpts, claiming "Fair Use" does not permit this practice."http://www.webmasterworld.com/content_copywriting/3674148.htm Report: Botnets Increasingly Used In Click Fraud- (Found June 18, 2008 )http://www.webmasterworld.com/ppc/3675844.htm EBay Open API For Merchants and Developers- (Found June 18, 2008 ) "For the first time, eBay will feature third-party applications within Selling Manager, a tool that merchants use to manage their eBay listings, the company plans to announce Monday at its annual eBay Developers Conference in Chicago."http://www.webmasterworld.com/ecommerce/3675909.htm Icahn says Yahoo-Google Advertising Deal "might have merit"- (Found June 18, 2008 )http://www.webmasterworld.com/yahoo-corp/3676088.htm Microsoft Gets YuMe To Help Place Ads With Online Videos- (Found June 18, 2008 )http://www.webmasterworld.com/msft/3676096.htm Microsoft To Open Search Technology Center (STC) In Europe- (Found June 18, 2008 ) "The new center will be designed to help accelerate Microsofts investments in Live Search and disrupt the search and advertising marketplace to the benefit of both the consumer and the advertiser, in line with Microsofts recent announcement in the U.S. of Live Search cashback."http://www.webmasterworld.com/msft/3676664.htm Major Ranking Losses on Google June 4 - 5- (Found June 18, 2008 ) Many webmasters are reporting ranking losses on their biggest websites - ranging from "major" to "catastrophic".http://www.webmasterworld.com/google/3668739.htm |