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Archive for February 2007

February 28th, 2007

Yahoo Updates Their Pay-Per-Inclusion Program

For those of you who didn’t know, Yahoo has a paid inclusion program (aside from the directory) which allows one’s pages to be crawled and listed almost instantaneously with a guaranteed re-crawl and listing update on a weekly basis. The program called Search Submit and runs $49 per url per year, with maximum of 5 […]

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February 26th, 2007

Introduce Yourself - Get a Free Link

As I had just got done re-introducing myself and my background, I am looking to know more about you. Who you are, where you’re from and what do you do. Feel free to throw a link to your site into the mix and get a free SEO / Webdesign / Search Engine related link with […]

By Gilad -- 3 comments

February 26th, 2007

Refreshing The Lines at SEH

As you may have noticed, post rate at the Search Engine Herald has been between dwindling to non-existent for quite some time. While the reasoning behind this situation are behind us, I’d like to note that things will be different from now on.
First, I’d like to reintroduce myself, My name is Gilad Gafni and I […]

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February 22nd, 2007

Google Loses Two Major Video Deals

Google’s YouTube had lost two major video deals this week with media giants Viacom and CBS. Both deals were supposed to allow YouTube users to watch clips from shows such as CBS’s “The Late Show with David Letterman,” and Viacom’s MTV Networks, BET Networks, and Paramount Pictures.
Viacom went with Google’s competitor Joost, while CBS is […]

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February 21st, 2007

Google Images Back to Normal

Last month we reported that Google Images got a face lift which removed the image details from the serps and showed them only when image was hovered:
Today it is back to good ole’ Google Images, all the details are permanently under the images…
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February 19th, 2007

Google UI Test Adds Stock Symbols

A new Google UI (user interface) test is pointed out by the Threadwatch guys. Apparently, Google is trying to implement stock symbols into its serps and had done so, in this occasion at least, in a very clean way.
In this test they added a little drop-down box which, when appears, shows the current price […]

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February 15th, 2007

Google Adds “Google Checkout” Tags

Google added this week little “Google Checkout” buttons to sponsored listings which use their checkout service. It definitely catches the eye, but at the same time breaks the “simplicity / clear design model” which got them thus far.

I guess this is one of the perks one has when controlling two vertical markets which can […]

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February 14th, 2007

Better Behave (or) Google Will Tell on You

For a while now there has been a high level of fame with being the first one to upload material to YouTube. At times (such as the Grammys last week) videos were up before the show was even over, not to mention aired in the West Coast. Well, it seems as if the studios are […]

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February 13th, 2007

Google Keeps Experimenting with Adsense

This has been seen on and off for a while now, but this is the first time I actually caught a screencap of it. Look at the Google logo on these adsense ads:

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February 8th, 2007

GMail is Now Free-For-All

While some of you may not realize it, until yesterday Gmail was an invite-only service. Today, however, it is finally free-for-all.
The service that was sought-after by many since 2004, and whose invites sold on eBay at $250 a pop and who everyone and their grandma has already opened an account with, had quietly dropped the […]

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