Adobe Systems, Inc. has released a press release stating that Adobe is in the process of acquiring Macromedia for $3.4 billion dollars with the deal to close this Fall 2005. According to Adobe, “The combination of Adobe and Macromedia will provide customers a more powerful set of solutions for creating, managing and delivering compelling content...Read More
Both the L. A. Daily News and the Los Angeles Times have run stories regarding a company called Optin Global Inc., which has been given a temporary restraining order from a San Francisco judge in regards to allegedly sending out spam emails. The judge has also frozen their assets. The Federal Trade Commission made the...Read More
According to a story in BusinessWire.com, AOL has unveiled its top keyword searches for Spring 2005, which gives insight into what consumers are looking for as they get ready for the Summer season. BusinessWire says, “The results are based on the people and topics that received the highest volume of online queries nationally on AOL...Read More
In order to encourage businesses to sign up with Yahoo! business listings at a local level, Yahoo! Local is giving away a free 5-page website to businesses who sign up for their services. According to Yahoo! you can “Promote your business to highly qualified prospects in your area by listing your business on Yahoo! Local....Read More
There is a website named Googlest, which tracks the highest paying AdSense keywords from Google for public consumption. The keywords are tracked by region, so regional differences are readily apparent. Googlest tracks the maximum and average cost per click (CPC) for each high cost keyword phrase. This website is an important information site for those...Read More
Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam, the old Monte Python bit goes. And so goes angry public sentiment over email SPAM and those who do the spamming. According to an article in the Washington Post, Spammer Jeremy Jaynes was the first person convicted of a felony for spamming and handed a 9-year sentence. The trial was conducted...Read More
According to an article in Database Pipeline, The Web’s Biggest search engine is claiming that it searches more websites than any other search engine including Google. The Web’s Biggest uses the Whois database to conduct its searches and the Whois database contains all of the registered Internet domain names. According to The Web’s Biggest, “Other...Read More
According to an article in WebProNews there is a new theory based on anecdotal evidence and the recent G-patent application that Google is sandboxing new links. According to the theory, this sandboxing of new links, or new link filter as some are calling it, dampen the value of new links pointing to a website. What...Read More
According to an article in Excite, a class-action lawsuit has been filed against Google, Yahoo!, AOL, Lycos, AskJeeves and other search engines regarding click fraud and collusion. Lane’s Gifts & Collectibles LLC from Texarkana, Arkansas lead the plaintiff team in the lawsuit. The story first broke through the Wall Street Journal yesterday and today they...Read More
Employees of Google have filed a patent with the United States Patent & Trademark Office (#20050071741) that outlines how Google is using or will use historical data to rank websites. This pending patent gives credence to the Google Sandbox theory, in that historical data is being used to determine a website’s ranking in the search...Read More
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