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Month: June 2007

Google Acquires Software Developer PeakStream

Google Acquires Software Developer PeakStream

I just caught this over on WebmasterWorld and had to share is since I hadn’t seen it elsewhere. Props to engine on the find: Google has acquired PeakStream, a start-up selling tools for writing software that can take advantage of multicore processors as well as graphics and gaming chips, according to published reports.

Yahoo Basing Click Charges on Quality of Traffic

Yahoo Basing Click Charges on Quality of Traffic

If you’re Yahoo! — how can you beat Google’s Quality Score and remain an attractive program beyond the introduction of the Panama system? One way is to start charging different amounts based ont he quality of traffic coming through your YSM account. YahooPete posted a message on Monday night on the WebmasterWorld forum that discussed these and ralted changes being made to the platform. Here is one of the kwy points that I found most important from that post…

Dissappointed with Google AdSense’s Ad Targeting

Dissappointed with Google AdSense’s Ad Targeting

I’ve never been an All-Star AdSense publisher. I’ve never made it to the almighty UPS club. Still, I consider myself to be fairly experienced with Google’s AdSense program in general. Having run AdSense on a number of my sites now for years, I have to say that I’m still a bit disappointed with the out of the box ad targeting. While Google does allow you to use specific tags for content matching ads to your content, it still loses touch…

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What are You in it For?

What are You in it For?

So many times I sit back and wonder why it is I work in the field I do. Let’s face it, SEO and the search engine industry is a dynamic environment. Changing like the weather here in New England on any given day, I’m attracted by the challenges presented to me. In my career, I face clients who are always looking for something different. That really keeps me going because I know that the next day presents challenges that I…

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