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The First Decade with Google – 1998 – 2008

pittfall — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 00:19:46 +0000

Google hits 10 years old today, Happy Birthday… glad to see you make it out of beta! Then Now The Company Google Inc. was founded in 1998 by Sergey Brin and Larry Page to make it easier to find high-quality information on the web. The company is based on three years of research in web [...]

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The First Decade with Google – 1998 – 2008

Yahoo! Calls It Quits on Another Social Portal

pittfall — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 23:25:27 +0000

Mash has fallen! I posted about Yahoo! Mash last September when it was released in private beta and only available through an invitation. Now, Yahoo! will be scraping the fledgling social site, never having a real understanding of it’s true potential. In my first post about Mash, I posed the question: Can this give Yahoo [...]

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Yahoo! Calls It Quits on Another Social Portal

Google Out to Destroy Keyword Estimation Tools?

pittfall — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 21:25:23 +0000

Google has always offered very valuable tools to advertisers, one of which that is extremely useful to organic keyword research, the Google AdWords Keyword Tool for discovering and building a keyword list. The only limitation is that it expressed search volume and search volume trends as a green bar. This was a great way to [...]

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Google Out to Destroy Keyword Estimation Tools?

Yahoo’s Online Social Universe

pittfall — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 03:58:22 +0000

Yahoo! has been a very influential provider of social services online for quite some time. Over the last few years they have either created or purchased online social sites, here is a quick breakdown of some of the major start-ups and acquisitions: ———————————————————————————————— 2005 ———————————————————————————————— name: flickr acquired purpose: photo sharing similar to: DropShots status: [...]

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Yahoo’s Online Social Universe

Google AdWords’ Click-to-Call Ending

pittfall — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 02:07:36 +0000

If you can recall, last year (around October) Google started a project called Click-to-Call that allowed users to click on an ad and enter their phone number and connect with the advertiser. Google and it’s very profitable AdWords is testing new service Click-to-Call to provide the user with the security to speak to an advertiser [...]

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Google AdWords’ Click-to-Call Ending

Google’s Attempt at Ruling Media (ALL MEDIA)

pittfall — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 01:07:39 +0000

Everyone reading this is at least aware of the value of Google’s empire of advertising online, but do you see the areas that they are building? Today, I reviewed one of the messages at the top of my AdWords account announcing Google Television Ads in beta: New! Place Ads on Television You’ve been invited to [...]

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Google’s Attempt at Ruling Media (ALL MEDIA)

More Information from Microsoft on Webmaster Portal Beta

pittfall — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 11:33:07 +0000

Today I received more information about the new Webmaster Portal Beta coming soon: Live Search Webmaster Portal Beta Thank you for filling out the survey for the Live Search Webmaster Portal Beta program! In order to provide the highest level of service to our Beta Partners, we have started off the beta program with our [...]

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More Information from Microsoft on Webmaster Portal Beta

Mash – Yahoo!’s Answer to MySpace and Facebook

pittfall — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 17:03:17 +0000

Yahoo has released an online social portal into beta, Yahoo! Mash. As you can see from the photo of my profile (above), it has some of the same look and feel of MySpace, without all of the advertisements (for now at least). Here are the basic components of a Yahoo Mash profile page: Basic info [...]

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Mash – Yahoo!’s Answer to MySpace and Facebook

Insight into MSN Webmaster Portal

pittfall — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 18:53:59 +0000

Last week MSN announced Webmaster Portal should be available in late fall and offered a chance to apply to test out the beta and provide feedback. I am not aware that the beta has actually started, however, I was sent an email to register for the beta. It was a simple form requesting information about [...]

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Insight into MSN Webmaster Portal

Microsoft Offers Content Ads for AdCenter in Beta

pittfall — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 19:50:03 +0000

In an attempt to provide additional traffic from their AdCenter platform, MSN AdCenter will offer start showing your ads (if you are an adCenter advertiser) on “content-based pages on website owned by publishing partners such as MSN” beginning August 29, 2007. Here is more information from the announcement: Announcing the U.S. release of Microsoft Content [...]

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Microsoft Offers Content Ads for AdCenter in Beta

Microsoft and Google Compete to Deliver Online Storage Solutions

pittfall — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 18:44:27 +0000

Windows Live SkyDrive is now in beta from Microsoft. Here are some of the details of this new service: 500 MB of free online storage Create personal, shared, and public folders Windows Live SkyDrive works on Windows or Macintosh with both FireFox or Internet Explorer Unlike the new Microsoft product, Google is offering online storage [...]

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Microsoft and Google Compete to Deliver Online Storage Solutions

Google Gears Reader

pittfall — Thu, 31 May 2007 03:48:43 +0000

In an unexpected circumstance tonight, while going through my RSS subscriptions in Google Reader, I noticed something outside the ordinary. A nice little link in the upper right of my screen saying “offline” caught my attention. So, clicking on the link started off the installation of Google Gears for Reader: After clicking on Install Google [...]

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Google Gears Reader

Google Goes for Bathroom Humor

pittfall — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 00:12:20 +0000

Google announced a new service today, TiSP beta. Sign up for our free in-home wireless broadband service Sick of paying for broadband that you have to, well, pay for? Introducing Google TiSP (BETA), our new FREE in-home wireless broadband service. Sign up today and we’ll send you your TiSP self-installation kit, which includes setup guide, [...]

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Google Goes for Bathroom Humor

Still No Beta or The New Version of Blogger

pittfall — Sun, 24 Dec 2006 04:43:00 +0000

Still No Beta or The New Version of Blogger Blogger Buzz proclaimed on Tuesday: “The new version of Blogger in beta is dead! Long live the new version of Blogger!” Back in October, I like many of my blogger counterparts had to deal with blogger being down in dramatic fashion. Which the engineers responded: “I, [...]

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Still No Beta or The New Version of Blogger

Blogger in Beta Gets Better

pittfall — Sat, 11 Nov 2006 02:05:00 +0000

Blogger in Beta Gets Better Blogger announced that all new accounts will be in the Beta version. Today we’ve reached another milestone in our transition to a better Blogger: all new accounts are being created on the new version of Blogger in beta. This hugely exciting for us, because now all new users will get [...]

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Blogger in Beta Gets Better

No Fake Post Here – Google gets Giddy over Reader

pittfall — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 03:08:00 +0000

No Fake Post Here – Google gets Giddy over Reader Well, it’s been a long, sorted weekend of sorts (fake post) and Google is back to basics, fluffing another great achievement of sorts, the new Reader platform is great. Google is graciously accepting this achievement with additional information for those of us who are ready [...]

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No Fake Post Here – Google gets Giddy over Reader

Google Fixes a Bug

pittfall — Sun, 08 Oct 2006 22:22:00 +0000

Google admits to a problem last night. About that fake post from Google Blog – Official by A Googler Posted by Karen Wickre, Google Blog team A bug in Blogger enabled an unauthorized user to make a fake post on the Google Blog last night, claiming that we’ve discontinued our AdWords click-to-call test. The bug [...]

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Google Fixes a Bug

Update #2 – Click-to-Call Cancelled

pittfall — Sun, 08 Oct 2006 03:24:00 +0000

The original blog post has been removed from both the Official Google Blog and the Google Reader feed subscriptions. Because of this, it is safe to assume that this was not intended for release. But, two questions still remain: 1. Will Google’s Click-to-Call Program be dropped? 2. Who is Maximal (the author)? Attention: Conspiracy Theory: [...]

Update to Previous Post – Google Click-to-Call Cancelled

pittfall — Sun, 08 Oct 2006 01:36:00 +0000

Here are some resources I have found regarding this story: Outer-Court.com Digg.com Copyright © 2004-2011, by Stephen Pitts aka SEOpittfall.com, All Rights Reserved. Contact pittfall@seopittfall.comUpdate to Previous Post – Google Click-to-Call Cancelled

Google – Click to Call Cancelled?

pittfall — Sun, 08 Oct 2006 00:53:00 +0000

Before being pulled, on the Official Google Blog, an announcement was made saying the Click-to-Call program that has been tested as a part of the AdSense program is being cancelled. The post URL was: http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2006/10/google-click-to-call-project-cancelled.html This was received on my Google Reader, however, the post was pulled when attempting to view the actual post. Here [...]

Ping Me!

pittfall — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 16:45:00 +0000

Ping Me! Google announced today on the Official Google Blog that Blog Search (still in beta) will be offering individual bloggers the ability to inform Google directly when content is added or changed in the blog realm. Here is where you submit your blog address. You can automate this process with the Blog Search Ping [...]

SearchMash.com – What is Google Up to?

pittfall — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 03:21:00 +0000

SearchMash.com is live. So what, just another engine to add to the mix, right? Not quite! How often does Google launch a new search platform with a new layout without the world knowing. Maybe we haven’t been listening. Search Engine Watch sited that Google is testing new user interfaces without adding to the normal or [...]

Google Click-to-Call

pittfall — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 02:52:00 +0000

Google Click-to-Call Google and it’s very profitable AdWords is testing new service Click-to-Call to provide the user with the security to speak to an advertiser without passing vital information (like phone numbers) for companies that work on a call equals a lead. Reports from the UK, say that it has even surfaced across the pond. [...]

Google Groups Gets More Interesting!

pittfall — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 20:54:00 +0000

Google Groups Gets More Interesting! Google takes the groups to the next level. Not only have they given it a face-lift, but have also added some new features: Page Creation: Create and collaborate on shared web pages, hosted within the group itself. Customization: Select pictures, colors and styles to give your group its own distinct [...]

AOL Testing OpenRide in Beta

pittfall — Tue, 03 Oct 2006 02:38:00 +0000

AOL Testing OpenRide in Beta OpenRide is a new project from AOL and is an all-in-one browser/portal for the individual user with tabbed browsing (FireFox anyone?), media center (Google Desktop?) and even pop3 email access from different providers (great idea!). “AOL OpenRide is a new product designed to provide a faster and more efficient online [...]