Archive for April 12th, 2006

April 12

Google’s new Chinese name

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Google has a new name—at least in China. At a Beijing ceremony, the company announced that it would be known in China as “Gu Ge,” or “harvest song.” What does “harvest song” have to do with search results? The new name is intended to give “the sense of a fruitful and productive search experience, in […]

April 12

How to make Smartpricing work to your advantage

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A four-step, EPC-based strategy to maximise income and beat junk ads
An EPC-based strategy
The most important number to publishers is, as for other businesses, bottom line earnings. But most successful businesses focus on improving other numbers in order to succeed, eg: customer feedback rating, quality measurements, etc.. Many Adsense publishers seem to concentrate on eCPM, valid […]

April 12

Google brain drained - but he’ll be back

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He should come to USC.
From a small room on the fourth floor of the computer sciences faculty the 26-year-old Israeli-born doctoral student worked like a trojan, said Dr Martin, gradually refining and improving the process that came to named after him: the Orion search engine.
via smh

April 12

Google’s Wi-Fi Plan For San Francisco Stirs Privacy Debate

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Privacy advocates are concerned over Google’s proposal for free Wi-Fi service in San Francisco, which would target users with advertising based on their location. Also, Google could track where people gon the web based on the user names and passwords they use in signing on to the network. If that information is stored in a […]