Follow Google's Advice for Better AdSense Performance (WebProNews)
Google has been providing tips for optimizing AdSense ads to enhance their performance. The company has provided a three-part video series on this subject, which it has just released the final installment for. read more
Publishers' Top Requests to Google AdSense Are... (Search Engine Roundtable)
A WebmasterWorld thread is gathering the top 5 publisher requests to be shared with Google's AdSenseAdvisor. Forum member participation is building up, with the following requests being made thus far: Ability to block more than 200 sites in the Competitive Ad Filter Ability to block by keyword in domain name. The example used is that a publisher wants to block spammydomain.com and ...
Google Promises They Don't Cap AdSense Earnings (Search Engine Roundtable)
We have questioned if Google limits how much an AdSense publisher can earn in the past. We even ran a poll where the majority of publishers felt Google did not have a glass ceiling for AdSense earnings. Now, a WebmasterWorld thread pulls out a quote from the new AdSenseAdvisor that Google does not cap publishers. Let me quote you: I 100% guarantee that there are no earnings caps on ...
Yahoo and AOL talking again (VNU Net via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
Yahoo will continue talks it started with Time Warners AOL business earlier this year, according to a fresh wave of media reports.
Extreme Makeover: Photos Realistically Embedded Within Videos (Science Daily)
Stanford artificial intelligence researchers have developed software that makes it easy to reach inside an existing video and place a photo on the wall so realistically that it looks like it was there from the beginning. The photo is not pasted on top of the existing video, but embedded in it. It works for videos as well; you can play a video on a wall inside your video.
Ooyala Launches Innovative Video Advertising Feature Set (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.----Ooyala, Inc, a leading global online video platform provider, is announcing the launch of Ooyala Backlot™ Ads. This feature simplifies the process of monetizing online video content by enabling easy ad integration with major ad servers and ad networks such as YuMe, Tremor, Doubleclick, Lightningcast, and Google AdSense for Video.
Google Makes Improvements to Ad Manager (WebProNews)
If you are not familiar with Google Ad Manager , it is a tool that lets web publishers organize their ad booking. It lets you use data from past campaigns to estimate how many impressions you need to sell to make your goals. read more
Yahoo and AOL talking again (Infomatics)
Yahoo will continue talks it started with Time Warner’s AOL business earlier this year, according to a fresh wave of media reports. In March, it was revealed that Yahoo might make an offer to acquire AOL’s advertising business and in return, Time Warner would make investments in Yahoo.
New Paid Links Service Sparks More Debate (WebProNews)
Quite a storm of debate has erupted over a new service called InLinks - essentially a paid text link service that allegedly makes it hard for Google (and other search engines) to detect them. And mouths of Internet marketers begin to salivate. read more
Yahoo and AOL talking again (vnunet.com)
Rosalie Marshall in San Francisco, vnunet.com , Friday 21 November 2008 at 01:45:00 Yahoo opens discussions with AOL Yahoo will continue talks it started with Time Warner’s AOL business earlier this year, according to a fresh wave of media reports....
