Google now shows me an option to push things in my search results to the top. Not sure I buy this approach from Googl It's an interesting choice. Doesn't it seem like it's inviting problems. Basically the only people who will spend time on this is people trying to improve their search rankings.

This likely means something like Google Analytics , although there is a very large universe of equivalent tools out there as well. Google analytics can’t really tell you much - it’s not very actionable. Via a JS interface called by the client (like Google Analytics) or server-side within your methods? Futuristic Play by @Andrew_Chen Analysis on viral marketing, user experience, game design, and online ads As

Google's new Ad Manager technology will soon enable premium ad banners to be sold directly to advertisers by publishers and when the clicks are used up on the premium ads it will revert automatically to use Google Adsense. Clicks are usually sold via banners and text ads at a 2x to 4x premium cutting out Google. This is a brilliant move and will further accelerate the gap between premium content and generic publishers who don't provide any unique content value. I

As one of the biggest content creators on the net, Yahoo wants to rank high in Google and other search engines. Tony told me how Matthew Inman was able to get his dating site to get listed first in Google for terms like “free online dating” because he gave people widgets to put on their sites and included a link back to his site with every widget. Tony Adam , Yahoo’s SEO Manager , is responsible for helping the company optimize so it could get more search engine traffic. In our interview, he gave me some basic search engine optimization tips that anyone could

Google Analytics) to spot ways to improve ROI. While the economy in 2009 looks challenging for most companies, the outlook of marketing executives is rather bright and upbeat. Deborah Kania and her team at Brightworks Interactive have just released results of their survey of marketing executives' plans for 2009. The survey covered both B-to-B and B-to-C companies, as well as a mix of large,

Google App Engine - take more than two seconds to process we are going to kill your request. Must be willing to work the way Google expects. Building on top of Amazon or Google - cost base is so much lower. A couple of the more interesting ones: Amazon EC2 Google App Engine Salesforce.com Force IBM’s I'm blogging from the CalTech Enterprise Forum . The topic is: Betting Your Company On An Internet Platform? A very interesting topic, especially for those of us involved in developing for start-ups.

As he expected, that phrase became a hot search on Google. ( Here’s a screenshot that I took earlier today on Google.) Chiropractor Michael Dorausch is growing his site’s traffic today, election day, by using one of the techniques he told us about when I interviewed him a few months ago, so I’m reposting the interview. Basically, Michael anticipated that one of the hot search terms on election day would be “what time do the polls close.”

He graduated from Rhodes College and the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth (MBA). Sam Cimino, Sales Manager SW of YouTube/Google As YouTube’s Southwest Regional Manager, Sam is responsible for generating revenue across YouTube and the Google Content Network which comprises a media network that reaches nearly 80% of all internet users worldwide. Focusing on the entertainment, automotive, technology, retail and financial sectors, Sam oversees all aspects of the groups advertising relationships in conjunction with Google Team managers and sales leads across the region.

Agoura Hills-based Murano Software, a provider of outsourced software development, is branching out into Google Android application development. According to the firm, it has created G1MobileSoft, an offshore development company devoted solely to creating mobhile applications. The firm said it will create both iPhone and Android applications for its clients.

Yes, even Google has problems. What problem am I referring to with respect to Google? Specifically, the thousands of projects being undertaken by Google employees without proper corporate oversight of which ones makes sense and which ones don't. Google has proven itself competent at monetizing search results. Some are well discussed - like its difficulties in trying to break into the hand held market - and some are not. All great companies follow an arc of some sort.