For a long time Google Webmaster Tools has provided webmasters with a list of URLs that generate 404 pages. As Googlebot scours the web, it may encounter invalid links on your website. You can see what invalid links the Googlebot has encountered within the webmaster tool.
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Google recently announced that additional contextual advertisements will be displayed on YouTube. Google will be providing links to relevant iTunes and Amazon.com products that are related to the videos. For instance, if you hear a catchy soundtrack on the video, you might see a link to purchase it on iTunes. Google has also added text link ads to Google Maps.
Read More »New Google Ads on YouTube, Maps, and Even Games
Google recently made audio playback available for some Knol articles. For example, if you check out the article on how to treat and prevent skin allergies, you’ll notice a link that says Listen. If you click the link, a small embedded media player appears and you begin to hear the article read out loud.
Read More »Google Continues Bringing Together Analog and Digital
Google Blog Search has changed its look. The new layout features stories grouped together, much like Google News does. Some other blogs have dubbed it… Read More »Google Blog Search Takes on Techmeme
As part of Google’s 10th anniversary, last month there was a post on the Official Google Blog about the future of cloud computing. Just a couple of weeks later, Microsoft’s CEO Steve Ballmer made remarks about a new operating system Microsoft is developing that he called Windows Cloud. Ballmer states that the official announcement of the product will be coming within a month.
Read More »Microsoft Following Google into the Clouds
Back in August, Digital Inspiration reported on AdSense click tracking data coming to Google Analytics. This is great for webmasters with high traffic web sites that make a significant portion of their revenue by displaying AdSense advertisements. Analytics will provide pertinent information such as the number of times AdSense ads were clicked, the revenue per page, the CTR and CPM for individual referrers, and top AdSense referrers.
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Google Video has added a new feature that allows you to restrict results to only those that are playable in TV view. TV view allows… Read More »New Google Video Feature
The other day I came across a really nice hurricane tracking site called Stormpulse. I used it to track Hurricane Hanna as she skimmed past the coast of Florida, and have been using it to keep an eye on Ike as well.
Wow, can you believe Google is 10 years old today? Google has grown into much more than just a search engine over the past ten years.… Read More »Happy Birthday Google!
Bwana put together a nice video about Raptr, the new social network for gamers. As Bwana will tell you, Raptr is similar to other clients… Read More »New Social Network for Gamers