Alexa’s Ranking System Given an Overhaul
As most of you must have noticed some bizzare changes in your Alexa rankings and most probably your site or blog’s ranking have gone south. Well dont panic, it is not because you are no longer getting visitors you used to get but Alexa have done a complete overhaul of their ranking system.
Alexa have stopped [...]
AOL Groups Sites to form AOL Technology Network
AOL have grouped together their existing technology blogs and sites to launch the AOL Technology Network. The tech network now includes Engadget, Switched, TUAW (The Unofficial Apple Weblog), DownloadSquad, Engadget Mobile and Engadget HD which will make it the second largest tech network on the web after CNET as stated by AOL.
The AOL Technology Network [...]
Microsoft Comments on Yahoo! and Google’s Adsense Deal
Here is a response from Microsoft on the Yahoo! and Google ad arrangement whereby Yahoo! is trying out Adsense on its search results for a limited two week period and on less than 3% of the search queries in the U.S.
“Any definitive agreement between Yahoo! and Google would consolidate over 90% of the search advertising [...]
Yahoo! Trying Out Adsense On Search Results
In a move clearly designed to infuriate Microsoft, Yahoo! have announced that they will start trying out Google’s AdSense for its search service. That is the Adsense ads will be displayed along side Yahoo search results. They say the trial is a two week limited test to U.S traffic only on less than 3% of [...]
New Google Web Services: Good News for Developers
Well if you are a developer you might be excited to hear that Google have jumped on the web services bandwagon and just launched Google App Engine. It is a service, like Amazon Web Services (AWS), for developers to create and run their web applications on Google’s infrastructure.
The infrastructure given is the same what [...]
Yahoo!’s Response to Latest Microsoft Letter
Well it didn’t take long for Yahoo! to respond to the letter Microsoft wrote over the weekend. Yahoo! have replied (letter below) saying that they are ready to play ball when the Redmond giant increases its offer of $31 per share. Yahoo! also indicates its concern over regulatory issues this takeover might face and might [...]
Microsoft’s Letter to Yahoo! (Well Its Still On)
Well you have have thought that Microsoft’s offer to buy Yahoo! was now a forgotten thing, well think again. Microsoft sent another open letter to the Yahoo! board over the weekend. Here it is below;
April 5, 2008
Board of Directors
Yahoo! Inc.
701 First Avenue
Sunnyvale, CA 94089
Dear Members of the Board:
It has now been more [...]
