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Google
Maps Just Calls It ‘Taiwan’
After receiving some criticism from the Taiwanese government
and some of its citizens, Google has dropped the ‘Province
of China' label from Taiwan on Google Maps...
Google
Blogs On Policy Issues
While most companies struggle to figure out blogs' role
in the communication mix, Google has figured out that
blogging is the best way to present its position on policy
issues.
Kai-Fu
Lee Gets A Co-Worker
In China, Google will soon announce the appointment of
Johnny Chou, currently president of UTStarcom China...
Google
Adds Tagging
Google has silently added a Bookmarks feature to My Search History, enabling you to quickly tag and comment any web page you've visited.
Gartner
Slams Sun/Google “Non-announcement”
Based on expectations driven by posts in Sun president/COO Jonathan Schwartz's blog online, analysis firm Gartner was not impressed by what was disclosed.
Google Crosses Out Cross-Site Scripting Issue
The Internet security firm Finjan and its Malicious Code Research Center provided Google with information leading to the correction of two vulnerabilities.
Robotic
Fish Swim In London
A carp-like creation, with embedded sensors and realistic movement, was three years in the making and may be the the smartest robotic fish developed to date.
Dutch
Zombie Kings Arrested
Three men in the Netherlands were arrested on charges of running a zombie bot network of 100,000 PCs and attempting to blackmail an organization in North America.
Local
Search: The Place To Be
According to a study by Borrell Associates, spending for
local online spending will increase substantially over
the coming year, taking the total to $4.78 billion..
Blogger
Adds Backlink Tracking
Google's Blogger.com has added a new feature allowing
bloggers to keep a burning ear to the ground to find out
who's been talking about them.
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In less than two years, MySpace.com has morphed from unadvertised haven for young bards to share their musical talents to a youth-oriented social networking phenomenon with upwards of 32 million registered hipster members. The insight into the young mind has never been so accessible.
Editor's Note: Internet social networks make
the Web a smaller, more manageable world for users. Youngsters,
especially, are embracing the far-reaching arms of these networks
as they arise. Will the success or insight provided by social
networks like MySpace.com influence your e-business practices?
Tell us about it at WebProWorld.
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Corp.'s Rupert Murdoch was quick to notice. After lambasting
the traditional media's reluctance to embrace online content,
the media mogul led a $580 million News Corp. buyout of MySpace.com
from parent company Intermix
Media last July.
Though News Corp. vowed not to make any changes to this
beloved online hangout, the move drew tremendous criticism not only
from MySpace.com members, who feared corporate influence and monetization, but even from former Intermix CEO Brad Greenspan. Greenspan rallied
a group of investors to offer Intermix $13.50 per share for MySpace,
$1.50 per share more than News Corp.'s offer. The offer was rejected.
Tom Anderson
created MySpace.com in late 2003 to offer up a place for aspiring
musicians and bands to share their music and concert locations. By the
end of summer 2005, 32 million socially networked users, most of whom
are under 22, were logging in at an average of twice a week, with a
peer network consisting of an average of 68 friends. MySpace.com is the
fourth most visited domain on the Internet, trailing only Yahoo!, MSN,
and eBay.
MySpace's Dani Dudeck tells WebProNews that up to 130,000 new members join the site every day, totaling 3 million new members per month. Offering advertisers 9.5 billion page views in June, the site recently helped launch music album world premieres from bands like Nine Inch Nails, Weezer, Audioslave, and Black Eyed Peas. The Nine Inch Nails release alone resulted in a half million user streams in one week.
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You can see why MySpace.com has garnered some attention.
A new world has evolved providing nearly limitless insight into the
motivations of one of the most profitable consumer groups as well as
pulse reading for the future of online and tech trends.
MySpace.com has replaced the shopping mall, the CD store, the
local Subway, as a hangout. The current generation of young people are
turning to computer screens, cell phones, instant messaging, and online
social networking for support and sharing common interests. In fact, it
is reflective of a culture that doesn't trust big media, big business,
or authority. The youngsters throwing themselves into this online
culture, simply put, trust each other.
The website has gotten even more attention recently due to the
tragic murder of 17-year-old Taylor
Behl. Behl, who regularly blogged about her life at her
MySpace.com personal website, disappeared during her first week
of college. Her community of online friends have wished her
(spirit) and her family well in a string of comments after her
last entry announcing her move to Richmond, Virginia, to begin
college life.
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Yahoo
Integrates Blogs Into News Search
By David Utter
By making posts from blogs available along with results from news sites, Yahoo hopes to capitalize on the firsthand accounts of major news stories as seen by everyday people.
Initially, Yahoo's news search will only incorporate a subset of blogs in its index as it beta tests this new feature. In its latest blog entry, Yahoo said it plans to expand that search to include the 20+ million blogs from the blo.gs ping stream, which it purchased earlier this year.
The integration of blog posts with results from news sites will also see other Yahoo properties included when they are relevant to a story. Flickr photos and links from the company's My Web service may show up in a news search.
Results from Yahoo's new podcast service may be included as Yahoo includes more community content with search results. "So as you're reading your news, which of course many millions of people do every day week, and month on Yahoo, you will start to be introduced to podcasts and start to be introduced to the podcast experience of the site," Yahoo's chief product officer Geoff Ralston told Podtech.net in an interview.
Yahoo described the rationale for including blog entries with its news search in its post:
The experiences
and opinions published on blogs make a great addition to the
mainstream news people read everyday. And major world events
are further fueling the growth of blogs as platforms for anyone
who wants to have a public voice. At times, even everyday
bloggers beat the mainstream media to a story.
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Google Sitemap Issues
Welcome everybody to another exciting adventure starring the
WebProWorld highlight section of today's newsletter. Today's
topic deals with some issues poster Steven1976a
is having with his site's Google Sitemap. Apparently, since
he's integrated the sitemap, the amount of pages in Google index
(from his site) has actually decreased... which is the exact
opposite of the desired effect. If you have any insight you'd
like to share, drop
by and give him a hand.
Take care,
|| Chris||
Using Google Sitemaps... No longer indexing
Hi since we have been using http://johannesmueller.com/gs/ to
create our site map at the following website our number of pages
indexed on google has dropped from a couple of hundred to only
one page.
Can any one tell us why this is? Does the site map look correct?
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WebPro Question: |
I would like to know why most of the people use lengthy
pages with more content... Is it for getting good [search]
rankings with more content?
- amar
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