Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web.
Search Engine Roundtable Stories:
- The Google Content Network Whitepaper Seen As Marketing Material
Google released a whitepaper titled "CPA Performance Trends on the Google Content Network." The whitepaper has the following findings, all very positive about how Google AdSense performs: Ads on the Google Content Network are likely to be as cost-effective - or even more cost-effective - than ads on the search network. The median advertiser has a content CPA that's about 2% lower than their search CPA. The Content Network drives a significant share of total - Is AOL Gearing Up To Create Automated Search Spam?
A WebmasterWorld thread spotted an interesting paragraph in an Reuters article on AOL possibly using automated tools to create an infinite number of niche sites, targeted at driving users to the site via search and having them click on the ads on the site. The article says: AOL, for example, is embarking on a strategy of creating a plethora of niche websites through automated methods on which to place ads, partly through its own ad - Google Maps Bug Prevents Certain Locations From Loading in Internet Explorer
There are two large threads at Google Maps Help Forums with reports from Internet Explorer users receiving errors when trying to view and link to Google Maps. The error some of these IE users are seeing is: Webpage error details User Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 5.1; Trident/4.0; GTB5; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727) Timestamp: Sat, 18 Apr 2009 15:26:06 UTC Message: 'elem' is null or not an object Line: 5 Char: - How To Show Google Base Products in Google AdWords Ads
A reader, Brad from Set Solid, sent me new information about Google showing products in AdWords ads. We covered this topic a few times, reporting on seeing such ads in Google several times in the past. Here is a screen shot of the ad: Well, a reader sent me an email with an image of the Google Base administrative console. In the admin panel, it shows a new link to "Share with AdWords." Here is - Google's Clock Is Wrong in Pakistan
A Google search for time in pakistan should give you the current time in Pakistan, but it doesn't. On April 15th, Pakistan advanced their clocks by one hour, but Google did not. So instead of it showing me 6:19pm, it is showing me 5:19pm. Big deal? Yes, it is. This is not just impacting people looking for the current time in Pakistan. Is is reportedly also impacting Pakistan users of Gmail, Orkut, AdWords and other
Other Great Search Forum Threads:
- Why Big Brand Media Sites Are The Real Cesspool of the Internet, Sphinn
- Are keyword domains really out?, WebmasterWorld
- Google AJAX Search URLs Again?, WebmasterWorld
- SEO Basics : Build an Authority Site from Scratch, Sphinn
- Site Home Page No Traffics !, HighRankings Forums
