Google Friend Connect Adds New Recommendation Gadgets!
Monday, May 18th, 2009Of late, Google has added a new feature to its Google Friend Connect – New Recommendation Gadgets. The new feature allows publishers that use Google Friend Connect to know which parts of their websites their visitors, like best.
Publishers can create the gadgets on Google Friend Connect’s site and then embed the code into their own sites. After the gadget is embedded, visitors can recommend the content they like, be it a whole page, articles, photos or any other content by clicking a “recommend it†button that accompanies any piece of content on the site.
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<p>Google originated Search Options panel in an attempt to help users find information more quickly and easily and accommodate the functionality </p>
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<h3 id="post-357"><a href="http://www.search-optimization.com/blog/industry-news/aol-releases-search-toolbar/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to AOL Releases New Search Toolbar">AOL Releases New Search Toolbar</a></h3>
<small>Thursday, May 14th, 2009</small>
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<p>Recently, AOL has <a href="http://searchblog.aol.com/2009/05/11/new-aol-search-toolbar/"><u>launched</u></a> a <a href="http://toolbar.aol.com/aolsearch/download.html"><u>new search toolbar</u></a> which is available for Internet Explorer, Firefox and Flock browsers as of now. The toolbar would easily catch your eye as it is dark blue and sort of recedes into the browser. It will help users link to their favorite AOL products, such as AOL Classifieds, AOL Yellow Pages and Reference Center. Besides, it also allows users to search the web very quickly.<br />
Here’s a screenshot of the toolbar: </p>
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<h3 id="post-356"><a href="http://www.search-optimization.com/blog/microsoft/microsoft-shut-qna-beta-site/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Microsoft To Shut Down QnA Beta Site">Microsoft To Shut Down QnA Beta Site</a></h3>
<small>Wednesday, May 13th, 2009</small>
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<p>Reportedly, Microsoft is all set <a href="http://liveqna.spaces.live.com/Blog/cns!2933A3E375F68349!2244.entry"><u>close down its Question and Answer portal</u></a>, MSN QnA by coming May 21, 2009.</p>
<p><em>“At this time, we are closing the QnA site, but the experience of running QnA and gathering all of the great feedback you’ve shared with us will certainly influence future product directionâ€</em>- Microsoft </p>
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<h3 id="post-355"><a href="http://www.search-optimization.com/blog/google/google-adsense-feeds-runs-ads-doubleclicknet-clickthrough/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Google AdSense For Feeds Runs Ads with Doubleclick.net Clickthrough">Google AdSense For Feeds Runs Ads with Doubleclick.net Clickthrough</a></h3>
<small>Tuesday, May 12th, 2009</small>
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<p>Recently, Google AdSense for Feeds <a href="http://adsenseforfeeds.blogspot.com/2009/05/new-features-for-advertisers-targeting.html"><u>announced</u></a> that it will now run its ads using the googleads.g.doubleclick.net clickthrough URL, instead of the old pageads.googlesyndication.com. </p>
<p>Last month, AdSense made this <a href="http://adsense.blogspot.com/2009/04/clarification-on-ad-serving.html"><u>switch</u></a> last month: </p>
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