Two and a half years after its beta launch, Google Page Creator is being phased out and replaced by the more robust Google Sites product. All current Google Pages will be moved to a Google Site by the end of the year, and no new Page Creator accounts are being accepted.
Yahoo OneSearch is now the default mobile search engine on AT&T's MEdia Net portal. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Bruce Stewart, VP and GM of Yahoo's Connected Life Americas, said the companies were focused on two major areas for expansion.
PleaseDressMe.com, a new T-shirt search engine, launched on September 1. There is no easy way to search for specific T-shirts on the myriad sites that sell them, said AJ Vaynerchuk, a senior at Boston University who started the site with his brother Gary Vaynerchuk, a wine video blogger; and friend Joe Stump, a lead architect for Digg.com.
Amazon.com customers can now stream movies and television shows on their Web browsers through the Amazon Video On Demand service. Previously, customers needed the Amazon Unbox application or a TiVo box to buy from Amazon Video On Demand.
Publicis Groupe has acquired Seattle-based digital marketing and events agency PBJS. PBJS was formed about two and a half years ago, following the merger of Insight Creative and Optimobius Inc., and currently employs 26 people. Its clients include Microsoft, AT&T, Intel, Sephora and the Boys & Girls Club of America.
Herndon Hasty, senior SEO account manager, Range Online Media September 08, 2008
With the major engines putting more and more focus on the number and quality of inbound links to a given site, search engine optimization (SEO) managers have turned largely to building more links to a site to help it rank as high as possible. However, if this is all that your SEO efforts focus on, you're missing out on a much bigger piece of the puzzle.
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Ian Lurie, president, Portent Interactive September 08, 2008
Multivariate testing has made it into the mainstream: tools like Google Website Optimizer and Widemile's Page Optimizer make sophisticated tests relatively simple.
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