The AOP reports on a YouGov survey which shows Brits now spend an average of 20 hours online each week.
Monthly Archives: August 2006
Google Publishes Paper On Click Fraud
John Battelle reports on Google’s newly published paper on click fraud. The 17-page white paper addresses what it claims is huge over-reporting of clicks by the specialist firms which have sprung up to help advertisers get a grip on the scale of the click-fraud proble. John has helpfully uploaded the full document here.
Picture blogging on the move
Check out this promo for the k800 phone from Sony Ericsson which has Blogger built in.
Yahoo! Search on your site
Yahoo! has just launched Yahoo! Search Builder, a tool which allows easy implementation of custom search on a site.
Reducing annoyance from ads
The Google AdSense blogs offers some advice on how not to bother your users with ads…
Google Talk in your hand
The Google Talkabout blog waxes enthusiastic about the Sony mylo. “The Sony mylo (short for ‘my life online’) is a sleek handheld device that allows you to access a fun set of features from a WiFi network. With 1GB of memory you can store music and photos, browse the web, or use email and IM (the QWERTY keyboard comes in handy here). The mylo comes with built-in Google Talk IM support so you can see who’s online and available, manage your contacts, and hold multiple chat conversations at once. It also features quick access to Gmail.”
Google pushes video
Steve Rubel notices that Google has replaced Froogle with Video on the home page. This must only be in the US, as the UK version still has the familiar line up of suggested search sources.
Wi-Fi mobiles
Nokia Starts Tests of Wi-Fi Internet Mobile Calls, says eWeek:
Nokia, the world’s largest cellphone maker, has started its first tests of a technology that allows users to roam seamlessly between phone networks and local wireless hotspots such as Wi-Fi.
MS employee launches feed manager
Marc Mercuri, a Microsoft programmer, has launched a new feed (RSS and podcast) manager he is calling InfoCenter It is getting rave reviews.
Problems with Spaces
Problems Plague Windows Live Spaces, says Microsoft Watch:
Microsoft Windows Live Spaces users are up in arms over poor performance, HTML rendering problems and other difficulties they have encountered since Microsoft rolled out the latest iteration of the platform on August 1.