Ads are in the air this week. Microsoft AdCenter announces the addition of a fourth mainline ad placement; MIVA tells us about its new advertising platform; and Google makes a strategic partnership with NBC Universal to display their TV ads on stations like CNBC, Sci-Fi and Oxygen. Google also takes an official stand on duplicate content, stating that there is no penalty for it, other than the possibility of the search engines picking the wrong content to search. Lastly, AOL pulls it all together by allowing you to aggregate Gmail, Hotmail and Yahoo! email accounts through their site.
One word says it all this week, Chrome! Will September 2, 2008 go down in history as the day Google launched not just a mere web browser but a new operating system? Sage thinks so. He foresees Google’s Chrome as a complete departure from we have used and something that will one day come pre-installed on small computers, EPCs, etc.
According to Sage, the best things about Google’s new web browser Chrome are how speedy it is and the ultimate usability of the address bar. Now, we’re just waiting for the add ons and plug ins. Search Engine Roundtable talks about Google’s increased ability to search Flash sites, and Microsoft updates their adCenter Keyword Research tool.
