The monthly AdMob Mobile Metrics report has been released with data from December 2007. Some observations from the December data: AdMob Network impressions were up 17.5% December over November to 2,023,094,821. Apple iPhone share grew again and we observed a strong “gifting” trend around iPhones for the Christmas holiday. Palm and Symbian devices joined the iPhone in outpacing […]
The monthly AdMob Mobile Metrics report has been released with data from December 2007.
Some observations from the December data:
AdMob Network impressions were up 17.5% December over November to 2,023,094,821.
Apple iPhone share grew again and we observed a strong “gifting” trend around iPhones for the Christmas holiday.
Palm and Symbian devices joined the iPhone in outpacing growth in the AdMob network.
Check out the Google Newspaper directory. It includes all the newspapers that participate in the Google print program. The print team has been busy as that’s a lot more newspapers than I expected. Read more…
Now that Barry is adding video to the buzz roundup (a move which I totally disagree with (since I like reading more than listening, hehehe), I have to be on my best behavior. Without further ado, here’s what you missed this week.
Your New Google PageRank Isn’t Really Visible
There’s much going on about the new Google directory update since it’s not consistent with the PageRank score that you see. Now if only DMOZ accepted my website so that I can find out what my “real” PageRank is. This little four keeps bugging me. I want a perfect ten. kthxmatt.
Yahoo Files Revised “PageRank” Patent
Bill Slawski discovered an interesting Yahoo “PageRank” patent that illustrates the problems with Google’s PageRank. The goal is not so much about just links but about user behavior and whether they stay on your page. Users suspect that Google might be pumping out the same thing, so we’ll see who gets it done first.
If you’re a Google AdWords advertiser, you might feel good to know that Google stores the history of your ads in every single edit. However, each edited ad is treated as a new ad. As Barry notes, “that is why when editing an ad, it may not impact the quality score as much as starting a new ad from scratch.”
Google Partners with The Weather Channel to Provide Data on Maps
Google broke up with IncrediMail last week, when it stopped serving AdSense ads on IncrediMail’s site. This is a publicly traded company so the news is not good for investors. In fact, their stock went down 45%. Not good indeed.
Better news for AdSense publishers: Google has come out with a glossary of terms if you’re starting out with AdSense. This is great… now if only Google would come out with ways to make $10 million a month with AdSense with little to no work. Thank you in advance.
Something’s up with AOL UK search: it’s missing probably billions of .net domains. If you do a search for site:.net, you’ll only see a little over 200 results. I just ran this query and found only 203. Poor .net holders….
If you were wondering, a lot of webmasters have reported January Yahoo updates. Looks like Yahoo is doing something behind the curtain.
SEMMYs
As you may know, the SEMMYs have been announced. This is a new award based on Matt McGee’s favorite blog posts of the year. We’ve been nominated for a few blogs and hope to see which win. Good luck to all!
I Dare You to Stay Away from Search News for a Week
Donna dared you to stay away from search for 24 hours. I up the ante and ask you to stay away for a week. I bet I can do it (as long as Barry doesn’t make me blog). I’d probably feel swamped after the week is up, but if someone wants to bet me $$$ to do it, I’m game. Maybe I’ll even put up a webcam.
Application developers are poised to gain more opportunities as the wireless carriers begin to show signs of abandoning their walled-garden approach to snaring consumers. T-Mobile and Sprint have signed on as partners with Google’s Android, an operating system that makes it easy for independent developers to create mobile apps. Verizon, one of the most intransigent carriers, declared in November that it would open up its network for use with any compatible handset. AT&T made a similar announcement days later. Eventually this will result in a completely new wireless experience, in which applications work on any device and over any network.
The first player that brings people into the broken down walls of the garden usually has a nice advantage. Read more…
XY7.com has a promotion going on where affiliates can get their travel and accommodations covered for Affiliate Summit 2008 West. There are four tiers of XY7.com packages for Affiliate Summit, and the way to qualify is to start promoting offers on the network. The top package features the following: A suite for your stay at the Rio […]
XY7.com has a promotion going on where affiliates can get their travel and accommodations covered for Affiliate Summit 2008 West.
There are four tiers of XY7.com packages for Affiliate Summit, and the way to qualify is to start promoting offers on the network.
The top package features the following:
A suite for your stay at the Rio Hotel & Casino (3 days, 2 nights)
First class, round trip airfare to Las Vegas
Limo service to and from the airport in Las Vegas
Exclusive access to the XY7.com invite only party during Affiliate Summit
Now that Barry is 
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