Yahoo! oneSearch 2.0(TM) to Include Search Assist, Voice-Enabled
Search, Idle Screen Access and Open Search Results
LAS VEGAS, Apr 02, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Today, Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) unveiled Yahoo! oneSearch 2.0, a new version of its award-winning mobile search service. Key enhancements will allow users to initiate searches faster using text or voice. Yahoo! also plans to provide greater relevance through richer, more detailed search results by opening up Yahoo! oneSearch to publishers to integrate content, simplify search input with Search Assist and voice-enabled search, and make search instantly accessible on …

REDMOND, Wash. — March 14, 2008 — Microsoft Corp. today announced plans to acquire Rapt Inc., the leading provider of advertising yield management solutions for digital media publishers. Rapt’s technology, along with its information and advisory services offerings, will become key components of the Atlas Publisher Suite, part of Microsoft’s Advertiser and Publisher Solutions Group. With the inclusion of Rapt, the Atlas Publisher Suite allows Microsoft to provide its customers with integrated asset and inventory management, forecasting, yield and sales management, and ad delivery and operations.
“Online publishers have a complex …

How do you pinpoint the most profitable Adsense secret when there are so many numerous little secrets, some of which have made a big difference in the earnings of Adsense publishers? Interestingly enough some so-called little secrets haven’t been so little and have been worth hundreds or even thousands of dollars to some webmasters and bloggers.
Actually the most profitable Adsense secret for any site depends on a number of factors. Probably the most important is at what level of development and Adsense earnings the site has reached. If you are …

Google has created a Google Adsense preview tool to help Adsense publishers to preview their ads. This article will discuss how to quickly familiarise yourself with it and profit from it. Keep reading to get access to an exclusive bonus.
The Google Adsense preview tool has been created by Google to allow Adsense publishers to preview their Google Adsense ads, allowing publishers to make a decision about whether to add Adsense to their existing pages.
The Google Adsense preview tool also allows publishers to view a sample of different ad colours and …

On February 26, Yahoo plans to beta launch Yahoo Buzz as a competitor to Digg, and a tipster supplied Valleywag with screenshots. Buzz, built under the direction of VP Tapan Bhat, will begin with a limited number of publishers — about 100 — and will rank stories based on popular search results and user voting.
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It is unfortunate that Yahoo! has not embraced our full and fair proposal to combine our companies. Based on conversations with stakeholders of both companies, we are confident that moving forward promptly to consummate a transaction is in the best interests of all parties.
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REDMOND, Wash. — Feb. 11, 2008 — Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT) today issued the following statement in response to the announcement by Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) that its Board of Directors has rejected Microsoft’s previously announced proposal to acquire Yahoo!:
It is unfortunate that Yahoo! has …

When you know what to do - Adsense is quite easy to master. When I want to make about $30 to $35 daily on each site, I follow these Google Adsense tips:
Tip 1: Place Ads Above the Fold
When a page loads, what you see is called the fold. It is important to make sure that Adsense ads are visible without a person having to scroll down. The majority of people surfing the Net won’t waste their time with this and often do not scan below the fold.
Tip 2: Do Not …

The Xbox 360 is one of the most important products for Microsoft this year and it has your living room squarely in its sights. It has even been described as the second coming of Sega’s Dreamcast! This new Xbox is smaller than the original and its wireless features, along with its stylishly concave shape, make it fit nicely into the living room, a very welcome change from the standard X Box. In fact, it’s about 20% smaller than the original and the console can either rest on its end or …

1. Sign up for as many niche forums as possible and start making useful posts; obviously, the closer to your niche the better. Niche forums are a great place to find targeted prospects for your mailing list, or to just get more targeted visitors. Always attach an eye catching signature to every one of your posts. Build up your reputation and your trust level with the members and you won’t have any trouble generating traffic.
2. Offer to be a content provider for a newsletter publisher. Find some newsletter publishers that …

How do you maximize your site?
By earning some few dollars per click from displaying Adsense ads on it. Many are now realizing that good money is made from this source of revenue. Try the simple mathematical computation of multiplying those clicks for every page on your website and you get a summation of earnings equivalent to a monthly residual income with that little effort you have made.
Google Adsense is a fast and easy way for website publishers of all sizes to display relevant and text-based Google ads on their website?s …