2012
Home Depot To Correct Misleading Link Request
It read like one of those bad link requests you get. Link to me, and you’ll rank better. It even suggested hiding the link. But the request was from Home Depot, to its network of nearly 2,000 service providers. Now that it’s come to light, the home improvement store chain says it is correcting the mistake.
Google to Retire Hosted Domains Product within AdSense
Google has decided to retire the “hosted domains” product that they have through the Google AdSense program. According to an email directly from the Google AdSense team, they have evaluated the benefits of their partner network and decided to retire the Hosted Domains program with Google AdSense.
2010
Yahoo Shutting Down Yahoo Publisher Network
Yahoo! has decided to close the Yahoo! Publisher Network. For those of you who are not familiar with the Yahoo! Publisher Network, it is a contextual advertising network that relies on ads from the Yahoo! Search Marketing program.
Social Network Users Still Taking Risks
The results of the survey show that social network users are still taking too many risks. Social network users, for example, are sharing information that could help hackers breach their profiles, their wallets and possibly their homes.
PathView Cloud Generates New Revenue for Managed Services
LinkStatus, an Apparent Networks customer and large managed services provider in the UK, provides continuous monitoring and testing of network performance so that its customers can focus on more important, business critical issues. The company specializes in assessing and reporting traffic type and volume; implementing services for deployment and m
Does IPv6 Still Matter?
IPv4 address space exhaustion is still imminent, scheduled for late 2011. There still is very little happening to convince most network operators to make the requisite changes soon. And there was that financial crisis thing. IPv6 is still a train wreck in slow motion. Does IPv6 still matter?
2009
Network Solutions Settles Lawsuit for Frontrunning Domains
Front Running? Or protection against Front Running. That was the argument in this issue of Network Solutions registering every domain name searched by customers for availability on NetSol's WHOIS database.
Social Network Magniola Suffers Data Loss
Social network Magnolia is reporting on their home page today that they have lost their data and are working around the clock to recover but anticipate the outage lasting at least several days.
2008
Google Response to Google Bandwidth Report
Google responds to the report, saying that the report Mr. Cleland issued today -- alleging that Google is somehow unfairly consuming network bandwidth -- is just the latest in what one blogger called his payola punditry.
Google Affiliate Network Launches
This service is sure to bring more attention to affiliate marketing now that Google has put its name on the service.
Yahoo! Publisher Network Gives Room to AdSense
Yahoo! has closed a ten-year deal that would give it the option to serve and display Google AdSense search and contextual advertising on its search results.
Sk-rt Social Network Rebrands as Kirtsy, Fails to Follow SEO Best Practices
Sk*rt, the social network geared towards women, has rebranded as Kirtsy. The only problem is that they did not redirect the site properly.
Survey: Americans Want Nationwide Health Information Network
1,000 Americans were recently surveyed by Computer Sciences Corporation and it was announced today that 70 percent of Americans indicated they would be more likely to vote for a presidential candidate who supported the creation of a nationwide health information network (NHIN).
MTV Networks Acquires Babunga to Better Target Moms and Dads
Nickelodeon/ MTV Networks has acquired Babunga, a network of niche websites that reach out to the parenting crowd. Babunga includes BabyNamesWorld, 3DPregnancy, WikiParenting, and PetNamesWorld.
Sonus Networks Achieves Historic IP Voice Milestone
Sonus Networks entered 2008 achieving a historic voice network milestone. Leveraging Sonus’ industry leading, breakthrough technology for voice networks, operators now report that they have carried over one trillion minutes in aggregate on their networks.
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