For those that have an eye on Adsense and all sorts of moneymakers, Google has a few interesting things to tell you: Adsense for Search is now powered by custom search. The benefits are simple but important at the same time, including improved indexing of pages, vertical search, the ability to fine tune search results and ads with keywords or selecting ad location.
From what I remember they’ve implemented the “new search” a couple of weeks ago but with some errors on the page so that users where not able to grab the code. The improvement is visible and has a clean code, while users are happy that you can now pick the sites you want to search on, there aren’t any radio buttons and no more “Google Search” buttons.
Check out the video if you want to know more about Adsense for Search which is now powered by Custom Search :
Dave Wehner, the guy that was behind the recent AOL buys Bebo deal for $850 million, is the Managing Director of Allen & Co. Why would this be of any interest to you? Because the guy is rumored to be out pitching a LinkedIn venture capital round for nothing less than a whole big billion. Yes, $1 billion.
So far the Mountain View, California based company has raised $27.5 million over three rounds but if this turns out to be real, Allen & Co may be working on the most expensive private venture deal that we’ve heard of, lately.
Though rumors late last year said NewsCorpmay have been in talks with LinkedIn around an acquisition, no official papers were issued.
Honestly I don’t get it why a company like LinkedIn that have said publicly they will reach $100 million in revenue in 2008 would need funding so I suppose right now it’s nothing more than a rumor. Let’s see if we can find out more info in the days that will come.
Have you ever thought that there are investors that would spend money to businesses that have a close relationship with God? I have to agree I never did, but GodTube is here to disagree with me.
According to Rafat Ali, GodTube managed to raise $30 million from GLG Partners, a hedge fund. Guess they have a lot of faith in the business model. GodTube the site that started on a $300 script found lots of people in the US that demand religious programs and exploited it and exploded to the top 1000 websites in September 2007.
Not sure how God and the Internet mix but GodTube is doing nicely and dominates their niche market.
That’s definitely one I would keep my eyes on to see where it’s going.
Do you have questions that need answers? A new online community, Answerit has been created by the guys from 24.com for both ’smarty pants’ and ‘enquiring minds’.
According to a study, U.S. people traffic to Question & Answers websites increased 889 percent in the last two years and the main reason is that when you ask something there’s a real person behind the answers you get. It puts more weight on it and makes you feel like the guy with the solution is an expert, or something.
“One of the core principles of the World Wide Web is that we live in a shared world where shared knowledge is valuable. Answerit is an online tool for South Africans to interact and share knowledge that is particularly relevant to their local experience” said Elan Lohmann, GM of Social Networking on 24.com.
Using Answerit is pretty easy. You need a 24.com account and you ask your question and from what I see the service is similar to Yahoo!Answers allowing you to vote for the best answer.
Another thing I like is the leaderboard. This is where you can see the Leaders, Gurus or those that got the most thumbs up. You can also add them to a watchlist if you think they are the experts you could learn from.
So if you want to know who was first, the chicken or the egg, go ahead and ask your smart questions on Answerit.
MyBroadband has broke the news on Media24’s digital unit, 24.com, acquiring a stake in Blueworld Communities - the social media technology company behind social networks like Zoopedup and Blueworld.
Quotes from the MyBroadband article
24.com has acquired a controlling stake in Blueworld Communities – a local social networking group.
24.com recently acquired a controlling stake in Blueworld Communities, […]
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Ever knew what an Online Reputation Monitoring tool is? Well it’s exactly what it says, a tool that you use to have your brand under a big zoom.
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Last year FriendFeed entered beta testing and on February 25th after raising $5 million, they managed to launch their service. Ever since, everyone at the corners are talking about how great FriendFeed is. I had to give it a try myself and see with my own eyes and so I did. I signed up for […]
Dave Wehner, the guy that was behind the recent AOL buys Bebo deal for $850 million, is the Managing Director of 
Have you ever thought that there are investors that would spend money to businesses that have a close relationship with God? I have to agree I never did, but GodTube is here to disagree with me.
Do you have questions that need answers? A new online community, 
