Today,  

No matter how hard I try, I couldn’t get the first two lines of this song out of my head this past week. Figuring it was easier to give in than to fight it (how ironic) I had to sit down long enough to finish it off. Guess this will date me as a child of the eighties.

One, two, Google’s coming for you
Three, four, drop your PageRank score
Five, six, take away your clicks
Seven, eight it might be too late
Nine, ten you’ll never rank again…

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Today,  

CondéNet’s sites are all pretty well known, with Wired, Reddit, and Epicurious being some of the most famous among them. Now, thanks to a distribution deal with YouTube, we expect that the sites will become even more popular.

Give CondéNet credit for thinking outside the box on this one; YouTube’s still widely regarded as a place to find user-generated videos, as opposed to corporate productions. Anything that’s useful or entertaining finds itself welcome, though, so the development isn’t at all a bad idea.

Even better - Sarah Chubb, CondéNet’s president, told Emily Steel, “We do not pay to distribute our content. It is generally a no-cash exchange. The trade-off is that we get distribution.” There’s also the matter of potentially profitable advertising, which CondéNet can sell.

From Google’s perspective, this is a no-lose situation, as well - any revenue from that advertising will be shared. Furthermore, the deal acts to legitimize YouTube, which is something Google is always trying to do.

No timeframe was given for when distribution would begin, but look for it to occur in the near future - picking the content should take longer than sorting out any technical details.

Tags: CondéNet, YouTube

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Today,  It is only natural that webmasters continuously crave higher search engine rankings. After all, the closer your site is to the first entry in the search engine results page, the more chances you have …
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Today,  For some days now I haven’t been able to accurately view the keyword analysis and quality score in my AdWords account. Whenever I try to click the tool for any of my keywords, I get the following message:

Ad Showing? No
The keyword phrase doesn’t currently trigger any of your ads. There are several possible reasons your ad isn’t showing for this keyword, such as:
- You just added the keyword to your campaign. You may experience a short wait as your keyword goes through the review process.
- Our server is experiencing a delay.
- Your ad delivery is being spaced throughout the day.


The keywords are not new, I’m getting click-throughs and my daily budget is large enough to prevent ad delivery spacing, yet I get the same message for every single keyword in my account. And I’m not alone. According to comments on my other blog, AdWords Advertisers in Ireland and China are experiencing the same error. I’ve reported the problem to Google and part of the response I got was:

“We’ve identified a known technical issue affecting a limited number of accounts. Our engineers are currently working to solve the problem and hope to reach a resolution shortly. We look forward to providing you with the most effective advertising available…”

After a few days of no change, I emailed them again, only to be told:

“Please know that our engineers are currently working to solve the problem and hope to reach a resolution shortly.”

Are you experiencing similar problems? We’d like to hear from you. Please leave your comments.

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Today,  

The campaign of Senator Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y. is set to launch two Web sites that will be focused on attacking her biggest political threat, Senator Barack Obama, D. -Ill.

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