Google seems to be trialling scrollable Adsense ads. On some websites with Adsense ads, there are now two little arrows under the ad. Clicking on them scrolls the ad to the left or right and then more ads are shown.

The two arrows are shown in the example ad above. (not clickable here because it’s an [...]

There’s chatter in the blogoshpere lately that Google has changed the way it registers clicks on ads. The way they used to work was that if anyone clicked anywhere on a Google ad, the click was registered and you are forwarded to the advertising website.
Now, with this change, the only “clickable” parts of an ad [...]

Wordtracker have just released a cool free tool called GTrends that lets you enter keyphrases and see related searches with search volume and a nice link to Google trend charts.
Its a nice addition to your resources when searching for a new niche, or planning articles for SEO purposes etc

It’s official, Google Analytics comes out of beta and adds a load more features due to user feedback.
According to the official analytics blog, people have been sending requests for new features since it launched. Some of the new features include:

Clickable URLs. This one is useful because it lets you click a little icon next [...]

I use Google Analytics for all of my websites now, and with the recent update to the user interface it’s an excellent stats package. But, until today I’ve always clicked the shortcut button on my Firefox toolbar that I set up to save me typing it in each time. It was pointing to www.google.com/analytics and [...]

If you didn’t know already, Google now owns Feedburner. We can all see the reasons behind this, one being another channel for Google to display ads on, but Feedburner has posted a new message when you login that has got people talking.
Basically, if you don’t want Google to own your Feedburner feed, you have 30 [...]

The Ask.com search engine has had a major overhaul over the last couple of days. They have now launched what has been dubbed “Ask 3D”. Looking at the homepage they seem to have gone for a less is more approach with a very minimalist look.

Using the site you get a very “web 2.0″ feel with [...]

You’ve probably heard by now that over the next coming weeks, Google will be rolling out an update to its Analytics stats application.
I’ve been using it for a long time now and have to admit that I found it a bit awkward to use. This is a very welcomed upgrade and if you check out [...]

Sometimes companies copy other websites because the design is a tried and tested one that works.
Another  internet giant has copied another recently, when AOL copied Yahoo’s homepage layout. (via)
What’s going on? Can’t they employ decent designers / developers to come up with something not so blatently copied?

The search engine Ask.com are to compete with the likes of Google with a contextual advertising platform. (via)
When you hear news like this, you wonder if they will have any chance against the giants of this marketplace like Google and Yahoo. They have been around for ages, and with their massive advertiser base, will Ask.com [...]