Ben Charny

Google’s initial experience placing ads in magazines and other print publications, as Businessweek reports, has been lackluster. Some advertisers tell the publication that even though the ad prices were a bargain, they may not go back for a second round. In response to a question about the story, Google said it expected demand to be […]

Yahoo is addressing a Web traffic issue thats been creating problems for Internet publishers using Yahoos do-it-yourself online ad generator. Web site operators must ensure that only Internet traffic from the United States sees the Yahoo-placed ads, according to the rules for participating in the 8-month-old Yahoo Publisher Network. The Sunnyvale, Calif.-based company drew the […]

Web publishers say they are having trouble meeting a Yahoo Inc. requirement for participants in its self-serve Web advertising feature. The problems have to do with Yahoo’s requirement that only people in the United States view its Yahoo Publisher Network ads. For more, see here. Never fear. Yahoo says it’s now working on ways to […]

There’s a new breed of bully that terrorizes people using Google. Consider the salesman at Paramount Web Masters, a search engine marketing firm. According to several sources, he targets Web sites that he’s determined violate Google policies about appropriate ways to generate an audience. Somebody’s going to report the firm to Google, he tells each […]

Google Reader now lets you share. Introduced in October, 2005, Google Reader is a one-stop Internet site offering access to content from other Web sites, RSS (really simple syndication) feeds or subscriptions. Using the new share feature, Google Reader-ites can share content they get with others. There are sure to be lots of publishers that […]

What suburban Milpitas, Calif., lacks in size, it makes up for in wireless access. Because of a March 22 decision by its City Council, residents of the 14-square-mile patch of Silicon Valley will have two wireless networks to choose from. Internet provider EarthLink, of Atlanta, Ga., plans to charge $20 a month for access to […]

The Google War of 2025 is catalyzed later this year when Sergey Brin and Larry Page have a brilliant new advertising idea. As Brin so-famously soon roars, “Why are there games on the back of a Cheerios cereal box when there could be a car ad?” Advertising absolutely everywhere becomes Google’s new motto. It pulls […]

Internet search provider Google on March 21 began offering a real-time financial information channel to compete with the likes of Yahoo Finance. The feature, called Google Finance, is being offered to the U.S. audience now and will be offered in Europe in the next few days, according to a source. A Google representative did not […]

Can Google still innovate like it used to? A growing number of important voices doubt it. Take for example the reaction on March 21 when Google switched on Google Finance, a Web site to gather real-time personalized financial news and information like stock performance and financial reports. Not a lot of people liked it. Typical […]

Google’s launched Google Finance, its financial news and stock feature that will compete with Yahoo Finance and MSN Money. For now, it’s getting panned, and some critics go as far to suggest Google’s now in some kind of innovation lull. We’ll see. Google Finance is only a beta release, which in essence means its on […]