John Mark Walker, Hyperic’s community lead, has an interesting take on whether Google deserves to be loved or loathed for its open-source community outreach.
John Mark is in the former camp and, increasingly, so am I. Google is the Teflon open-source company, contributing selectively and strategically…and winning kudos across the board.
Self-interested Google? Absolutely. But then, how [...]

As noted by ZDNet Editor in Chief Larry Dignan, Armstrong emphasized that the dip in paid clicks was intentional–part of a strategic plan designed to deliver better, more-precisely targeted ads. Thus, the market anxiety that hit Google’s stock was, well, unjustified.
After ComScore reported a recent decline in Google’s paid clicks, the Net ratings service followed [...]

Commission’s decision in place, Google announced on Tuesday that it has formally closed its merger with DoubleClick.
European antitrust regulators on Tuesday approved Google’s $3.1 billion merger with DoubleClick, paving the way for a blockbuster deal in Internet search and publisher-based advertising tools.
Approval by the European Commission, which came without conditions, had largely been expected to [...]

First off, the truth about Google Arbitrage is simply this - it doesn’t work anymore. You are at risk of getting your AdSense account disabled if you attempt it now. I still see a lot of people searching for this topic so I thought I’d write a post about it to give it some closure.
What [...]

Here’s an interesting news snippet (Note added 9/18/04: this article is no longer available but there is another interesting interview found here) about companies using blogs to make money. I think that blogs are great for small business owners and also for those who are just getting started to feel their way through the online [...]

Ever wonder why the your Google Adsense ads don’t make good sense at all. In this article I will teach you about section targeting to insure that your Google Ads match up with the content of your web pages.
What is section targeting?
Section targeting allows you to suggest sections of your text and HTML content [...]