So I posted an ad at Google Base

Just to see what’s gonna happen. There’s been so much talk about Google Base recently since the moment it went live (or not-so-live, as some reported) that I just thought I have to try it out. So far, I have …

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Google’s new Sitemaps

Google has just added some changes to its Sitemaps. Some things there are interesting to note: 1. When you log in, in case you’ve been logged into any other Google services you use before, it asks you whether you want …

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One more terrible word – Shoposphere

Seems like everybody’s busy creating terrible sounding new words – the one I just ran into is Shoposphere, mentioned by SEW’s Chris Sherman in this post about Yahoo expanding its shopping search. I am not sure if this is the …

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Blogger enables comment moderation

Blogger has finally got off its arse and added an option to moderate comments posted to Blogger blogs for the blog owners. However, it is pretty limited: * Comments that have already been published or rejected are removed from the …

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Google’s next step to becoming the Big Brother

Well, Google is slowly pushing its users to unified accounts for all the services it offers. As Problogger reports, AdSense users are now asked to switch to using Google accounts – not like I would have noticed if not for …

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CNet and blogs/splogs

Seems like nowadays most people think if they’re blogging they just have to post something about splogs. However, this one made me wonder. Have CNet’s authors run out of topics to post a month-old story from Google Blogoscoped? The story …

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New AdSense TOS

Once again Google has updated its TOS. Now users who haven’t yet logged into their account since it happened are presented with the new TOS first off and only after they read and accept it they are allowed to proceed …

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Google not responding to spam reports?

There’s a post on Inside Google about Google not responding to spam reports by users, and folks there are wondering why Google doesn’t take any action if it doesn’t even require his efforts to find that spam, only react to …

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Google down message screenshot

Google is down!

Went to do some search on google and what do I see but this message: We’re sorry… … but we can’t process your request right now. A computer virus or spyware application is sending us automated requests, and it appears …

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