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Reuters - Google Inc and Yahoo Inc have decided to delay implementing a controversial search advertising partnership, Yahoo said on Friday.

Posted Oct 3rd 2008 10:00AM by Douglas McIntyre Filed under: Google , Marketing and advertising Not a day goes by that the market is not obsessed with the latest move or product launch at Google .

Amazon has been awarded a patent for the concept behind its "Top Reviewers" program. The company apparently filed for this patent back in April of 2001. The abstract goes: read more

NewsFactor - Advertisers and lawmakers, along with Google and Yahoo executives, are eagerly awaiting a decision from the Department of Justice on the internet search giants' ad agreement. The DOJ is expected to decide by mid-October whether Google can provide Yahoo with search advertisements.

Reports have surfaced that Bankaholic.com, a WordPress blog run by Johns Wu (alone) is selling for $15 million to BankRate. That's quite a deal for Wu, I'd say. According to paidContent.org, Wu gets $12.4 million up front, with another $2.5 million possible earnout over the next 12 months.read more

Guest opinion Google and Yahoo in cahoots CLARA PADILLA ANDREWS At 15 percent of the U.S. population and with ever-growing political clout, Hispanic Americans have had their "coming of age" of sorts in this new ...

Given the documented-to-death problems with our economy, now's not the best time for companies to show signs of weakness. Unfortunately for Facebook, two key employees are leaving to start their own enterprise.read more

Although I have ruthlessly defended new media's potential for legitimacy as a news source, nobody said citizen journalism was a flawless concept. Today a story was posted at iReport.com claiming that Apple CEO Steve Jobs had suffered a severe heart attack. He did not. read more

Oh, noes! Google is, no doubt, quaking in their boots now that the the followers of an ancient, Middle-Eastern resurrection cult are threatening to pull the plug on them for stating their opposition to ...