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AP - Google Inc., the leader in online search and advertising, is muscling in on video game territory ? though it won't exactly be in the form of a shoot 'em up game.

Google's big and getting bigger, as firms like comScore and Hitwise can confirm. Then there's its pending deal with Yahoo to consider. So a session at SMX East addressed the question of whether Google is a monopoly, and what can and should be done about the issue.read more

YouTube has reached agreements with iTunes and Amazon.com to offer users "click-to-buy" links to download music, games and other products.read more

As all WebProNews readers are probably aware by now, Bankaholic, a blog run by 22-year-old Johns Wu was sold to BankRate.com for $15 million, a price some people find shockingly high, but enough to change a man's life dramatically. We've covered this inspirational story extensively since we first learned of it.read more

In the session "Tools, Glorious Tools" the speakers discussed different tools to consider for search marketing.(Coverage of the SMX East conference will continue at WebProNews Videos. Keep an eye on WebProNews for more notes and videos from the event this week.)read more

Although it takes less than 15 seconds to create an outbound link, some people will spend quite a bit more time agonizing over the ramifications. Now, Google's issued a blog post about outbound links, and the company's official stance amounts to "relax."read more

Netflix shares fell 13% yesterday, but at the time of this writing are up over 5% today. The drop is a result of a trimmed fourth-quarter outlook. read more

A phrase like “cookie stuffing” sounds like it could have only pleasant connotations: Cookie Monster cookie-stuffing his face; ice cream with cookie stuffing; the cream between Oreos. Leave it to a lawyer to run that for everybody. read more

You may remember a few weeks ago when vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin's Yahoo! email account was hacked. This was revealed to be the work of David Kernell, the son of Tennessee Democratic State Representative Mike Kernell. David was indicted this morning, and faces a maximum of 5 years in prison and a $250,000 fine after turning himself in. read more

by Jennifer Laycock Spotted a post by Michael Stebbins over at market Motive about the roll out of Yahoo! Web Analytics to some Yahoo! store owners, developers and advertisers. While I'm still not a huge fan of analytics from the search engines, I (and most small business owners) are still pretty big fans of "free." Michael points to an older post by Dennis Mortensen over at Visual Revenue that explains the plan: Yahoo! currently intends to provide the IndexTools Web Analytics service FREE of charge to clients and partners who accept the standard Yahoo! agreement. ... I think this is a fair tradeoff for an Enterprise class Web Analytics system? Not familiar with Yahoo!'s Index Tools? Perhaps this will catch you eye... ...those of you who know me or heard me evangelize IndexTools as essentially 80% of the functionality of Omniture for a fraction of the cost - have to get used to the NEW NEW; 80% of the functionality of Omniture for FREE! Dennis's latest post on the topic ann