Looks like Google Checkout is testing a few ‘big’ icon treatments in Google Adwords listings - we are assuming the project goal is to compare & contrast user click response based on icon size.

We found these screenshots of the three ‘treatments’ or styles of icon Google is now testing: subtle cart, defining brand, and the ‘Daddy’ call to action or click to action button. Click here to learn more about Google Checkout Badges.

Last week V7N announced the launch of new contextual link buying service. Being a symbiosis of Text Links Buying system and Pay-per-Post blogging system the new service both gives the possibility to acquire additional text links for site owners and to earn extra money for bloggers.

The site receives link when the text copy provided by advertiser (link buyer) is placed as a line of text at the end of a particular blog post. The product or service advertised is not specifically reviewed or endorsed in a blog post but relates to the industry described in a post. Embedded in a sentence contextual link can hardly be detected by search engine algorithms of filtering.

V7N doesn’t specify whether the advertiser is able to target specific blogs or posts but ensures that “only high quality web sites are accepted into the V7 Contextual Links program”.

if you recall a few weeks ago, Jeremy Zawodny wrote a post about his thoughts on Google ripping off a certain Yahoo page design. Steve Bryant over at GoogleWatch thought it would be fun to create a Google start page that looked exactly like Yahoo’s current theme.

I guess this would be what Google ‘could’ look like if they we’re purchased by Yahoo!, instead of Overture…

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Looks like the MSN Adcenter had a bit of a hiccup this morning, and they have decided to pull it offline for the remainder of the business day. This was a unplanned outage and is not a good sign, especially for the efficacy of new technology platforms.

In the PPC world having your top 3 keyword bid management systems come down is wuite possible the worst thing that can happen - just ask Yahoo! why they decided to put the ole aginag Overture DTC finally to rest.

Google Blog Search engine has got over the top other engines of the same kind. Not quite shocking news as we’ve all got used that for the previous several years Google has earned an unbeatable leadership in search industry. The heading that announces Google’s being the first again in search traffic or revenue will not surprise anybody.

What is interesting about Google Blog Search engine is how fast it became popular. As recently as September, it had a market share of 0.001%, failing to find an audience. However, starting from October, the Blog Search feature began to gain its popularity due to being placed on the Google’s main page. The marketing course has appeared so effective that Google Blog Search’s market share increased up to 25% by this time, having supplanted even the leader (former leader) among search engine for blogs, Technorati.

Well, I’ve never doubt in Google’s ability to promote their new search services!