By: Griff Hazen | Source: googleblog.blogspot.com

Back in October, Google announced a new version of their Google Groups (in beta)service that gave us a new look, and quite a few new features to go along with it,  in the hopes that it would help people work together better. We received tons of feedback, and today we’re dropping the "beta" and unveiling a number of new features in more than a dozen languages. If you’re already in a Google Group, you’ll be transitioned automatically, and if you’re new to a group, welcome!

Google finally took this product out of beta, and now it’s available for everyone to use at "groups.google.com" rather than the temporary "groups-beta.google.com" address.

Read more here…

Spread the word: bookmark it/ readit

By: Michael Fleischner | Source: sitepronews.com

Syndicating your own website content is a great way to provide information to your readers with little or no effort. Using RSS, your updated content is delivered to individuals who have subscribed to your feed automatically. In this article, I’ll briefly explain RSS and show you how to syndicate your own website content - even if you know very little about RSS feeds.

RSS Defined
According to Wikipedia, RSS is a simple XML-based system that allows users to subscribe to their favorite websites. Using RSS, webmasters can put their content into a standardized format, which can be viewed and organized through RSS-aware software or automatically conveyed as new content on another website.

Read the rest of this entry »

By: Loren Baker | Source: searchenginejournal.com

On Monday February 5th, Yahoo! will be going full speed ahead with the US based relaunch of Yahoo Search Marketing and its new ranking model which will focus on advertiser quality, relevancy, bid price and performance instead of the current bidding only placement system.

As a result of the new Yahoo Search Marketing ‘Panama’, Yahoo feels that they will still be able to provide relevant search results for users, which adding more value to their advertising base.

When the new ranking model goes into effect, both bid and the ad’s quality together will determine where an ad appears in the search results.

Read more at searchenginejournal.com

Spread the word: bookmark it/ readit