Only a few hours after news of Google Page Creator made the rounds, including appearances on Digg and Slashdot, Google has closed the service to new account requests.

The Measure Map team has joined Google, bringing their blog stat/web analytics to the search advertising company and asking bloggers to request an invitation to join the service.

The new media marketing universe, or at least what looks to be a good chunk of it, is set to descend on Palo Alto the week after next for the second annual NewComm Forum.

After bringing Yahoo researcher Gary Flake into the Redmond fold last year, Microsoft has decided to make him the leader of their “Live Labs” research and development effort.

Users of FeedXS can create RSS feeds to populate with content by directly posting an article to a feed without needing an existing website or blog.

Fans of classifieds sites can breathe easier, as Microsoft plans to unveil its Windows Live Expo to beta testers in the coming months.

Users who want to be part of Google’s online website analytics service should start checking their inboxes for an email invite from Google to join the program.

It’s all happening. MashupCamp is a loosely joined open space event for mashing APIs and open source.

I am participating as a judge in an exciting new conversational marketing campaign called Everyday Hogwash.

My first job out of college was working as an intern at a public relations agency in Seattle. I learned all the fundamentals of PR, including stapling, copying and faxing (email was just starting to become popular).

The pounds will melt away as AOL and the TV show ‘Good Morning America’ plan to launch a weight-loss challenge for their online and television audiences.

Microsoft plans to implement VoIP calling in the upcoming version of Windows Live Messenger and have partnered with MCI to deliver the service.

The last session I attended on day two of the SES Chicago Search Engine Strategies conference was RSS Blogs and Search Marketing moderated by Danny Sullivan.

Even though Jason Calacanis didn’t show up for the Earning From Search & Contextual Ads session as scheduled, attendees made do with the likes of Google, Yahoo, the New York Times’ About.com, AOL, and JenSense discussing the topic.

I’ve been using the Google Analytics service for a few weeks on this blog … and I give it two thumbs up. We would love to try this out at our more popular sites such as WebProNews, but unfortunately Google …

I’ve been using the Google Analytics service for a few weeks on WebProBlog … and I give it two thumbs up.

I received an email from Google just after midnight last night updating the status of Google Analytics. Google clearly did not anticipate the high demand. It takes a tremendous amount of processing power to analyze logs and deliver reports to …

I received an email from Google just after midnight last night updating the status of Google Analytics.

A crush in demand for the now-freely available Google Analytics service has led Google to turn on the “No Vacancy” sign and set up a waiting list.

With easy access to Broadband and DSL the number of people using the Internet has skyrocketed in recent years.

Having your content stolen or scraped for search engine purposes can lead to duplicate content penalties that can result in search engine index removal. Conversly, while your site may escape being punished, the fact that someone else stole your hard work and is presenting it as original content cannot be a pleasing discovery.

Some users of the popular photo sharing service aren’t big fans of Flickr’s new owner, Yahoo, and a forthcoming terms of service change. Wired Magazine notes the emergence of a small group of Flickr users who do not want to become Yahoo users, despite the fact Yahoo purchased Flickr earlier this year.