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Google Maps Replaces Hybrid Button with Terrain

Google Maps replaced the button Hybrid with a button reading Terrain (Hybrid used to show a mix between satellite imagery and maps data, such as streets or borders).

Google Asks About Gmail Problems

For the record, there’s still a “beta” tag on Gmail, and so users may not be entitled to complain too loudly.  Nonetheless, issues including empty inboxes have been reported, and an official “Gmail Guide” has inquired about another matter.

Reports Indicate Another Google PR Update

The Myopia of the Valley

Robert Scoble just rips apart the NewTeeVee conference as missing the boat. And, while he might have a few points on his list of 40 ... he forgets the audience, those that are going to come to the conference. Is the audience for this conference the more advanced veterans, or is it for the new audiences (and, well, corporations) that are trying to figure out (still) what to do in all this new media, including the NewTeeVee world?

How To Deal With Image Hotlinkers

Internet bandwidth can be a scarce commodity in the midst of a product launch, so “hotlinking” or having someone post one of your images, audio or video from their website, blog or forum can reduce your total available Internet bandwidth. Here are a couple of fixes for this issue.

SES - Organic Listings Forum

Pose questions to our panel of experts about free "organic" listing issues, plus participate in this session that allows the audience to share tips, tools and techniques. There's no set agenda, so this is an ideal session to discuss any major recent changes with organic listings.

Doodle 4 Google Contest Creates Huge Response

When I first wrote about Google Australia’s Doodle 4 Google contest, I thought it was a nice idea - “nice idea” meaning a warm-fuzzies PR initiative that not a lot of people would notice.  But people are noticing, and a new post on the Official Google Australia Blog quantifies the matter.

Google Extends Opt-Out Policy To CPA Testing

Google's still testing the waters of its cost-per-action ad model, which charges advertisers only when a sale is made or a lead form is filled out. But as one publisher notes, the AdSense team is inserting CPA ads onto his blog, whether he wants them there or not.

Google Custom Search - All NoFollow

Google prevents indexing of Google Custom Search blog informs Rusty Brick. The code includes:

Google AJAX Search API Including Image Results

Google AJAX Search API now has image search results reports the Goog