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According to Reuters, Yahoo has been working hard at a new design for their homepage. This new homepage still hasn’t been rolled out for most web users, and Yahoo states that less 15% of them are being fed the new design. Here’s a screenshot of the new homepage (click to enlarge).

At first glance, the “new” [...]

The ever-growing number of people flocking toward the online world, as well as the increasing intensity of Internet usage, have long been in the sights of ambitious advertisers and marketers. Sending the right targeted message to a target audience is important for staying on budget, and emerging technologies are paving the way for more precise [...]

The lights have long been dimming Ask.com’s corner, as the layoffs in March had foreshadowed. More signs of desperation have surfaced last week as Ask began trading in goodwill and relevant search results for a little bit of cash. Sure, companies need to make money, but is their latest decision short-sighted and detrimental to their [...]

Every week I log into my Webmaster Tools account to look out for potential crawling or indexing issues with my sites. Usually, I will also check to see if the newer pages are getting indexed, as well as quickly look over whether any new links have been found. None of these sites are designed for [...]

The biggest news this week is the release of Google’s new web browser, called “Google Chrome.” By some estimates, Google Chrome has already gained 1% of the browser market share in its inaugural unveiling a couple of days ago. This is comparable to Microsoft’s Internet Explorer with about 70% of the market, and Mozilla’s FireFox [...]