Google payment service, touted as Paypal killer is launched. It is called Google Checkout.
checkout.google.com
When will we see it being incorporated into AdSense?

Yahoo has launched Site-Explorer, allowing webmasters to check listings of your sites (or your competitors’) on Yahoo index.
Site Explorer allows you to explore all the web pages indexed by Yahoo! Search. View the most popular pages from any site, dive into a comprehensive site map, and find pages that link to that site or […]

It is bound to happen one day. As click-fraud issues mounting up, AdSense is moving towards affiliate marketing style, introducing cost-per-action ads.
David Jackson of SeekingAlpha reports that Google is inviting a selected group of AdSense webmasters to test out the new “Cost-Per-Action” (CPA) ads. Quoting reprint of Google’s mail:
How do I get paid?
You get paid […]

Google Blogoscoped has posted The Devil’s Guide to Google, the ultimate guide to become an evil with Google’s array of services in under a month. And apparently, the latest trend in paid-clickers industry is no longer Indian clickers.
4. Pay a 12-men army of Russian click-workers to click on your AdSense. Tell them how to switch […]

Not really a big fan of World Cup, but this clip is too good to miss.
The FIFA World Cup Official Hymn: “Zeit, dass sich was dreht”
performed by: Herbert Grönemeyer feat. Amadou & Mariam

A Romanian company has taken spamming Google to new heights. Monetize, a blog dedicated to tricking search engines, described how the company got Google to index over 5 billion webpages - copied from legitimate sites - within three weeks. Yahoo and MSN were fooled too, eventhough not nearly as bad.
The story was featured by Digg, […]

A number of AdSense publishers have received invitation from Google to fill in survey related with AdSense. Participants will then have a chance to win a $1000 ‘gift card’.
Webmaster World - AdSense Survey
Digital Point - Google AdSense Survey from Google?
via Problogger

Websense has found malicious code hosted in Google Pages, free hosting service from Google. The trojan is designed to steal online banking information.

The file is packed with ASPack and is a banking Trojan Horse which is designed to steal banking credentials upon visiting pre-defined financial institutions sites.
Unlike initial reports, Google Pages was not hacked. What […]

Google has released AdWords Editor. It allows advertisers to manage AdWords campaign from the desktop, before uploading it to AdWords.
AdWords Editor is Google’s free, downloadable account management application for your computer. Download your AdWords account to your computer, make your changes, then upload your revised campaigns.

SitePoint published an article titled 10 Worst AdWords Campaign Mistakes. It lists down common mistakes made by AdWords advertisers, including a long list of less than targeted keywords, lack of keywords in ad text, and directing users solely to the home page.
On the highly competitive Google AdWords pay per click (PPC) search engine, it’s […]