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It’s always difficult when a publisher sends you a free book. Bloggers are a fantastic investment for publishers, I’m sure. If I receive a book in the mail at no cost, I’m compelled to both read it and to decide whether or not to recommend it.

There’s been some talk on blogs about the average size of a Wordpress post. Some light has been shed that Search Engines will only weigh the impact of the first x number of characters, where x is currently unknown. As a result, anything after that is simply a waste of words.

Image from Wordle!

Google says, Google Insights for Search, is a new Google product designed with the advertiser in mind. (Google, what's new in that ?)

It provides more flexibility and functionality for advertisers and marketers to understand search behavior, and adds some cool new features like a world heat map to graphically display search volume and regional interest.

Bow Down to the Google Master !

Here is an image of how Google will intimate you (the Webmaster) if there is infinite space.

Google is giving the following examples to explain -

Google Base is now offering more feedback on the performance of your Google Base items. Log in to your Google Base account and click on the new "Performance" tab.

There were some new additions to Google Sites last week. I missed out I guess.

If you want get large or small images directly from Google Image Search you can use Google Image Ripper. This will allow you to download images which feature in Google Image Search directly from the first page.

Here are some sample examples of how not to place Adsense ads (ie how not to confuse your site visitor to click on the adsense ad mistakenly)

1. Ads shouldn't be placed under a title or section heading in a way that implies that the ads are not ads.

2. Ads should be easily distinguishable from surrounding content.

If you don't know about Google 3D Warehouse then you need to check it out now.

Click the "share" link on your Google 3D collection's "details" page. Collaborators can add and remove items in your collection; they can also edit details such as its name and description. If you make a collection "not-publicly-viewable", only people you choose can see it.