MySpace social network owned by News Corp company announced the new feature which supports OpenID standard. This is the first step in implementing the company's own initiatives data availability Data Availability.

Using OpenID users will be able to enter the sites of third parties with the assistance of MySpace account. Nevertheless, support for OpenID will be implemented unilaterally - it will be impossible to login into MySpace account under another service's ID.

Data Availability Strategy was announced in May of this year as the path to portability and the universality of user data.

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Google Maps Service launched router feature for some U.S. cities. Using this new features user can set starting and finishing point and see the possible routes directly on the map. If the distance is shorter than 10 kilometers, using a separate link service will calculate the pedestrian route.

This service is in beta stage right now, as Google has not yet put all the walking routes in the maps, said Google Lat Long Blog.



Sourse: Pound the pavement.

Google AdWords Blog announced about the new opportunities of combined target ads. As part of innovation, targeting will be carried out not only by keywords but also by certain sites which will help limit the list of sites from which we can show ads.

This option will be available in the Google network and must be selected separately. Google proposes to use this option in two ways: either create bidet for certain specific sites, or for the selection of those sites, which meet several desired keywords.

Such an advanced targeting allows advertisers to identify and use the most effective sites for their own advertising campaigns, optimizing the cost of Internet advertising.

Source: Use keywords and placements together on the content network

Scour.com - Search socially and get the most from your favorite search engine!



The History:
Founded in 2007, Scour was originally named Aftervote.com, a search engine with an AJAX backbone with one mission: to deliver the most relevant results as efficiently as possible. Almost exactly 1 year later, Aftervote was acquired by Internext media, owner and operator of the ABCSearch Network and re-branded to Scour.com.

The Mission:
Scour's purpose is to bridge the gap between searchers and relevant results. By providing a platform for the user to vote and comment on relevancy, searchers connect with one another creating a true social search community, attained through innovative solutions to meet the needs of today's web searchers.

So, login and get active! Play a part in the Scour community and get rewarded for what you already do- Search!

Source: http://scour.com/

Scour.com is a meta-search engine with a set of social functions. Results of Scour are "collected" from the three major western search engines - Google, Yahoo! and MSN. Users can vote for the results, raising and reducing them, comment, exchange messages and much more.

The distinctive features are the ability of Scour to protect user privacy and the possibility of increasing the weight of extradition from a single search engine.

In addition to relevant search Scour intends to attract visitors by given them points for search, voting and feedback that can then be converted into money and withdrawn to Visa credit card.