Website Optimizer Now Available to AdWords Advertisers Worldwide - Google Press Release
As part of our continued commitment to help advertisers make smart business decisions, we are happy to announce that the Google Website Optimizer™ application is now available to AdWords advertisers worldwide.
Thai Military Government Blocks YouTube Access - New York Times
Thailand banned access to YouTube, a popular site for posting and sharing video clips,

Live Satellite Images in Google Earth! - Google Sightseeing Google added live satellite images to Google Earth, the Google Sightseeing Blog reports on April 1st, 2007.
Google Writer - Google Operating System
Google Writer is a new application planned to be launched soon at Google Labs. It will integrate with many other Google services and guide you while writing a blog post, an essay or a news article.
Google Hires RSnake - Ha.ckers
Ha.ckers.org

Another Day, Another So-Called YouTube Killer - WebProNews
NBC and News Corp could announce as early as today a partnership geared at launching an online video site to rival YouTube. The site would feature clips from programming on both networks, allowing users to modify and share them in socially relevant ways.
DMCA takedown backlash: EFF sues Viacom over Colbert parody clip - Ars Technica
One of those clips, called “Stop the Falsiness,&#

Does a Google phone make sense? - Computer World
While a Google Inc. official in Europe confirmed that the company is “investigating” developing its own mobile phone, the question is, does it make sense?
Google Looks For Lobbyists In Europe - WebProNews
Lobbyists, on the whole, have a pretty bad reputation.  They’re regarded as a rather shady group of people; one of the main headings in a Wikipedia article is “corruption concerns

I have to say, the Pubcon conference last week was one of the better search marketing conferences I’ve been to. The overriding impression from just about everyone I talked to was that the content was great and the networking even better. Below is a roundup of Online Marketing Blog’s blog posts, photos and videos from the WebmasterWorld Pubcon Las Vegas 2006. I have to say thanks to everyone that let me put my Sony CyberShot to the test and do these 1 minute “interviews”.

A recap of stories posted today to the Search Engine Watch Blog, along with other items we’ve spotted but not blogged separately.