Keywords in file names may help rankings?

"Most bloggy sites tend to have words from the title of a post in the url; having keywords from the post title in the url also can help search engines judge the quality of a page."

read more at matt cutts blog:
http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/scoble-visiting-the-plex/

LogicBoxes Announces OrderBox v6.3

LogicBoxes, a software and consulting company, today announced the next release of its complete business automation suite- OrderBox v6.3 for ICANN accredited registrars and Web Service companies.

The OrderBox v6.3, the core engine of the Logicboxes Hostex platform is packed with brand new powerful features including the integration of the popular .EU ccTLD, a comprehensive tax engine to enable service providers to manage their tax sheets efficiently, long awaited Boosted hosting plans that guarantee service providers extra bandwidth, web space, databases and unlimited sub-domains and an updated version of the SuperSite allowing further customisation and branding options.

Google Apps for Your Domain Released

Google Inc., today announced the launch of Google Apps for Your Domain, a set of hosted applications for organizations that want to communications tools to their users, without the hassle of installing and maintaining software or hardware.

According to the company, in addition to customizing the user interface with their own branding and color scheme, organizations can tailor the service to their needs by mixing and matching the email, messaging, calendaring and other tools offered through Google Apps for Your Domain. Over time, Google will offer versions of Google Apps for Your Domain that are oriented toward the needs of a variety of organizations, from family websites and community groups to non-profits and small businesses, as well as universities, large enterprises, and ISPs.

Google Apps for Your Domain, an expansion of the Gmail for Your Domain service that launched in February 2006, includes Gmail, the Google Talk, Google Calendar and Google Page Creator. Google will provide organizations with two choices of service which are a standard edition of Google Apps for Your Domain available today as a beta product without cost to domain administrators or end users and a premium version of it with more advanced features.

Google and eBay Agreement

Google Inc., and eBay Inc., yesterday announced a multi-year agreement to benefit both companies' collective communities of users, merchants and advertisers.

The agreement consists of two primary components involving text-based advertising and click-to-call advertising functionality. Google will become the text-based advertising provider for eBay outside the United States. In addition, eBay and Google plan to integrate and launch click-to-call advertising functionality that leverage both Skype and Google Talk in each company's respective shopping and search platforms. The companies said the financial terms for certain components of the deal involve revenue sharing, but did not disclose specific details. The companies plan to begin testing the text-based advertising and click-to-call initiatives in early 2007 that will be evaluated over a period of several months.