SearchCap: The Day In Search, June 25, 2007
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Local.com Announces Patent For Location-Based SearchI’ve got a patent, you’ve got a patent. It seems that nearly everyone running an Internet company has a patent nowadays. Local.com is the latest to […]
Barry Schwartz on June 25, 2007 at 3:30 pm
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on
Search Engine Land and from other
places across the web.
From Search Engine Land:
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Local.com Announces Patent For Location-Based Search
I’ve got a patent, you’ve got a patent. It seems that nearly everyone running an Internet company has a patent nowadays. Local.com is the latest to announce a patent in the local space. The patent (no. 7,231,405), which I was unable to locate through a USPTO and Google Patents search,… -
Don’t Put All Your Links In One Basket
We recently redesigned our kitchen and hired a contractor to oversee the project. My husband argued as the primary user of this space, I should be the one to coordinate its design and the people doing the work. I’m not sure if he had resigned himself to the inevitable… -
InfoSpace Introduces Video Search On Dogpile, Blinkx Offers Contextual Ad Targeting For Video
InfoSpace has introduced video search on its Dogpile search engine through a partnership with Blinkx. Search results are identical to those found on Blinkx, which is also providing video search for other engines and portals, most notably Ask but also Lycos and ChaCha. It also provides some video search capabilities… -
Report: Google Acquires GrandCentral, Telephone Management Company
Techcrunch reported that Google has acquired GrandCentral, a company that let’s you keep one telephone number as you move from home to home or job to job. Arrington said, “We have a high degree of confidence that the deal has actually been closed.”… -
Yahoo Merges Search & Display Ad Teams, Karnstedt Heads Up Team
Yahoo announced that they are combining the search ad and display ad teams. Part of this move, David Karnstedt will be heading up the North American Sales. Karnstedt was Yahoo’s senior vice president of Yahoo’s Search sales business and is now Head of US Sales. Wenda Harris Millard, Yahoo’s Chief… -
Google’s Human Touch
The Human Touch That May Loosen Google’s Grip from the New York Times discusses how Google’s use of algorithms and computers may, in the long run, may lead to the demise of Google’s popularity or may not. The article is written more in a question format than a prophetic format…. -
Germany Rules Against Google On Gmail Trademark, Gmail In Germany To Shut Down?
Google loses Gmail trademark case in Germany from News.com reports that Google has lost the Gmail trademark case in a German appellate court. Google will not be allowed to use Gmail in Germany, like they can’t in the United Kingdom and Switzerland. Google Threatens to Close German Gmail Due to… -
eBay Restarts AdWords Campaigns With New Outlook
EBay to resume ads on Google, but rely on rivals from Reuters reports that eBay has resumed their AdWords advertising campaigns but on a more limited basis. eBay’s Hani Durzy said, “I will tell you it will be in a much more limited way than it was before.” “What we…
Search News Headlines From Elsewhere
Applications & Portal Features
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Sync
Your Mobile Phone with Google Calendar, Google Operating System -
Search
for Google Custom Search Engines, Google Operating System -
The
Google Phone: Here at Last, Wired News -
Yahoo
Moves Quickly To Plug Phishing Hole, Internet News -
Google
Reader Suffers Down Time, Techcrunch
Business Issues
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Censorship
as trade barrier, Google Public Policy Blog -
Yahoo
& Bebo Partner for Search & Sponsored Listings, Search Engine
Journal -
Google
Israel sees jump in revenue, Globes [online] -
Murdoch
Said to Be Close to Terms on Journal, New York Times -
Scrius
and FAST Search Announce Partner to Build “Topic Pages”, ResourceShelf
Conferences
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Search
Engine Bootcamp hits NZ, Marketing Pilgrim -
The
SMX Advanced Recap is Chock Full of Nostalgia, SEOmoz
Link Building
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How
To Find Wikipedia Links, Search Engine Journal -
In
search for the Perfect Organic Link, SEO News Blog -
How
To Get Those Nifty .EDU Links, Fantomaster -
Utility
Linking, The Link Spiel
Local, Maps & Mobile
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Put
your business on Google Maps, Google LatLong Blog -
Updating
Your Google Maps Business Listing, Search Engine Guide -
Are You
Using Google Coupons?, Search Engine Guide -
Google
Maps mixed with YouTube, Los Angeles Times -
Better Business Location
Search using OCR with Street Views, SEO By The Sea -
4INFO
Funding Announcement!, 4INFO Mobile Search Blog
Paid Search & Contextual
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adCenter
upgrade postponed, adCenter Blog -
Which
Adsense Format & Color Scheme Will Convert Best for You ?,
Digital Inspiration -
Google’s
Sheryl Sandberg on Next-Generation Advertising, Read/Write Web -
Security
issue now fixed on google optimisation proposal reports!, Seo Home
blog -
75% of AdSense
Publishers at DigitalPoint Earn $25 or Less Per Day, Search Engine
Roundtable
Searching
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Do
Alternative Search Engines Measure Up?, PC World -
Last
week in China – Chinese Eye Tracking Research and more, Search Engine
Journal -
Search
startup confident of success, Seattle Times Newspaper -
Xerox
Enters Search Market, Techcrunch
SEM Industry
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Talking
Search Marketing Standard with Boris Mordkovich, Mimasm -
I have
PageRank!, Brian White -
www.mahalo.com
and it’s Spam, DaveN -
SEO
Pricing & Costs – What Should You Charge / How Much Should You
Pay?, SEOmoz -
Insider Thinks Google
Won’t Serve DoubleClick’s ASP Customers, ClickZ
SEO & SEM
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Undeveloped .com
Domain Name Prices vs SEO Service Prices, SEO Book -
Nasty
duplicate content trouble created by annoying “SEO”, Joost de Valk -
Bringing
SEO In House – Insight from the Experts Part 2, Web Analytics World -
Do Search
Engines Read Individual Forum Posts or Threads?, Search Engine
Roundtable -
Predictive Queries versus
Unique Searches, SEO By The Sea -
Buying Sites for
Search Engine Ranking Domination, SEO Book -
Winner
Best Keyword Research Tool, Online Marketing Blog -
The “Minus 30”
Penalty Revisited, Search Engine Roundtable
Social Media
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Yahoo’s search for a social
graph, Between the Lines -
TwitterGrams
– The Next Step for Twitter?, Pronet Advertising -
LinkedIn to open up to
developers, Between The Lines -
Plaxo reboots, gets in
sync, GigaOM -
The Rules of Social Media
Optimization – Have You Got Something to Add?, Reviewlicious
Video & Image Search
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Incoming
Links on YouTube Expose Hundreds of FTP Passwords, Digital Inspiration -
Categories – We’re
working on a solution!, YouTube Blog -
YouTube
To Share Revenue With 20-year-old Filmmaker, Slashdot -
Blinkx
Launching Speech Recognition Video Search, MediaPost Publications
Other Items
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Wikia:
Lightning Could Strike Twice For Wikipedia Founders, Read/Write Web -
The
power of a doodle, Google Librarian Central Blog -
Google
Fiction, Wired News -
The
Search Engine Election: 2008 Presidential Campaign Scorecard,
Jonathan Mendez Blog -
Can
Google Analytics Be Evil?, Search Engine Watch -
Google
Fights Global Internet Censorship, Houston Chronicle -
Google’s strategy for hiring young talent, News.com -
New
Domains Registered by Microsoft: DesktopOptimization.com and Others,
ResourceShelf -
Google:
‘We all have to invent the wheel’, News.com -
Wayport
and Yahoo! Join Forces to Launch a Localized Wi-Fi Portal for the
Hospitality Industry, Business Wire
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