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Jan. 5, 2007 at 2:53pm Eastern by Barry Schwartz

SearchCap: The Day In Search, Jan. 5, 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:

• Search Engine Journal's 2006 Blog Awards Announces Winners
  Search Engine Journal has announced all the winners of the 2006 blog awards that we voted for a couple weeks ago. Here are the winners broken down...
• Yahoo Local Adds Quick Add / Edit Business Listing Feature
  The Yahoo Local Blog announced that they have added the ability to quickly add and edit a business listing. For example, if you wanted a business added within about 24 hours, you can go to this form and fill out...
• New Features Added To Google's Enterprise Search Appliance
  A Google press release from yesterday announced that Google has added a few features to the Google Search Appliance. The new features clearly labeled include: Clustering of the results, Source Biasing Options - define...
• Marketers Answer; "Would You Hire Matt Cutts" Away From Google?
  Shoe Money has an excellent post where he asks different marketers, Would You Hire Matt Cutts? based on recent unconfirmed rumors that Matt is looking for new work. Let me first state that these are rumors and...
• Google Hires NBC Video Executive, Michael Steib
  MediaPost reports Google has hired Michael Steib, the general manager of strategic ventures at NBC Universal. A Google spokesperson said: "We are pleased to have Michael Steib join the Google team to help us work with...

Search News Headlines From Elsewhere:

• A Google Link Command that Returns Perfect Data, SEOmoz Blog
• Winzy : Search & Win Search Engine, Search Engine Journal
• Brand Health Check: Yahoo!, Brand Republic
• Women of Internet Marketing Wednesdays Part 4, Search Marketing Gurus
• Keyword Ads and Metatags Don't Confuse Consumers--J.G. Wentworth v. Settlement Funding, Eric Goldman
• Google Kirkland in the News, juberjabber
  
• Google and the Imara Project, Google Code Blog
• Kidnapping Google Page Creator Images, Google Blogoscoped
• Is Your Site Defensible? A 10 Point Quiz, Tropical SEO
• GoogleBot Requested a CSS File!, eKstreme.com
• Google Update & Back Link Update at Google.com, Search Engine Roundtable
• MapQuest Enhances Mobile Mapping Products, Search Engine Watch Blog
• Wikipedia Editors Attempt to Delete Articles About Major SEO Personalities, Caydel’s SEO Blog
• Google Groups Vulnerability Fixed, Google Blogoscoped
• Metrics goes Open Source - PayPerPost Deal is Off, Performancing
• YouTube Video Ad Optimization: Send in the SEMs!, Jonathan Mendez's Blog
• Improper Use of the Link Rel Nofollow Attribute, SEO Book.com
• MSN Indexing Pages With No Index Commands?, Search Engine Roundtable
• Omid Kordestani At the Stanford Graduate School of Business, SEO By The Sea
• Google Asks “Can You Hear Me Nowâ€?, SEO By The Sea
• An Inspiration for the Next Generation of Webmasters, Caydel’s SEO Blog
• How to Change the World: Ten Ways to Use LinkedIn, Guy Kawasaki
• Introducing TechCrunch Forums, Techcrunch
  

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