SearchCap: The Day In Search, November 21, 2007

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Nov. 21, 2007 at 4:00pm Eastern by Barry Schwartz

SearchCap: The Day In Search, November 21, 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:

Flight Tracking, Airport Conditions, Real-Time Traffic & Other Thanksgiving Search Tips
With the US about to celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday tomorrow, how are the major search engines gearing up to support an onslaught of Thanksgiving queries? Let's take a look at how you can use them, ranging from flight tracking tools to special "shortcut" or "smart answer" boxes leading to...
The Politics & Policy Of The Google-DoubleClick Acquisition
Yesterday, Danny wrote a lengthy piece dispelling some of the myths and misinformation surrounding the pending Google acquisition of DoubleClick. Today CNET has two articles, one on the EU decision to apply more scrutiny to the proposed deal, as we expected, and another on privacy advocates' concerns about the acquisition...
US Candidates Hit Digg, Fail To "Get" The Social News Site
Digg The Candidates is a new area on Digg that allows you to see what US presidential candidates are digging and doing on Digg. That's right, you can check out what Barack Obama (with about 3,200 Digg friends) and Ron Paul (with about 6,000 friends) are up to. But...
The Big Search Faceoff: Corporate vs Franchise
This summer the National Hockey League took a cheap shot. No, they didn’t redesign the league’s uniforms, or put a team back in Winnipeg. Rather, they took control of overseeing the league’s websites. Since the domains had previously been run by each franchise, naturally the move has some team...
New Clean Look For The Google Base Bulk Upload Dashboard
The Google Base Blog has announced that they have cleaned up and streamlined the Google Base Bulk Upload Dashboard. Google said the new dashboard provides "a better overview of the status of your bulk uploads and your items."...
What If Google Had Released Its Own Kindle?
With all the talk of Amazon's new $399 ebook reader (and blog, newspaper, magazine) Kindle, it made me think: What if Google had developed this or a similar device (the Gindle? Goodle?) instead of putting out Android? Of course there's nothing that precludes Google from doing such a thing in...
Privacy Group To Attack Facebook's Beacon Ads
Facebook's Tracking of User Activity Riles Privacy Advocates, Members from the Wall Street Journal reports privacy group MoveOn.org is attacking Facebook over their Beacon Ads product. MoveOn.org has an online petition that asks:...
Inside Information: Interviews With In-House Search Marketers
In-house search marketers face many unique challenges, ranging from running huge or dispersed sites to finessing internal politics and corporate egos. I thought it would be interesting to get the inside scoop from five in-house search marketers that are both successful at their jobs and who command the respect...
Google On Everyone's Lips: A Trademark Nightmare?
So, I got this Google-branded lip balm from the Google Store. I couldn't resist it—it just seemed like such a kooky thing for them to brand. After getting it, I feel like Google might be approaching some sort of critical mass, and that they could be in danger of losing...
Communication Breakdown: 5 Avoidable Failures That Derail Search Marketing Campaigns
Last week I had occasion to visit with a B2B prospect. Halfway through our meeting they voiced concern about their ability to uphold their end of the SEO partnership. Naturally, soon thereafter we were engaged in a spirited discussion on the main reasons B2B campaigns fail. As it turns...