SearchCap: The Day In Search, November 6, 2009
Nov 6, 2009 at 3:07pm ET by Barry Schwartz
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
From Search Engine Land:
Google’s Home Page Promotes Motorola DroidGoogle really wants you to buy a Motorola Droid, the hot new phone that just hit stores today. In fact, Google is so enamored that it’s advertising the Droid on its homepage: “The Droid is on sale now. Learn more.”
Clicking the “learn more” link leads to this “mobile partners” page that touts the Google search [...]
Search In Pictures: Halloween EditionIn this w [...]
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SearchCap: The Day In Search, November 5, 2009
Nov 5, 2009 at 5:07pm ET by Barry Schwartz
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
From Search Engine Land:
How Google & Yahoo Make Money Off A Twitter Typo DomainLike many people, I misspelled a domain name today when I was trying to visit a web site. I typed Twiter.com (with one T) rather than Twitter.com. I wasn’t surprised to land on a site with ads, as is common when entering typos. I was surprised that both Google and Yahoo were making money off [...]
Google Tests New AdSense Management ConsoleGoogle AdSense announced today at the CRS Confe [...]
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SearchCap: The Day In Search, November 4, 2009
Nov 4, 2009 at 5:03pm ET by Barry Schwartz
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
From Search Engine Land:
Build Your Own Google News Home Page With Custom SectionsGoogle News has made it easier to customize its home page with the creation of a Custom Sections Directory that includes material created both by Google and by Google News users.
The directory includes sections such as “Mobile Technology,” “Google,” “Social Networking,” “Apple Inc.” and “NFL.” You can browse the directory by category (Bus [...]
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SearchCap: The Day In Search, November 3, 2009
Nov 3, 2009 at 4:54pm ET by Barry Schwartz
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
From Search Engine Land:
Google Targets Spammers With New Local Business Listing GuidelinesGoogle has tweaked its guidelines for local businesses that use the Google Maps Local Business Center. The new guidelines are listed on Google’s Business Listing Quality Guidelines page. On Search Engine Roundtable, Barry Schwartz shows both the old and new guidelines, while on his blog, Mike Blumenthal charts the differences between the two versions.
According to [...]
Google Ad [...]
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SearchCap: The Day In Search, November 2, 2009
Nov 2, 2009 at 4:59pm ET by Barry Schwartz
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
From Search Engine Land:
Google, Yahoo, Bing Bury GeoCities.com, But Some Zombie Sites Are Still AliveAlthough some GeoCities web sites are still online, all three major search engines have removed the domain from their search indices. As of this morning, a site:geocities.com search on Google, Yahoo, and Bing shows that geocities.com is dead and buried.
Yahoo announced earlier this year that GeoCities — a free web hosting service that it bought [...]
Google Releases [...]
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