SearchCap: The Day In Search, March 19, 2010

Mar 19, 2010 at 5:00pm ET by Matt McGee   

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land:

Twitter Working On ‘Most Popular Tweets’ Search Project Twitter’s search team is working on a project to uncover the most popular tweets for any search query, but it’s unclear when or where the project [...]

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SearchCap: The Day In Search, March 18, 2010

Mar 18, 2010 at 5:09pm 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-Viacom Court Documents Out; Google Says Viacom ‘Secretly’ Uploaded Videos The three-year-old lawsuit in which Viacom is seeking $1 billion from Google over copyrighted videos on YouTube moved a step forward today with the [...]

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Give Me Some Feedback On Potential SMX Advanced Sessions

Mar 18, 2010 at 4:11pm ET by Danny Sullivan   

Doing the agenda for our SMX Advanced search marketing conference is always my biggest challenge. The conference, happening June 8-9 in Seattle, is designed for advanced search marketers, so you want something that will really wow them. I’ve got my preliminary agenda coming together to post next week, but I’m looking for a little feedback. [...]

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Google Updated Maps For Mobile For Android

Mar 18, 2010 at 9:09am ET by Barry Schwartz   

Google has pushed out a maps app update for Android based mobile devices. The new Google Maps Mobile app, version 4.1 for Android has updated the interface and made some feature changes to help improve usability. The changes include:

Revised search results page so everything is accessible on a single page. You can now swipe [...]

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Google TV Platform In Testing, Says New York Times

Mar 17, 2010 at 7:05pm ET by Matt McGee   

Following up initial reports that came out last week, the New York Times offers more details today about Google’s plans to gain a stronger foothold in our living rooms via what the paper is calling Google TV. What is Google TV? Here’s how the Times describes it: The Google TV software will present users with a new [...]

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SearchCap: The Day In Search, March 17, 2010

Mar 17, 2010 at 5:02pm 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:

FTC Commissioner: Google’s Buzz Launch Was ‘Irresponsible Conduct’ An outgoing FTC commissioner has slammed Google over the way it launched Google Buzz last month, calling the episode a case of “irresponsible conduct.” According to [...]

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Now View The Night Sky In Bing Maps

Mar 17, 2010 at 12:00pm ET by Greg Sterling   

Roughly two years ago Microsoft introduced “WorldWide Telescope.” At first it required a software download. It then was made available as a Silverlight web app. Today it’s being integrated into the new Silverlight version Bing Maps. In other words, you can now “look up at the sky” and see how space looks over that geographic [...]

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Facebook Adds Auto-Suggest To Search Box

Mar 17, 2010 at 1:25am ET by Matt McGee   

Continuing to improve and emphasize its search capabilities, Facebook today announced the inclusion of an auto-suggest feature to its search box. Just as it does in other settings, the auto-suggest appears as you type a query. But, with some Facebook content and connections behind a wall, the question is, Where will auto-suggest look for suggestions? [...]

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Nexus One Comes To AT&T, Rogers But Runs Into Trademark Trouble

Mar 16, 2010 at 6:04pm ET by Greg Sterling   

Google announced today that the Nexus One handset is now compatible with the 3G networks of AT&T in the US and Rogers Wireless in Canada. A CDMA version (for Verizon) is coming soon. However the phones are unsubsidized (no contract) so you’ll pay full price — unless buying from original Nexus One carrier T-mobile. The [...]

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SearchCap: The Day In Search, March 16, 2010

Mar 16, 2010 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:

Bing Hits All-Time High Market Share: Nielsen The latest search market share numbers from Nielsen are out, and it’s more good news for the folks in Redmond. Nielsen says Bing’s market share in February [...]

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Statistical Significance: Not Just For Geeks Anymore

Mar 16, 2010 at 3:53pm ET by Bradd Libby   

The concept of “statistical significance” is probably one of the most misunderstood phrases in search marketing. People sometimes ask me to assess whether the difference between two clickthrough rates is “statistically significant” or not with the same look on their face as if they are asking if a particular rash looks infected. “The clickthrough rate (CTR) [...]

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Twitter To Launch Ad Platform On April 13th?

Mar 16, 2010 at 11:27am ET by Barry Schwartz   

Peter Kafka from AllThingsD is guessing that Twitter will be launching an ad platform on or about April 13th. Some suspected Twitter would announce an ad platform yesterday during Ev Williams Keynote at SXSW but he did not. So why on April 13th? (1) Twitter’s developer conference, Chirp, is the day after. (2) [...]

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Google: Mobile Query Growth “Dramatically Higher” Than PC

Mar 16, 2010 at 10:21am ET by Greg Sterling   

During an investor and financial analyst webcast yesterday Google’s Vic Gundotra said that an “increasingly large” number of advertisers were doing mobile campaigns and that there was a “dramatic amount of interest” in mobile among those not yet advertising in mobile. Much of the webcast was devoted to demonstrating Google mobile products and initiatives and [...]

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Why Is Ask Really Hiding Their Ads Referrer Data

Mar 16, 2010 at 9:43am ET by Barry Schwartz   

I reported at the Search Engine Roundtable that Ask Sponsored Listings has changed how they handle sending referrer data to webmasters. From now on, they are basically not sharing the page of origin with the webmaster. Why? Ask said they have moved to a new system named PureLeads. What is Pureleads? The FAQ [...]

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SearchCap: The Day In Search, March 15, 2010

Mar 15, 2010 at 5:04pm 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:

Facebook Passes Google (Again) As Most-Visited US Site: Hitwise Facebook.com was the most-visited web site in the U.S. last week, surpassing even Google.com. And this is not the first time it’s happened. According to Experian [...]

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Twitter Announces @Anywhere Platform For Web Sites

Mar 15, 2010 at 4:18pm ET by Matt McGee   

You may have caught this in Danny Sullivan’s liveblogging of Ev William’s keynote at SXSW today, but just in case … Twitter has introduced a new platform called @anywhere that will allow web sites to integrate Twitter features more easily. The details seem a bit foggy to me, but it sounds like @anywhere takes many of [...]

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Lowest Rate for SMX Advanced Seattle Expires This Week

Mar 15, 2010 at 12:32pm ET by Search Engine Land   

The pre-agenda rate for Search Marketing Expo – SMX Advanced Seattle expires at the end of day Saturday, March 20th. Get your ticket to the conference exclusively for search marketing experts…and save $200. Register today! Join us June 8-9 at Seattle’s Bell Harbor International Conference Center for an engaging and intimate conference. SMX Advanced is filled [...]

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Taking Sides In The Apple vs. Google Skirmish

Mar 15, 2010 at 10:04am ET by Greg Sterling   

Over the weekend the New York Times ran an article that summarized and largely substantiated all the rumor and innuendo about the increasingly contentious relationship between Apple and Google. A hot topic on Techmeme over the weekend, the following excerpt captures the essence of the piece: While the discord between Apple and Google is in part [...]

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Google Explains How Their Search, Ads & Apps Work

Mar 15, 2010 at 9:13am ET by Barry Schwartz   

Google is trying to show the public how transparent they are, especially since the EU antitrust investigation. First, the Google European Public Policy blog had a post from Matt Cutts on Google’s transparency. And now I see Google has made a landing page at google.com/howgoogleworks. The new landing page has three videos on [...]

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Report Proposes ‘Google Tax’ To Subsidize Local Media In UK

Mar 15, 2010 at 9:07am ET by Greg Sterling   

The massive Pew State of the News Media report, which Matt wrote about briefly, alludes to findings (previously published) that only 19 percent of online news consumers would pay for content. That number is actually larger than some figures coming out of consumer surveys. According to the Pew Internet and American Life Project’s survey [...]

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