SearchCap: The Day In Search, April 9, 2009

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Yahoo Loses Toolbar Deals; Search Share To Drop? The Wall Street Journal reports that the loss of two agreements with computer makers could cost Yahoo as much as 15% of its […]

on April 9, 2009 at 5:37 pm | Reading time: 6 minutes
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Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.

From Search Engine Land:

  • Yahoo Loses Toolbar Deals; Search Share To Drop?

    The Wall Street Journal reports that the loss of two agreements with computer makers could cost Yahoo as much as 15% of its search traffic in the next 12-18 months.
    Early this year, HP made Live Search the default search toolbar on its computers. And back in October, the WSJ says, Acer switched from Yahoo […]

  • Report: Microsoft & Google Fighting Over Who Will Be Twitter Search Partner

    It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. That’s what it must feel like right now at Twitter, which has become incredibly hot over the past several months. The pressure is building. Who will buy it? How will it be monetized? What sort of tool or service will it evolve into? […]

  • Google: ‘No Immediate Plans’ To Drop Old Analytics Code Support

    Despite switching to a new Google Analytics tracking code 16 months ago, Google says it has “no immediate plans” to stop supporting the old code. Royal Pingdom raised the issue when it found that 40% of the most popular web sites that use Google Analytics are still using the old urchin.js code. We contacted Google […]

  • Google Slowly Turning YouTube Into A Moneymaker

    There are signs this week that Google is slowly turning YouTube into a legitimate source of revenue, but there are also questions whether that’s happening quickly enough and if the revenue will ever become a profit. Let’s start with an AdAge article that reports YouTube is selling ads on about 9% of its video views […]

  • Yahoo Expands BOSS Developer Tools

    Yahoo has added a few new tools to its BOSS platform that the company says will give developers more insight to their search results and help build unique search experiences.
    The new tools include:

    Integration with Delicious content – end-users can get Delicious saves, top tags, and count information within their search results
    Advanced language capabilities – developers […]

  • Google CEO Eric Schmidt: Was He Just In The Right Place At The Right Time?

    Silicon Alley Insider raises a provocative question about Google CEO Eric Schmidt: how much have he and his leadership contributed to the company’s success? Is he smart or the luckiest man in the world? Clearly Schmidt is smart but the article tries to dissect Google M&A activity and results during Schmidt’s tenure to determine whether […]

  • Recovering From The Blue Screen Of Death As An SEO

    Last week I was jolted by booting up my computer only to see the blue screen of death. The computer was dead, dead, dead and I had to replace it with a new one, going through the painful process of restoring all of my software, tools and data. The old computer was using Windows XP, […]

  • A Google Alternative For Small Business: Breadcrumbs & Business Directories

    So, you’ve junked your day job and made the commitment to your shiny new startup business. You’ve created your website, and what’s the first thing you do now? Like just about every other startup business person you do the search on Google for your business name. […]

  • News Media Bites The Search That Feeds It: Hitwise Data

    This week’s battle royale has pitted newspapers and traditional media against Google and online news. If you somehow missed it, the CliffsNotes version is that traditional media (Associated Press, newspapers, etc.) are accusing Internet sites (search engines, news aggregators, etc.) of diverting traffic that should be going to news web sites, profiting off news content […]

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