SearchCap: The Day In Search, April 21, 2008

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: New Yahoo! Search Weather Report Yahoo! Search says it’s rolling out a new search update. The note we received in advance offers the standard language: the company will be "rolling out […]

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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:

  • New Yahoo!
    Search Weather Report

    Yahoo! Search says it’s rolling out a new search update. The note we received
    in advance offers the standard language: the company will be "rolling out some
    changes to our crawling, indexing and ranking algorithms. While we expect the
    update will be completed soon, as you know, throughout this process…
  • Microsoft –
    Three Weeks or Else!

    Since Microsoft offered to buy Yahoo! for $44.6 billion, interesting times
    have been ours to enjoy here in the land of the search engines. On April 5
    2008, Steve Ballmer stepped up the game by giving Yahoo! 3 weeks to make a
    decision on the 44.6 billon dollar offer or…
  • Take Our
    2-Minute Survey, You Could Win a Ticket to SMX Advanced

    Last Thursday we posted asking you to take our Search Engine Land audience
    survey. Thanks to the more than 200 of you who took the time to help us out!
    For everyone else, this is a quick reminder that by taking the survey you will
    be entered in a drawing…
  • Google Opens
    Developer "Sandbox" For iGoogle

    iGoogle is one of the most interesting products at the search engine.
    Reportedly the fastest growing of Google’s offerings it’s a personal start
    page or dashboard, but with potential to evolve into something more. Today
    Google announced "a sandbox for developers that helps them build richer
    gadgets for iGoogle, which…
  • Google Named
    Top Global Brand — Again

    Millward Brown, a unit of mega ad agency WPP, has named Google the world’s top
    brand in its annual "Top 100 Most Powerful Brands" survey (report available
    here). The Guardian UK also covers the study. Millward Brown calculates the
    ranking based on corporate earnings, consumer survey data, projected future
    growth…
  • China Now
    Number One Internet Market, Surpassing US

    The Chinese Internet has surpassed the US in terms of overall users. According
    to BDA China (reported in USAToday) there are more than 220 million Chinese
    Internet users (17 percent of the population) compared with 216 in the US (71
    percent). This is simply a function of the huge scale…
  • Anecdotal
    Evidence Of AdWords Performance On Yahoo

    The AdWords Addict reports on the recent test of Google AdWords in Yahoo
    search results. Apparently changes were reflected equally quickly on both
    Google and Yahoo and performance on Yahoo (CTRs) was good, though no specifics
    are provided. Overall the convenience of managing both engines from a single
    interface is…
  • comScore
    Explains What Happened On Paid Click Decline But Great Google Earnings

    With two reports about Google’s paid clicks being down, comScore helped fuel a
    perception among financial analysts that Google might under-perform in Q1.
    However, Google’s earnings handily beat estimates and the stock saw a 20
    percent gain in a single day on Friday as investors were buoyed by Google’s
    results….
  • "Browser Search
    Engine" ChunkIt Launches

    On Friday ChunkIt launched in a private beta. ChunkIt is a search download
    that sits on top of existing results and enables users to preview them before
    clicking. Relevant "chunks" of content are called out in a separate pane that
    splits the screen between the engine and the ChunkIt page….
  • Google Gets
    Whois Answers In Search Results

    Looks like Google’s gained a new direct answer service, whois information for
    domains. Enter a query like whois searchengineland.com, and you’ll be told
    when the domain was registered and expires, along with a link to more
    information from the Domain Tools site. Here’s a screenshot:…

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Danny Sullivan
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Danny Sullivan was a journalist and analyst who covered the digital and search marketing space from 1996 through 2017. He was also a cofounder of Third Door Media, which publishes Search Engine Land and MarTech, and produces the SMX: Search Marketing Expo and MarTech events. He retired from journalism and Third Door Media in June 2017. You can learn more about him on his personal site & blog He can also be found on Facebook and Twitter.

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