SearchCap: The Day In Search, April 25, 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: Ask.com To Launch Contextual Advertising Product Ask.com is launching a new sponsored listings contextual product and will go live the week of May 21st. The Ask contextual product will initially launch […]

on April 25, 2007 at 4:56 pm | Reading time: 8 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:

  • Ask.com To
    Launch Contextual Advertising Product
    Ask.com is launching a new sponsored listings contextual product and will go
    live the week of May 21st. The Ask contextual product will initially launch
    within IAC’s own network of sites including Match.com, Ticketmaster, Evite and
    Citysearch and will then expand to trusted third party publishers. Individual
    publishers will most…
  • Google Maps
    Introduce User-Generated Content
    When Google launched its personalized mapping tool, My Maps, the company said
    it would soon be integrating user-generated content. It appears that is now
    happening on many Google Maps searches (hat tip to NLC Marketing Blog)….
  • MapQuest
    Partners With GM’s OnStar For ‘Send to Car’ Directions
    General Motors’ OnStar Division and MapQuest have announced a partnership (see
    the video and related info on how it works) that allows OnStar subscribers to
    plan their trips via MapQuest and then send those directions to their cars.
    The service is called "Web Destination Entry" and will reportedly be made…
  • Google News
    Results Now Live In Web Search Results
    As we reported last week, Google is now including news results in web search
    results when your query terms trigger relevant results. The results are
    clearly marked with a link for "News results for…" above the news results,
    as shown here: I’ve asked Google how the new changes will affect…
  • Google: Sued
    Again Over "Bad" Listing
    Building Contractor Sues Google for Indexing Consumer Complaint from Wired
    highlights yet another case where a someone wants to sue Google over how they
    are listed. Cases like these have lost in the past, but people keep trying. In
    this case, New Jersey building contractor RSA Homes is upset…
  • Windows
    Vulnerability Exploited Through Google AdWords
    Virus Writers Taint Google Ad Links from the Washington Post covers a report
    saying that consumers trying to reach some legitimate sites might be getting
    infected with malicious software when they click on ads at Google. The
    software tries to "steal passwords and other sensitive information from
    infected PCs," the…
  • Google To Sell
    Ads On China Telecom’s Business Directory Sites
    Google to Sell Online Ads on China Telecom Web Sites from Bloomberg reports
    that Google has won the right to sell ads on 400 local business directory
    sites owned by China Telecom, China’s biggest internet service provider. This
    deal is expected to help Google close in on Baidu and Microsoft’s…
  • Intel To Add
    Google AdWords Marketing Storefront For Resellers
    Google gets in on ‘Intel Inside’ campaign from News.com reports that Google
    and Intel worked together to build, what I believe to be, an add on to their
    reseller and channel intranet, enabling resellers to easily market their Intel
    based computers via Google AdWords. The "co-marketing initiative" should allow
    these…
  • Live Search’s
    General Manager Leaves Microsoft
    Via BetaNews, Yet another Microsoft search exec calls it quits from All About
    Microsoft covers how Microsoft’s Live Search is losing another key executive
    — general manager Dane Glasgow. Glasgow is said to be leaving for more time
    with his family and to purse non-profit interests. Former search chief…
  • Solving B-to-B
    Marketers’ Problems
    In my last column I explored b-to-b marketers’ changing perceptions toward
    search marketing and predicted a continued trend in rapidly increasing b-to-b
    search budgets—at the expense of traditional marketing channels. Today I’d
    like to talk about why this shift is occurring. First, let’s start by looking
    at the top…
  • Properazzi – A
    European Property Search Engine
    Properazzi is a multi search engine that scans property websites and provides
    access to over 1,800,000 properties for sale or rent in 45 European countries.
    Searchers can limit searches to particular towns or countries, by price,
    keyword and sale or rental. A Google powered map allows another method of
    locating…
  • Autonomy To
    Reclaim Blinkx, Then Spin It Off
    The relationship between enterprise search company Autonomy and video search
    company Blinkx has always been confusing. PaidContent.org now reports that the
    "weirdly secretive relationship" (I agree) is getting clearer. Autonomy is to
    exercise an option to take over Blinkx, then appears to be spinning some
    consumer-facing search technology that its…
  • Google Passes
    Microsoft For Most Visited Site In The World
    Google surpasses Microsoft as world’s most-visited site from the San Francisco
    Chronicle reports that Google is now more popular than Microsoft, in terms of
    worldwide visits. According to comScore, Google had a million visitors more
    than Microsoft in March 2007. Google had 528 million unique visitors, while
    Microsoft had 527…
  • The Blogs &
    Search Blogs With The Most Readers
    Which blogs have the most feed subscribers from Self Made Minds is an
    excellent rundown on top blogs according to the number of RSS or feed
    subscribers they have, according to FeedBurner. Search Marketing Blogs by RSS
    Subscribers from Lee Odden at the Online Marketing Blog takes the idea…
  • Marge Simpson "Googles
    Herself" & Uses Google Maps
    YouTube has a clip from the popular TV cartoon The Simpsons showing Marge "googling"
    herself: Here’s the clip itself:…

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