SearchCap: The Day In Search, August 12, 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:

• Can Newspapers Be Saved?
  Have you noticed the number of layoff’s being announced by newspapers of late? When the New York Times announced in February 2008 that they were cutting 100 positions from their newsroom, it was a sad moment. A prominent national paper that informs our opinion and dialogue was announcing a…
• Yahoo’s Fire Eagle Location “Switchboard” Comes Out Of Private Beta
  I’m at the Brickhouse in San Francisco as Tom Coates, head of the Fire Eagle team, is announcing the release of Fire Eagle, which had been in private beta. The service is intended to be something of a “clearinghouse” or “switchboard” for location and help users “manage location” across the…
• Really Boring Products That Rocked in Social Media
  One of the most frequently asked questions we get while speaking on social media marketing at conferences is “how can something boring be successful in social media? Well there is really no product, service, or topic that cannot be successful in social media marketing if you are willing to…
• Rumor: Additional Cuts Coming To Yahoo
  AllThingsD and, picking up on that post, Silicon Alley Insider speculate about potential, forthcoming job cuts at Yahoo to streamline consumer-facing and ad-focused business units….
• Google’s Email, Gmail, Having Major Issues
  It is not uncommon for Gmail (Google Email) users to complain about outages and issues with sending and receiving email. But right now, there are hundreds of Gmail users complaining that Gmail is down or simply not sending or receiving emails. A current search at Twitter on Gmail will return…

Search News From Around The Web:

Applications & Portal Features

• It’s "T" time for QnA, Live QnA
• Easier Way to Create Forms in Google Docs, Google Operating System
• Keyczar: Safe and Simple Cryptography, Google Online Security Blog
• New transliteration bots make it easy to chat in Indian languages, Google Talkabout
• Photo Albums in Google Docs, Google Operating System

Business Issues

• Google’s share of US searches hits 70%, Hitwise
• Microsoft online exec Berkowitz joins TheLadders board, News.com
• Minnesota Court Says Keyword Advertising is TM Use in Commerce–Hysitron v. MTS, Eric Goldman
• Some Web Firms Say They Track Behavior Without Explicit Consent, Washington Post
• Yahoo reportedly settled on Icahn directors, news.cnet.com

Local, Maps & Mobile

• Best Of The Web Launches Local Business Directory, ShoeMoney
• 3D Driving Directions and Driving Simulator, Google Earth Blog
• Adding Videos To Google Maps Removes Image From Listing?, Search Engine Roundtable
• Android may be here sooner then we think, TmoNews

Paid Search & Contextual

• Are You Missing an Olympic Google PPC Opportunity?, Site Visibility
• Understanding the Ups and Downs, Yahoo Publisher Network Blog
• Google AdWords Account Hacked: False Ads & False Charges, Search Engine Roundtable
• My Google account is showing someone elses Adsense account, David Naylor

Searching

• 18 Ways to Power Search Google, Inquisitr
• Fooling Google News is this easy, NetworkWorld.com
• How else can Google ascertain relevancy?, E-Consultancy

SEM Industry

• Schedule for SES San Jose 2008, BruceClay.com
• aimClear Expands SES San Jose Coverage, AIM Clear Blog

SEO & SEM

• Does Your SEO Consulting Contract Have a Clause Limiting Your Liability?, SEOmoz
• Find out how Live Search is Crawling Your Site, Live Search Webmaster Center Blog
• It’s 404 week at Webmaster Central, Official Google Webmaster Central Blog
• First Rule of SEO: Don’t Believe Everything You Read!, Search Marketing Sage
• Google Bloggers Having Sitemap File & Continued Crawling Issues?, Search Engine Roundtable
• How to Get Rid of Multiple Subpages, Search Engine Journal

Social Media

• FriendFeed: The Blogger’s New Best Friend and Marketing Tool?, Performancing.com
• Small Business Can Step Back from the Bleeding Edge of Social Media, Search Engine Guide
• Social network popularity around the world, Royal Pingdom
• Twitter Limits Following to 2,000, Brent Csutoras

Web Analytics

• New Design & Features Coming to Google Analytics?, Search Engine Roundtable
• Streamlined Login to Google Analytics, Google Analytics Blog
• Technorati Authority: why it sucks, Yoast

Other Items

• How Much Might Your Website Be Worth?, Search Engine Journal

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