SearchCap: The Day In Search, August 22, 2011

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 Dominates Online Video, In Hunt For Hulu By unique viewer count (per comScore) YouTube is more than two and a half times the size of the next largest US video […]

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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:

  • Google Dominates Online Video, In Hunt For Hulu

    By unique viewer count (per comScore) YouTube is more than two and a half times the size of the next largest US video site, Vevo. It also sees more than five times the monthly minutes of Vevo. Only Hulu approaches YouTube in terms of time spent or engagement. However Hulu is the most heavily and […]

  • Hot At Sphinn: Impact Of 12-Pack Sitelinks, Google+ – Twitter Comparison & More

    There were several good discussions last week on our sister site, Sphinn, but Google’s recent launch of jumbo-sized site links in search results was the hottest topic of all. Our “discussion of the week” asked, The Impact of Google’s 12-Pack of Sitelinks?, and we had a variety of responses — many concerned with the usability […]

  • Google’s Street View Gets OK To Launch In Israel

    Google’s Street View service is headed to the Middle East. As expected, the Israeli government has given Google a green light to begin driving through the country and placing panoramic images online. The Ministry of Justice’s decision comes after months of discussion with Google about how to allow Street View in the country while still […]

  • Tips For Spying On Your PPC Competitors

    Spying is such a loaded word, isn’t it? Spying evokes images of stakeouts on dark streets, dumpster diving to dig up old phone records, elaborate electronic eavesdropping and bugged lampshades. In the corporate world, we prefer to use the softer, more professional reference to competitive intelligence gathering. What ever you prefer to call it, keeping track of competitors is […]

  • Network at SMX East – September 13-15 in NYC

    We’ve already highlighted the exceptional content and highly qualified presenters at Search Engine Land’s conference SMX East. But there’s another aspect of the show that is just as important and valuable – networking. And with well over 1000 companies sending delegates (so far), there are lots of people to network with! Keep reading to learn […]

  • Recent Trends Should Guide How Businesses Grow Local Search Strategies

    When it comes to online and mobile advertising, many local businesses are still getting their feet wet. Even for those who have dove head-first into opportunities online or via mobile, the rules and solutions are changing so fast, it’s often difficult to keep your head above water and stay ahead of the competition. As we […]

  • Study: 27% Of Referral Traffic To Facebook Pages Comes From Google

    A study by PageLever, an analytics tool for Facebook, showed that search engines are major traffic drivers for Facebook pages, making up 34% of all external referrals. Google was the leading search engine sending 27.57% of all external traffic to pages. This study analyzed 1000 pages, with a minimum of 10,000 fans each. Surprisingly, Yahoo! is sending […]

  • What’s The Difference Between Mobile & Desktop SEO?

    One of the questions I get most often about mobile SEO is this: I’m already doing SEO– do I really need to do mobile SEO separately? What’s the difference between the two? There are some who would say that there is no difference between desktop SEO and mobile SEO. It’s a topic that often garners […]

  • Bing’s Streetside Now Appearing In The UK

    In April of this year Microsoft announced that its visual mapping feature, Streetside, was making its way to Europe. The BBC reported at the time that cars mounted with the now familiar 360 degree cameras were driving around London collecting images. The fruit of that effort has now begun to appear. Microsoft previously said that […]

  • Google Begins Verifying Google+ Accounts

    Google has started adding small verification badges to certain Google+ accounts. The badges initially appear as a small, gray, circular checkbox to the right of the account name, and then expand on mouseover to say “verified name.” Our Editor-in-Chief Danny Sullivan is among the first group of accounts to be verified like this, and here’s […]

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  • Google Begins Verifying Google+ Accounts – Google has started adding small verification badges to certain Google+ accounts.  The badges initially appear as a small, gray, circular checkbox to the right of the account name, and then expand on mouseover to say “verified name.”
     
  • Germany vs. Facebook: Like Button Declared Illegal, Sites Threatened With Fine – German websites have until the end of September to remove Facebook‘s ‘like’ button or face a fine of up to 50,000 Euro.
  • “Reclaim Blogging”: Why I’m giving up Twitter and Facebook – Hugh Macleod of GapingVoid explains why he's "reclaiming" his blog: "Besides, even if they’re very good at hiding the fact, over on Twitter and Facebook, it’s not your content, it’s their content. The content on your blog, however, belongs to you, and you alone. People come to your online home, to hear what you have to say, not to hear what everybody else has to say. This sense of personal sovereignty is important."

About the author

Barry Schwartz
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Barry Schwartz is a Contributing Editor to Search Engine Land and a member of the programming team for SMX events. He owns RustyBrick, a NY based web consulting firm. He also runs Search Engine Roundtable, a popular search blog on very advanced SEM topics. Barry can be followed on Twitter here.

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