SearchCap: The Day In Search, August 27, 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: Debunking The Italian Newspapers’ Antitrust Allegations Against Google May it please the Italian court. Google does not ban newspapers that opt-out of Google News from being in Google at all, as […]

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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:

  • Debunking The Italian Newspapers’ Antitrust Allegations Against Google

    May it please the Italian court. Google does not ban newspapers that opt-out of Google News from being in Google at all, as a new complaint from Italian publishers alleges.
    It’s not actually a court that’s going to ponder this allegation. It’s Italy’s AGCM, which appears to be akin the the US […]

  • BT/Yahoo Portal Now Powered By … Not Yahoo, Not Bing, Google!

    Those with BT broadband in the UK have noticed that the Yahoo/BT portal at bt.yahoo.com has a new search technology provider. You would guess that if Yahoo would replace their own search technology, it would be in exchange for Bing, in light of the recent news about the Bing & Yahoo deal. […]

  • Google Answers Your Health Questions With Health OneBox

    Google launched Google Health back in February 2008. Today, Google is integrating Google Health content into the search results via the classic OneBox section of the page. You should be able to see the Google Health OneBox for medical related searches, such as for [asthma] or [diabetes].
    Here is a screen capture of the […]

  • Fire At Google’s London Office

    A fire has broken out at Google’s UK headquarters in Victoria, south west London. The fire appears to have been started on the rooftop, possibly due to the barbecue that is used there.
    Right now, it appears the fire is under control and that no one was hurt. The 6 floor building has been […]

  • Google Mobile Search Adds Universal Flavor To Arabic & Hebrew Searchers

    The Google Mobile blog announced that Arabic and Hebrew mobile searchers are now able to see universal results directly on their mobile devices. Although not related, this comes soon after Google Translated recently added 9 new languages.
    I know a bit of Hebrew, so I tried to test out the search results on Google Israel […]

  • Google AdWords Continues To Test New Product Ad Formats

    A reader emailed us a screen capture of Google testing a new form of display product results in the AdWords listings. This is the third significant test of how the product data is shown in the search ads. We have the way most people see Google AdWords product plusbox and some more recent […]

  • Google’s Mortgage Quotes Mystery

    The NY Times blogs about an interesting lawsuit between online mortgage lead generator LendingTree and one of its partners Mortech, Inc., which is allegedly about to help Google launch a LendingTree-like loan aggregation or mortgage lead-gen service. According to a press release issued yesterday about the litigation by LendingTree:
    Mortech, whose technology helps automate lender offer pricing, violated […]

  • What Is The Potential For Growth In SMB Online Marketing?

    The handful of SEM companies that we work with at Palore make millions of calls to Small and Medium Businesses (SMBs) every year. This raises the question of whether the market for SMB online advertising is saturated, and how much room there is for growth.
    A good (albeit somewhat simplistic) way of answering that question is […]

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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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