SearchCap: The Day In Search, December 28, 2007
Dec 28, 2007 at 2:52pm ET by Barry Schwartz
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
From Search Engine Land:
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Search in Pictures: Yahoo Retail Store, Ask.com Rockin’, Flickr Lens Cleaner
In this week’s Search In Pictures, here are the latest images culled from the web, showing what people eat at the search engine companies, how they play, who they meet, where they speak, what toys they have, and more…. -
The 2007 Search Blog Awards: May We (& Others) Have Your Vote?
Like the work we do here on Search Engine Land? Then we’d love your vote in the 2007 Search Blog Awards that Search Engine Journal is having. We’re nominated in several categories, as are some of our people here at SEL. Here’s a rundown on the awards overall:… -
Nielsen Online: Nov. 2007 Search Stats See Google On Top
It’s search popularity stats time, now that the figures are in from all the major ratings services. I’m starting off with those from Nielsen Online, the former Nielsen NetRatings. For November 2007, they show the usual picture — Google leading the pack, followed by Yahoo and Microsoft….
Search News From Around The Web:
Applications & Portal Features
- Creating a Backup for Your Google Account, Google Operating System
- End of Support for Netscape web browsers, The Netscape Blog
- Google blocking Yahoo Pipes – again, Andrew R H Girdwood
- Top Web Apps & Sites of 2007, Read/Write Web
- Windows Live: Microsoft Brings Windows Live Services Out of Beta, lifehacker.com
Business Issues
- Google in 2008, Google Blogoscoped
- A Post-Google Fraternity of Investors, New York Times
- Fast Search & Transfer stock is going up, Pandia
- Google Mini-Labs, Google Operating System
- LookSmart Names Bush New CFO, Forbes
- Metacafe Hires Former Yahoo! Exec, AdWeek
Paid Search & Contextual
- Getting Certified in Google Adwords, Yahoo! and MSN AdCenter, PPC Hero
- Google AdSense YouTube Video Unit Error: We’re Working On It, Search Engine Roundtable
- Your Strange Yahoo! Referrer Might Be Checking Your Landing Page, Search Engine Roundtable
Searching
- 2007: The Year that Search Grew Up, Search Engine Watch
- Before Google There Was BackRub, Google Blogoscoped
- Otavo : The Intention Search Engine, Search Engine Journal
SEM Industry
- Google Predicitons, 2008, Googling Google
- Rubber Chicken Award – (aka The Columbo) Top 10 Finalists – Vote now, Understanding Google Maps & Yahoo Local Search
- Top 3 Unsung SEO Heroes of 2007, Jordan Kasteler
SEO & SEM
- The Google Webmaster Help(ing) Googlers, JLH Design
- Whiteboard Friday – "Vanessa Gets Vertical", SEOmoz
- Why Does Black Hat SEO Work?, www.allthingssem.com
- Why SEO Pricing Scares People Off, Brisbane SEO Blog
Social Media
- Top 3 Problems of Social Media, www.grokdotcom.com
Other Items
- Christmas Leftover: Yahoo Gives Its Employees Jackets, WebProNews
- Democrat Joe Biden: 2008 Presidential Candidates & Online Marketing Strategies, Search Marketing Gurus
- The 25 Most Innovative Products of the Year, PC World
Last 20 Hot Items From Sphinn, Our Social News Sharing Site:
- 2007: The Year that Search Grew Up
- How To Beat Proxy HiJackers, and Have Fun While Doing It
- Technology Predictions for 2008
- 10 ways I learned to use Twitter in 2007
- New York Times takes swipe at Google Gaf
- Rubber Chicken Award 2007 – Top 10 Finalists – Vote now!
- Top 3 Unsung SEO Heroes of 2007
- Timeline: The Life and Evolution of Blogs
- Stumbleupon Buttons I’d Like to See
- Vote for the Search Engine Journal Blog Awards of 2007
- Google’s KNOL Project Floods Dutch Vacuum Site
- Sphinn Google Gadget
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