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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- Verizon Blocks Google Wallet, AT&T Likely To Do The Same It’s being reported today (originally by VentureBeat) that Verizon has blocked implementation of Google Wallet on the new Galaxy Nexus handset. Verizon is the exclusive US carrier of the heavily anticipated device. According to a statement issued to Bloomberg, Verizon is citing security as the rationale: Verizon Wireless, the largest U.S. wireless carrier, blocked Google Inc.’s [...]
- Report: Google Controls 44 Percent Of Global Online Advertising ZenithOptimedia has issued a report that contains both good news and bad news for Google. The good news is: Google controls 44 percent of global online ad revenues. The bad news is: Google controls 44 percent of global online ad revenues. At a time when Google is defending against antitrust investigations on two continents this [...]
Recent Headlines From Marketing Land, Our Sister Site Dedicated To Internet Marketing:
- Survey: Most US And UK Marketers Just Beginning To Adopt Social Media
- The Broken Follower Counts & Confusing Buttons Of Google+
- SMX Social Media Marketing 2011: Day One Recap
- StumbleUpon Redesigned: New Branding, StumbleBar And Channels For Celebs & Brands
- Zagg, Neiman Marcus & The LA Times Share Real Social Media Stories
- Online Video And TV Ads Are Like Chocolate & Peanut Butter: They Go Great Together
- Forget Cyber Monday: It’s A $6 Billion “Cyber Week” Now
Search News From Around The Web:
Applications & Portal Features
Business Issues
- Google plans to seek Books lawsuit dismissal, techworld.com.au
- Don’t write off Mozilla-Google revenue deal as dead, CNET News
- Google Has Rebooted Its UK Engineering Centre, paidContent.org
- Inaugurating our new French headquarters, Official Google Blog
- Longtime Google Policy Guy Andrew McLaughlin Headed to Tumblr, AllThingsD
- Yahoo Battles Brain Drain, Wall Street Journal
Link Building
- 4 Ways to Link Build Without Asking for a Link, www.searchenginepeople.com
- Eric Ward Answers 10 Questions on BizDev Link Building, Search Engine Watch
Local, Maps & Mobile
- 10 Billion Android Market downloads and counting, Official Google Blog
- Foursquare Grows, Wall Street Journal
- How to Get More Customers with Local Search Marketing: 10 Optimization Tips, www.verticalmeasures.com
Other Items
- Demand Media: We’re ‘Agnostic To’ Where Consumers Find Our Content, paidContent.org
Paid Search & Contextual
- AdWords Experts Share the Secrets of Their PPC Success, Part 9, www.business2community.com
- Migrating Conversion Optimizer and Enhanced CPC campaigns to “Optimize for conversions”, Inside AdWords
- Rejected Ad Extensions for Google Adwords, blog.clayburngriffin.com
- Share Your Top Google AdSense Tips, Search Engine Roundtable
Searching
- Introducing the Wolfram Lawyer’s Professional Assistant, Wolfram|Alpha Blog
SEM Industry
- How Much Do SEO Consultants & Agencies Charge? A Survey that Needs Your Help, SEOmoz
- Random encounter table for SEO, Conversation Marketing
SEO & SEM
- PPC Hero Series – Site Link Extensions – Small But Mighty!!, PPC Hero
- Basic SEO Services You Can’t Live Without, Search Engine Journal
- Google Explains What They Mean By “Trust”, Search Engine Roundtable
- How To Calculate Your PPC Budget As An SMB, Search Engine People
- Tips for hosting providers and webmasters, Official Google Webmaster Central Blog
Social Media
Video, Music & Image Search
- Voice Search arrives in the Middle East, Official Google Mobile Blog
Related Topics: SearchCap
Great list. It’s especially nice seeing my blog there. ;-)