SearchCap: The Day In Search, Feb. 12, 2007

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 Accused Of Profiting On Film Piracy: Discussions Continue
  Media Firms Say Google Benefited From Film Piracy [paid sub. required] by the Wall Street Journal reports that Google has been accused of profiting from pirated movies. Specifically, there are two web sites that allegedly offered pirated movies. Google is said to have supported them in part by an ad…
• Microsoft, Google & Others To Build New Wireless Device?
  Both the Seattle PI and the Seattle Times have details about a group of technology companies — including Microsoft and Google — seeking permission from the US Federal Communications Commission to test a prototype device that uses "white space" radio spectrum freed up as TV stations go digital. Could it…
• Ironically, You Need A Map To Find Google & Microsoft’s Windows Mobile Map Apps I was thrilled to hear Google was offering Google Maps For Windows Mobile recently. I’m a big Windows Mobile user, and I’ve often felt abandoned by Google on my device. But actually finding that app using my Windows Mobile device turned out to be an incredible challenge. The same was…
• Yahoo Signs Mobile Advertisers; Google Partners With Vodafone On Maps, Live Search Mobile Leaving Beta The 3GSM World Congress is happening this week, so expect a variety of mobile announcements. Here’s a rundown on some that have caught my eye:…
• Yahoo Go For Mobile Goes "Gamma," LG Partnership Announced Yahoo Go For Mobile 2.0, which was released last month, has now gone "gamma" says Yahoo. What’s gamma? Last year, Yahoo’s Flickr photo sharing service had new features were deemed beyond the beta testing phase but still not final. So, they announced a gamma phase. Now Yahoo’s doing the same…
• Google’s Agent Rank Patent Application Google returns results based upon content appearing upon individual pages, or at specific URLs. But that content could come from different authors, who have different levels of control over it. For example, a blog page may have posts written by more than one author, comments penned by others, and advertisements…
• Exclusive Interview with Microsoft Live Search’s Justin Osmer This week, I talk with Justin Osmer from Microsoft, a Senior Product Manager with the Online Services Group, which includes both MSN and Windows Live, including Windows Live Search. Obviously, the last few months have been busy ones at Microsoft, with the roll out of Windows Live and the…
• Ask.com Chooses Central Washington For New Data Center Ask.com, Intuit bringing new data centers to state reports that Ask.com has selected Washington State for the location of a new data center, designed to help save Ask.com money on power. Although Ask.com did not mention which building they have selected, we know they "signed a lease in an existing…
• I Have A Link Building Secret Link building secrets? That search on Google comes up with over 20 million matches. How secret is anything out there with so much discussion about it? And which of those 20 million shiny nuggets are real secrets rather than fool’s gold? Here are just some of the secrets you…
• Link Building Webcast Next Week You’re invited to join Search Engine Land columnist Eric Ward when he presents Online Publicity and Link-Building 2007, a free webcast from our sister site Search Marketing Now. The webcast is Thursday, February 15 at1:00 PM Eastern (6:00 PM GMT), and will last 45-50 minutes including a live Q+A session…
• What Are Google Sitelinks? Many more people are reporting seeing Google Sitelinks update, so I thought it would be a good time to revisit what Google Sitelinks are….
• Search Love Triangle: Ask.com Wants Those Looking For Yahoo.com On Google.com It’s not new for search engines to advertise on other search engines. We wrote about Live.com doing that on Google earlier this year, and that was just the latest in a long line of examples over the years. But we’ve never heard of a search engine advertising for those…

Search News Headlines From Elsewhere

Business Issues

• Google Potential Deal To Buy AdScape Hits Dead-End; Looking At Others, paidContent.org
• Google Encounters Hurdles in Selling Radio Advertising, New York Times
• Google takes Sentamu slurs from website, Yorkshire Post
• Google: Web is OK for TV (despite what you may have read), GigaOM
• Podcast: Dealmakers Summit: My Q&A With Tom Phillips of Google, paidContent.org

Copyright & Censorship

• MySpace offers tools to block unauthorized videos, Reuters
• YouTube Holy War?, SearchBlog

Google AdSense

• Are Google Checkout Icons on AdSense Ads a Thing To Stay?, Search Engine Roundtable

Paid Search

• Yahoo Offering Free Consultation for Panama Upgrades, eWhisper.net

SEO

• Version 2: Relaunching a Site: SEO Considerations, Search Engine Roundtable
• New Directory, URL, & Keyword Phrase Based Google Filters & Penalties, SEO Book
• Do Small Pages Rank Better in MSN’s Live Search, Search Engine Roundtable
• Video: Submitting to Web Directories to Build Your Link Profile, SEO Book
• Get Your Blog Out of Google’s Supplemental Result Hell, SEO Book
• How to: Escape Google’s Supplemental Index, Tropical SEO
• BlogSpot Redirect Spam Floods Search Results, Google Operating System
• 5 Tips For Buying Websites For Profit and SEO Ranking, Performancing.com

Social Media

• The Wizards of Buzz, New York Times
• Digglets, ABCs and 123s, Oilman

Other Stuff

• Google adds online map, word services to China site, Reuters.co.uk
• Realestate.com begins national rollout, BusinessWeek
• Use HTML signatures in Gmail, Googling Google
• Help Wanted: GAAC Partner Program, Official Google Analytics Blog
• Google Spreadsheets Adds Time Zone Controls, Google Operating System
• Google Maps Adds Subway Stations, Buildings, InsideGoogle
• Podcast: Google Helping Pirated Video Sites Get Traffic? Google Radio Founders Take Money & Run; Powerset Too Hyped? And More!, Daily SearchCast