SearchCap: The Day In Search, Feb. 13, 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 Loses In Belgium Newspaper Case A Belgium court has found that Google did violate copyright when including material from several Belgian newspapers in its search index. Google may have to […]

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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 Loses In
    Belgium Newspaper Case

    A Belgium court has found that Google did violate copyright when including
    material from several Belgian newspapers in its search index. Google may have
    to pay a fine, but the ruling is far more positive for the company. Google can
    continue to index content without explicit permission. NOTE: The story…
  • Social Media
    Marketing Is Ethical!

    There seems to be a lot of misconception that social media marketing isn’t
    ethical. Almost daily, I come across bloggers who denounce SMM as spam or
    suggest that social media marketers are poisoning the community well. In
    reality, they either aren’t properly educated or perhaps only see the "bad…
  • SingingFish.com
    Now Redirects To AOL Video Search

    Gary Price reports that SingingFish.com now redirects to AOL Video. AOL
    purchased SingingFish.com from Thomson Multimedia in November 2003. In June
    2005, AOL revamped their AOL Video Search, which included having results from
    SingingFish. Now, SingingFish is set up as a 301 redirect (permanent redirect)
    to video.aol.com….
  • InfoSpace Joins
    Forces With FAST For Mobile Search

    InfoSpace and FAST announced a partnership at 3GSM conference that seeks to
    marry InfoSpace’s carrier relationships and content expertise with FAST’s
    search technology and PPC platform on mobile devices. The companies will be
    offering their new "white label" services and platform to wireless carriers in
    the U.S. and Europe. That…
  • Wordtracker
    Adds UK Keywords Option To Keyword Tools

    Wordtracker, a very popular keyword tool used by search marketers, has added
    UK keywords to their existing tools. This means, those wanting to target the
    UK region, will have an option to specify UK keywords only and will be shown
    related keywords based on that data….
  • Google Search
    Results Now May Display Malware Warnings

    Google Operating Systems reports that Google has changed the way they handle
    warning searchers of sites that may contain malware on them. It notes that a
    search on beautiful free screensaver currently brings up a result from
    elitesavers.com that has a message from Google reading: "This site may harm
    your…
  • Google Maps
    Adds "Report Incorrect Data" Link

    Mike Blumenthal reports that Google has added an easier way to report
    inaccurate data found within Google Maps. For any unverified business listing,
    Google will show a link that reads "report incorrect data" that takes you to a
    page to easily notify Google of the problem. For example, currently this…
  • Sproose – A
    Social Search Engine

    Sproose is another social search engine where you get to vote for your
    favourite websites/pages, and to that extent it’s very similar to previous
    social search engines that I’ve looked at recently. It’s got the double ‘o’ in
    the name which always helps, and uses terminology that sounds familiar,
    such…
  • You Hum It,
    These Search Engines Claim They’ll Find It

    Recently a couple of search engines have come to my attention that are
    designed to allow you to hum a few bars of a tune into them, and then they’ll
    tell you what the song is. These are Midomi and Humming Search from Nayio.
    That’s the promise; the reality was…
  • Special
    Valentine’s Day Cards For SEOs

    Tomorrow is Valentine’s Day, and it is the time of the year to show your love.
    Why not show your love to your favorite SEO via an e-card tailored towards
    SEOs? Internet Traffic Solutions has SEO e-cards that you can send to your
    favorite SEO or SEM. Messages include, "I…

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Danny Sullivan
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Danny Sullivan was a journalist and analyst who covered the digital and search marketing space from 1996 through 2017. He was also a cofounder of Third Door Media, which publishes Search Engine Land and MarTech, and produces the SMX: Search Marketing Expo and MarTech events. He retired from journalism and Third Door Media in June 2017. You can learn more about him on his personal site & blog He can also be found on Facebook and Twitter.

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