Jul 11, 2007 at 2:33pm ET by Danny Sullivan
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on
Search Engine Land and from other
places across the web.
From Search Engine Land:
- Yahoo
Celebrates "Ultimate Connection" Search Marketing Awards
Yesterday, the Yahoo Search Marketing team honored three small business owners
at Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, NJ as part of the Yahoo!
Ultimate Connection Contest. Of over 10,000 applicants, five finalists were
chosen, and of those five, three special individuals, Glen Halliday of Kids
Crooked House, Mike Willner…
- Search Spam
Fight – Mahalo: 1; Squidoo: 0
Last week, Jason Calacanis of Mahalo renewed his campaign from earlier this
year against Squidoo as a source of search spam. This time, he appears to have
gotten a result. Despite Squidoo’s belated plea that it would clean things up,
Google seems to have penalized Squidoo. Below, a timeline…
- Want To See The
Latest Movies For Free? Use Google Video, Complains Watch Group
Watchdog group flags top pirated films on Google Video from News.com covers a
report by the National Legal & Policy Center named Is Google Promoting Video
Piracy? In this report, they documented fifty cases of movies and other
copyrighted material being uploaded and accessible via Google Video for free.
Some…
- Google’s
Wireless Spectrum Proposal To Win In FCC
FCC Draft Auction Rules A Win For Google, Hi-Tech Industry from CNN Money
reports that Google’s wireless spectrum proposal gained backing from FCC
chairman Kevin Martin. Ultimately, this could see Google buying wireless
broadcast rights. The USA Today article, New rules could rock wireless world,
explains part of the proposal…
- Google Mapplets:
Google Endorses Mashups, Makes Some More Interactive
The Google Lat Long Blog announced a new feature available on Google Maps that
enables you to add "Mapplets" directly on the "My Maps" section. These
Mapplets, often referred to as mashups, allow you to add data on top of the
maps. Some of the data overlays include real estate…
- Moving Your
Site? How Quickly Do Search Engines Catch Your 301 Redirect
Most webmasters dread moving a site from one domain to a new domain and would
do whatever they can to avoid it. However, sometimes you cannot avoid making
the move. In these cases, what are the various strategies you can use to
reduce the SEO concerns with making this move?…
- Best Practices
For Corporate Domain Name Management
While a decent percentage of the global business community has become aware of
the importance of search engine marketing, very few businesses seem know about
the best practices surrounding the purchasing and ownership of web site domain
names (e.g. when to purchase, what to purchase, etc.). Unlike SEO problems,
where…
- How To Optimize
B2B Pay Per Click In Four Hours A Week, Part 1
In a typical B2B company, the job of managing pay per click campaigns is given
to someone in the demand generation or business development team. For this
person, managing PPC is at best a part time job, squeezed in around managing
webinars, email campaigns, field events, whitepaper creation, and…
- SEO For
Seasonal Promotions
The need to promote an annual event occurs… that’s right: once a year, every
single year. Yes, each event comes and goes. But unlike the real world, where
we just celebrated our annual Independence Day holiday here in the U.S.,
there’s no need to pop all the balloons and tear-down…
Applications & Portal Features
Business Issues
Conferences
Local, Maps & Mobile
Paid Search & Contextual
Podcasts & Videocasts
Searching
SEM Industry
SEO & SEM
Social Media
Video, Music & Image Search
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Late in the evening Yahoo Search began transitioning to live search suggestions while typing search queries – similar to what Alltheweb had been offering.