SearchCap: The Day In Search, June 23, 2009

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: The Link Builder’s Guide To Analyzing SERP Dominators For Link Opportunities This article walks you through the tools, processes and strategies for identifying the most powerful players in your keyword space […]

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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:

  • The Link Builder’s Guide To Analyzing SERP Dominators For Link Opportunities

    This article walks you through the tools, processes and strategies for identifying the most powerful players in your keyword space and then analyzing their link sources and link building tactics.

  • Wired: Facebook Trying To Dominate Web, Marginalize Google (Run For Your Lives!)

    The coverage of the competition among the big internet companies is not unlike the classic Japanese monster movies of the 1960s (e.g., King Kong vs. Godzilla): titanic struggles for control of everything as we know it with only one possible winner. A more thoughtful but still sensational installment of that saga is the Wired piece: Great […]

  • Google News Hyperlinks Author Names

    The Google News blog announced it is now easier to find other articles by authors. They have now hyperlinked the author’s name, when available, in the Google News search results. Here is a screen shot that shows it in action:

    I believe you have been able to search by author for a while now, […]

  • Online Holiday Retail 2009: Are You Ready? SMN Webcast Thursday

    This Thursday, June 25 at 1 PM Eastern, Search Marketing Now hosts a free webcast “Online Holiday Retail 2009: Tips, Tactics & Timelines for Success,” sponsored by Performics.
    Eli Goodman of comScore will provide an overview of the current state of online retail. With Q1 e-commerce revenues flat—vs. down in Q4 2008—can we expect growth by […]

  • The 6 Types Of Annoying Social Media Promoters

    You could be the next “Will It Blend” but if nobody knows about you, then it doesn’t matter how creative and awesomely original you are. One of the most important factors in social media is the promotion of your content, and this often leads to annoyance. There are many annoying social media habits, but perhaps […]

  • Former Live Search Director Launches Oyster.com, Hotel Review Site

    In February 2008, when Vanessa Fox wrote that Eytan Seidman, Program Management Director over core relevance at Microsoft Live Search (now Bing.com) was leaving Microsoft (and Seattle) for a start-up, she may not have known that he was jumping into murky waters of travel search. Today, Eytan’s start-up site was unveiled – Oyster.com, a site […]

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About the author

Barry Schwartz
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Barry Schwartz is a Contributing Editor to Search Engine Land and a member of the programming team for SMX events. He owns RustyBrick, a NY based web consulting firm. He also runs Search Engine Roundtable, a popular search blog on very advanced SEM topics. Barry can be followed on Twitter here.

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