SearchCap: The Day In Search, June 25, 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:

  • Local.com Announces Patent For Location-Based Search
    I’ve got a patent, you’ve got a patent. It seems that nearly everyone running an Internet company has a patent nowadays. Local.com is the latest to announce a patent in the local space. The patent (no. 7,231,405), which I was unable to locate through a USPTO and Google Patents search,…
  • Don’t Put All Your Links In One Basket
    We recently redesigned our kitchen and hired a contractor to oversee the project. My husband argued as the primary user of this space, I should be the one to coordinate its design and the people doing the work. I’m not sure if he had resigned himself to the inevitable…
  • InfoSpace Introduces Video Search On Dogpile, Blinkx Offers Contextual Ad Targeting For Video
    InfoSpace has introduced video search on its Dogpile search engine through a partnership with Blinkx. Search results are identical to those found on Blinkx, which is also providing video search for other engines and portals, most notably Ask but also Lycos and ChaCha. It also provides some video search capabilities…
  • Report: Google Acquires GrandCentral, Telephone Management Company
    Techcrunch reported that Google has acquired GrandCentral, a company that let’s you keep one telephone number as you move from home to home or job to job. Arrington said, “We have a high degree of confidence that the deal has actually been closed.”…
  • Yahoo Merges Search & Display Ad Teams, Karnstedt Heads Up Team
    Yahoo announced that they are combining the search ad and display ad teams. Part of this move, David Karnstedt will be heading up the North American Sales. Karnstedt was Yahoo’s senior vice president of Yahoo’s Search sales business and is now Head of US Sales. Wenda Harris Millard, Yahoo’s Chief…
  • Google’s Human Touch
    The Human Touch That May Loosen Google’s Grip from the New York Times discusses how Google’s use of algorithms and computers may, in the long run, may lead to the demise of Google’s popularity or may not. The article is written more in a question format than a prophetic format….
  • Germany Rules Against Google On Gmail Trademark, Gmail In Germany To Shut Down?
    Google loses Gmail trademark case in Germany from News.com reports that Google has lost the Gmail trademark case in a German appellate court. Google will not be allowed to use Gmail in Germany, like they can’t in the United Kingdom and Switzerland. Google Threatens to Close German Gmail Due to…
  • eBay Restarts AdWords Campaigns With New Outlook
    EBay to resume ads on Google, but rely on rivals from Reuters reports that eBay has resumed their AdWords advertising campaigns but on a more limited basis. eBay’s Hani Durzy said, “I will tell you it will be in a much more limited way than it was before.” “What we…

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About The Author: is Search Engine Land's News Editor and owns RustyBrick, a NY based web consulting firm. He also runs Search Engine Roundtable, a popular search blog on very advanced SEM topics. Barry's personal blog is named Cartoon Barry and he can be followed on Twitter here. For more background information on Barry, see his full bio over here.


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