SearchCap: The Day In Search, June 29, 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: That 25% New Queries Figure? Ballpark Estimate, Says GoogleLast week we had a lot of attention over Google saying 20 to 25% of queries are new. Well, it turns out that […]
Barry Schwartz on June 29, 2007 at 3:32 pm | Reading time: 5 minutes
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on
Search Engine Land and from other
places across the web.
From Search Engine Land:
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That 25% New Queries Figure? Ballpark Estimate, Says Google
Last week we had a lot of attention over Google saying 20 to 25% of queries are new. Well, it turns out that the figure is not an exact figure. Google now said it is a ballpark figure, as quoted on Google Blogoscoped: First, I want to clarify that we… -
Search in Pictures: Flying High, Signs & Google Chicken
In this week’s Search In Pictures, here are the latest images culled from the web, showing what people eat at the search engine companies, how they play, who they meet, where they speak, what toys they have and more…. -
Searcharazzi: Potpourri
How, we ask, can Searcharazzi compete with the iPhone today? Any salacious details on the first malfunctions? Disappointed users? Easter egg functionality? Do tell, as Searcharazzi is not exactly camping out in front of an Apple Store. We did, of course, get our email from Apple saying that the… -
Google Launches “Question and Answers” In Russia
Googling Google reports Google Russia has launched a Questions & Answers service in Russia. Although Google closed down Google Answers late last year, this launch of Questions & Answers is a new flavor of such an application. To me, it looks more like a Google Groups approach than anything else…. -
Google Sued In UK For Defamatory Postings In Search Results
Google sued over defamatory postings found on web search from The Independent reports that the company could be held liable for the publication of inaccurate, malicious or damaging material on the internet, even though Google did not create the content and is simply listing what’s found on the web. The… -
“Negative SEO” – Harming Your Competitors With SEO
The Saboteurs Of Search from Forbes has been getting some buzz from around the search industry. In short, the article interviews two SEOs about how they can potentially use “negative SEO” tactics to harm a site in Google…. -
Google Released Referrals Beta To All
The Inside AdSense blog announced the launch of “Referrals 2.0.” Now instead of AdSense publishers seeing only Google ads within their referrals section of the AdSense setup page, they will also see ads from Google’s AdWords advertisers. The new releases for this Pay Per Action product include: Mass release to… -
The “Slums” Of Search
A few weeks ago in Toronto at Search Engine Strategies, I mentioned in one of the sessions I was moderating that in Canada, the sponsored search listings are the slums of the results page. In this case, I meant that until the big brands and the recognized advertisers move… -
Google Customizes Map Directions
Not long ago Google introduced an “avoid highways” checkbox on Maps that provides alternative routing. Now Google has gone much further in that direction (so to speak), allowing users to drag icons on the map to create customized routing. With each change directions update automatically. Here’s the Google Lat Long… -
Yahoo Search Marketing Adds New Keyword Tool & More Features To Panama
Yahoo will be launching new features within Panama today. The features include: An improved keyword selector tool giving you an estimate of the monthly searches. An easy way to move and copy keywords from one ad group to another. To do this, go to your ad group page and under…
Search News Headlines From Elsewhere
Applications & Portal Features
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“Enterprise”
Google Gadgets, Google Enterprise Blog -
AOL
Betas: Full Integration of Instant Messenging with AOL Webmail,
ResourceShelf
Business Issues
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Net
neutrality, con’t (part 3): payment for bandwidth, Google Public
Policy Blog -
Yahoo
hires ethics chief officer, News.com -
Microsoft’s
Latest, Best Hope in Search, BusinessWeek -
Former
Sony CEO joins Baidu’s board, Webwereld
Paid Search & Contextual
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Yahoo
Search Marketing Ads Rotating Via Flash on Yahoo Internal Pages,
Search Engine Journal -
Top Google
AdSense Ad is Highest Paying AdSense Ad, Search Engine Roundtable -
MSN ContentAds
are Now Live to All Advertisers, Search Engine Roundtable
Searching
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Savvy
Little Searchers, Search Engine Watch -
Credibility Versus Popularity,
Hakia Blog -
Powerset:
The natural language search mashup platform, ZDnet -
So,
You Really Want to Integrate Search?, Out of my Gord -
Google Janitors Clean Up Facts
on the Web, SEO by the SEA -
A
Selection of Recently Published Patent Applications from Microsoft: From
Factoid Search to Ad Keyword Cross-Selling, ResourceShelf
SEM Industry
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Reader
Poll: Best Blog Content, Online Marketing Blog -
Comments
on our webmaster guidelines?, Matt Cutts
SEO & SEM
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How
to Protect Your Site from Canonical Triggers, Search Engine Journal -
Synergy Between
Domain Names & Keyword Based Search Engine Optimization
Strategies, SEO Book.com -
I’m
Just Tired of Craigslist and Wikipedia’s in Commercial Serps, Wolf
Howl -
Black
SEO Tactics – Fighting Dirty, Fantomaster -
Network
Solutions Guarantees Top Search Engine Rankings, Search Engine
Roundtable -
Stop
In-house SEO Disasters Now!, Search Engine Watch -
Online Auction
Listings Ranking Lower in the SERPs?, Search Engine Roundtable -
The Google
Parasites, eWeek -
SEO
& Blogging Success Story : Diabetes Blog Earns $40K per Year,
Search Engine Journal
Social Media
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Why
Use Digg Search When You Have Google Search?, Pronet Advertising -
Twitter
to nab VC funds?, News.com -
Whiteboard
Friday – “Sneaky Link Liaison”, SEOmoz -
Is
There a Tipping Point in Social Media?, Techpedia
Video, Music & Image Search
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MySpace
to follow rival’s lead, Financial Times -
Video
Search Optimization Tech Tips Knowing the 4 P’s, Search Engine Watch
Other Items
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Fashion:
The new Larry Page, Valleywag -
The Tech Lab:
Bradley Horowitz, BBC News -
Yahoo!
Announces Small Biz Winners, Entrepreneur
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