SearchCap: The Day In Search, March 8, 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: Ask City’s Shape Search Tool For Local Search Results The Ask.com Blog announced a neat new feature that enables you to literally shape your own local search results. You can go […]
Danny Sullivan on March 8, 2007 at 2:54 pm | Reading time: 4 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:
- Ask City’s
Shape Search Tool For Local Search Results
The Ask.com Blog announced a neat new feature that enables you to literally
shape your own local search results. You can go to Ask City, locate a
location, draw a circle or square in a certain location and then search
specifically within that location. Below is a screen cast I… - Microsoft’s
"Third Era" Of Search Begins With Departure Of Search Chief Christopher Payne
Microsoft’s top search executive leaving company from the Seattle PI covers
Microsoft’s Christopher Payne reportedly leaving the company. The AP also
reports similar news from its sources. Payne took over search efforts at
Microsoft back in 2003. He oversaw what I’d call Microsoft’s "second era" of
search, that of… - Google Wins
Google Earth Patent Case
Google wins key ruling in patent dispute from BusinessWeek reports that the
patent case against Google over Google Earth has now been closed. Google has
won the dispute dating back to 2002, when it was filed by Skyline Software
Systems against Keyhole, which Google later acquired and whose software
became… - Mark Cuban
Subpoenas Google Over YouTube Videos
Mark Cuban’s Magnolia Pictures Subpoenas Google over Pirated Videos from
Google Watch reports that Magnolia Pictures, Mark Cuban’s film studio, has
subpoenaed Google for the identities of those who uploaded his videos to
YouTube. Cuban told Reuters: "We don’t expect to get valid user information,"
but if he does… - Baidu & Google
Go Head To Head With Chinese Book Search
Google, Baidu race to set up online library in China via Reuters reports that
Baidu and Google are going at it to be the largest and best book search
service in China. Reuters writes that Peking University Library in Beijing,
"one of Asia’s largest academic libraries," already has a partnership… - 5 Shiny Reasons
Google Should Take Over Ford’s Twin Cities Auto Plant
Ed Kohler makes a pitch for Google to come to St. Paul, Minnesota — and it’s
both a fun and compelling one. He points out that Ford is abandoning its Twin
Cities Assembly Plant that comes complete with its own hydro-electric power
station, handy for power-hungry (that’s electric power I’m… - Yahoo Adds
Networking Features To Answers
Yahoo has added a social networking feature to its Answers service, allowing
you to add Yahoo Answers users to your own personal collection of contacts,
providing direct access to the questions they ask, answer, and star on
Answers. "This allows you to identify individuals on Answers whose knowledge
you value… - Google Local
Business Center Adds Photos, Attributes, Maps Corrections & Stats
The Google Local Business Center has just added four new features for business
owners who want to maintain a Google Local Business listing. Below, a
step-by-step guide to how you can adjust the marker for your business, add a
photo to your listing, add custom attributes and see statistics on…
Search News Headlines From Elsewhere
Applications
- Signs of an embeddable
Google Talk client coming?, Googling Google
Business Issues
- How To Get A
Job At Google?, Search Engine Roundtable
Local Search & Maps
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Music, Movies, Mayhem, and the Metro, Google Blog
Paid Search & Contextual
Marchex Attempts Overhaul of Web Site Ad Business, SmartMoney.com- 3rd Party
Google AdSense Abuse Should Not Harm AdSense Account Holder, Search Engine
Roundtable
SEM Industry
-
Women of Internet Marketing Wednesday Part 12, Search Marketing Gurus
SEO & SEM
- Google Link
Update in Count Only – Actual Links Coming Soon, Search Engine Roundtable
Social Media
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Store and find even more photos on Picasa Web Albums, Official Google Blog -
Digg Hits 1 Million Registered Users, Techcrunch -
How to Become a Digg Top User (without doing anything shady), 10e20 -
What Everybody Ought to Know About Being a Top Digger, Pronet Advertising
Other Stuff
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Uncluttering Yahoo, SFGate.com -
My Yahoo! Gets Web 2.0 Makeover, Read/Write Web - Not
trapping users’ data = GOOD, Matt Cutts -
Wife of Chinese Cyber Dissident to Sue Yahoo, Digital Chosunilbo -
What happens on Wall Street…, Official Google Blog - Gromozon
hijacks Italian MSN searches, Virus Bulletin -
Exalead: Crawling Faster and Adding Shortcuts to Your Personalized Exalead
Homepage Made Easier, ResourceShelf - Create
Your Own Google Logo, Google Blogoscoped
Amusing News From Search Engine Past, V7N- Podcast: Microsoft
Enters Its Third Era Of Search; Ask Raps Yahoo On Paid Inclusion; Send To Car
BMW Feature For Google Maps & More!
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