SearchCap: The Day In Search, October 10, 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: Google Top Worldwide Search Engine; Baidu Beats Microsoft comScore has released new figures looking at the most popular search engines worldwide. Google tops the list, with nearly five times as many […]

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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:

  • Google Top
    Worldwide Search Engine; Baidu Beats Microsoft

    comScore has released new figures looking at the most popular search engines
    worldwide. Google tops the list, with nearly five times as many searches as
    nearest competitor Yahoo. But the worldwide list does focus attention on some
    non-US based search players like Baidu and NHN, which owns Korea’s Naver.
    It…
  • Some Google
    Maps Indexing Confusion

    Locally Type found a mistake in a Google search result, showing a Yahoo Maps
    URL but with a plus box that reveals a Google Map. Here’s the result that lead
    to the post: Needham, MA 02494. The actual Yahoo Map is a link down on the
    page….
  • Search
    Marketing for the B2B Technical Buyer

    Recently, Enquiro, in conjunction with MarketingSherpa and Survey Sampling
    International, released a report entitled Marketing to a B2B Technical Buyer
    (requires registration). Comprised of roughly equal parts research report and
    Enquiro marketing perspectives, the document seeks to analyze the behaviors of
    B2B technical buyers and convey their priorities. While…
  • Blinkx Offers
    Video Ad Widget, Does Partnership With Social Search Engine Eurekster

    On the heels of yesterday’s Google AdSense video announcement, video search
    engine Blinkx has announced advertising for video using its "AdHoc" contextual
    ad platform. The difference is that the AdHoc contextual ad widget works with
    other video players embedded in third-party sites….
  • Training: Heart
    & Soul of In-House SEO/SEM

    I must admit, I wasn’t very perceptive when I received my first in-house SEO
    prospect call back in 2000. The caller recognized the value of his organic
    search results and the business need for integrating SEO functionality
    internally. I did not. That’s because in those days, I thought it…
  • Google Earth
    and 3D Warehouse Opened Up to ‘Game Developers’

    On the cusp of the Virtual World Conference, starting today in California, a
    company called Multiverse Nework has announced a partnership with Google that
    opens up Google’s 3D Warehouse — terrain and metadata from Google Earth — to
    third party use. According to CNet, Multiverse Nework offers a platform for…

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