SearchCap: The Day In Search, September 4, 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:

• Yahoo Acquires Ad Network BlueLithim
  This afternoon Yahoo announced that it was buying US-based ad network BlueLithium for $300 million in cash. Founded in 2004 the company has 10 offices globally and claims more unique US visitors than Google, MSN, AOL and eBay. It also claims to be the fifth largest US ad network and…
• The Anatomy Of Compelling Search Ad Copy
  Ad copy is the only part of your PPC campaign that a searcher actually sees. A searcher does not see your keyword list, bids, day parting settings, or daily budget. Those precious few words that make up your ad copy are the only insight into your offer that a…
• Larryos, Raisin Brin, Porn Flakes & Other Google Cereals
  I was at Google last month and did a double-take at the wall art up near one of the mini-kitchens. It featured familiar cereal brands morphed with Google personalities like Larry Page (Larryos) and Sergey Brin (Raisin Brin). I shot a few pictures, below, plus here’s some of the…
• Search Illustrated: The Power Of RSS Feeds
  RSS feeds offer a unique channel for distributing content that can help expand your audience to people beyond those who visit your web site. But RSS feeds can also be an important part of a search marketing campaign. Well optimized feeds can also gain prominent placement on search engine…
• Six Content Types That Really Grab Diggers’ Attention
  Wonder why there’s so much effort expended by search marketers to “make” the Digg homepage?It’s straightforward, really: once you’ve impressed this discerning group of users, your content has a chance to be seen by hundreds of thousands of people, bringing your site traffic, and more importantly, links. Delivering content…
• Digg Those Pics & Only Those Pics At Digpicz.com
  Every just want to see the highest rated images over at Digg? Digpicz.com has launched to serve that purpose as the “unofficial Digg Picture Browser,” said Stan Schroeder. Digpicz uses the Digg API to aggregate images from Digg and place them in one location. Digg has sections for news, video,…
• Weird Google Patents & Patent Applications
  Google’s 10 Oddest Patents by Bill Slawski shares with us some of Google’s weirdest patent applications and patents. Here is a short run down, Bill goes in more detail in his write up….
• BT Formally Launches Small Business Search Marketing Product
  Like many other directory publishers and telecom companies before it, the former British Telecom (now just BT) has formally introduced a fixed-fee simplified search marketing offering for small businesses in the UK. Called BT Web Clicks, the offering has been around for many months but was just announced yesterday. Five…
• Search Month: August 2007 Search News, In Review
  Search Month is a monthly newsletter that recaps stories covered on Search Engine Land over the past month. It’s also available by feed here. Below, news about Search Engine Land itself, then our 10 most popular stories from August 2007, then a major story for various search topics along with…

Search News From Around The Web:

Business Issues

• Google’s Newest Role: Venture Capitalist, BusinessWeek
• Google grows into a target, Seattle Times
• China Yahoo Criticizes Competitors, Pacific Epoch
• Was Google’s AP announcement a PR disaster?, Search Engine Watch Blog
• Yahoo May be Attractive Target for Microsoft, Bear Stearns Says, Bloomberg

Local, Maps & Mobile

• Local Online Ad Spending At $2.9 Billion In 2007, MediaPost
• Local.com Renews Search Marketing Distribution Relationship With Yahoo!, CNN Money

Paid Search & Contextual

• Are You Selling Your Search Data For Pennies, ShoeMoney
• Paid Search Share July, Rimm Kaufman
• Google Does Not Have a Set Limit on Keywords Per Campaign, Search Engine Roundtable
• Optimization of Ads & Landing Pages by Keyword Match Type, Jonathan Mendez’s Blog

SEM Industry

• Freelance Writer Needs a Break, Catherine "Cat" Seda
• A Look at Search Engine Strategies Speakers and How Well They Brand Themselves, Part II, Search Engine Guide
• An Interview With Kevin Ryan of Incisive Media, Stone Temple
• Industry Numbers, SEOmoz Stats, SEOmoz
• Matt Tries to ‘Cutt’ Out of Google Webmaster Questions, Search Engine Roundtable

SEO & SEM

• A don’t-leave-home-without SEO tool, news.com.com
• Re-Including Removed URLs in Google Webmaster Central, Search Engine Roundtable
• Say "Bah Humbug" to Holiday Marketing Stress, Search Engine Watch

Social Media

• On Google Plumbing References from Social Networking Sites Such as Orkut to Rank Articles -SEO by the SEA, SEO By The Sea
• A Space for Us [MySpace For Authors], New York Times

Video, Music & Image Search

• RockYou Integrates Like.com Image Search Into Slideshows, TechCrunch

Hot Items From Sphinn, Our Social News Sharing Site:

• SEO: The Revenge Of The Nerds — Black Hat SEO Diary
• RoboForm Video by Jared Blake
• 6 Content Types That Really Grab Diggers’ Attention
• Why You Should Embrace the New Social Media News Release
• The Chattahoochee Hill Country Domain Rush
• How to build tons of relevant inbound links with Google News and boost your rankings
• SEO Explained in pictures, funny!
• Yahoo Local Mapspam now appearing near you
• The Seven Habits Of Highly Effective Link Builders
• Google (like Yahoo) treats undelayed meta refreshs as 301 redirects
• Next Big Thing? Makes Podcast Listening Super Easy! Dial 1 (512) 696-0729 and Listen to The Daily SearchCast
• The Dangers of Digg Self-Submission (And How To Avoid Them)
• Story Killers: Digg’s Bury Brigade vs. Reddit’s Downmod Squad
• Google’s 10 Oddest Patents - Bill Slawski
• Paid Directory Collapse
• Please post who wrote the article you’re Sphinning!
• Technorati Meat & Potatoes Every Blogger Should Know
• Interview with a Top StumbleUpon User
• The Strongest Subpage Sucks For Linking If…
• Expanded Broad Match Goes Loco On Local
• Social Media Questions For Wendy Piersall
• It’s not about what you Stumble, it’s about who you know who can Stumble
• How to Backup a Blogger Blog
• Bill Slawski and Liana Evans Join Christine Churchill’s KeyRelevance
• 9 Lessons You Can Learn about Blogging By Watching Me Sell My House
• 10 Anti-SEO Myths Debunked