SearchCap: The Day In Search, May 19, 2010

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Bing Outsources UK Local Business Listings Bing is finally offering local business listings to UK-based small businesses, but in an odd arrangement, it’s outsourcing the data management to a third party […]

on May 19, 2010 at 5:11 pm | Reading time: 5 minutes
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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:

  • Bing Outsources UK Local Business Listings

    Bing is finally offering local business listings to UK-based small businesses, but in an odd arrangement, it’s outsourcing the data management to a third party — a company called 118 Information.
    Bing recently launched a site, www.bingforbusiness.com, that invites local UK businesses to add or edit their free business listings and touts the benefits of […]

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  • Live Blogging Google I/O: Day 1 Keynote

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  • Google Ready To Rumble If FTC Sues Over AdMob

    In November, 2008 the US Department of Justice was prepared to sue Google and call the company a “monopoly” in an effort to stop the proposed search-ads deal with Yahoo. At the time Google wanted to avoid the “m-word” and didn’t quite have the stomach for a public legal battle with the DOJ. Here’s what […]

  • 4 Out Of 5 Conversion Experts Prefer A/B Testing

    Earlier this month, I presented at the inaugural Conversion Conference organized by landing page expert Tim Ash. Never before have I seen so many conversion optimization thought leaders in one spot: Bryan Eisenberg, Jeffrey Eisenberg, Chris Goward, Lance Loveday, Sandra Niehaus, Jakob Nielsen, Brooks Bell, Jonathan Mendez, Khalid Saleh, Howard Kaplan, Eric Hansen, and many […]

  • Yahoo Buys Associated Content, Makes An SEO Play

    It seems like a match made in SEO heaven: An old, trusted, powerful domain like Yahoo.com and a content factory like Associated Content. That partnership is coming soon thanks to Yahoo’s announcement today that it’s agreed to buy Associated Content. Financial terms were not announced, though some reports peg the sale at about $100 million. […]

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