SearchCap: The Day In Search, April 12, 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: Goodbye Teoma Algorithm, Hello Edison, Says Ask.comJim Lanzone, CEO of Ask.com, has confirmed with me that Ask.com is working on Edison. Edison is the code name behind merging of Ask.com’s two […]

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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:


  • Goodbye Teoma Algorithm, Hello Edison, Says Ask.com

    Jim Lanzone, CEO of Ask.com, has confirmed with me that Ask.com is working on Edison. Edison is the code name behind merging of Ask.com’s two different search technologies they own, Teoma and Direct Hit. Jim would not give me more information beyond that. I did speak with Apostolos Gerasoulis who…

  • Hitwise: Search Popularity Static; Live.com Only Tiny Slice Of Microsoft’s Share

    The latest search popularity stats for March 2007 have come out from Hitwise. They show nothing different than last month. Google had a tiny 0.2 percent rise, while Yahoo dropped the same tiny amount. Live had a tiny 0.3 percent rise, though given Live’s already small amount of traffic, that’s…

  • CBS To Distribute TV Shows Via MSN & AOL According To WSJ

    CBS’s Web Reach to Grow from the Wall Street Journal reports that CBS Corp. is “close” to announcing a deal with MSN and AOL over distributing some of their TV shows and “other video programming.” The Wall Street Journal believes we will hear announcements as early as today that CBS…

  • Utah Law Limiting Use Of Keyword Advertising

    Google opposes Utah law limiting keyword advertising from the LA Times, that Danny covered earlier, picked up on Eric Goldman’s coverage of a new state law passed in Utah that limits the use of the types of keywords you can buy in your sponsored search campaigns. Reportedly, Google is “objecting”…

  • Small Businesses Getting Social: Individual and Community Efforts

    In the online world, we’ve seen the emergence of social networking sites that allow for the discovery and sharing of websites, of bookmarks, of common interests, and the meeting of friends and friends of friends. In the business world offline, small businesses have the opportunity to be socially active…

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Barry Schwartz
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Barry Schwartz is a Contributing Editor to Search Engine Land and a member of the programming team for SMX events. He owns RustyBrick, a NY based web consulting firm. He also runs Search Engine Roundtable, a popular search blog on very advanced SEM topics. Barry can be followed on Twitter here.

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