SearchCap: The Day In Search, August 25, 2008

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Forming Good Title Tags for Local Businesses If you’re looking for a quick improvement in your local business site’s rankings and don’t have a lot of time, you can’t go wrong […]

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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:

  • Forming
    Good Title Tags for Local Businesses

    If you’re looking for a quick improvement in your local business site’s
    rankings and don’t have a lot of time, you can’t go wrong with making some
    simple improvements to your homepage title tag. The text within the title
    tags is one of the top signals used by Google,…
  • More Google
    StreetView Privacy Controversy

    CNET rekindles the Google StreetView trespassing controversy that we’ve
    written about a couple of times in the past (here and here). Google has
    said publicly and in email comments to us that its policy is to photograph
    public roads and stay off private property. The CNET article effectively
    argues that…
  • Now
    Accepting Pitches For SMX London 2008

    We’re now accepting speaking proposals for SMX London, taking place at the
    New Connaught Rooms in Covent Garden on November 4 and 5, 2008. We’ve got
    an all new agenda for the show. Please note that the agenda is final for
    the show, and we will only consider pitches for…
  • Whither
    DART Search?

    SES San Jose 2008 is now in the books and another Google Dance — that
    annual bash that provides us all with so much safe, clean YouTube fodder
    — has come and gone. Among the various features and benefits — upscale
    backyard barbecue fare, free beer, modified karaoke, dancing,…

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Danny Sullivan
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Danny Sullivan was a journalist and analyst who covered the digital and search marketing space from 1996 through 2017. He was also a cofounder of Third Door Media, which publishes Search Engine Land and MarTech, and produces the SMX: Search Marketing Expo and MarTech events. He retired from journalism and Third Door Media in June 2017. You can learn more about him on his personal site & blog He can also be found on Facebook and Twitter.

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