SearchCap: The Day In Search, August 6, 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: Bulk Upload ‘Mapspam’ On Google Is it black hat "mapspam," a mistake or a creative response to a legitimate business need? Mike Blumenthal has chronicled the history of some recent bulk […]
Danny Sullivan on August 6, 2007 at 3:45 pm
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on
Search Engine Land and from other
places across the web.
From Search Engine Land:
- Bulk Upload ‘Mapspam’
On Google
Is it black hat "mapspam," a mistake or a creative response to a legitimate
business need? Mike Blumenthal has chronicled the history of some recent bulk
upload abuse on Google Maps in a couple of detailed posts: TechPro’s CEO
speaks about Google Maps Bulk Upload abuse and the related Batten… - Microsoft Teams
With NASA For 3-D Space Shuttle Images
Microsoft announced a partnership with NASA to use its Photosynth 3-D
application to provide users with interactive images of the upcoming Space
Shuttle Endeavor launch. There’s also a related Photosynth tour of the Kennedy
Space Center…. - Yahoo Adds
Search Suggestions To Toolbar
The Yahoo Search Blog announced that downloads of the Yahoo Toolbar for
Internet Explorer will now have "as you type" search suggestions
functionality. Yahoo has been on a search suggestion frenzy lately, last month
launching search suggestions on Yahoo.com and beta testing Yahoo Search
Assist…. - Cheat Sheet For
Google Cheat Sheets
Lifehacker points to a two-page Google Cheat Sheet PDF document that contains
information on the company, their services, the IP addresses for Googlebot,
Google domains, famous operators and much more. But aren’t there more Google
cheat sheets? Sure — here are some others:… - Accoona Files
For $80.5 Million IPO
Via PaidContent.org, Accoona Files for IPO from the Associated Press reports
that Accoona has filed to go public, with an estimated IPO price of $80.5
million. Accoona hopes to list their stock as “ACNA" on the NASDAQ. The AP
reports Accoona’s three business lines as online-lead generation, an online
search… - Spot Trends
With SEOmoz’s Popular Searches Tool
To spot popular search trends, you can always use our list of search research
resources. But want to look across a range of various "What’s Hot" reports?
Try SEOmoz’s new Popular Searches tool. As SEOmoz’s Rand Fishkin explains,
explains the new tool aggregates data from several places that document
"rising… - Microsoft,
Google Suffer Setback On ‘White Space’ Internet Access Plan
According to a Dow Jones report, prototype devices from Google, Microsoft and
a coalition of companies that includes Philips, Intel and Dell failed an
initial test that might have allowed the group to offer wireless internet and
potentially other services on "unused portions of the nation’s television
airwaves." The Federal… - Google Tests
New "Show More" & Related Words AdSense Units
Google AdSense has been busy testing new AdSense units this weekend, with two
new formats spotted in the wild….
Search News From Around The Web:
Applications & Portal Features
-
Blogroll Powered by Google Reader, Google Operating System - Google
Documents API Released, Google Blogoscoped - Gmail vulnerability
disclosed at Defcon, Googling Google -
Google’s Gmail A/B Test Over?, Search Engine Guide
Business Issues
-
Inside the world of Google The Dalles, The Dalles Chronicle - Wikipedia
attacks Chinese search engine News, PC Advisor -
Antitrust now a battleground for Google and foes, Los Angeles Times -
Bharti Airtel partners with Google over customised services for broadband
users, AFX -
Yahoo India chief George Zacharias quits, Hindustan Times - IAC Leaves
DoubleClick for Atlas, ClickZ -
What’s Next From Google? Perhaps Reader Search, Hosted Google Enterprise,
InformationWeek
Conferences
- San Francisco SEO
Meetup, Stuntdubl - FTC to Host Town Hall
to Examine Privacy Issues and Online Behavioral Advertising, FTC -
Last Call For Speakers for Las Vegas Pubcon, Pubcon Blog
Local, Maps & Mobile
Paid Search & Contextual
-
Introducing AdWords Editor 4.0 for Windows, Inside AdWords -
It’s an Ad, Ad, Ad, Ad World, New York Times -
Weighing in on PPC vs. Non-PPC Advertising, Search Engine Journal
Podcasts
- Podcast:
Answers.com Hit By Massive Google Traffic Loss; Ask’s Toolbar Success;
Raccoons, Daily SearchCast -
SEO
with Shoemoney part 1, SEO Beginning Podcast
Searching
- Google Timelines, Fact Maps,
and Fact Relevance Rankings, SEO By The Sea -
NoFoodHere: Search Results In Real Time, TechCrunch - Google on the Extraction and
Visualization of Facts, SEO By The Sea -
Searching for Multiple Perspectives, Google Operating System - Keynotes,
Currency Conversions, and Carmen: August Smart Answers, Ask.com Blog
SEM Industry
- The SEO Learning
Life-cycle, SEO Book - Why I Spin
Sphinn, ViperChill - Can You Get a
Lot of Traffic from Sphinn?, Search Engine Roundtable -
Rebecca Lieb Interview, Stone Temple
SEO & SEM
SEO Is Dead. Again., Marketing Pilgrim- Customizing Blog
Page Titles, SEO Book -
SubmitEaze Gets Even Better, The SEO Scoop
Social Media
-
Wikia – Jimbo takes on Google, Hitwise -
Benefits of Being Saved on Del.icio.us, Jason Bartholme -
Slap in the Facebook: It’s Time for Social Networks to Open Up, Wired -
Plaxo launches new social network, Pulse–and it’s a lot like Pownce,
News.com -
Confessions of a LinkedIn Dropout, BusinessWeek -
Digg Bury Data Further Exposed – Find Out Why That Story Was Buried,
Pronet Advertising -
MySidekick – a social search engine, E-Consultancy -
New program color-codes text in Wikipedia entries to indicate trustworthiness,
ResourceShelf
Video, Music & Image Search
-
Reconfirmation: Flickr To Add Video, TechCrunch -
Share Your Flickr Photos Without Requiring People to Sign Up, Cartoon
Barry
Web Analytics
Other Items
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Get Your Internet Marketing Fix Offline, ViperChill -
Lowering the Google Wattage, US News - Google Fashion
Chain, Googlified -
Did Someone Say LOLCUTTS?, smackdown.blogsblogsblogs.com
Hot Items From Sphinn, Our Social News Sharing Site:
- Rand Fishkin & The Troll Defense
- When to Respond to Criticism, and
When to Keep Quiet - Social Media Questions For Cameron
Olthuis - Cameron Olthuis says he’s ‘Moving
On’ - 15 Traits of an SEO Nerd
- Killer Competive Analysis Keyword
Research Tool - Google; “You can put 50+ words in
your title tag, we’ll read it” - The Danny Sullivan Code (or While
Waiting for Dan Brown’s next book) - Eric Ward on Linking: There Ain’t
No Absolutes - How to Make the Digg Home Page: An
Illustrated Guide - Unavailable-After Goes into the
Blackhat SEO Toolbox
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