SearchCap: The Day In Search, December 1, 2011

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Google: Parked Domains, Scraper Sites Targeted Among New Search Changes In what’s now to be a monthly update on search changes, a new Google “Inside Search” blog post today tells us […]

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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:

  • Google: Parked Domains, Scraper Sites Targeted Among New Search Changes

    In what’s now to be a monthly update on search changes, a new Google “Inside Search” blog post today tells us that life is getting tougher for those with parked domains, life may get better for those plagued by scraper sites and those hoping to “push down” negative listings may have a tougher challenge. New […]

  • AOL In 2011: Charlie Sheen #Winning Over Other Celebrities

    AOL announced its most popular global searches (United States, United Kingdom and Canada) in 2011 at https://hot.aol.com. While other search engines have ranked Justin Bieber and Kim K at the top for the year, Charlie Sheen proved he won the hearts of AOL users by climging to the top of their most searched for celebrity list. Most […]

  • For The Holidays, Google Has NORAD Tracks Santa & Bing Has Magical Holiday Calendar

    Google’s teaming up again with NORAD to product one of my favorite Christmas traditions, the NORAD Tracks Santa web site. But new for this year, Bing joins the holiday sweepstakes with a Advent calendar-like Bing Magical Holiday Calendar. Where’s Santa? Google & NORAD Know Let’s start with Santa. Since it’s not Christmas Eve, the site […]

  • Infographic: NYC & LA Tops For SEO Jobs & Salaries By Specialty

    New York City is the capital of SEO, with Los Angeles just behind, based on job volume measured in those cities. Those working in SEO earn anywhere between $27,000 to $148,000 per year. The lowest pay goes, ironically, to those who often do the most important job in gaining rankings: link builders. These stats and […]

  • Last Call – SMX Social Media Marketing Starts Monday in Scottsdale, AZ

    Time is running out! Search Marketing Expo – SMX Social Media Marketing begins next Monday in Scottsdale, AZ. Register now to reserve your place! Your investment in coming to SMX Social Media Marketing will pay off many times. We guarantee it. Register for your All Access pass and pay only $1295 for 2 days of […]

  • Domain Seizures, De-Indexing And Censorship: Nevada Judge Dramatically Exceeds Limits Of His Authority

    There’s a multi-pronged assault on the internet going on now. It comes from over-zealous legislators, the US executive branch and individual judges. There’s an effort on multiple fronts to grant over-broad powers to copyright owners to instigate domain seizures, cut-off funds and de-index “rogue” websites if found guilty of “infringement,” where that concept is very expansively defined […]

  • Social-Local-Mobile Tactics Drive Retail Success

    The convergence of social networking, local search and mobile shopping provides consumers with convenience while saving them time, a real winner in the digital world. Because the Social-Local-Mobile trend makes certain marketing channels more important for retail brands, we want to review how e-retailers can get more social while providing mobile functionality and local search […]

  • Do As I Say, Not As I Do: A Look At Search Engines & SEO Best Practices

    Now that the holidays are upon us, we all probably could use some cheering up. So I thought I’d have some fun with our favorite search engines: Google, Yahoo, Bing, YouTube, and Blekko. At Nine By Blue, I have been developing software that automatically checks sites for technical SEO best practices. Normally we run it […]

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About the author

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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