SearchCap: The Day In Search, December 11, 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: Google Expands AdSense For Domains – Enough AlreadyThe Google AdSense Blog announced they have begun rolling out the AdSense for Domain product to US based publishers and will continue to roll […]

on December 11, 2008 at 4:52 pm | Reading time: 6 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:

  • Google Expands AdSense For Domains – Enough Already
    The Google AdSense Blog announced they have begun rolling out the AdSense for Domain product to US based publishers and will continue to roll this feature out to all publishers in the future. AdSense for Domains allows publishers to place ads on domains that have not yet been developed yet, also known as parked domains. Google said they would show “ads, links, and search results on the pages, and may add other useful information in the future,” on these pages. You have to understand that AdSense for Domains, formerly known as Domain Park, is a product that has always been extremely controversial in the ad space market. Since 2005 and likely before then, Danny Sullivan has called for major reform of the product, because it delivered poor quality traffic sparked huge controversy. Not only that, we have reported lawsuit after lawsuit over the product and even with the reformed opt out feature, it still has resulted in more lawsuits.
  • Chrome Comes Out of Beta with 10 Million Users
    As was reported yesterday, Google’s browser Chrome is coming out of beta — a mere 100 days after it was introduced. When I commented to Sundar Pichai, Product VP, that this had to be one of the fastest exits from beta for Google in recent memory he explained that “Google has a very traditional approach to our client software products,” meaning it accelerates the process of getting them to a general release.
  • SMX West 2009 Agenda Is Up! Want To Speak?
    Search Engine Land’s next Search Marketing Expo conference, SMX West 2009, comes to Santa Clara, California this Feb. 10-12. The agenda has now been posted. It has sessions of interest to search marketers of all levels, and I’ll be doing a longer post in the near future to cover everything in the program. But for now, a simple call out to those interested in speaking. Our pitch form is open! The form lists all sessions where we have openings. Pitch now, as the sooner you do, the more likely the chance you’ll be accepted. We plan to …
  • Video Of Marissa Mayer At Le Web Conference
    Michael Arrington has posted a video of his interview with Google’s Marissa Mayer at the Le Web Conference in France. Below is the video and I broke out the topics, showing you where in the video you can find it:
  • Google Testing Sitelinks In Search Suggestions
    It was just a few months ago when Google.com added search suggestions to the main page. Now, I am receiving reports that Google is testing enhancing those suggestions by showing URLs in the suggestions, in some cases. For example, Sam at Oh! Nuts emailed me a screen shot of Google showing his URL in the Google Suggestions for when he typed in [oh nut], here is a screen capture:

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