SearchCap: The Day In Search, Feb. 13, 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: Google Loses In Belgium Newspaper Case A Belgium court has found that Google did violate copyright when including material from several Belgian newspapers in its search index. Google may have to […]
Danny Sullivan on February 13, 2007 at 3:41 pm | Reading time: 7 minutes
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 Loses In
Belgium Newspaper Case
A Belgium court has found that Google did violate copyright when including
material from several Belgian newspapers in its search index. Google may have
to pay a fine, but the ruling is far more positive for the company. Google can
continue to index content without explicit permission. NOTE: The story… - Social Media
Marketing Is Ethical!
There seems to be a lot of misconception that social media marketing isn’t
ethical. Almost daily, I come across bloggers who denounce SMM as spam or
suggest that social media marketers are poisoning the community well. In
reality, they either aren’t properly educated or perhaps only see the "bad… - SingingFish.com
Now Redirects To AOL Video Search
Gary Price reports that SingingFish.com now redirects to AOL Video. AOL
purchased SingingFish.com from Thomson Multimedia in November 2003. In June
2005, AOL revamped their AOL Video Search, which included having results from
SingingFish. Now, SingingFish is set up as a 301 redirect (permanent redirect)
to video.aol.com…. - InfoSpace Joins
Forces With FAST For Mobile Search
InfoSpace and FAST announced a partnership at 3GSM conference that seeks to
marry InfoSpace’s carrier relationships and content expertise with FAST’s
search technology and PPC platform on mobile devices. The companies will be
offering their new "white label" services and platform to wireless carriers in
the U.S. and Europe. That… - Wordtracker
Adds UK Keywords Option To Keyword Tools
Wordtracker, a very popular keyword tool used by search marketers, has added
UK keywords to their existing tools. This means, those wanting to target the
UK region, will have an option to specify UK keywords only and will be shown
related keywords based on that data…. - Google Search
Results Now May Display Malware Warnings
Google Operating Systems reports that Google has changed the way they handle
warning searchers of sites that may contain malware on them. It notes that a
search on beautiful free screensaver currently brings up a result from
elitesavers.com that has a message from Google reading: "This site may harm
your… - Google Maps
Adds "Report Incorrect Data" Link
Mike Blumenthal reports that Google has added an easier way to report
inaccurate data found within Google Maps. For any unverified business listing,
Google will show a link that reads "report incorrect data" that takes you to a
page to easily notify Google of the problem. For example, currently this… - Sproose – A
Social Search Engine
Sproose is another social search engine where you get to vote for your
favourite websites/pages, and to that extent it’s very similar to previous
social search engines that I’ve looked at recently. It’s got the double ‘o’ in
the name which always helps, and uses terminology that sounds familiar,
such… - You Hum It,
These Search Engines Claim They’ll Find It
Recently a couple of search engines have come to my attention that are
designed to allow you to hum a few bars of a tune into them, and then they’ll
tell you what the song is. These are Midomi and Humming Search from Nayio.
That’s the promise; the reality was… - Special
Valentine’s Day Cards For SEOs
Tomorrow is Valentine’s Day, and it is the time of the year to show your love.
Why not show your love to your favorite SEO via an e-card tailored towards
SEOs? Internet Traffic Solutions has SEO e-cards that you can send to your
favorite SEO or SEM. Messages include, "I…
Search News Headlines From Elsewhere
Business Issues
Google’s Second Largest Shareholder Lowers Stake, SeekingAlpha
Google: Not Quite A Must Buy Yet, SeekingAlpha- More AOL
Layoffs In Pipeline; Not Large Number, PaidContent.org -
iCrossing Buys U.K. Search Firm, ClickZ -
Dutch Super
Server Farm and Google, GigaOM -
Google to
Present at the Bank of America Technology Conference,
Google Press Release -
Dave Goldberg, Bob Roback out at Yahop Music, Valleywag -
Two
Yahoo Music execs resign, News.com -
Retrevo Closes on Series B Financing, Search Engine Watch Blog -
Yahoo Music:
Santa Claus will have DRM-free music in his sleigh, Ars Technica -
Briefs: Fox TV Sites Choose Collarity, ResourceShelf
Local & Mobile Search
- Google’s forced choice for
the Authoritative Website, Understanding Google Maps & Yahoo Local -
Live Search for Mobile 1.0 released at 3GSM, Live Search Blog -
Links: Using Google Earth in Iraq, Saturn ads, Ogle Earth - Dave Zuls
– Local Search Interview, Graywold
Paid Search
-
AdWords Optimization Tips: Part 1 – Assessing Your Industry and Audience,
Inside Google AdWords -
Improving Ad Quality, Part II, Yahoo Search Marketing Blog -
Microsoft adCenter Live.com Reports Delay Confirmed, Search Engine
Roundtable -
Google Sends Out Duplicate 1099 Forms But Publishers Earnings Won’t Be
Reported Twice, Search Engine Roundtable -
17 Most Common PPC Mistakes Web Marketers Make, SEOmoz
Search Behavior
-
Top
10 Search Terms in 10 Categories, January 2007, ClickZ -
Anna Nicole, The Super Bowl, And Nasa Star In The Google Weekly Zeitgeist,
Google Zeitgeist -
Top Candidates, the Science of Search and Time.com
Search Conferences
-
Come see us at SES London and hear tips on successful site architecture,
Google Webmaster Central Blog -
European Case Studies at Search Engine Strategies London, Search Engine
Roundtable
Search Startups
- Roundup:
Cuill, the new search engine, Fabrik, dMark, Pipes, Xoma and more,
VentureBeat -
The questionable personhood of Powerset, Valleywag - Powerset
raising more money, VentureBeat - PowerHype
At Powerset, TechCrunch -
SearchMash Gets Smarter, Google Operating System
Molu the Search Spider, ResearchBuzz-
BrowseGoods Launches, ComparisonEngines.com - Megite Updates with
Launch of Megite 2.1, Search Engine Journal
SEO/SEM
- Web Analytics, SEO,
and Site Usability, ClickZ - Guide to Link Buying
: Directories, Ads and Reviews, Search Engine Journal - Who
Needs Search Engine Traffic?, Link Building Blog - SEO
Flipfloper, ShoeMoney Origin, What If I Was Broke Tomorrow & More,
Shoemoney - The Search
Engines Are Killing SEO, MediaPost
The state of Web Design in the UK, XSEO- Why won’t Matt Cutts
link to me?, Search Engine Journal -
Google Appending URLS With GWT & PG?, Search Engine Roundtable -
Yahoo Searchlight Awards Show Next Week, Search Engine Watch Blog
Social Media
-
Adding a Photography Section on Digg, Pronet Advertising -
Solving the Content Uniqueness and Integrity Problem in Social Media,
Pronet Advertising
Space.com Banned from Digg?, 10e20-
Will Widgets Kill the Webpage? (Exclusive Netvibes video), The Next Net - JavaScript
Badges and Widgets Considered Harmful, Jeremy Zawodny -
New URLs, Look, and Design for Many Yahoo Mobile Home Pages, ResourceShelf -
Science.gov 4.0 Goes Live, ResourceShelf -
PayPerPost Even More Transparent (& Obnoxious), Marketing Pilgrim - Social Media Linking
& Email Spam Requests, Search Engine Journal -
Neil Patel, The Wizard of Buzz, Pronet Advertising
Valentine’s Day
- Love at First
Site: Valentine’s Day Smart Answers, Ask.com Blog -
Google vs Valentine’s Day, Google Operating System
Video Search
-
YouTube Moves to Dismiss UTube Suit, Google Watch - YouTube shuts down
Gawker account, News.com - Viacom
Circumvents YouTube, Making MTV Networks’ Video Available To All Others,
PaidContent.org -
Google takes hits from YouTube’s use of video clips, USA Today -
YouTube Mobile site coming soon? Some evidence, Download Squad -
Pixsy Launches Ad-Supported Oscar Search Site, ClickZ
StumbleUpon Video Coming to the Wii, TechCrunch-
The Video Editorial Awards: Now With Prizes!, Yahoo! Video Team Blog - YouTube
Hands Over User’s Info to Fox, TechCrunch - Google hands over personal
user info, Threadwatch
Other Stuff
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5 cool ways to use Yahoo! Pipes, franticindustries - Messenger and
Mail…together at last!, Official Yahoo Mail Blog -
Vivisimo Launches Vivisimo Velocity 5.5, EContent -
A Collection of Gmail Homepages, Google Operating System -
Michael Crook backs down on DMCA harassment, Boing Boing -
More on Belgium, John Battelle -
9 Steps To Moving Your Blog and Selecting Plugins, The Lonely Marketer
Podcast: Google Loses In Belgium Newspaper Case; Search Startups; Ask.com’s
Love Triangle & More!, Daily SearchCast
Have A Chuckle
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Belgian newspapers score victory in bold traffic-reduction initiative,
Good Morning Silicon Valley -
We’re sorry, Google is unable to sell you ads related to the keywords "arrr"
and "me hearties", Good Morning Silicon Valley (as above, just because we
love the headlines) - Vermont College : Students
may not cite Wikipedia as a source, Threadwatch -
You Might Be an SEO If…, SEOrefugee Blog -
Google’s "I’m Feeling Lucky" Button To Be Renamed "Wikipeda Result" Button –
Joke, Search Engine Roundtable
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