SearchCap: The Day In Search, February 4, 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: Microhoo Day 4: In Other News, Microsoft To Borrow To Buy Yahoo & Google Below $500 We’ve already covered separately big developments in news about Microsoft’s bid to purchase Yahoo. But […]
Danny Sullivan on February 4, 2008 at 5:29 pm | Reading time: 8 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:
- Microhoo Day 4:
In Other News, Microsoft To Borrow To Buy Yahoo & Google Below $500
We’ve already covered separately big developments in news about Microsoft’s
bid to purchase Yahoo. But wait, there’s more! Below, a recap of our stories
plus other stories on the subject across the web that cover various angles,
including the news that for the first time in its history, Microsoft… - Google Files
Screenshots Of Compensation Tool With SEC
As a publicly traded company, Google is required to disclose certain types of
information related to its employment and compensation practices to the U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission, which then makes the documents public.
Google today submitted screenshots of a compensation tool available to Google
staffing employees and certain employment… - Yahoo!
Addresses The Troops (And So Does Microsoft)
With all the furor about Microsoft’s potential acquisition of Yahoo!, how do
the Yahoo! employees feel about the possibility? Top Yahoo! execs addressed
employees on Friday and followed it up with a company-wide email. The email
emphasizes that the bid was unsolicited, that no decisions have been made,
and… - Google Releases
New Urchin Beta
Once upon a time, there was a company called Urchin that made web analytics
software. As tends to happen, that company was acquired by Google (in early
2005), the software became Google Analytics, and the price became free. Google
Analytics grew in popularity, and many people forgot that the original… - "Google Groove"
Added To SMX West Networking Events!
We’re pleased to announce a significant addition to the line up of networking
events at Search Marketing Expo – SMX West. The good folks at Google will be
hosting the all new Google Groove @ SMX on Wednesday, February 27. You’ll be
able to celebrate all you’ve learned about search… - Microsoft’s
Prize: Big Yahoo CPMs, Largest Display Share
On Friday comScore put out ad publisher site rankings. Unsurprisingly, Yahoo
ranked as the top site with just under 19 percent of US online display
advertising. MediaPost took this data and further analyzed it, finding that
Yahoo enjoys the industry’s highest CPM rates at $12.65, more than $4 higher
than… - IAC Troubles,
Ask.com And Post-Yahoo Search Share
The New York Times and Wall Street Journal both report on the legal battle for
control of IAC’s board and thus the company itself. It’s not pretty, and IAC
claims that it’s impeding the company’s ability to effectively operate. The
legal fight arguably prevents IAC from making any sort of… - A Local Look At
Microsoft’s Bid For Yahoo
Last Friday, shortly after the Microsoft bid for Yahoo was made public, Danny
and I had an opportunity to discuss the proposed acquisition with Yusuf Mehdi,
senior vice president of strategic partnerships for Microsoft. Our questions
to Mehdi often returned to post-acquisition "integration" issues. I brought up
local, maps… - Use Lifetime
Visitor Values To Raise Bids While Increasing Profits
It’s easy to set PPC bids based upon a direct response ROI. Using this simple
metric makes it simple to base every keyword bid on its profit and conversion
rate. However, are those bids accurately reflecting the entire revenue your
PPC account generates? To get a complete picture of… - Can Google Save
Yahoo By Taking Over Search?
Does Yahoo have any choice but to get purchased by Microsoft? Over the
weekend, there’s been much analysis and discussion of other suitors. While
Google isn’t seen as an outright buyer, there’s more talk that it could help
Yahoo by taking over search ads in various counties, with reports… - Google Objects
To Microsoft & Yahoo Wedding; Microsoft Responds — Irony All Around
Not surprisingly, Google’s not happy about Microsoft’s overture to buy Yahoo.
The company has blogged an official statement suggesting that the move will
hurt what it calls the underlying principles of the internet: "openness and
innovation." Microsoft responds to say it is open and that only the shotgun
marriage… - EU Prepares
"Objections" To Google-DoubleClick Acquisition
Now back to news of that other acquistion that was dominating headlines and
speculation until last Friday: Google-DoubleClick. DowJones newswires reports
that "the European Union’s antitrust regulator has prepared a draft ‘statement
of objections’ to Google Inc.’s planned $3.1 billion takeover of DoubleClick."
This does not mean that the EU… - The Latest in
Link Development
Rae Hoffman has released her second annual set of interviews with link
building experts. This year, she talked to 11 people in the search industry
who are well-versed in the art of link development. Link building is a
fundamental pillar of search engine optimization. Links from authoritative
sources are strong…
Search News From Around The Web:
Applications & Portal Features
- Using Gmail
As Feed Reader, Google Blogoscoped
Business Issues
- Ask.com to Host
Opening Event of the Israel Web Tour in Silicon Valley, Ask.com Blog -
Amid Yahoo Turmoil, AOL Makes An Acquisition, TechCrunch - Goowy
acquired by AOL, yourminis - QuePasa
Attempts Relaunch as Social-Networking Site, Ad Age
Link Building
-
When was the last time you checked your purchased links?, Dave Naylor -
Tapping into Unconventional Link Attributes, SEO Scientist -
Techmeme PageRank Penalty? [Reversed], Andy Beard -
Google, That NoFollow Thing? Could You Explain How To Use It, Officially?,
Search Marketing Gurus - The Value of
Fresh Links in the Eyes of Search Engines, Search Engine Roundtable -
Why Rand Fishkin’s nofollow post was wrong, SEO Theory -
Nofollow Killed Google Social Graph API 3 Years Ago, Andy Beard - Why All
Links Are Paid Links in the Travel Trade, Search Engine Watch
Local, Maps & Mobile
-
Google Earth Blog: Real-Time Google Earth GPS Tracking, Google Earth Blog -
Google LatLong: All the news that’s fit to map, Google LatLong -
Google Android – a sneak preview, The Register -
Google’s Android Is Already Delayed, TechCrunch
Paid Search & Contextual
-
Take Advantage of Search Cycles with Ad Scheduling, PPC Hero -
Groundhogs, Seasonality, and Trends, Inside AdWords -
Google Adwords Still Getting Owned, ShoeMoney
Contextual Advertising: How to Target Sites in AdSense, Search Engine
Watch
Google IP Exclusion, SEO Speedwagon
Searching
- Search engine Nsyght
is powered by the wisdom of crowds, Pandia -
Google Query Words Increase, Beu Blog -
The hacker tool MSN-LiveSearch is responsible for brute force attacks,
Sebastian’s Pamphlets -
Search Engines Still Lack Simple Features, TechConsumer - Yahoo on Collecting User Data
for Web Site Profiling, SEO By The Sea -
Great Firewall of China Faces Online Rebels, New York Times
SEM Industry
-
Congrats to the 2008 SEMMY Winners!, Small Business SEM -
A Critical Vote for SEOmoz Fans – Should We Be Covering the News?, SEOmoz -
Women of Internet Marketing Series – So What’s Going to Happen, Search
Marketing Gurus -
Best Ways to Learn SEO, Jordan Kasteler - SEM
Agency Differentiation, All Things SEM - Rounding Up the
Recaps, Wiep -
Welcome Becky Ryan – SES Social Events Coordinator, Search Engine Watch
Forums
"Google Groove" Added To SMX West Networking Events!, Search Marketing
Expo Blog
SEO & SEM
-
Eric Enge interviews Google’s Adam Lasnik, Stone Temple -
Finding crawl issues with Crawl Score, Joost de Valk -
Trademark Basics: Be First in Your Market, Be Distinctive, and Don’t Confuse
the Consumer, SEOmoz
Rewriting URLs: SEO for CMS, E-Commerce, and Dynamic Sites, Search Engine
Watch-
How to Herd Organic Search Traffic to Your Blog, Problogger -
Search Engine Optimization For Your Flash Site, BruceClay.com -
Controlling Search Engine Access with Cookies, SEOmoz
Social Media
-
StumbleUpon Going After Abusive Users, AIM Clear Blog -
How Are People Twittering on Twitter? Google Tells It All, Digital
Inspiration -
Part Two: From Twits to Tweeple, Why I Embraced Twitter and You Should Too,
Search Engine Guide
Digg’s New Algorithm is The Suck, SEOmoz- The Value of
Influencers: Why They Are Still Relevant for Marketing Campaigns, Dosh
Dosh -
Interview With Lyndon Antcliff "Lyndoman", Distilled -
OpenSocial 0.7: Coming to a user near you, Google OpenSocial API Blog -
When Seth Godin isn’t Seth Godin, Problogger -
Save the Date: Announcing Digg Town Halls, Digg Blog
Super Bowl Related
-
Ask.com’s Super Bowl XLII Smart Answer, ResourceShelf
Hulu Plans To Stream Super Bowl Commercials After Game, Wired-
Google LatLong: NYC Super Bowl specials map, Google LatLong
Video, Music & Image Search
-
YouTube and Viral Marketing, Rimm Kaufman - Yahoo axes
music subscription service, strikes deal with Rhapsody, News.com -
RealNetworks Climbs on Yahoo Deal, Wall Street Journal - China sued over
web music piracy, news.bbc.co.uk
Other Items
- Doodle:
Brazilian Carnival, Googlified
Last 20 Hot Items From Sphinn, Our Social
News Sharing Site:
- A Look Inside A Social Media
Campaign - Want Great LinkBait … Provide
Your Staff Small Digital Cameras! - SEO Company ‘Clueless Numpties’
according to Google - What is Better Than Free?
- SphinnCon North Carolina
- SEO/M’s Fighting a Losing Battle
in SU - Eric Enge interviews Google’s Adam
Lasnik - Women of Internet Marketing Series
– So What’s Going to Happen? - Are Social Networks Dying?
- Interview With Lyndon Antcliff AKA
‘Lyndoman - How Search Really Works: The
Keyword Density Myth - From Twits to Tweeple, Why I
Embraced Twitter and You Should Too-Part Two: - Securing Your Name: If Seth Godin
Can Be Faked, So Can You - 15 Principles of Internet
Marketing - Networking With New Bloggers –
Pros and Cons - There Are A Lot More SEOs Than You
Realize and Other Observations From the Logs - Learn SEO: Competitor Analysis
- Why Rand Fishkin’s nofollow post
was wrong - Mine The Web’s Socially-Tagged
Links: Google Social Graph API Launched - Did Digg Try to “Tigerproof” Their
Course?
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