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SearchCap: The Day In Search, Jan. 2, 2007

Barry Schwartz on January 2, 2007 at 2:16 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:

YouTube’s “Content Identification System” Delay May Hurt Google’s Plans
YouTube software threat to Google plans by the Financial Times shows that an anticipated software release by YouTube to crack down on pirated videos with an “content identification system” software was delayed…
More Google Q&A Spam
Nathan Weinberg spotted Google Q&A spam yesterday for a search on how tall is paris. The results led to an adult site (I saw it myself yesterday), but have now been plugged. This is not the first time Google…
Google Patches Serious Gmail Contacts Bug
Via Threadwatch, Engadget’s summary of a serious bug in Google’s Gmail, where web sites can retrieve your Gmail contact list, through a JavaScript loophole, has now been fixed. The bug allowed web sites to pull…
Google To Make Stronger Effort With Blogging & Communication In 2007?
Over the new years weekend, there have been a lot of posts about Google and their blogs and bloggers. I think Matt Cutts sums it up pretty well with his the real lesson from this week post. In short, Google Pushing…
Google’s Manhattan Office Attractive & Inviting
Can Google Come Out to Play? by the New York Times has a detailed look at Google’s Manhattan office. The article shows Googlers inviting their friends over to play Guitar Hero, the free food and snacks, the fun and…
New Duplicate Content and Mapping Patents from Google – January 2, 2007
Google was granted new patents this week on a methods for estimating similarity between web pages and documents which may help to filter duplicate content, and upon a digital mapping system which appears…
14 “Is Google Evil?” Tipping Points Since 2001
Earlier I wrote how Google seems to have had a bad week, with some recent negative publicity making it seem like the tipping point of Google becoming the big bad company they don’t want to be happening — at least…
Search Month: December 2006 Search News, In Review
Welcome to the first edition of Search Month! Search Month is a monthly newsletter that recaps stories we’ve covered on Search Engine Land over the past month. It’s also available by feed here. On to the recap…

Search News Headlines From Elsewhere:

Google,
Apple, Yahoo boost valley market in real estate, MercuryNews.com
Google
Hiring for YouTube Sales in Six Cities, ClickZ
Google
Stops Increasing Gmail Storage, SEO News Blog
Google
Wins Publisher’s Lawsuit over AdSense Termination–Bradley v. Google,
Eric Goldman
Google
Calculator Gone?, Google Blogoscoped
In
the First Week of New Year’s, My SearchDay Gave to Me:, Search Engine
Watch
Matt
Cutts to leave Google?, David Naylor
Winner-Take-All:
Google and the Third Age of Computing, Skrentablog
Top
Factors in PPC & AdWords That Determine Your Click Through Rate in
Google, Search Engine Roundtable
WebmasterWorld
Threads of 2006, Search Engine Roundtable
The
World of Search on Flickr, Andrew R H Girdwood
Lowdown
on Spamming Social Media, Online Marketing Blog
Google’s
Gaga Year, RED HERRING
7
tips on writing good content for the Search Engines, Ramblings About SEO
France
to Google: On vous aime (we like you)!, Digital Markets
SEOmoz’s
2006 Financial Statements, SEOmoz Blog
The
State of Blog Search Engines: Depressing, ResearchBuzz
11
Reasons Why You Should Consider a Job in Search Engine Marketing, Search
Engine College
Google
sees S.C. potential, The State
Penalizing
Pages in Search Results Based upon Language (Except English), SEO By The
Sea
Google
Video Contact Manager, Google Operating Systems
‘Lonely
Irish’ using Google to escape, Times Online
In
Silicon Valley, the Race Is On to Trump Google, New York Times
The
GHN Bootilicious Quiz of the Year, Gray Hat Blog
Help
Us Win the Yahoo! Charity Badge Challenge!, WorldChanging
Google
Is “A Very Different Model”, Google Blogoscoped
Default
search engine quest ends, SEO Scoop
Google
Ad Configurations, Quality Scores, and Ad Types, SEO by the SEA
Happy
2007 New Year From The Search Engine Industry, Search Engine Roundtable

About The Author

Barry Schwartz

Barry Schwartz is Search Engine Land's News Editor and owns RustyBrick, a NY based web consulting firm. He also runs Search Engine Roundtable, a popular search blog on SEM topics.