SearchCap: The Day In Search, July 19, 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: Local.com Acquires B2B Local Search Provider PremierGuideLocal search destination Local.com, which recently announced two local and mobile search patents, has acquired PremierGuide for approximately $2 million. PremierGuide is a white label […]

on July 19, 2007 at 3:45 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:


  • Local.com Acquires B2B Local Search Provider PremierGuide
    Local search destination Local.com, which recently announced two local and mobile search patents, has acquired PremierGuide for approximately $2 million. PremierGuide is a white label provider of local search functionality and listings to third party publisher sites (newspapers and local TV affiliates) and has a large roster of clients. I…

  • Understanding Search Engines Duplicate Content Issues
    I admit it. I am a search engine geek. Because I have a passion for understanding search usability, one of my particular interests is duplicate content filtering. If you want to really irritate searchers, present the same content to them in all or most of the top 10 positions…

  • Everyscape Taking A Social Approach To Building The ‘3-D Web’
    Immersive 3-D mapping site Everyscape, which will formally launch this fall, has announced “The People’s World Project” which seeks to involve the community in voting for the next cities that EveryScape builds out. The company plans to launch with photorealistic, 3-D environments for 10 US metropolitan areas, five of which…

  • EU May Want More Cookies From Google
    News.com reports on a positive but cautious response to Google’s previous announcement that it would reduce its data/cookie retention time to two years. A promiment member of the EU’s Article 29 Data Protection Working Party told ZDNet that there would be discussion regarding whether Google had “gone far enough.” Microsoft…

  • Google News Expands Help Center For Publishers
    The Google News Blog announced they have expanded the Google News help section for publishers. The new help section has a wealth of information for those interesting in submitting content to Google News, as well as troubleshooting documents on issues with content already in Google News. I should also note…

  • Google Shuts Down Related Links Product
    Google Stops “Related Links” Service from Google Blogoscoped reports that Google has stopped their Related Links product without telling anyone. Google told Philipp Lenssen that they shut down Related Links on April 30th. They said they decided to pull out the most “compelling functionalities of Related Links and integrated them…

  • When Ignorance Isn’t Bliss: What You Don’t Know About Your Web Site Can Hurt You
    It’s tough to be a small business in today’s fast paced world. Small businesses not only have to know their core industry inside out, but now they have the additional burden of being proficient in online marketing. Since many small businesses have limited staff, most people within these companies…

  • Report: Click Fraud Reaches 15.8% In Q2 2007
    The Click Fraud Network released (press release) figures for the second quarter of this year, showing click fraud has increase to 15.8% from 14.8% in the previous quarter or 14.1% from Q2 2006. One of the reasons for the increase, according to The Click Fraud Network, is a noticeable increase…

  • House & Senate To Review Google’s Acquisition Of DoubleClick
    Congress to Examine Google-DoubleClick Deal from the New York Times reports that Google’s executives will be called on to testify in from of the U.S. House and Senate committees over the DoubleClick acquisition. There has been a lot of opposition to this acquisition, leading to an FTC filing asking for…

  • You’ve Got Mail! Google Webmaster Central Gains Message Center
    The Google Webmaster Central service has gained a new "Message Center" area that will initially be use to notify site owners of official spam penalty problems and eventually used to communicate about other issues related to site inclusion at Google. You’ll find the message center when you log into Google…

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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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