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SearchCap: The Day In Search, July 2, 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: Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Article Featured On Wikipedia Home PageFeatured on the home page of Wikipedia today is the search engine optimization article…. Search Month: June 2007 Search News, In ReviewSearch […]

Barry Schwartz on July 2, 2007 at 3:57 pm | Reading time: 6 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:

Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Article Featured On Wikipedia Home Page
Featured on the home page of Wikipedia today is the search engine optimization article….
Search Month: June 2007 Search News, In Review
Search Month is a monthly newsletter that recaps stories covered on Search Engine Land over the past month. It’s also available by feed here. Below, news about Search Engine Land itself, then our 10 most popular stories from June 2007, then a major story for various search topics along with…
Local.com And Dueling Local Search Patents
A flurry of recently granted patents is starting to cloud the local search space. After being granted a patent for location-based search, Local.com this morning announced the awarding of another patent for “ad supported 411 local search model.” Local.com’s stock shot up 52 percent on the announcement….
New SmartAds: The Future Of Graphical Advertising At Yahoo
Yahoo is introducing new SmartAds that deliver display ads to people across the web based on their demographic and geographic profiles, plus search and web browsing behaviors. These ads represent the future of graphical advertising at Yahoo, according to Gaude Lydia Paez, director of corporate communications at Yahoo. SmartAds have…
Can Susan Decker Turn Yahoo Around?
Can She Turn Yahoo Into, Well, Google? from the New York Times takes a deep look at Yahoo’s new president, Susan Decker, and her capabilities of turning things around for the company. I’ll bulletpoint some of the reasons why people feel she may or may not accomplish big changes for…
Five Things I Hate About Linking
It’s summer. Hot, humid, sticky and itchy. The perfect time to rant. Especially if you are a link seeking content publicist glued to a monitor while all your clients have gone on vacation. So here are five things I hate about linking, and I have more if you want…
Google Voice Search Adds ‘Map It’ Feature
Google’s free directory assistance/voice search offering 1-800-GOOG-411 (1-800-466-4411) has added a “map it” feature. Users can say “map it” after receiving the desired listing and get a text message with a link to a map (which opens a WAP browser). I tested the feature a couple of times , and…
Had Sex On A Beach? That Ain’t Private, Brazilian Judge Tells Cicarelli In YouTube Case
YouTube wins “supermodel sex on the beach” case from Ars Technica reports that Brazilian model Daniella Cicarelli and her boyfriend have lost their case against Google’s YouTube….
AOL Relaunches Video Portal
AOL is busy upgrading and relaunching a range of features and sites on its network. The latest on the list to get a revamp is the video portal. The redesigned site offers a new home page, an upgraded video search experience (via its video engine Truveo) and an embedded playback…
Domaining & Subdomaining In The Local Space, Part 2
In the earlier installment of this article I covered the topic of local-oriented subdomaining. In this second installment, I’m covering domaining. As you may recall, I described "domaining" as the practice of buying domains mainly for their potential keyword value. Speculators purchase keyword domains with a view towards reselling…
Google, “Sicko” Opinions & Issues With Playing Ad Agency
A pitch on an official Google blog to get the healthcare industry to spend money on positive advertising in reaction to Michael Moore’s documentary Sicko raised more than a few eyebrows today. A follow-up post with the author asking people not to take her opinion as Google’s own doesn’t…
London Car Bombs: The Big Fat Search Failure
I was in London last night right smack in the area where a large bomb was defused this morning. Naturally, I was curious about what exactly had happened. I hit the news sites, but then I wondered what would happen for those searching generally for information using search engines. Both…