SearchCap: The Day In Search, June 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: Everyscape: Google StreetView Meets Micosoft Photosynth Meets Yahoo’s Flickr Brady Forrest at O’Reilly Radar writes about a new startup, Everyscape, which is seeking to take ordinary photographs and knit them into […]
Danny Sullivan on June 13, 2007 at 2:44 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:
- Everyscape:
Google StreetView Meets Micosoft Photosynth Meets Yahoo’s Flickr
Brady Forrest at O’Reilly Radar writes about a new startup, Everyscape, which
is seeking to take ordinary photographs and knit them into a "3D" image
display for cities. According to Forrest, the company has been around since
2002 and received funding in 2004. Using a mixture of proprietary technology,
professionals… - Google Custom
Search Engines Easier To Build With New Link Learning Tool
The Google Custom Search blog announced an interesting new feature that allows
you to tell Google to customize the search results of your Google CSE based on
who you link to within your site. Google will look at who you link to, then
use that information to add content that… - ninemsn
Launches Mobilise In Australia, suchen.de Goes Mobile In Germany
ninemsn, a joint venture between the Microsoft and Australia’s Publishing and
Broadcasting Limited, has launched a new, ad-supported mobile service called "mobilise."
It will feature news and branded content from ninemsn, as well as IM, mail and
local search content and capabilities. The "off deck" service is going to
be… - Google
Analytics Leaves Beta & Adds Requested Features
The Google Analytics blog announced that they are taking Google Analytics out
of beta and adding several features based on customer feedback. The features
include:… - Dominate Page
One For Your Brand Phrases
Facing unfavorable content on page one in the search engine result pages (SERPs)
for your brand terms can be a challenge. Today’s article discusses a strategy
that allows you to mobilize all of your company websites to jump to the top of
the SERPs so that your company dominates… - Mahalo
Greenhouse: Get Paid For Writing Search Results
Jason Calacanis has announced Mahalo Greenhouse, a way for users to get paid
for writing their own search results for the Mahalo people-powered search
engine. The Greenhouse FAQ gives more details on the program, where if
accepted, you can earn $10 to $15 per submission…. - Yahoo Click
Fraud Settlement Payouts Begin
Frank Watson at Search Engine Watch reported that Yahoo has been distributing
funds based on the approved click fraud settlement. Frank reports receiving
over $11,000 in refunds from Yahoo from advertising activity on the Overture
platform between October 1, 2004 to June 1, 2005. Yahoo has confirmed that
these payments… - B2B Search
Marketing: Is SEO Or PPC Most Effective?
When it comes to B2B search marketing, what’s the best strategy—Organic search
engine optimization or pay-per-click search advertising? In large part, it
depends on what you’re selling, your budget, your company’s investment
philosophy, and searchers’ actual behavior….
Search News Headlines From Elsewhere
Applications & Portal Features
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Unlimited Number of Tabs in iGoogle, Google Operating System
Business Issues
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Connecticut AG looking into Google’s charge against Microsoft, News.com - PayPal
Introduces PayPal Mobile Checkout – June 11, 2007, Payments News - Mobile
Merchants, PayPal -
Is Ask.com’s "The Algorithm" Campaign Really Working?, Search Engine
Roundtable - I Went to
Yahoo’s Annual Meeting, and All I Got Were These Purple Balloons, All
Things Digital - How
many times can you bet on this guy?: Mike Cassidy, VentureBeat - Internet
Traffic Firm ComScore To Raise $71 Million in IPO, PaidContent.org - AOL
Names John Burbank As Chief Marketing Officer, AOL Press Release - May
Search Market Share: Google, Live, and Ask all up, Compete Blog -
Google warrants an inquiry, Financial Times -
New Domains Registered by Microsoft in the Past Few Days, ResourceShelf
Conferences
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SMX: Satya Nadella Keynote Conversation, WebProNews -
First International Conference on Web Search and Data Mining: Info and Call
for Papers, ResourceShelf -
Let’s Go Local!, Search Marketing Now - SMX
Advanced – 2007 Wrap-Up, Search Marketing Expo Blog - Duplicate
Text and SMX, Graywolf -
Duplicate content summit at SMX Advanced, Official Google Webmaster
Central Blog
Local, Maps & Mobile
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LocalSearch Control: Letting users search your map just got easier (and slick
looking)!, Google Maps API Blog -
Google Maps in Sweden, Google Lat Long Blog -
‘Black411′ and Niche Directory Assistance, Screenwerk
Paid Search & Contextual
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Zero Impression Reporting Out of Beta, AdWords API Blog -
PPC: Spending Your Time On What Matters, Rimm Kaufman
Marchex uses Yahoo’s new search tools, DM News-
New Google AdWords Placement Performance Reports Show Scary Clarity on AdSense
Network, Search Engine Roundtable - Openads
Opensource project Raises $5 million, TechCrunch -
Priming Your Quality Score to Boost Campaign Results, Search Engine Watch
Reprise Media releases Yahoo Panama report, SearchViews
Podcasts
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SMX Review, SEW 10, Ask.com UI, Google & Yahoo Update, Privacy Issues, Street
Views and More, SearchPulse -
Everyscape Aims To Make Everywhere Virtually Viewable; Ask’s Algorithm
Campaign; Mahalo Pays For Search Helpers & More!, Daily SearchCast
Searching
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Google SERPs Reverting Back To Blue Bar?, SEO Disco -
Yahoo Testing New Blue Bar Search Results Format, Search Engine Journal -
EU welcomes Google offer on privacy (AP via Yahoo! News) - A
Quick Route to the Google Text Cache, Intrapromote
SEM Industry
SEO & SEM
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What’s Your Biggest Optimization Grumble?, Bruceclay.com -
Domain Mismanagement Plagues Search Performance, ClickZ - Answer Engines,
SEO Book -
Use Google AdWords to Plan Your SEO Keyword Strategy, Search Engine
Roundtable - Make Your
PDFs SEO-Friendly, Search Engine Guide -
New SEO Tool: Where’s it Rank?, SEOmoz
Social Media
Video & Image Search
- YouTube
France to Launch June 19th?, Google Blogoscoped -
Google search results promoting YouTube’s Premier League copyright
infringement, Currybetdotnet
Other Items
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The Google Jacuzzi, News.com - Happy
Second Birthday, TechCrunch, TechCrunch - Searchery
Rhymes, MediaPost -
Paris Hilton Searches Increase 538%, Hitwise
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