SearchCap: The Day In Search, June 14, 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: eBay Pulls Google AdWords Ads To Protest Google Checkout Moves This week, eBay Live is happening in Boston, but the event is likely to be overshadowed by a fascinating and fast-developing […]

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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:

  • eBay Pulls
    Google AdWords Ads To Protest Google Checkout Moves

    This week, eBay Live is happening in Boston, but the event is likely to be
    overshadowed by a fascinating and fast-developing controversy between the
    auction giant and Google. Rumors from ComparisonEngines.com and other sources
    last night and earlier today reported that eBay had pulled its ads off Google
    to protest…
  • Google Video
    Morphs Further Into New Video Meta Search Role

    Last month in Video Hits Google Universal Search & Google Video Now Live With
    Meta Search?, we covered how Google Video was morphing into its new role as a
    meta search engine. Now reports of new video sources have emerged….
  • The Big SMX
    Advanced 2007 Wrap-Up

    I had a great time doing our first conference, SMX Advanced, last week in
    Seattle. Tons of coverage came out of the show, while the attendees learned a
    lot, had fun networking and enjoyed some good food. Need to remember what
    happened? Want to hear about what you missed?…
  • In House: New
    Column From Search Engine Land

    Our newest Search Engine Land column, In House, launches today. In House takes
    an insider’s look at the life of search marketers who work for large or
    multi-national organizations. Columnists write about technical challenges as
    well as the cultural, organizational, budgeting and other issues that arise
    while working within…
  • When To Bring
    Search Marketing In-House

    As with many other areas of the business, the decision to ‘make or buy’
    applies to the search engine marketing function. Whether you decide to go with
    an outside agency, or develop and train a dedicated in-house team depends on
    whether search is considered a core component of your…
  • Stepping Stones
    Of User Conversions: A Step-By-Step Guide

    Let’s face it, in a world where almost every conceivable metric of analyzing
    your website traffic is available to you, the only metric that really truly
    matters is conversions. Click through rates, page views, time spent on site,
    number of pages read, entrance and exit points, abandonment; all of…
  • Google’s
    T-Mobile Ad On Why To Do SEO

    My mobile phone company in the UK is T-Mobile, and I had to laugh when I was
    flipping through the latest in-house magazine I got from them. Apparently, as
    the headline of an advertorial tells me, "Search Engine Optimisation vital to
    enable business to compete online." And to learn…
  • Google:
    Off-The-Record, Unless Eric Schmidt Is Saying It

    I had to love the contrast in two items that hit my feed reader today: one
    where a talk by Google’s chief internet evangelist Vint Cerf was declared
    off-the-record by Google, upsetting some people, then another where Google CEO
    Eric Schmidt was at an off-the-record event but said he wanted…
  • Vanessa Fox
    Leaves Google, Heads To Zillow

    Google Webmaster Central product manager Vanessa Fox is heading for pastures
    new — jumping over to become product team lead at real estate start-up
    Zillow. She’ll be overseeing the development of new ad, feed and email
    products there. Vanessa talks about the move more on her blog, saying:…

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Danny Sullivan
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Danny Sullivan was a journalist and analyst who covered the digital and search marketing space from 1996 through 2017. He was also a cofounder of Third Door Media, which publishes Search Engine Land and MarTech, and produces the SMX: Search Marketing Expo and MarTech events. He retired from journalism and Third Door Media in June 2017. You can learn more about him on his personal site & blog He can also be found on Facebook and Twitter.

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