SearchCap: The Day In Search, June 20, 2012

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.

From Search Engine Land:

• Yahoo Images With Tiled Design, Latest & HQ Images & Getty Images Deal

  Yahoo has announced some significant changes to their Yahoo Image and Video Search tools. They include a deal with sourcing Getty Images most recent collections plus an upgraded user interface design with added features to Yahoo Image and Video Search. Yahoo & Getty Images Yahoo extended their partnership with Getty Images to add their high […]

• A Look At Cross-Device Search & Conversion

  Mobile and Tablet strategy was a heavily discussed topic at SMX Seattle earlier this month. While there were no major revolutionary insights; I did feel that the many of the experts had important general consensuses regarding the non-PC space. Mobile search is exploding in volume and shows no signs of slowing down. As search marketers, […]

• Google Webmaster Tools Adds Download To Google Spreadsheets

  Google announced on the Google Webmaster Central blog that you can now download many of the “heavy” data directly into a Google Spreadsheet format. Despite Google having a Webmaster Tools API and Python scripts to download your data, webmasters wanted something more basic and quicker to use. The new download options are available in the […]

Recent Headlines From MarTech, Our Sister Site Dedicated To Internet Marketing:

• Facebook’s Marketing Effectiveness Backed By Two Of Its Biggest Advertisers
• Flipboard Partners Up With Google+ Thanks To New & Improved API
• Twitter Releases A Toggle-able Profile View So Users Can Hide Replies

Search News From Around The Web:

Applications & Portal Features

• Google Launches "Google Developers Live" to Offer Support, thenextweb.com
• PayPal.com Gets a Makeover, PayPal Blog
• Willkommen bei Gmail, Deutschland. It’s official: Gmail is Gmail everywhere, Official Gmail Blog

Business Issues

• Google executive warns that technology revolution is leaving many behind, Washington Post
• Google Responds to New British Investigation of Street View, New York Times
• Apple, Google to face off in key smartphone hearing, Reuters
• eBay to Enter Russia; Hire Head of Google Russia, Quintura blog
• LinkedIn hit with $5M lawsuit over lost passwords, CNET News
• Yahoo Says It’s in Patent Settlement Talks With Facebook, Bloomberg

Local, Maps & Mobile

• Get traffic conditions in 7 new countries and updates in 19 existing ones., Google LatLong
• Google Maps Transit Directions Fail, Search Engine Roundtable

Link Building

• Large Increase in Fresh Index size, Majestic SEO Blog
• Link Building With The Experts – 2012 Edition, PushFire
• Unique LRDs, C-Blocks, and High Volume Link Opportunities, Bright Oak Blog

SEM Industry

• Announcing the DistilledU public beta, distilled
• Unraveling Google’s Recent Updates: Interview with Aaron Wall, blueglass.com

SEO & SEM

• Google Correlation Studies are Sham Search Engine Optimization, SEO Theory
• 7 Tips to Increase Conversion of Your Small Business Website Design, Search Engine People
• 8 Attributes of Content That Inspire Action, SEOmoz
• Google Wonder Wheel is Back, and It’s Called the Contextual Targeting Tool [Tutorial], hmtweb.com
• Google: Fantastic Web Sites Are Great But We Need More, Search Engine Roundtable
• Quantifying Google’s CPC Decline: Don’t Blame Mobile, RKG Blog
• The Demand Media Way, Digiday
• Under the Hood of Bing Webmaster Tools and the SEOToolSet, BruceClay.com
• Understanding Penguin 1.1: Be Safe from Updates in 3 Easy Steps, Search Engine Journal

Social Media

• Facebook hides page content from logged-out users, Inside Facebook

Video, Music & Image Search

• HOW TO: Increase Youtube Search Rankings, internetmarketingninjas.com

Web Analytics

• Prepare for the Google Analytics Individual Qualification Test, GEONEXUS