SearchCap: The Day In Search, June 21, 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: European Union To Question Data Retention Policies Of Other Search EnginesEU data protection group questions other search engines from InfoWorld reports that the European Union will expand their investigation beyond just […]

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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:


  • European Union To Question Data Retention Policies Of Other Search Engines

    EU data protection group questions other search engines from InfoWorld reports that the European Union will expand their investigation beyond just Google and investigate other search engine provider’s data retention policies. Peter Hustinx, European Data Protection Supervisor, told us this in an interview last night. Danny is quoted in the…

  • Two Top Google Engineers Leave Google

    Two top Google engineers leave — to Benchmark Capital from VentureBeat reports Bret Taylor and Jim Norris, top Google engineers, have left Google to work at Benchmark Capital, a venture capital firm. Taylor and Norris were largely responsible for the development of Google Maps as well as other Google products….

  • Yahoo Search Ads Now Truncated To 70 Characters

    As expected, Yahoo has confirmed that as of now, all Yahoo Search Marketing ad descriptions that are longer than 70 characters will be truncated to fit the new size requirement. There still is an optional 190-character long description box, which may be used on some of Yahoo’s distributing partner sites….

  • Yahoo Acquires College Sports Site, Rivals.com

    Yahoo has acquired Rivals.com, an online college sports site. Yahoo said this acquisition “will significantly expand the community offerings and open publishing capabilities of Yahoo! Sports.” Although Yahoo did not discuss the financial matters of the agreement, paidContent.org suspects it was about $100 million….

  • The Users Are Revolting

    Flickr has recently introduced content filters, allowing users more control over what images they view, and to ensure that they don’t get nasty surprises by accidently viewing some of the more adult images that are hosted. However, while this is a useful option, the option of turning it off has…

  • Google Pay-Per-Action Beta Goes Global

    Google launched Pay Per Action ads to a very limited user base on March 20. Now, Google is launching this beta product globally. Google Pay Per Action is a new pricing model available to advertisers to specify a dollar amount they would like to offer publishers for successful conversions. Advertisers…

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About the author

Barry Schwartz
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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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