SearchCap: The Day In Search, May 11, 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:
- How Big Data Changed Crime Fighting & Is Changing The Practice Of SEO
In the mid 1990’s, New York city Mayor Rudolph Giuliani introduced a technology-based crime measurement system called CompStat. The system enabled Police leadership, for the first time, to discern crime trends and respond to crime fluctuations on a neighborhood-by-neighborhood basis rather than the limited incident-by-incident view they previously had. The system is credited with a […]
- Zenya’s Next Gen Keyword & Categorization Platform
The case could easily be made that keyword list construction is the most vital part of the paid search marketing process. Yes, optimization is clearly a crucial component to profitable SEM, yet without the right keywords (and campaign/ad group structure), the chance for success drops dramatically. So, wouldn’t you think that after more than a […]
- Search In Pics: Yahoo! MAD Logo, Google Glass View & Office Jousting At Google
In this week’s Search In Pictures, here are the latest images culled from the web, showing what people eat at the search engine companies, how they play, who they meet, where they speak, what toys they have, and more. Google HVAC Logo: Source: Flickr Yahoo MAD logo: Source: startupgrind.com View From Google Glasses: Source: Google+ […]
- The Ties Between Emotional Design & SEO
Shari, are you crazy? Search engines don’t have emotions! What does emotional design have to do with SEO? A lot more than you might think.
- Yahoo Search Sees 8th Monthly Share Decline — comScore
It’s that time again: April comScore qSearch data are coming out tomorrow. But the financial analysts are releasing it first to their clients and others who’ve subscribed to their missives. According to our source, comScore will report that both Google and Bing have made small, incremental gains since last month and seen modest growth since last […]
Recent Headlines From MarTech, Our Sister Site Dedicated To Internet Marketing:
- Study: Folks With Latest Version of IE Are Most Likely To Click On Ads
- Could Google Maps Return To iOS In Stronger Form As A Separate App?
- Check-In Service Usage Has More Than Doubled In Past 9 Months, Study Says
- Marketing Biz: Porn, Hoodies and Minority Report Ads
- Facebook Tests “Highlight” Ads On User Posts To Boost Visibility
- Reports: Yahoo CEO Blames Recruiter For Resume Error
- Report: Apple Replacing Google Maps With Own Product In iOS 6
- Program Growth Through Publisher Knowledge
- “Internet Marketing” Isn’t A Scam; Fix It, Please, The Verge
Search News From Around The Web:
Business Issues
- AOL Has A New CTO, Business Insider
- Facebook IPO Said to Get Weaker-Than-Expected Demand, Bloomberg
- Twitter Acquires Personalized Email Marketing Provider RestEngine, TechCrunch
- Google, Twitter quizzed on Facebook-Instagram: source, Reuters
- Yahoo CEO says he never provided a resume: source, Reuters
Local, Maps & Mobile
- Baidu says to launch new smartphone next week, Reuters
- How to Make Sure Siri Can Find Your Site in Local Searches | Video, Entrepreneur.com
- Spreadsheet Mapper 3: More placemarks, advanced customization, and more, Google LatLong
Link Building
- How NOT to Build Links to Your Website: Courtesy of American Express, Bill Hartzer
- How to Remove Link Spam for Google Penguin Recovery, BruceClay.com
Searching
- Bing, Google, Powered Searches, April 2012, Experian Hitwise
- Twitter is Focusing On Making Its Search Experience Better, thenextweb.com
SEM Industry
- How To Get Known In The SEO Industry, koozai.com
- Video: Google Updates, Bing Social, SEO Outing, Linking Lawsuits & More, Search Engine Roundtable
SEO & SEM
- WordPress, Penguin, Google and Matt Cutts’ take on WPMU.org, wpmu.org
- Best Old Posts on Local Search: the Classics, LocalVisibilitySystem.com
- Bing Four under-utilized Webmaster Tools features, Bing Webmaster Center blog
- Going Negative on Negative SEO, Local SEO Guide
- Google AdWords Rep Ecstatic Over PageRank 7, Search Engine Roundtable
- Hit By Penguin? Take the Red Pen Test, seobraintrust.com
- Is SEO a science?, econsultancy.com
- It’s not you, it’s me: A letter to SEO clients everywhere, raventools.com
- Microsoft Weighs in on Ranking Authors in Social Networks, SEO By The Sea
- SEO and the Flight To Quality, Rimm Kaufman
- SEO vs PPC – The What And The Why, State of Search
- SEO: How to Amplify Keyword Signals, Practical eCommerce
- The Penguin Update – Whiteboard Friday, SEOmoz
Video, Music & Image Search
Web Analytics
- What Might Be Next For (not provided), distilled
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