SearchCap: The Day In Search, November 18, 2010
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’s Sketch-A-Search App For Desktop, iPhone & iPad Yahoo announced a new set of quick search apps today. The one I like the best is this Sketch-A-Search App, but they also […]
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’s Sketch-A-Search App For Desktop, iPhone & iPad
Yahoo announced a new set of quick search apps today. The one I like the best is this Sketch-A-Search App, but they also released OpenTable Quick App today and will be releasing a Restaurant Comparison Quick App soon. Let me take you through the Sketch-A-Search App which is live today on Yahoo Search. The Sketch-A-Search […]
- Google TV Ads Coming To Verizon FiOS TV Customers
Google has announced a partnership with Verizon to have Google TV Ads power some of the ads on the Verizon FiOS TV network. The ads should begin showing in “early 2011″ and be seen by about “35 million households, or almost one-third of all US cable and satellite homes.” To learn more about Google TV […]
- An SEO FAQ For Paid Search Marketers
Earlier in January in this column’s introductory post, Welcome To PPC Academy, A One-Year Paid Search Course, I said that this would be a column strictly about PPC. Well, if you’ve been reading this year, you know that I lied. The scope expanded to include some of the fringe disciplines including analytics, contextual targeting, placement […]
- Google Showing More Results Per Domain For More Queries
Generally, Google tries to show a varied set of search results, which among other things, means they’ll only show up to two results from any single domain for a query (at least, on the first page). Exceptions have always existed. For instance, if you search for a domain, Google might only show results from that […]
- TweepRank? TwitRank? Twitter Has A Reputation Score For Every User
If you’re a Twitter user, you have a TweepRank. Or perhaps a TwitRank. Or maybe an AtRank. Whatever it’s called, it’s a personal reputation score that Twitter has given you based on your Twitter activity. And Twitter isn’t about to reveal it in the form of a little blue bar on your home page. Twitter […]
- Report: FBI Talks To Google, Facebook About Wiretapping
The New York Times is reporting that FBI Director Robert S. Mueller met this week with executives from several tech firms — including Google and Facebook — to talk about a plan to make Internet wiretapping easier. The Times says the US government is looking to expand a 1994 law, the Communications Assistance for Law […]
- Twitter Analytics In Alpha Testing
Twitter is working on an analytics tool, but the company tells Search Engine Land that there’s no estimate when it’ll be widely available. Earlier today, Mashable shared a couple screenshots of the tool. A Twitter spokesperson tells us that there’s “a strong corporate demand for better monitoring and analytics tools,” and explained the analytics tool’s […]
Search News From Around The Web:
Applications & Portal Features
- A curious guide to browsers and the web, Official Google Blog
- Google TV’s Chaotic Interface, New York Times
- Ten times more applications for Google Apps customers, Official Google Blog
Local, Maps & Mobile
- Google Maps Showing Bulgarian In English Maps Listings, Search Engine Roundtable
- Google Places – Do 800#’s Put Your Listing in Places Purgatory?, Mike Blumenthal
- Google Sky Map- now with time travel, Official Google Mobile Blog
- Is It Google Street Walker View?, Badass Digest
- Street View comes to 20 German cities, Google LatLong
- Tips tricks for the new MapQuest, MapQuest Blog
SEO & SEM
- 25 SEO copywriting tips and content ideas you can implement today, SEO Copywriting
- Agile In-House SEO: Three Ways to Save Time and Get Results, Search Engine People
- Everything I Know About SEO I Learned in the 80’s, Search Engine Guide
- Have Issues With Instant Page Previews? Let Google Know, Search Engine Roundtable
- Is Tumblr Useful As An SEO Tool?, White Hat Media blog
- The 6 Flavors of SEO Your Company Needs, outspokenmedia.com
- The Power of Two: Search Display, adCenter Blog
- Why You Must Look Beyond Google Adwords Click Through Rate Concept, Search Engine Journal
Social Media
- A Social Media Lexicon for Dummies, blueglass.com
- A Superb Infographic: The History of Social Media, ResourceShelf
- Looks Like Facebook Connect Is Coming to Myspace Tomorrow, AllThingsD
- Myspace Does A "Mashup" With Facebook, Business Insider
Video, Music & Image Search
- "Google TV Takes An Enormous Step In The Wrong Direction," Says David Pogue, businessinsider.com
- Resources: A Look at a Few Image and Facial Recoginition Search Tools, ResourceShelf
Recent Hot Items From Sphinn, Our Social News Sharing Site:
- The 6 Flavors of SEO Your Company Needs – Lisa Barone writes about the 6 people in your company who will likely be touching the SEO in one way or another and therefore need to have at least a basic understanding of it, and how it fits with the company vision.
- Beginner's Guide To Web Data Analysis: Ten Steps To Success – "What if I was given the login and password to someone's web analytics data and asked to "find something interesting?" How would I start the process of web data analysis right?" Avinash Kaushik outlines 10 steps for getting started with Web data analysis. It's a good overview.
- Google on Duplicate Content Filtering and News Attribution Metatags – Google was granted a patent this morning that describes how Google might identify duplicate or near duplicate web pages and decide which version to show in search results, and which ones to filter out. It’s a process possibly close to what Google has been using for a while.
- Calling Bullsh*t on Social Media – Don't miss out on Tamsen McMahon's 32 dos and donts! Read, reread, then rethink your social media strategy.
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