This day in search marketing history: February 2
Google's revamped Partners program, plus: Bing again denies copying Google results, YouTube using Amazon's algorithm and more.
Topic: Delicious
Microsoft Testing “Bing Saves” Search Bookmarking Feature
Microsoft appears to be testing a new feature for Bing: Bing Saves. According to a Neowin community member who saw the beta, it’s a way to click and bookmark a search result for later retrieval from a personal Microsoft account. Below is a screenshot of the feature from Neowin. The utility of such a feature is […]
Discover Links Using Google Analytics New Backlink URL Report
Today the Google Analytics team announced that we will start seeing backlink URLs in their newly released Social Reports. According to the announcement post, written by Ilya Grigorik, Software Engineering Manager, Google Analytics (and PostRank Founder): “These reports provide another layer of social insight showing which of your content attracts links, and enables you to […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, September 28, 2011
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 You Can Build Links Easily With Product Reviews The art of building links to increase search rankings has been a big topic in the SEO community for a long time. […]
A Revamped Delicious Increases Imagery & Adds “Stacks”
Back in May, the social bookmarking site Delicious was purchased from Yahoo! by AVOS (a company led by the founders of YouTube) and innovative features were promised for the community. Yesterday, the newest version of Delicious launched, with quite a new look: The new look Delicious features many enhancements, including stacked bookmarks (called “stacks”) and […]
YouTube Founders Buy Delicious; First Step To Taking On Google?
Delicious, the popular social bookmarking site that Yahoo wanted to get rid of, has been acquired by the founders of YouTube, Chad Hurley and Steve Chen. Could it be a first step for the duo to jump into the search space? From the press release put out by AVOS, the company run by the duo […]
Study Asks, Can You Trust Google’s Personalized Search Results?
New research designed to analyze Google’s personalized search results and make the process the search engine uses more transparent has generated interesting and controversial findings. The study examined a number of commonly held notions about personalization, including the idea that personalization is subtle, that it can often surface more long-tail results, and that personalization is […]
December 2010: Search Engine Land’s Most Popular Stories
Below are Search Engine Land’s 10 most popular stories from December 2010: 1) Where Is Santa Claus? The 2010 Santa Tracker List, From NORAD To Google Earth 2) 10 Alternatives To Delicious.com Bookmarking 3) NORAD Santa Claus Tracker 2010 Now Open! 4) First Day Review: The Google Chrome OS Cr-48 Notebook 5) What Social Signals […]
Reputation Conversations Start With Search Results
This is the first article in which I will coin the phrase “Reputation Conversations”. Expect to hear me use this term further in this column, in future columns for Search Engine Land, and in other intellectual property that I generate. How’s that as an opening statement? It’s a great way for me to “practice what […]
11 Social Media New Year’s Resolutions For 2011
Last year, I created my first annual Social Media New Year’s Resolutions and am following it up, 2011 style! This list is meant to be a list of goals to accompany your social media plan – not serve as a standalone social media blueprint. Remember that there is no end-all-be-all social strategy for all companies, […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, December 20, 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: Google Webmaster Video Reconfirms Use Of Social Signals What Social Signals Do Google & Bing Really Count? from earlier this month confirmed that Google and Bing were both using social signals […]
Yahoo, You Flubbed News About The Future Of Delicious, Not The Press
Yesterday, like many news outlets, we saw a leaked slide that suggested that Yahoo might be closing Delicious. We didn’t publish until we had a statement from Yahoo. That statement clarified nothing. So it’s galling to have Yahoo today acting like the press got it all wrong. Yahoo “Disappointed” Over “Little Context” On the Delicious […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, December 17, 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: Do You Hear What I Hear: Understanding Mobile Searcher Intent With 2010 holiday shopping season nearly complete, every consumer brand has really been given the ultimate mobile gift this from their […]
Not So Fast: Delicious.com May Survive, After All
Responding to the frenzy that happened yesterday after news spread that Delicious.com was likely to be shut down, Yahoo says the service may live on, after all. In a post today on the Delicious.com blog, the company emphatically says Delicious isn’t closing. Is Delicious being shut down? And should I be worried about my data? […]
10 Alternatives To Delicious.com Bookmarking
It looks like your (and my) personal search engine of interesting web pages is about to go away. Yahoo hasn’t formally confirmed, but all signs point to the impending demise of delicious.com. What are we going to do with all of our bookmarks? There are several alternatives available and, if you’re like me, you’re going […]
Confirmed: Yahoo Closing Buzz, Traffic APIs – Maybe Delicious & AltaVista
News is traveling fast about a leaked slide from a Yahoo “all hands” meeting earlier this week that listed several products — including Delicous and AltaVista — to be “sunsetted.” Yahoo confirms that Yahoo Buzz will be closed, as will the Traffic APIs. Delicious seems likely to go, too.
Yahoo Site Explorer: What’s The Status Of the Link Data?
Earlier this week, site owners noticed that substantial Yahoo Site Explorer link data seemed to be missing. A glitch? Gone for good? The first signs of integration into Bing webmaster tools? I talked to Yahoo and got at least some initial answers. Many site owners regularly use Site Explorer for information on external links to […]
Twitter Launches Official Tweet Button
As rumored yesterday, Twitter has launched an official “Tweet” button that’s available to all web site owners. You can see it in action already right here on Search Engine Land — look how well it plays with others in the sharing options for our Tweet button story from yesterday: The Tweet button builder has some […]
Four Engines, Four Ways To Generate Links
Do you favor one search engine over another when building links? I have a favorite for general searching, but when it comes to link building, I don’t use just one. Ask, Bing, Google and Yahoo! each offers a unique set of search options, I use all of them for a wide range of results. Here’s […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, June 2, 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: Bing, Google Offering Dueling “Health Maps” Microsoft and Google both have ambitious electronic health records initiatives. But today both introduced “health maps” that enable data visualization on a mapping interface. Bing […]
Delicious Founder Schachter Departs Google
Delicious founder and angel investor Joshua Schachter announced he was leaving Google after a year and several months as an engineer there. Schachter and his team sold social bookmarking service Delicious to Yahoo! (then del.icio.us) in 2005 and he remained at Yahoo until mid-2008. He left, apparently, due to dissatisfaction with the direction Yahoo was […]
How To Use Goverment Website Information To Create Sticky Link Bait
If you have a tiny marketing budget but need big links, this sticky link bait tactic might be for you! A recent report from the Pew Research Center found 61% of all American adults (or 205 million people) look for or completed a transaction on a government website in 2009. This information alone is impressive, but what made […]
Is Yahoo Looking To Buy Foursquare?
Silicon Alley Insider is reporting that talks are underway about a possible Yahoo acquisition of the hot local check-in service Foursquare. SAI isn’t naming names, but cites “a source close to bankers involved in Foursquare’s current fundraising efforts,” who says the price tag would be “around $100 million.” A “source close to Yahoo” is quoted […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, March 9, 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: My Dream International Content Management System Choosing a content management system which helps you make progress internationally – rather than blocking every move – is a good plank to have in […]
Yahoo Adds Delicious.com, Other Data To Site Explorer
Yahoo continues to add new data to its popular Site Explorer tool and, for reasons unknown, doesn’t tell anyone about it. Today, Barry Schwartz reported on Search Engine Roundtable about several new additions to Site Explorer’s data: Key Terms Delicious Activities Top Delicious Tags SearchMonkey Objects Barry posted this screenshot showing the new features as […]
Surchur: Beyond Real-Time Search To Real-Time Discovery
Surchur has been around for more than a year, but its recent facelift aims to take real-time search toward a new idea: real-time discovery. It may sound like splitting hairs to some, but the point is valid: Real-time search isn’t of much value if you don’t know what to type into the search box. This […]
Yahoo’s New Search Clothes — But Will It Help? (Probably Not)
Less than a month after seeming to pull out of the search game by announcing a search outsourcing deal with Microsoft, Yahoo seems to be doing a push to prove it still has search chops. The latest are new user interface changes to search results that are now being tested. Proof that Yahoo can win […]
A Case Study: Using Contests To Build Links
It’s common knowledge that certain markets are harder to build links for than others. For the most, part highly competitive industries are tough because they’ve been worked to death, but less competitive markets can also be difficult because of the demographic behind them. Such was the case for a client we took on awhile back […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, August 4, 2009
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 Enhances Flickr Search Just when you think Yahoo is out of the search game, they strut their stuff with an improved Flickr search. Flickr, the popular image service, has revamped […]
Yahoo Makes Delicious.com Cool Again
Think you can’t teach an old dog new tricks? Take a look at the new features at Delicious.com and you’ll think otherwise. Yahoo has announced a series of upgrades that makes Delicious — the granddaddy of social bookmarking — more relevant and useful than it’s been in years. Sure, SEOs and online marketers have continued […]
What Is Real Time Search? Definitions & Players
There seems to be no end to companies saying they offer real time search these days. And no end to people quoting how Google itself says it wants to improve in the area. But what does real time search really mean? This article offers some definitions and focuses on players in the space. Real Time […]
Yahoo Search Pad To Launch Tomorrow
In the works for nearly a year, Yahoo Search Pad is to formally launch tomorrow for all users. The feature is a nifty “notepad” service that allows users to collect information from search results into a single page for reference purposes. I first saw a demo last November and immediately wanted SearchPad to be live. […]
Yahoo! Announces Common Tag: Like The Meta Keywords Tag, But Even Better
Yahoo! recently announced their role in creating and supporting Common Tag, a new semantic tagging format. Yahoo! says that Common Tag makes “web content more discoverable” and enables the community to “create more useful applications for aggregating, searching, and browsing the web.” Their blog post mentions that they want to accelerate the structuring of the […]
Yahoo Expands BOSS Developer Tools
Yahoo has added a few new tools to its BOSS platform that the company says will give developers more insight to their search results and help build unique search experiences. The new tools include: Integration with Delicious content – end-users can get Delicious saves, top tags, and count information within their search results Advanced language […]
Yahoo Going Back To The Future Under Bartz
Yahoo watchers have heard this before: The company is planning to “create community from isolated sites,” according to the headline of a Reuters feature Tuesday that includes comments from co-founder David Filo and VP of Social Platforms Neal Sample. It’s the idea of “social search” — creating value in the connections between users and relying […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, February 13, 2009
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
Yahoo Discontinues MyWeb, Pushes Delicious
The Yahoo Search Blog announced that Yahoo will be discontinuing MyWeb, a way to save search results or other Yahoo data to a single location. MyWeb launched in 2005, as part of Yahoo’s vision for a “very individual Web.” On March 18, 2009, the service will be closed down. Yahoo is asking you to switch […]
How Search-Like Are Social Media Sites?
Like search? Who doesn’t — great traffic, huge brand value and an audience ready to convert. Like social media? What’s not to like — huge growth, tons of buzz and an entire new marketing frontier that is opening up. For the search marketer looking at social media, how does it measure up? Which social media […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, January 13, 2009
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
Joshua Schachter Lands At Google
TechCrunch reports that Joshua Schachter, founder of the Delicious.com bookmarking service and a former Yahoo executive, had his first day on the job today at Google. Schachter joined Yahoo when it purchased del.icio.us in December 2005. Schachter then left Yahoo in June 2008, calling his time there “an incredibly frustrating experience.” Schachter’s LinkedIn profile says […]