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This day in search marketing history: January 19
Google's page layout algorithm, plus: Matt Cutts resigns from Google, Top Stories deduplication, mobile usability warnings and more.
Google buys expert community and ‘answer engine’ Superpod for $60 million
The speculation is that Superpod founders and assets will be used to improve Google Assistant.
Answer engine JustAnswer now uses bots to route questions to human experts
The use of bots to qualify questions or leads, which are then handed off to experts or reps, may be the optimal chatbot use case.
SearchCap: Google Webmaster Data Delayed, Mobile Friendly Web Sites & Search Pictures
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 Tools Data Stopped Updating Almost A Week Ago Are you concerned that your Google Webmaster Tools reports have not updated in a week? Don’t be, everyone else has the […]
After Nine Years, Google’s Udi Manber Moves On
Executive had been at Amazon and Yahoo before Google.
SearchCap: The Day In Search, November 23, 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: Bing Evokes Holiday Nostalgia In New Stop-Motion Animation Ads If you know that Hermey the elf longs to be a dentist, that Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer’s girlfriend is named Clarice, and […]
Google Announces Shutter Of Knol, Gears, Search Timeline & More
Google has announced the shutting down of several Google services from the Google Search Timeline to their knowledge site, Knol. Here is a list of services Google is closing in the near future or has already closed: Google Bookmarks Lists closing on December 19, 2011, which leaves searchers with no way to recoup their Google […]
Report: Google Negotiating With DOJ To Prevent Suit To Block ITA Deal
Politico is reporting, as have other outlets, that Google and the Justice Department (DOJ) are now negotiating intensely in the waning days of its investigation into the anti-trust implications of Google’s potential acquisition of travel software company ITA. According to the Politico article: The Justice Department has made it clear to Google that it’s willing […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, January 19, 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: Google Knol Still Alive & Fixed, But Questions Linger About Its Future Google has fixed a bug that temporarily made Knol look like a ghost town this week. And, without exactly […]
Google Knol Still Alive & Fixed, But Questions Linger About Its Future
Google has fixed a bug that temporarily made Knol look like a ghost town this week. And, without exactly providing a ringing endorsement of its article writing service, Google says it is still supporting Knol. The Google Operating System blog suggested yesterday that Google had “abandoned” Knol and questioned if Google should or would shut […]
Let’s Celebrate Google’s Biggest Failures!
“We celebrate our failures,” Google CEO Eric Schmidt said yesterday when speaking at the Techonomy confernce, in response to the surprise closure of his company’s Google Wave product. When it comes to failures, Google’s celebrating more than you might realize.
Google’s News Experiments & The Quest To Solve The “Read State” Issue
Hey news publishers. Stop acting as if your content only appears printed on dead trees and tap into the dynamics that the web offers. That’s a blunt summary of advice from Josh Cohen of Google News, from a wide-ranging interview with him on Google’s experiments with new ways of delivering news. Cohen, business product manager […]
Google Sidewiki Allows Anyone To Comment About Any Site
Google Sidewiki is a new feature being added today to the Google Toolbar that allows anyone to leave comments about pages as they surf the web. Love something you’re reading? Hate it? You can share your views with others who visit the page and who also have Sidewiki enabled. Share, that is, if Google thinks […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, August 12, 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: Ask.com Mocks Yahoo With Employee Poaching Sign I was walking through the expo hall, which I rarely do, and I spotted at the Ask.com booth this sign. You read that? “My […]
Hoping To Improve People Search, Google Launches “Profile Results”
Ever searched for yourself on Google and come away dissatisfied, especially if someone else you share a name with seems to dominate the results? Ever looked for someone else and been disappointed that you couldn’t find the person you wanted? Google’s new “Profile Results” launching today aim to correct both problems. Since the end of […]
Google SVP Rosenberg’s Tome On Social Challenges, The Internet And Google’s Future
Google’s SVP of Product Management Jonathan Rosenberg posted yesterday on the Google Blog, turning an internal memo into a public article. He used the occasion of the US President’s Day holiday to discuss Google’s sense of the political and social challenges of the moment as well as a vision for the future of search and […]
Q&A With Google On SearchWiki (Don’t Expect An Opt-Out Soon)
Four days after it launched, Google SearchWiki continues to attract much attention from critics and fans alike. Meanwhile, there remain questions on how it all works, under the hood. Below, a follow-up to my Google SearchWiki 101: An Illustrated Guide article from last week, answering some of the remaining questions. Oh, and for those looking […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, October 10, 2008
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
Google Adds Audio To Knols, YouTube Comments; What’s Next?
Google has added audio playback to some of its Google Knol articles; this page on Echocardiography is an example. Clicking on the “Listen” link in the upper right displays an audio player with surprisingly clear sound. Google Operating System recently pointed to more information on an Audio Knol help page:
Hakia Relaunches Site With “Trusted Results”
Today at SMX East, natural language search engine Hakia has launched a new search experience that enables searchers to view categorized results, as well as view “Trusted” Results” from “Credible Sites”. The Trusted Results program is an initiative Hakia has developed with information professionals and librarians. As they note on their site: A popular Web […]
The Google Hive Mind
As Google turns 10 years old, that important birthday sees the company more powerful than ever before. With its competitors in disarray, the Big G seems likely to grow even further. The secret to its success? For me, it’s what I’ve been calling the “Google Hive Mind. ” Rather than follow a rigid top-down master […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, September 23, 2008
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
SearchCap: The Day In Search, September 22, 2008
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
Yahoo: How Open When You Compete With Others?
Yahoo had a press day yesterday designed in part to pump up the media about the company’s prospects and progress post the Microsoft-fiasco. As someone who’s been positive about Yahoo, I oddly found the day leaving me less reassured, not more. In the end, ironically it might have been the Open! Open! Open! mantra that […]
July 2008: Search Engine Land’s Most Popular Stories
Below are Search Engine Land’s 10 most popular stories from July 2008:
SearchCap: The Day In Search, July 29, 2008
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
SearchCap: The Day In Search, July 28, 2008
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
SearchCap: The Day In Search, July 25, 2008
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
SearchCap: The Day In Search, July 24, 2008
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
The Day After: Looking At How Well Knol Pages Rank On Google
We’ve been assured that just because content sits on Google’s Knol site, it won’t gain any ranking authority from being part of the Knol domain. OK, so a day after Knol has launched, how’s that holding up? I found 1/3 of the pages listed on the Knol home page that I tested ranked in the […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, July 23, 2008
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
Google’s Knol Launches: Like Wikipedia, With Moderation
After six months of testing, Google has formally rolled out Knol, a service designed to let people create pages of knowledge on any topic they choose. While Google says Knol is not designed to compete with Wikipedia — and there are good arguments to back this up — I still think the easiest way to […]
Google & Other Search Engines Dominate Traffic Drivers To Wikipedia
When writing about Powerset this week, I covered how its hopes to gain Wikipedia users was complicated by the fact that Wikipedia itself gets so many people from search, rather than direct navigation. New stats (PDF) from Nielsen Online reaffirm this — four of the five top referring sites to Wikipedia are search engines, with […]
The Google Challengers: 2008 Edition
Rich Skrenta — who, aside from creating the first computer virus, is more notable to search as a cofounder of the Open Directory Project and the Topix news search engine — has announced he’s founded a search start-up. A stealth one, as TechCrunch puts it. Don’t we already have several stealth search start-ups? Yep. Here’s […]
Search Year 2007: Search News, In Review
Each month, I compile Search Month — a recap of all the stories that have happened relating to search, categorized by topic. I thought it would be fun to take all the Search Months over the past year and produce this edition of Search Year 2007. It was far more work than I imagined, but […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, December 31, 2007
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
December 2007: Search Engine Land’s Most Popular Stories
Below are Search Engine Land’s 10 most popular stories from December 2007:
Google Trademarks Knol, Android, OpenSocial, & More In 2007
Gary Price reports Google has applied to trademark several terms this year, including Knol, Android, OpenSocial, Open Handset Alliance, Panoramio, Dalvik, and more. These trademark applications are common for companies wanting to protect their new product releases.
What Would A Google Antitrust Breakup Look Like?
How might Google be broken up into various companies? The story below explores the idea, in the guise of a chapter from a fictional book about how a Google break-up might have come about and the results from it. It explores the idea of a Search Engine Reform Act that breaks-up the company, as well […]