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.
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SearchCap: The Day In Search, July 25, 2008
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SearchCap: The Day In Search, July 16, 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 11, 2008
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
Google: Expects Viacom Will Take YouTube Data Without User Info
Since writing my WTF! US Court Declares You Have No Privacy On YouTube article, more information has come out suggesting that Google will be able to turn over information to Viacom about what’s watched on YouTube without having to say who exactly who was watching it. Nor, does it seem, that Viacom itself wants that […]
WTF! US Court Declares You Have No Privacy On YouTube
You have no privacy on YouTube. So effectively declared a US judge yesterday. And now somebody in the US government better stop grandstanding about search and privacy protection and actually get some laws enacted. Yesterday’s move might be the ultimate incentive, as US politicians realize that what they’ve watched on YouTube may now be open […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, June 11, 2008
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
A Small Business Marketing Success Story: Teresa Boardman, Real Estate Agent
The real estate industry has a bad rap in the upper levels of search marketing. We deplore the SEM agencies that sell ineffective and/or shady tactics to the real estate industry. We criticize the agents and brokers who are victimized by their own ignorance or indifference. I’ve called real estate SEO a “joke,” and it’s […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, May 12, 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, April 16, 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, April 14, 2008
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
Search Biz: Google Ups And Downs, Yahoo’s Jekyll And Hyde Sides, The Revolving (Personnel) Door, & More
Writing the Search Biz column is challenging because of the diverse group of stories that get collected every day. Today there’s an unusually large number; however, there are basically three broad themes: Google and the company’s legal challenges, Yahoo’s Jekyll and Hyde positions on China and human rights, and the revolving personnel door at both […]
Health Insurance Carrier Aetna Introduces Personalized Health Search From Healthline
Vertical health destination and search engine Healthline has teamed up with US health insurance carrier Aetna to offer what the company is calling Aetna SmartSource — customized health search. The service, powered by Healthline, will roll out on Aetna’s member self-service website and offer personalized search results based on individual health records and profiles. That […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, March 7, 2008
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
U.S. Pentagon Bans Google From Military Bases
Google mappers banned from U.S. bases from the LA Times reports the US Pentagon has banned Google StreetView photographers from accessing military bases. The ban came after StreetView photographs of Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio were found on Google Maps.
SearchCap: The Day In Search, February 28, 2008
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SearchCap: The Day In Search, January 17, 2008
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SearchCap: The Day In Search, December 24, 2007
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
Real Estate Marketers And Their Dollars Shifting To The Internet
Realtors are an interesting segment of the small business market. Of quintessential small businesses (SMBs) and entrepreneurs, in some respects, realtors are atypical. One of them is marketing; realtors tend to be more aggressive and creative than other categories of SMBs. Accordingly, this LA Times article talks about how the mood has shifted and local […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, December 11, 2007
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In Parallel Universe, Porn Producer Sues YouTube Clone
The world of pornography often mirrors the world of “respectable” publishing and content. For years the adult film awards in LA both mocked and aspired to be like the Oscars. Porn producers are also often tech pioneers, the most famous example of which is the adoption of the VCR early on for distribution. And many […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, December 10, 2007
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, December 6, 2007
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, December 3, 2007
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
Malibu Corral Fire Maps: Burn Area, Evacuation Centers, & More
Fires are burning again in Southern California, and the map makers are hard at work helping people know what’s happening where. Below, maps relating to the Corral Fire in Malibu: NOTE: For the latest fires, see this fire maps section of Search Engine Land, where any updates are listed. Los Angeles Times: Shows evacuation zones, […]
Google’s PageRank Update Goes After Paid Links?
Seems like there is a PageRank update taking place now that seems to be impacting sites that sell links. Can’t say that we were not warned about this. Danny Sullivan wrote Official: Selling Paid Links Can Hurt Your PageRank Or Rankings On Google over two weeks ago, and now it appears many sites are getting […]
Mapping The Southern California Fires
Looking for information about wildfires in Southern California and across the California in general? This page will guide you to what you’re looking for. NOTE: Since this article was originally written, there have been many other fires on a seasonal basis. The original story is below. For the latest fires that may have brought you […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, October 9, 2007
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, October 1, 2007
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SearchCap: The Day In Search, August 20, 2007
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SearchCap: The Day In Search, August 7, 2007
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
Google Maps, Privacy And The Eye In The Sky As More StreetView Photography Added
The L.A. Times writes about the issue of privacy and Google’s StreetView photography, in the wake of more cities getting StreetView coverage. It covers much of the same territory as when the service initially launched (here’s our original article). But the service has become one of the focal points in the discussion of the Internet […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, August 6, 2007
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SearchCap: The Day In Search, June 25, 2007
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
Revealing The Sources Of Google News
American journalists and news reporters never reveal their sources. Google News follows suit, nowhere providing a list of the more than 4,500 English language news sources it claims to track. However, Henk van Ess, an investigative journalist from the Netherlands, offers a service that reveals the names of 1,256 news sources used by Google News […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, May 30, 2007
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SearchCap: The Day In Search, May 9, 2007
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web:
Newspapers Amok! New York Times Spamming Google? LA Times Hijacking Cars.com?
Back in March, Google warned that allowing your internal search results to be listed in Google might be considered spamming. Today, there’s some buzz that one of the top listings for a search for sex on Google turns out to be an internal search results page from the New York Times. In looking at that, […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, May 2, 2007
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SearchCap: The Day In Search, April 12, 2007
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web: