SearchCap: The Day In Search, January 21, 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, December 26, 2007
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
Happy Holidays & Merry Christmas
I just wanted to wish everyone Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas from Danny, the Search Engine Land team, and myself. I have been tracking the news over the course of the day, and no surprise, it’s pretty slow. So I figured I’d feature some of our recent holiday related posts and end with some select […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, December 20, 2007
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
Google Reader Adds Recommendations And Drag & Drop
The Google Reader Blog announced that they have added two new features unique to Google Reader but not unique to many other RSS readers. The new features are “recommendations” and drag and drop capabilities.
Microsoft Casts Doubt On Google Enterprise Apps
Microsoft responded to the announcement of CapGemini support for Google Apps yesterday with a statement and a list of questions about Google Apps for the Enterprise — or reasons potentially not to use them. Mary Jo Foley at ZDNet has both, and the list of 10 questions/reasons is also at Read/WriteWeb. The questions Microsoft raises […]
Can You Get By Without Google & Major Search Engines?
There are two projects going on today to see if we can survive without the major search engines. The first project is for searchers, to see if they can search alternative search engines without using the five major engines. The second project is for search marketers, to see if they can generate enough traffic and […]
Yahoo Pushes oneSearch To Most Mobile Phones
Yahoo’s oneSearch for mobile phones, previously only available on a select few devices, is now available for more than 85% of all web-enabled mobile phones. “We’re really redefining what search is for the mobile phone,” said Lee Ott, director of Mobile Web for Yahoo. Yahoo oneSearch for Mobile 2.0 is now accessible to more than […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, March 19, 2007
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web:
Summize: Using Heatmaps In Product Search Results
I wrote earlier this week about Wize a shopping comparison engine that aggregated millions of reviews to compile a “WizeRank” for each product, based on the total number of positive, neutral or negative reviews found on the web. Today Alex Iskold over on ReadWriteWeb takes a takes a look at Summize, a shopping search engine […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, March 15, 2007
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web:
Blinkx Offers Video SEO Wiki & Whitepaper
Spotted via ReadWriteWeb, multimedia search engine Blinkx has launched a video SEO wiki with lots of useful information for effectively optimizing video and other multimedia for search engines. Main sections cover preparing video for search engines using meta-data and other information, what to avoid, and a good list of video search and sharing sites to […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, March 13, 2007
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web:
Revamped My Yahoo Launches Amid Intensifying Competition
Read/WriteWeb has a good overview of the just yesterday relaunched (ahead of schedule) new, more ajaxified MyYahoo. There are a number of improvements and upgrades: * Pre-built personalized pages * Category pages for topics and “content suggestions” * Further customization of their page with drag-and-drop modules * Feed previews and a full post reader on […]
Google Pushing Google Checkout More
Google has sent out a promotion to Google Checkout Merchants, notifying them that all new Google Checkout customers get $10 from Google. Technically, this is a $10 sign up bonus, the details explain that if you sign up before February 15, 2007, and you are a new user to Google Checkout, you will get $10 […]
Ask.com Tests New Search Interface With Ask X
The Read Write Web blog first spotted Ask.com testing a new interface they named Ask X. The new interface sports a steel background for the home page with more goodies inside. A search on Ask X for barry schwartz shows a three column pane interface. On the left hand side is the search box, where […]