SearchCap: The Day In Search, June 11, 2007
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Topic: The Mercury News
YouTube API, Mobile & iGoogle Gadget
Over the weekend, we had several articles on YouTube come out, including ones talking about YouTube working on a new API, a new mobile platform and even an iGoogle Gadget.
SearchCap: The Day In Search, June 7, 2007
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Yahoo Share Holders Asks To Vote Against CEO’s Salary
Yahoo holders urged to use votes to protest Semel’s pay from the Mercury News reports that two independent proxy advisory firms are asking to shareholders to vote against the reelection of three of the board members who are responsible for approving Yahoo’s CEO, Terry Semel, $71 million compensation package.
SearchCap: The Day In Search, June 5, 2007
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SearchCap: The Day In Search, June 4, 2007
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Google Adds Neighborhood Search To Maps, Automated 3-D Rendering To Earth
Local search is coming to a neighborhood near you – literally. Google is the latest and highest profile site to introduce what might be called “colloquial” neighborhood level search into Google Maps. What it means is that people can now use popular terms and even geo-slang in some cases to identify businesses and points of […]
Democratic Debate To Be Co-Sponsored By YouTube
Via Mashable, YouTube, CNN partner for presidential debate from the San Jose Mercury News coves how YouTube will be co-sponsoring the first official Democratic debate, along with CNN and others. There are very few details about what the sponsorship means. Would YouTube be airing the debate live? We know YouTube doesn’t air anything live. So […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, May 16, 2007
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SearchCap: The Day In Search, May 15, 2007
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SearchCap: The Day In Search, May 7, 2007
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SearchCap: The Day In Search, May 2, 2007
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SearchCap: The Day In Search, April 30, 2007
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SearchCap: The Day In Search, April 24, 2007
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Yahoo Partners With Gracenote To Provide Lyrics For 400,000 Songs
Yahoo strikes deal to catalog lyrics online from San Jose Mercury News reports on Yahoo’s announcement that they have partnered with Gracenote to provide the lyrics of over 400,000 songs. The general manager of Yahoo Music, Ian Rogers, explained that this partnership “fills a huge, gaping hole out there.” Since many of the lyrics sites […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, April 16, 2007
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Yahoo Announces Evolution Of Newspaper Consortium With Search Distribution
Yahoo has expanded its newspaper partnerships to 12 newspaper publishing companies, with 264 newspapers across 44 states. Out of mutual necessity, the relationship originally coalesced last November around a partnership with Yahoo HotJobs, but there was clear expansion potential. Yahoo now becomes the exclusive paid-search provider to the participating papers, and both sides will apparently […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, April 13, 2007
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SearchCap: The Day In Search, April 9, 2007
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SearchCap: The Day In Search, March 27, 2007
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The Google X Prize Gala: What You Missed
Out of this world gala at Google by SFGate.com reports on the X Prize Foundation fundraiser that Google host this past Saturday. Who was there? Google cofounders Larry Page and Sergey Brin with respective girlfriends. The Getty family. Richard Branson of Virgin; Robin Williams; NFL legend Ronnie Lott; Tipper Gore; Arianna Huffington; California Attorney General […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, March 2, 2007
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Google To Launch YouTube Content Identification System Soon
Reuters reports that Google’s CEO, Eric Schmidt said they will be releasing anti-piracy technologies for YouTube “very soon.” Schmidt said the much delayed content identification system “is not far away.” It makes sense that this is one of Google’s “highest priorities.” Now what about search? ;-) Postscript: Mercury News reports Google has contracted a 3rd […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, Jan. 15, 2007
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Looking At Microsoft’s Continued Long Game In Search
Hooked on Google from the San Jose Mercury News revisits a theme from Microsoft that I’ve reported to readers over the years. That’s how Microsoft’s failure to beat Google in search — despite millions in spending — gets the "it’s early days, give us time" defense from Microsoft. The defense is partially true, but it […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, Dec. 22, 2006
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web: Danny, I and the rest of the Search Engine Land crew would like to wish you all a Happy Holidays!
SearchCap: The Day In Search, Dec. 18, 2006
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Google Employee Allowed To Auction Stock Options
About Transferable Stock Options at the Official Google Blog covers how Google is now allowing most of its employees to auction off their stock options to financial institutions through a bidding process. Previously, employees could either hold their options or sell them directly themselves. The idea is that the bidding process might help employees get […]