Topic: FIFA World Cup

SearchCap: The Day In Search, June 16, 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: And Now, Google Itself Runs Oil Spill Ads We’ve covered earlier how both BP and legal firms are advertising on Google. Now Google itself is targeting oil spill related terms to […]

SearchCap: The Day In Search, June 11, 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: Time To End The Bullshit Search Engine Share Figures? Yahoo’s up again in comScore’s latest search rankings. Reason? It seems largely due to non-search “slideshow” activity. Solution? Time to end the […]

Google FIFA World Cup & Jacques Cousteau Logos

Today, Google is showing you two basic logos or “Doodles” based on the country you live in. Most people outside the U.S. are seeing a FIFA World Cup logo for the start of the tournament, while people in the U.S. are seeing Jacques Cousteau Doodle for his 100th birthday. The main FIFA Google Doodle is […]

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Search Engines Get World Cup Fever (Some More Than Others)

The biggest sporting event in the world is underway and, if you’re unable to follow along on TV, there’s plenty of coverage of it online — including all of the major search engines and Twitter. Here’s a look at what you’ll find on the web if you’re looking for a football/soccer fix. Google Google seems […]

SearchCap: The Day In Search, May 12, 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 Search Funnel Reports—Tunnel Vision? On March 19, 2010 Google unveiled Google AdWords Search Funnel Reports via this YouTube video. This was a great day for proponents of multi-attribution marketing analysis. […]

Yahoo Covers The World Cup With New Shortcuts

The biggest sporting event on Earth is a month away, and Yahoo is out of the gates first to announce special shortcuts focused on the 2010 World Cup. Already in place is a general World Cup shortcut, and once the matches begin, Yahoo will have specific shortcuts for countries, groups, and individual matches, like these […]

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Those Special Google Logos, Sliced & Diced, Over The Years

I’ve been working on a project to classify all the special logos that Google has done over the years. Crazy? Perhaps a bit, but it’s interesting to see what Google has honored with special logos and the great increase in them recently. Besides, I like to organize things. Below, how Google’s special logos have evolved, […]

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The Lies Of Top Search Terms Of The Year

  I wanted to make some time and dive deep into the issue of why all those top search terms from the various search engines don’t match. Others have thankfully been doing that. The short answer, as I’ve written before, is that they are all heavily filtered. That’s why you don’t see popular terms like […]