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 Releases
Improved Content Removal Tools
Google has rolled out new tools to help people quickly get content removed
from its search engine. Those targeted at site owners allow for speedy removal
of pages and cached copies of pages. Other tools allow those to request the
removal of images or links to pages with personal information… - Despite Panama,
Yahoo Earnings Fall 11 Percent — Investments Blamed
Last night Yahoo posted (PDF) their 2007 first quarter earnings. Yahoo showed
a decline in their profits by 11 percent. Revenue was up about 9 percent,
excluding certain payments to partners. However, MarketWatch notes "the
revenue Yahoo generates for every search using its Internet search engine
dipped in the quarter… - Yahoo, PayPal
Team Up On Checkout
Building on their existing alliance, Yahoo and PayPal today announced that
Yahoo Sponsored Search results will feature a blue shopping cart icon linking
to merchants that accept PayPal Express Checkout as a method of payment.
Participating merchants’ search listings on Yahoo will be enhanced with the
shopping cart icon, pointing… - Yahoo Renews
Search Deal With United Online
Yahoo has renewed their search partnership with United Online, the company
behind brands like NetZero, Juno and Bluelight. The multi-year exclusive deal,
will allow Yahoo to continue to provide sponsored search and web search
results to United Online’s brands. The full press release is available over
here…. - Driving Traffic
to Channel Partners with B2B Search Marketing
Although corporate brands are vitally important in driving B2B sales, B2B
brands are often reliant on channel partners to sell products and services to
end users. And while manufacturers and others offer traditional co-branding
marketing tools, they often fail miserably at driving traffic to distributors,
dealers, and other channel… - Google Testing
Grouping Search Results By Category
Lee Odden spotted Google testing this very unusual user interface. In short,
some of his searches are displaying Google results that are grouped by
category. I used Lee’s screen capture and cropped it a bit to fit here…. - Google
Continues Testing Top Of Page Services Links
Via Google Blogoscoped, another round of the Google services navigation
testing, where Google has put the "Other Searches" links normally above the
search box at the top of the page. This type of placement was first spotted
last month on both the Google home page and on search results pages…. - Google News
Gains Subscribe To Google Reader Link
A reader sent us a screen capture of Google News now showing a link to add
news searches to Google Reader…. - Google Adds ‘Pennysaver’
Content To Maps
Google has developed one of the most complete local databases online and it is
continuing to seek to enhance that information with third party deals. The
latest such deal will integrate classifieds, business listings and coupons
from Southern CA-based PennySaver, which is published by Harte-Hanks…. - Microsoft
PowerPoint, Meet Google Presentations
Google adds presentation software to Google Docs from Reuters has Google CEO
Eric Schmidt confirming the rumors that Google will be rolling out
presentation software within the Google Docs suite…. - Gphone? The
Google Phone Timeline
Rumors about a Google Phone once again, this time that handset maker HTC is
building a Google-branded phone that will be offered to carriers, perhaps
starting with European carrier Orange by the end of this year. Haven’t we
heard all this before? We’ve heard lots of things, so here’s a…
Search News Headlines From Elsewhere
Applications & Portal Features
Corporate Data Slips Out Via Google Calendar, PC World- How
to make a pie, Official Google Docs & Spreadsheets Blog -
Hack Attack: Supercharge your Gmail, Lifehacker -
Has
Google been poking through your Gmail?, News.com
Business Issues
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Yahoo CEO says DoubleClick advertisers may defect, Reuters -
At Web 2.0 Expo, CEO discusses companies’ synergies, News.com - Ask CEO
Explains "The Algorithm", Search Engine Watch - Web counting
tools ‘need change’, BBC
24/7 Real Media Goes Straight At The Conflict Issue, Targeting DoubleClick
Clients, MediaPost
Local, Maps & Mobile
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Mobile RSS Aggregator, LiteFeeds, Launches Two New Features, ResourceShelf
PennySaverUSA.com ads to appear in Google search results, DMNews.com
Paid Search & Contextual
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Sponsored searches point to Virginia tragedy, News.com - Google AdWords
Preferred Cost Bidding Not Welcomed, Search Engine Roundtable - Google Tracking
AdSense Mouse Over Actions, Search Engine Roundtable - How to Be
Crafty and Mask Affiliate Links, Wolf Howl - Yahoo
"Panama" – Geo-Targeting: US Only + Canada Only != Entire Market, Rimm
Kaufmann - Google,
Yahoo Speaking More Freely on Click Fraud, Search Engine Watch -
adCenter’s New Quality Based Ranking has Issues, PPC Discussions
SEM Industry
- SEO
Lookalikes, Matt Cutts - Getting
hired by Google, Adam Lasnik
UK Search Marketing Benchmark Report, Search Engine War- Elite
Retreat June 8-9th Orlando Florida, ShoeMoney - AdWords
Seminars Coming to St. Louis, eWhisper
SEO & SEM
- Forbes
Spam?, Google Blogoscoped - NYT’s
"Spider Bites", Google Blogoscoped -
Link Building Structures: Hunters and Collectors, Search Engine Journal -
Crawl Test Tool Released to the Public, SEOmoz - Diagnosing
Search Traffic Drops, Part 3, ClickZ -
Using Google Analytics to Manage Content Groups,
Search Engine Watch -
Is Stephen
Colbert the Greatest Living American?, Search Engine Watch -
On-page keyword mistakes: the good, the bad and the ugly, Jennifer Slegg - HackerSafe
Claims Services Boosts Search Rank: More Debate on Paid Links, Search
Engine Roundtable
Social Media
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Social Media: Exacerbating the Content-Theft Problem, Pronet Advertising -
StumbleUpon drops audience rank feature, Pronet Advertising -
New SEO Tool: Term Targeting, SEOmoz -
Rick’s Ruminations: Full Feeds, Burning Questions -
Announcing the Google AJAX Feed API, Google AJAX API
Video, Audio & Image Search
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Are You Using Your Add?, Yahoo Video Blog - On the 10-Minute
Limit, YouTube Blog
Other Stuff
- FAQ
Search Engine, Google Blogoscoped -
Partnering to include jobs on Indeed and track results, Blog Indeed -
Happy National Library Week, Google Librarian Central
Don’t even leave a footprint, Yodel Anecdotal- Podcast: SES
NY, Paid Links, Ask.com’s Edison, Yellow Ads, Google.com Shakes, Sitemaps,
DoubleClick, Yahoo Site Explorer, Google Voice & More, Search Pulse - Podcast: Panama
Doesn’t Lift Yahoo Earnings; Google To Roll Its Own PowerPoint Tool; Google
Gets Content Removal Tools & More!, Daily SearchCast