Below is what happened in search today, as reported on
Search Engine Land and from other
places across the web:
From Search Engine Land:
- The Big Viacom
Sues GOOG & YouTube Roundup
Yesterday, news came out about Viacom suing Google for $1 billion over alleged
video copyright infringement on YouTube. With some dust settling, I thought it
would be helpful to recap some of the analysis out there. I’m pulling this
roundup mostly from coverage you’ll find on Techmeme. Come along, and… - Microsoft
Announces Tellme Acquisition
Here’s the press release confirming the acquisition we reported on
yesterday…. - Google Searches
Used In Murder Trial
Techdirt spotted a case where prosecutors used the search results of a
defendant to help with their case. Allegedly, a woman searched for "how to
commit murder," "instant poisons," "undetectable poisons," and "fatal digoxin
doses," days before her husband was murdered. As the Daily Record reports the
State Police digital… - AOL Offers New
Local Search Format
AOL, which was one of the early players in local and has recently fallen
behind, has now launched a new look and feel local search. The centerpiece is
MapQuest maps plus content and ratings from AOL Cityguide (formerly Digital
Cities). Here’s an example search for "Sushi, New York City." It’s… - The 5 Secrets
PPC Agencies Don’t Want You to Know
Nearly three-fourths of companies that outsource their pay-per-click search
marketing to agencies are dissatisfied with their results, and only 21 percent
are completely satisfied, according to a Jupiter Research published late last
year. What causes this dissatisfaction, especially for B2B marketers? There
are five factors at work:… - Microsoft Inks
Distribution Deal With Lenovo
Buyers of Lenovo computers, including ThinkPad notebooks, ThinkCentre
desktops, Lenovo 3000 PCs and Lenovo-brand PCs available in China will soon
have Windows Live software and and Windows Live Toolbar preinstalled on their
machines. This is a minor coup for Microsoft. Lenovo computers (many branded
with the IBM logo) previously shipped… - Ask’s Guerrilla
Marketing Campaign Against Google
Via Valleywag, Ask.com appears to be running a guerrilla marketing campaign in
the UK designed to seem like a grassroots effort against a Google monopoly in
search. The picture above, taken by Ben Werdmuller, shows one of the
campaign’s ads on the London Underground. The ad directs you to…
Search News Headlines From Elsewhere
Applications & Portal Features
- A Little
Perspective On Ajax Home Pages, TechCrunch -
Is Google Changing Its Position on Net Neutrality?, GigaOM - A Modest Proposal
To YHOO and MSFT: Spin Out A Search Company, John Battelle - Hands
On: Google’s Personalized Home Page, PC World - Microsoft to sue ‘cybersquatters’,
Threadwatch
Business Issues
AT&T, Yahoo end speculation, renew strategic partnership, DMNews-
Google finds itself stymied by cybersquatters, FT.com
Censorship & Privacy
- Yahoo
Inc. cleared in Hong Kong case, AP -
More on Orkut and law enforcement: Brazil, Boing Boing -
China: gov to expand "Great ‘Net Firewall," censor web even more, Boing
Boing
Local, Mobile & Maps
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The 10 Minute Map, Part 2 – Adding Custom Icons, Windows Live Local
Yahoo services to be preloaded on HTC devices, DM News
Paid Search & Contextual
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More testers needed for Audio Ads, Inside AdWords -
Google Caught Violating Their Own AdWords Guidelines, Search Engine
Roundtable
SEM Industry
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How to be an SEO Consultant without even trying, YugaTech -
Yahoo! Search Submit Pro Gives You Yahoo! Quick Links, Search Engine
Roundtable -
Cracking Google’s ‘secret sauce’ algorithm, Computer World -
Reader Poll: Best SEM Email Discussion Lists, Online Marketing Blog
SEO & SEM
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How to Properly Implement a 301 Redirect, Bruce Clay Blog -
The Cost of No SEO Migration Plan, Online Marketing Blog -
Can Google Clean Up Its SERPs with AJAX?, Bruce Clay Blog -
Interview with Google’s Matt Cutts about Next-Generation Search,
Read/Write Web -
Adam Lasnik comments on Spam Complaints and Dupe Content, Search Engine
Watch Blog
Social Media
- Technorati Top 100 Blogs
Confusion?, SEO By The Sea -
Algorithm Update Changes, FeedBurner Blog -
Social Nets Account for 6.5% of Web Traffic, Micro Persuasion
Video & Image Search
- Digg for
Photos, Google Blogoscoped - YouTube
Speeder Doesn’t Leave Enough Evidence For Police, Techdirt -
StumbleUpon Launches StumbleVideo: Great Discovery Tool, rev2.org - VIA-GOOG:
React Varies From Jeers To Cheers—And Lots Of Questions, PaidContent.org - Viacom
vs. YouTube: The Billion Dollar Question, Compete Blog
Other Vertical Search
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Google Navigator, Launched in China, Google Operating System -
Google Finance Means Business, The Street - 14 Charity Search
Engines : Searching for Good, Search Engine Journal
Other Stuff
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Conference Paper: What Can Searching Behavior Tell Us About the Difficulty of
Information Tasks? A Study of Web Navigation, ResourceShelf - Red
and blue make purple, Official Yahoo Blog
Welcome Avinash!, Google Analytics Blog
Unofficial Google Trends Blog, Google Blogoscoped- Podcast: Google
& Yahoo Link Updates, Searching Searches, Keyword Volume at AdWords, Getting a
Job at Google, 404 Pages & More, Search Pulse -
Resources of the Week: March Madness, ResourceShelf - Podcast:
Revisiting The Viacom/YouTube Suit; I Now Pronounce You MicroHoo? Ask’s
Stealth Ad Campaign & More!, Daily SearchCast