Below is what happened in search today, as reported on
Search Engine Land and from other
places across the web:
From Search Engine Land:
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Yahoo Getting Academic On Social NetworkingYahoo hires economics, sociology researchers from News.com covers the news that Yahoo has hired two scientists to help in their social networking initiatives. Dr. R. Preston McAfee and Dr. Duncan Watts are the two scientists Yahoo has hired to work in the Yahoo Research department. Dr. McAfee will be the… -
Yahoo’s CEO, Semel, Speaks At Microsoft’s Strategic Account SummitYahoo CEO arrives on Microsoft’s turf from News.com reports that Terry Semel, Yahoo’s CEO, took the podium at Microsoft’s Strategic Account Summit yesterday. Semel did not mention the recent merger rumors between Microsoft and Yahoo but did talk about working with Microsoft on creating standards for Internet advertising. Semel’s speech… -
Google Map & Google Earth Get Official Blog: Google LatLongFinally, Google Maps and Google Earth get their own official blog: Google LatLong, which has just gone up. Given the amount of activity going on with both services, it’s long overdue. Welcome! I’ve added to my list of reading, along with the excellent unofficial blogs of Google Earth Blog, Google… -
Don’t Sweat the Small SEO Stuff Among clients, forum members, newsletter subscribers, and seminar attendees, many hours of my day are spent answering questions about organic SEO. One thing I’ve noticed is that newbies and oldies alike are paralyzed when it comes to optimizing their websites because they have an irrational fear of doing something… -
Small Business Advantages: Being Responsive Back in March, Christine Churchill wrote a Small is Beautiful column about the ability of small businesses to be flexible and creative, to think locally and explore niche markets that larger companies wouldn’t enter because they were too large or too slow to change in Survival of the Nimble….
Search News Headlines From Elsewhere
Applications & Portal Features
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Photo
Feeds for Google Screensaver, Google Operating System -
Comparing
Google Reader to Blogines: The Mobile Edition, Cartoon Barry
Business Issues
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Another
NY Court Says Keyword Triggering Isn’t TM Use in Commerce–Site Pro-1 v.
Better Metal, Eric Goldman -
Google,
Yahoo and Microsoft in NAA Cage Match, ClickZ -
Old
media turns combative against new media, Reuters -
Kevin ‘Digg’
Rose goes for 3rd startup, GigaOM -
Agency
urges delay of DoubleClick deal, Chicago Tribune -
Court:
Not Illegal to Google Your Employees, Google Watch -
Amnesty
backs Google shareholders, The Register
Link Building
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Linking
In A Real World, Search Engine Guide
Local, Maps & Mobile
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New
Satellite Imagery of Town Destroyed by Tornado, Google Earth Blog -
Having
Fun with Google Earth and SpaceNavigator, Google Earth Blog -
Sounds bring
Google Earth to life, BBC NEWS -
Goog-411
Creative Uses, Mike Blumenthal
Paid Search & Contextual
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Search
Engine Watch: Hear MY Plea, PPC Lab -
Social
Media Marketing Do’s and Don’ts, Search Engine Watch -
Are
all clicks equal or are some more equal than others?, E-Consultancy -
How To Get
Reinstated After Being Banned from Google AdWords, Search Engine
Roundtable -
Navigating
vs. Steering: How the SEM-Client Relationship Style May Impact PPC
Profits, Rimm Kaufman -
Yahoo!
Search Marketing implements new gaming advertising policy, Big Mouth
Media
Searching
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Google
Onebox with Maps Gone AWOL, Wolf Howl -
Search
for Tomorrow, New York Times -
Taking
Suggestions While Searching, New York Times
SEM Industry
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Coverage
from SEW Live — Columbus, Search Engine Watch Blog -
Internal
Departments & Your SEO Firm – A Play, Search Engine Guide
SEO & SEM
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Microsoft Exploring Popularity
Data for Ranking Search Results, SEO By The Sea -
The Power of a
Generic Domain Name, SEO Book -
Google’s Search Results Are
Stuck in 2005, Threadwatch -
For Profit Websites
Have No Value Until They Rank, SEO Book -
Fake German
Google Search Quality Team Warning from DONOTREPLY@gmail.com, Search
Engine Roundtable -
eBay Subdomain
Spam, SEO Book -
Sweat
The Small Stuff: Search Engine Optimization Is In The Details,
Bruceclay.com
Social Media
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MySpace
Plans ‘Presidential Town Hall’ Meetings, Wall Street Journal -
Facebook
Classifieds Launched – Everything You Need To Know, Pronet Advertising -
Yahoo!
Research Expands World-Class Team into Social Sciences, Yahoo Press
Releases -
News and
Updates, Twitter Blog -
Social
Networking Sites and the Law, Eric Goldman
Video, Audio & Image Search
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Breaking:
Odeo Acquired By SonicMountain, Techcrunch -
Web
search is music to the ears at Hakia, News.com -
Joost
Announces $45 million Funding From Sequoia, Index, CBS & Viacom,
Techcrunch -
Last.fm
and Music Video Search Tools, Search Engine Watch Blog -
Famous Landmarks
Get the Flickr Treatment in Yahoo! Search, Yahoo! Search Blog
Other Stuff
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what kind of
traffic can you get without pictures?, Vanessa Fox -
Baidu.com
Launches Website Ranking Service, ChinaTechNews.com -
Chinese
press test Google’s patience, CNET Asia -
Flippin
Sites For Profit, Thinking Outside the Box, Affiliate Pimpin -
Bid4Spots
Radio Ad Auction Launches in U.K., Search Engine Watch Blog -
Making
that Ultimate Connection, Yahoo! Publisher Network -
Google
News Played by Foreign Sources?, WebProNews -
Google’s
EyeBox counts eyes in public, Engadget