SearchCap: The Day In Search, February 19, 2008

19 February, 2008 (17:20) | SEM News

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on
Search Engine Land and from other
places across the web.

From Search Engine Land:

Yahoo Makes Big Customer Satisfaction Gains In Search
The Yahoo Search Blog discusses improvements in consumer satisfaction scores for Yahoo Search, according to the most recent Keynote Customer Experience Rankings of search engines. According to Keynote Systems, “Yahoo! is, indeed, achieving noticeable improvements in user experience and beginning to close the gap with Google in several key search…
SES London Day One Recap
SES London kicked off today and now that it is after 7pm in London, day one is over. Below is a collection of live blogging and sessions I found from the conference. If more day one coverage comes out after this post, I will add it to day two coverage….
Why Commercial Domains Don’t Get On Digg Any More
Last year I wrote a post called 5 Reasons To Put Viral Content On Mini-Sites, providing reasons why you might opt to use a mini-site rather than keeping all the content on your main domain. One of the reasons was because content might not spread due to your domain….
Last Call - SMX West Next Week in Santa Clara
Search Marketing Expo - SMX West, the conference only the editors of Search Engine Land could bring you, is just a week away. Don’t miss out. Register today. Join the more than 1600 search marketers from more than 800 companies who will attend SMX West for cutting-edge SEO and PPC…
A Big Roundup Of Link Building Tools
Ask any link builder what link issues they’re consistently asked about and one of them will be linking tools. Link building is such a time consuming and detailed process that it’s only natural people look for tools and techniques to maximize their time. Those who spend a lot of…
Topix To Power Community For Local NBC Affiliates
Community and local news site Topix struck an agreement to power discussion forums for NBC Universal’s 10 local owned and operated station web sites. Topix already does this for selected newspapers and Gannett TV sites and claims 100 media partners for its local news and/or community features….
China Government Censured Baidu For Spreading “Filthy Pictures”
China’s top Internet search engine, Baidu.com, censured for allegedly spreading racy photos from the International Herald Tribune reports Baidu has been censured by a government backed watchdog group for helping spread “filthy pictures.” Internet users in China were reportedly using Baidu to find images of actor Edison Chen and several…
Google Earth Image Update: Spain Images
Google Earth is constantly obtaining new satellite images and updating their old ones. The Google Earth Blog stays on top of most these updates and has notified us of a recent update where Google has added more detailed imagery of Spain. The Google Earth Blog reports the imagery update covers…
Microsoft Signals Long Term Commitment To Search Even Without Yahoo
Bill Gates told Reuters that with or without Yahoo the company would be investing heavily in Web search over the long term to compete with Google. Whether genuine or a negotiating position, Gates’ remarks also suggest that there won’t be any significant adjustments in the bid amount, currently valued at…