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

Nine Essential Tactics For Reputation Management In Social MediaOn Monday I had the distinct pleasure of speaking to a crowd of about 250 local search marketers at SEMpdx Searchfest in Portland. The audience reaction to […]

On Monday I had the distinct pleasure of speaking to a crowd of about 250 local search marketers at SEMpdx Searchfest in Portland. The audience reaction to my session, entitled “The Dark Side of Reputation Management,” highlighted a stark reality out there in the corporate trenches. While nearly every hand in the room enthusiastically […]

Two weeks ago at SMX West,
Yahoo! announced a new
project code named "Search Monkey" that would enable content owners (and in
some cases searchers) to add rich content to search results. Today, Yahoo has
released additional details about the program, which has not yet launched.
Today’s announcement describes how developers can provide Yahoo with this rich
content about their sites […]

A wide array of paid and free tools make it both cheap and easy to track your online reputation. The first point of contact is typically via customer emails, comments on your own site or web analytics data. But not everyone who complains about you brings the complaints directly to you or links to […]

In a somewhat surprising move, given the speculation surrounding AOL and its future, the comany has acquired number three social network Bebo for $850 million in cash. Bebo has a reported 40 million unique users on a global basis. AOL says in its press release, “Together with its AIM and ICQ personal communications network, the […]

In the last SEL video search column, Eric Papczun described the dilemma faced by content producers that are striving to keep-up with the insatiable demand for new video content. Producers are looking for efficient methods of discovering what online viewers are interested in, and then packaging their content to maximize exposure.
The example used was […]

Ready for something different? Typically in this space each month, I write a “How To” or “Why To” article with ideas and tips for helping small businesses succeed online. I’d like to go in a different direction: profiles of small businesses that are succeeding online. I’m a big believer that learning from the successful […]

Google’s new Ad Manager (currently in a limited beta) is a free, ad serving platform directed toward small and medium-sized publishers that don’t need a complex, customizable solution such as DoubleClick’s DART platform (which Google just acquired). It’s a product for the broad, middle market intended to bring both greater simplicity but also more control […]

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

Open Letter To
Google: Do The Right Thing, Divest Yourself Of Performics
At long last, Google owns DoubleClick. In doing so, the company has done
something else that many people would have […]

Click Forensics gets $10 million in funding. An early Googler donates money
to San Jose State. The fight to control IAC carries on. Disney doesn’t want AOL.
Yahoo and Microsoft do research labs in Israel. A glimpse into the internal
tools Google uses to manage products and Iowa passes tax breaks in hopes of
getting Microsoft to follow Google […]