Month: July, 2008

SearchCap: The Day In Search, July 31, 2008

31 July, 2008 (17:31) | SEM News | No comments

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

Del.licio.us Now Delicious.com, With ImprovementsDelicious has now relaunched under Delicious.com with some new functionality. The old Delicious was at del.icio.us and should soon redirect to the new […]

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Del.licio.us Now Delicious.com, With Improvements

31 July, 2008 (14:24) | SEM News | No comments

Delicious has now relaunched under Delicious.com with some new functionality. The old Delicious was at del.icio.us and should soon redirect to the new dot com address. Along with the domain change, the Delicious site has been redesigned to aid newcomers on using the site. Here are before and after screen captures:
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Google Tests Related Search Phrases Inline With Search Results

31 July, 2008 (14:24) | SEM News | No comments

Aaron Wall noticed Google is testing a new location for “related” search results. This time, the location appears to be directly under each individual search result’s URL. Here is a screen shot of it in action, from Aaron’s blog:

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Del.licio.us Now Delicious.com, With Improvements

31 July, 2008 (14:24) | SEM News | No comments

Delicious has now relaunched under Delicious.com with some new functionality. The old Delicious was at del.icio.us and should soon redirect to the new dot com address. Along with the domain change, the Delicious site has been redesigned to aid newcomers on using the site. Here are before and after screen captures:
Click to […]

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Britain Clears The Way For Google Street Views; Google Argues No “Complete Privacy” In US StreetView Court Case

31 July, 2008 (14:24) | SEM News | No comments

Watchdog clears Google’s street cameras from The Guardian reports Britain’s Information Commissioner’s Office has officially given their approval over the privacy risks with the Street Views option in Google Maps. Meanwhile in the US, Google is arguing in a court case against StreetView that there is no “complete privacy.”
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Google Tests Related Search Phrases Inline With Search Results

31 July, 2008 (14:24) | SEM News | No comments

Aaron Wall noticed Google is testing a new location for “related” search results. This time, the location appears to be directly under each individual search result’s URL. Here is a screen shot of it in action, from Aaron’s blog:

Click to continue reading…

Read Original Post […]

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Do The Google Webmaster Support Reps Really Work?

31 July, 2008 (14:24) | SEM News | No comments

Maile posted a Google blog post named A day in the life of webmaster support. The blog post basically takes you through a typical day at Google for a Google Webmaster Trends Analysts. Here is the video, it is about 7 minutes long and is fun to watch:

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Britain Clears The Way For Google Street Views; Google Argues No “Complete Privacy” In US StreetView Court Case

31 July, 2008 (14:24) | SEM News | No comments

Watchdog clears Google’s street cameras from The Guardian reports Britain’s Information Commissioner’s Office has officially given their approval over the privacy risks with the Street Views option in Google Maps. Meanwhile in the US, Google is arguing in a court case against StreetView that there is no “complete privacy.”
Click to continue reading…

[…]

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Do The Google Webmaster Support Reps Really Work?

31 July, 2008 (14:24) | SEM News | No comments

Maile posted a Google blog post named A day in the life of webmaster support. The blog post basically takes you through a typical day at Google for a Google Webmaster Trends Analysts. Here is the video, it is about 7 minutes long and is fun to watch:

[…]

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Report: Google To Develop A Venture-Capital Unit

31 July, 2008 (14:24) | SEM News | No comments

Google to Extend Reach With Venture-Capital Arm from the Wall Street Journal reports Google is in the early stages of putting together a corporate venture-capital unit, within Google.
Google’s senior vice president of corporate development and chief legal officer, David Drummond, is reported to be leading up the new unit. Google has hired William Maris, […]

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