Below is what happened in search today, as reported on
Search Engine Land and from other
places across the web.
From Search Engine Land:
Google Now Notifies Of “Search Customization” & Gives Searchers Control Google is now showing "search customization" messages to inform searchers when their search results have been modified […]
Google is now showing "search customization" messages to inform searchers
when their search results have been modified from "normal" due to a
searcher’s geographic location, previous query or web surfing and search
history. It’s a nice move to help searchers know what exactly is going on
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Today’s search engine marketing news and opinion: What’s Wrong With Being Cuil?; Google vs. Yahoo on Paid Links; Marchex Launches Integrated Local Ad Platform; and more. Read Original Post Here
Today’s search engine marketing news and opinion: Press Releases and Search Engine Optimization; When’s an Outage More than Just an Outage?; Google’s Sergey Brin on Local Mobile Search; and more. Read Original Post Here
In a factually similar claim to the current Viacom litigation, Google/YouTube was sued by Itialian media company and broadcater Mediaset, which is owned by Italy’s Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. The company is seeking a minimum of EUR 500 million for copyright violations and hypothetical, lost ad revenue.
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Microsoft just announced the official U.S. launch of their new home page. The home page was seen in test mode a few months back, but now it is officially live.
The home page contains a background image, which contains “hotspots,” used to show off some of the search queries available at Live Search. The […]
Philipp Lenssen’s The World According to Cuil blog post inspired me to take snapshots of how Cuil, the new search engine, matches up the names of our industry, to pictures.
Danny Sullivan’s Wikipedia article, but showing a picture of Danny Sullivan the race car driver:
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Loren Baker covered a small update to Google’s Merchant Search, which we outed back in May. Currently, Google Merchant Search is available in the UK and allows you to compare loan providers.
When I covered it originally, it wasn’t available to everyone, but now it appears to be live. Conduct a search for secured […]
In the first installment of this series, Total Search Marketing, Part 1, I wrote about the eConsultancy research showing that natural search (SEO) was the most frequently used online marketing tactic for lead generation. Yet, most marketers put the bulk of their search marketing budget into paid search. Many of these marketers felt their […]
The first Search Marketing Expo conference in Brazil takes place next Thursday and Friday, August 7-8 in Sao Paulo. Reserve your spot by registering today!
The SMX Sao Paulo agenda includes programming for search marketers of all skill levels, from novice to advanced. Session topics include link building, landing page optimization, usability, and branding benefits of […]