http://sem.findtarget.com/semblog Search Engine Marketing Blog, SEO News, Articles & More Thu, 24 Jul 2008 23:52:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Video As A ... http://sem.findtarget.com/semblog/2008/07/24/searchcap-the-day-in-search-july-24-2008/ Video is becoming an important part of local search marketing campaigns, and this week's SMX Local Mobile conference features speaking talking about how small and medium businesses can use video to be more effective with their online marketing. Video solutions providers to these panels are Jared Simon, VP of Business ... http://sem.findtarget.com/semblog/2008/07/24/video-as-a-search-marketing-tool-for-smbs/ Sigh. Reading Stephen Ballmer's latest "rally the troops" memo over yet another Microsoft reorganization, I just want to scream at the man and the company in general that they'll never win at search if they ... http://sem.findtarget.com/semblog/2008/07/24/cmon-microsoft-say-youre-in-search-because-you-love-it-not-want-to-earn-from-it/ by Ross Dunn At Yahoo Anecdotal today Yahoo announced that they had recently opened the Yahoo Accessibility Lab; a place where only Yahoo employees (for now) can experience the world of the Internet as a disabled web surfer would. The blog posting also states: "In addition to simulating the disabled experience, the Accessibility Lab also ... http://sem.findtarget.com/semblog/2008/07/24/yahoo-champions-internet-accessibility-for-the-disabled/ For search engine marketers and clients to communicate effectively, they must utilize a shared, common vocabulary. Some search engine marketing terms and concepts are easy to explain, such as query terms, commonly referred to ... http://sem.findtarget.com/semblog/2008/07/24/the-inmates-are-running-the-search-engine-asylum/ We've been assured that just because content sits on Google's Knol site, it won't gain any ranking authority from being part of the Knol domain. OK, so a day after Knol has launched, how's that holding up? I ... http://sem.findtarget.com/semblog/2008/07/24/the-day-after-looking-at-how-well-knol-pages-rank-on-google/ When Microsoft made its investment in Facebook I always had thought that Live Search would come to the site, together with search monetization. Later it appeared that search wasn't part of the deal. Facebook's competitors all have web search, including Google's much publicized deal with MySpace. Well today Microsoft announced ... http://sem.findtarget.com/semblog/2008/07/24/microsoft-live-search-coming-to-facebook/ I live blogged the Yahoo keynote so forgive the grammatical errors and typos. Frazier Miller: Rise of the Local Web, A Perfect Storm. Miller gave an engaging keynote that covered both online and mobile, user demand and advertising. Miller defined local in terms of four Yahoo properties: Search, Yahoo Local, ... http://sem.findtarget.com/semblog/2008/07/24/live-blogging-yahoo-smx-local-mobile-keynote/ Blogspot.com cited as the No. 1 host for malware from News.com reports Google's Blogger accounts "for nearly 2 percent of all malware hosts." Sophos, an antivirus vendor, published a report showing the state of malware injections and attacks throughout the web. Specifically, hackers can set up "malicious blogs" on the ... http://sem.findtarget.com/semblog/2008/07/24/googles-blogger-makes-up-2-of-all-malware-hosts/ Kevin Johnson, who was arguably the primary architect of the now apparently failed Yahoo acquisition, is leaving Microsoft to run Juniper Networks. Simultaneously the company is reorganizing the division that Johnson ran ("Platform Services") into two: Windows and Windows Live + Online Services. Here's the official Microsoft announcement from yesterday. ... http://sem.findtarget.com/semblog/2008/07/24/yahoo-acquistion-architect-johnson-departs-microsoft-2/