Below, a recap of stories posted yesterday to the Search Engine Watch Blog, along
with other items we’ve spotted but not blogged separately:
From The SEW Blog…
- Yahoo’s
Livesearch Added To Firefox
Yahoo launched Livesearch on AllTheWeb back in May. Danny has a detailed post
about how it is similar to Lookahead and Google Suggest. Anyway, as we
suggested on May 16th, Livesearch capabilities from Yahoo has been added to a
new version of Firefox 2.0. You can download the new Firefox here and give it
a try. Also you can read more at the Yahoo Search Blog, which has links to
more methods of downloads….
- Google
Video Launches In UK & Other Countries
Silicon reports that Google Video has launched a localized version in the UK
at http://video.google.co.uk/. There are also localized versions in Canada,
Deutschland, España, France, Italia, Nederland, and Polska. Google’s Joanna
Shields, said in a statement: “By launching Google Video in these new markets
we will enable more people in more countries to search for, upload and share
video content in more languages.”…
Interactive Review of SEOMoz’s Page Strength Tool
Rand posted information about a new tool he launched named the Page Strength
Tool. It is pretty cool, and why can’t it replace PageRank? 🙂 Anyway, here is
my interactive review of the tool, you can find more details about what the
tool exactly measures here….- Google
Pages & Yahoo Geocities Phishing Attacks
We learn from VNUnet.com that there are phishing scams on Google Pages and we
also learn from Slashdot that Yahoo’s Geocities has a similar issue. A email
goes out telling people they can win a “$500 cash prize, and that the money
can be paid automatically if they click on the embedded web link.”…
- Martin
Child, VP Of Sales & Marketing Leaves Yahoo Search Marketing
Brand Republic reports that Yahoo Search Marketing’s vice-president of sales
and marketing, Martin Child is leaving to work at Webloyalty. Child has been
with Yahoo, Overture, for four and a half years prior to stepping down….
- MySpace
More Popular Than Google Or Yahoo
Bill Tancer over at his HitWise blog has data that claims MySpace Moves Into
#1 Position for all Internet Sites. This is incredibly important, MySpace.com
is more popular that Yahoo Mail, and MySpace’s growth of visits has surpassed
Google towards the end of May of this year. But as Bill points out, what is
most revealing is that the “top search terms driving traffic to all Internet
sites” is MySpace and MySpace.com with 1.28%, compared with last years top
search term being eBay at .31%. See all the details at HitWise….
ShopLocal Taps Topix for Geotargeted Ads
By Greg Sterling, Jul. 12, 2006 |
Search Ads: Local ,
Search Types: Local |
Edit- This isn’t search, but it is local. ShopLocal has partnered with news
aggregator Topix.net to offer dynamic banner ads that are targeted by ZIP. The
program services national advertisers trying to drive consumers into their
local stores. An example dynamic skyscraper ad is visible here. ShopLocal is
providing the ad content and Topix provides the local news pages on which the
ads appear. Here’s the press release. Read a somewhat longer post on my
blog….
Headlines & News From Elsewhere