Below, a recap of stories posted today to the Search
Engine Watch Blog, along with other items we’ve spotted but not blogged
separately:
From The SEW Blog…
Rand & I
Rank The Best Search Blogs
Rand at SEOMoz posted his Ranking 50 Top Blogs in the Search Space, which
encouraged me to finally post my list of the Search Blogs Am I Most Likely To
Read In More Detail at my personal blog.
SES San
Jose 2006 Recap
Couldn’t make it to last week’s monster Search Engine Strategies show in San
Jose? Well, maybe next time! In the meantime, I’ve compiled a list of coverage
from across the web, even somewhat organized into topic areas.
EFF Asks
FTC To Limit How Long AOL Can Store Search Records
The Electronic Frontier Foundation has asked the US Federal Trade Commission
to investigate AOL’s release of search records last week and prevent the
company from storing search data for longer than two weeks….
Farmer
Dating Web Site Sues Google Over Porn Ads
INQ7 Network reports that the owners of Farm Data, “a respectable meeting
website for farmers,” is suing Google for the ads that show up for the query
[farm date]. Basically, pornographic sites and sex sites come up for the term
and Farm Date says that those ads are “very damaging for Farmdate’s
reputation.” We should know the court ruling on August 24, I will keep you
posted on it….
Google
Hires Linux Coder, Andrew Morton
Andrew Morton, well known in the Linux world for coding under Linus Torvalds,
has been hired to work at Google, reports News.com. Linus commented about the
job in a message board posting on Aug 6th. Andrew will continue working on
Linux, but Google will be paying him to do so….
Microsoft adCenter Now Live In The UK
The adCenter blog announced that Microsoft adCenter is now live, Tuesday,
August 15th, in the UK. 100% of the ads served on Microsoft’s properties will
run adCenter ads, including MSN Search and Windows Live. Be prepared to see
search volume and budget change requirements in your ad campaigns. Want to
discuss with others? Join our forum thread named Microsoft adCenter Launches
in the UK….
Yahoo,
MSN, & Google Fall In Customer Satisfaction Survey
The American Customer Satisfaction Index has been released and Yahoo, MSN and
Google all fell in points from last year’s results. Targeting
Ads Based On Search Behavior & Privacy Issues Post-AOL
Back in 2005, I wrote about AlmondNet moving forward with showing ads to
surfers across the web based on their search profiles at major search engines.
The move raised big search privacy issues. Since then, AlmondNet’s kept going
— along with others such as Yahoo, in mining search behavior to deliver ads
beyond search results pages. Advertisers Trace Paths Users Leave on Internet
from the New York Times today takes a look how Yahoo, MSN and AOL are all
trying to push into the post-search ad delivery space….
Three
Years On, Google’s Trademark Usage Letters Become News Again
How long does it take the wheel to spin full circle on the internet?
Apparently three years, judging from the outcry over Google’s “new” move to
send out trademark protection letters asking people to be careful about how
they use the word Google….
Google
Maps Gets Coupons
Hmm? How do you prove to local merchants who lack tracking software or even
web sites that search converts? Coupons! That’s right, the conversion tracking
tool that requires no internet connection, cookies or software has come to
Google Maps….
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