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…
- Search
Forums Roundup: Sept. 1, 2006
Today’s SearchDay, Search Engine Forums Spotlight, features our weekly links
to this week’s hot topics from search engine forums across the web: TrueLocal
Launches Canadian Local Search Engine – The Video Void: Where Are All The
AdSense Video Ads? – Here Comes Social Media Optimization? – Google Apps for
Your Domain, and more…. - Google
Images Labeler: Google’s Challenge To Flickr?
Google Blogoscoped spotted the Google Image Labeler game, designed to help
Google improve its image search results through tagging. It feels like a
catch-up game with human-powered efforts that Yahoo is embracing via Flickr —
plus it also looks pretty influenced by the work of Luis von Ahn and his ESP
Game…. - Search
Engine Roundtable Starts Podcast: The Search Pulse
This is a self-promotional post but I wanted to let you know that I will be
launching a new search podcast named The Search Pulse. The show is run in
conjunction with WebmasterRadio.FM, much like the Daily SearchCast, but only
once per week, on Tuesdays at 5PM (EST). The show will recap the most
discussed and important topics within the search marketing community and have
expert opinion and commentary from Ben Pfeiffer and Chris Boggs. The persona
of the show will be a lot like Bill O’Reilly’s show but only on search. It
should be one hour of deep discussion… - Google
Modifies Navigational Search Results
I reported this morning that Google has changed the way they handle
navigational like searches. For example, if you do a search on a site’s name
(i.e. navigational) you now get a different type of result set then you did a
week or so ago…. - Google
Has 15 Days To Provide Data To Brazil Or Be Fined $23,000 Per Day
AFP reports that Brazil has given Google Brazil 15 days to turn over the data
on the Orkut users they have been asking for. If Google Brazil does not
comply, they will be fining them $23,000 per day. Google has said that they
would work with Brazil to shut down Orkut some communities but according to
the court filing in Sao Paulo yesterday, those requirements have been
‘unsatisfactorily met.’… - Yahoo
Tests Enhanced Yahoo Answers Integration In Search Results
Threadwatch discovered Yahoo testing a new way of displaying Yahoo Answer
results within the Yahoo Search results interface. The new interface is larger
and more pronounced, but in the same location (under the main organic results)
as before. Threadwatch posted a screen capture of this here. I have posted a
comparison of the current integration of Yahoo Answers and the test
integration of Yahoo Answers at the Search Engine Roundtable…. - How
Google Handles Accented Characters
Last night WebmasterRadio.FM aired a show with Vanessa Fox and Matt Cutts of
Google, they talked about so many good things including how Google handles
accent characters (see archived MP3 here). Last night, Vanessa posted a more
detailed explanation saying that a Mexico will return results for both
“Mexico” and “México” and the same is if a searcher enters in México, Google
will return results for both “Mexico” and “México.” It is clear that the
results differ in ranking order, but what makes that order change – well, to
me, it is not clear from the post. Vanessa also explains…
Headlines & News From Elsewhere
- Click-to-Pay, -to-Call, -to-Chat, or… Something, ClickZ
- Weird
Google Directions, Google Blogoscoped
Google Launches Russian Blog, Marketing Pilgrim- Podcast: Social
Media Optimization; Yahoo Gets More Mobile; Google’s Image Labeler Game; Ask’s
Emoticon Search & More!, Daily SearchCast
British Airways to Offer Google Earth Vacation Views, Marketing Pilgrim
The Paper About Bigtable, Google Operating System
ShoeMoney.com Involved In A Landmark Blog Case – Slander In Comments,
ShoeMoney
Should PBS Just Say No to AdSense?, Search Engine Roundtable- The
Culture Shift at Google, SEOmoz
Protect Your Brand from Rogue Affiliates, iMedia Connection- Paying for Shelf Space in the Search Supermarket, ClickZ
- Google’s automatic
language detection and translation service, Googling Google
New Search Tools: TalkDigger, ResourceShelf
Image Tagging and Bench Indexes? Another Busy Week for New Google Domain Name
Registerations ResourceShelf- NYC Marketers: Let’s Meet for a Drink on Tuesday, ClickZ
Google Wants To Team Up With Emmy Winners, Google Operating System
MySpace driving more retail traffic than MSN search, TechCrunch
Microsoft Cries Foul At Stolen Interface, Techcrunch- Google to Begin
Charging AdWords API Fees October 1st, Search Engine Roundtable