And now for my
final post ( thanks,
Elisabeth!), 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…
- November
2006 Search News Recap Posted
The latest edition of my monthly Search Engine Report newsletter is now
online, recapping top stories in search from the past month. You can read it
online or receive it via email for free by signing up here. If you’re a Search
Engine Watch member, the latest edition of Search Engine Update newsletter has
also been posted. That newsletter carries more items than the Search Engine
Report newsletter and goes out twice per month…. - Google
Ordered By Another North Carolina Court To Remove Pages
Apparently, North Carolina is going to start a trend of people who get court
orders to remove material Google has spidered when left out in public view.
This week, Google was ordered to remove material by a court in that state. It
follows a similar court order in a different case earlier this year…. - End of
an Era… Beginning of a New Chapter
Today marks Danny Sullivan’s last day at Search Engine Watch, 10 years after
beginning the industry’s leading publication for search engine news. Danny’s
undeniable passion, knowledge, and dedication to the growth of the search
engine industry is well engrained within the archives of Search Engine Watch,
and will carry on long after his departure…. - How The
Digg Editorial Process Differs From Search Engine Editorial Process
Todd Malicoat has a write up called The Search Marketer’s Guide to Digg, where
he explains the difference between the Digg.com editorial process and search
engines editorial process. It all comes down to the “human editorial
authority,” and I quote; While most the search engines DO have human
intervention – they haven’t accepted and embraced it. One of the beauties of
digg is if there is CRAP in the index – you know exactly who to blame for it.
As always, both human and algorithmic methods of intervention have their
faults. I am sure Danny will go into a… - Yahoo
Turns Down Google’s Request For Information On Book Search
The NY Times reports that Yahoo has recently rejected Google’s subpoena for
help with the Google Book Search project legal woes. Reportedly, Yahoo turned
down Google’s request for similar reasons mentioned by Amazon when they turned
down the same request. If you are interested, I have posted the full court
filing at my server as a PDF download….
Microsoft On How To Let MSNBot In, Keep Bad Bots Out
The Live Search Blog described how you can verify if the MSNBot you see
crawling your site, is truly the MSNBot from Microsoft or some rogue spider
trying to steal your content. Microsoft has added a way to look up the reverse
DNS information for the IP of the bot and described what you should see, to
ensure that it is the official MSNBot, if it is not, then you may want to
block it or report it to Microsoft. A step by step guide is at the Live Search
Blog. What about Googlebot? We covered that here….- Goodbye
Search Engine Watch & Best Wishes!
Today is my last day with Search Engine Watch, with me heading to my new digs
at Search Engine Land tomorrow. I wanted to wish Search Engine Watch all the
best going forward, plus help readers understand some of the changes that are
happening. To do that best, I thought I’d go all the way back to the
beginning, to the birth of Search Engine Watch….
Optimizing Search for the Visually Impaired
Those of us with good eyesight often don’t give much thought to the challenges
visually impaired users face in reading, much less searching for, content on
the web. However, there are some straightforward techniques that can improve
usability for these users. And Google has developed an accessible search
interface that also helps vision-impaired users. More on the merits and
importance of accessibility in today’s SearchDay article, Making Search
Accessible to Visually Impaired Users….
Headlines & News From Elsewhere
- Yahoo! TV
Gets A New Do, TechCrunch - New Real Estate Happenings at Edgeio and TurnHere, ClickZ
- SEM
Getting Attention at the Top, ClickZ - Podcast: Danny’s
Last Day At Search Engine Watch; Victorian Plagiarists; Searching When
Visually Impaired & More!, Daily SearchCast
The Buzz at AOL: It’s All Over Save the Price Tag, PaidContent.org- The Real
Office Live: Zoho Bridges Online And Offline Office Apps, TechCrunch - Yahoo
Invites Ex-Google Answers Researchers, Google Blogoscoped
Anger at YouTube videos that show how to break into houses, This Is London
Zippy – The webmaster’s meta search engine, Phil Bradley
Healia – health search engine, Phil Bradley
Edgeio buys its way to online real estate search, VentureBeat
Strictly Business, Searchblog
Spotlight on a Support Team Member: Elizabeth Brigham, Official Google
Base Blog- Laying Odds on
Semel’s Successor, PaidContent.org
LibWorm: Search Tool for Libary Blogs and Feeds & MedWorm for Health and
Medical Feed Search, ResourceShelf
What’s Your Google Porn Name?, Daggle- Is Google Building a Secret Display Ad Network?, ClickZ
- It’s Not
a Google “Slap”, Traffick
Young puppy, new tricks…, Official Google Docs & Spreadsheets Blog
Yahoo Quietly Launches Mobile Social-Networking Service, InformationWeek- Yahoo!
Launches Group Texting Site, Techcrunch - That’s Uncle
Matt Cutts Now, Matt Cutts
North Carolina county gets restraining order against Google, MarketWatch- Google Cache
Archiving More of Your Page?, Search Engine Roundtable - Google & Matt
Cutts Magic Search Spam Fighting Tool, Search Engine Roundtable - Grandfathered
Bids in Yahoo! Search Marketing Do Not Carry To Panama, Search Engine
Roundtable
Add no nitrates, Valleywag- Google CEO says Internet is key to campaign win, Reuters
AOL Search Launches New Feature: One Click, ResourceShelf- Microsoft adCenter dynamic keyword insertion, PPC Blog
Dealing with a site undergoing the change, SEO Scoop
SoloSEO.com Offers SEO Project Management Tools, Marketing Pilgrim
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