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Google Analytics Opens to Everyone – No Invitation Required
Google announced today that the popular Google Analytics is now instantly available to the public. No more waiting for invitation codes. Anyone with a…
Daily SearchCast, August 16, 2006: Cut Coupons Via Google Maps; Google Trademark Usage Letters Show Old News Is New News; MattGuy Is GoogleCutts; Why’s A Farmer Dating Site Mad At Google & More!
Through the miracle of modern technology (or perhaps Danny’s close-guarded and heavily disputed secret of time traveling), you are getting tomorrow’s Daily SearchCast today.…
Search Headlines & Links: August 15, 2006
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…
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…
103 Links About SES San Jose 2006 (AKA The Big 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…
Daily SearchCast, August 15, 2006: AOL Sets Off Search Privacy Crisis; Google Webmaster Central Offers Cool Tools & Support; Yahoo Expands Site Explorer; 1,000 Pizzas For Google & More!
Today’s search podcast covers AOL’s release of search records and the ensuing privacy crisis that followed; Google’s support for site owners enlarging into Google…
SES Multimedia & Mobile Edition 2006 Agenda & Speaker Development
As chair of SES Multimedia & Mobile Edition 2006, I’m in charge of preparing the agenda and selecting speakers for sessions. Interested in speaking?…
SES Chicago 2006 Agenda & Speaker Development
As chair of SES Chicago 2006, I’m in charge of preparing the agenda and selecting speakers for sessions. Interested in speaking? Here’s everything you…
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…
Yahoo’s CEO, Terry Semel, Answers Tough Questions
Search Engine Journal pulled out some serious quotes from a Fortune Magazine interview with Yahoo’s CEO, Terry Semel. I’ll pull out quotes, like Loren…
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…
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…
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…
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. If you look…
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…
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”…
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…
What’s the Big Deal With Social Search?
Social search is garnering a lot of attention these days, but despite all the hoopla it's not likely to displace traditional algorithmic search any…
Search Headlines & Links: August 14, 2006
Below, a recap of stories posted today and over the weekend to the Search Engine Watch Blog, along with other items we’ve spotted but…
Microsoft Attacks Click Spam by Looking at Noisy Behavior
Sites in search results that rank highly while serving visitors only ads are the target of a number of papers by Microsoft, submitted to…