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Search Headlines & Links: July 10, 2006
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…
Highlights from the SEW Blog: July 11, 2006
Featured posts from the Search Engine Watch blog, as well as our customary search headlines from around the web.
Search Engine Strategies Latino, Miami, Florida – Day One
Day one of the first ever Search Engine Strategies Latino edition is pretty much complete. The networking cocktail is taking place now, there is…
Kayak Launches $10m Ad Campaign – Includes TV
Kayak, the travel search engine, today launched a $10m advertising campaign with a HUGE offline component. The TV commercials are fun, creative, and potentially…
Yahoo Buys Land In Santa Clara
The San Jose Business Journal reports that Yahoo has purchased 42.5 acres in Santa Clara. The price of the land was not disclosed, but…
Judge Orders Google To Disclose Advertiser’s Information
Out-Law reports that Google was ordered by Justice Rimer to hand over the information on an advertiser to Helen Grant for copyright infringement. Helen…
Matt Cutts Of Google Comments On Recent Listings Issues
Last week we reported that Google may have revealed the spam scores to the world. Well, Matt Cutts came back from vacation and he…
Google Binary Search Not Only Finds Malware But Also Shows Signs Of More
PCWorld reports that Google’s binary search feature came in handy to locate “thousands of malicious Web sites, as well as several legitimate sites that…
Eric Schmidt Claims The PPC Model is “Self-Correcting” In Terms Of Click Fraud
Donna Bogatin reports that Google’s CEO Eric Schmidt claims that click fraud is “self-correcting.” Meaning, Eventually, the price that the advertiser is willing to…
Yahoo Trip Planner Released From Beta
Yahoo is taking is community-travel site Trip Planner out of beta. The site has reached a kind of content critical mass and Yahoo has…
Click Packages Draw Local Advertisers Into Search
The Wall Street Journal (subscription required) reports on the “bundle of clicks” search distribution packages that all the major yellow pages publishers in the…
Highlights from the SEW Blog: July 10, 2006
Featured posts from the Search Engine Watch blog, as well as our customary search headlines from around the web.
The Changing Face of Local
This ClickZ article discusses a new JupiterResearch report called “Local Advertising: Blending Categories to Compete Effectively.” The article doesn’t go into great detail about…
New Landing Page Quality Score Announced for Google AdWords Advertisers
The Google AdWords blog has announced new changes that will be seen next week that will result in some advertisers faced with higher minimum…
SuperPages For Sale
Verizon has formally filed with the SEC to sell its directory unit, which contains the print yellow pages and online yellow pages/local search businesses.…
Specialty Search Roundup #6
Another week and another set of specialty databases and “research” news for your review. These items have been posted to ResourceShelf during the past…
Search Headlines & Links: July 7, 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…
WOM Heats Up for Global Warming Flick
I just received an e-mail from a friend urging me in the strongest terms to see the new Al Gore movie “An Inconvenient Truth.”…
Halliburton Site: CGM, Spoof or Real Deal?
If ever there was a company ripe for a CGM spoof, it’s gotta be Halliburton. This site looks legit, until you look more closely.…
Daily SearchCast, July 7, 2006: Business.com’s Nofollow On Non-Paid Links; Buying Links The W3C Way; Stephen Hawking On Yahoo Answers; A California King Bed For Google Force One & More!
Today’s search podcast covers Business.com putting nofollow on non-paid links; buying links via the W3C; Dr. Stephen Hawking getting answers from Yahoo Answers?; just…