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Search Headlines & Links: November 9, 2007
Want a snapshot of the day’s search marketing news? Here we’ve collected today’s top news stories posted to the Search Engine Watch Blog, along with search-related headlines from…
OpenSocial and Search Marketing
As has been previously reported here on Search Engine Watch, Google has launched a set of APIs known as the OpenSocial APIs.…
Washington Post creating Facebook “News Tracker’
According to Rob Curley, WashingtonPost.com is developing a “newsTracker” service for Facebook users. The news app is designed to keep users of…
Google to Launch OpenSocial APIs
Shortly after losing out to Microsoft in its efforts to woo social network du jour Facebook, Google has unveiled OpenSocial, a set…
Microsoft Invests $240 Million In Facebook
Seems Microsoft is continuing its push at Facebook. Last year, Microsoft became the banner ad supplier for Facebook in the United States.…
Large Scale Link Building
Got a site with tens of thousands of pages? Chasing a lot of long tail terms? If you do, you are probably…
Google Hits Snag in Monetizing Orkut
Google removed ads from its Orkut social networking service in August after facing complaints filed with a Brazilian advertising body, according to…
Facebook Profiles to Become Searchable
Facebook is opening up its user profiles to be crawled by search engines, allowing limited information to be available unless users change…
Scoble Marches Mahalo Off To War
All’s Quiet On The Eastern Front. John Battelle weighs in here and escapes to the Vineyard. As for a GOOG Death By…
What People Reveal
What people reveal…depends on the venue. When you attend a family gathering, your discussion is surely different than among business colleagues. The…
Scoble Predicts Google Death By Facebook
Notify the SEC. Analyst blogger Robert Scoble predicts the demise of Google within four years. He boldly outlines a Future Search engine…
Microsoft to Offer Content Ads to All Advertisers
Microsoft’s contextual ad units, previously available to a limited number of advertisers in a year-old pilot program, will soon be available to…
Fit or Fat — It’s Up To Your Network?
Researchers have now scientifically proven the effect of social networks — providing hard data about how “unstated” interests are shared among participants.…
Getting Social with Local Classifieds and Video
Facebook's act of letting the outside world in to create the applications that will drive the value and appeal of the user…
Microsoft to acquire Social Media Sites?
Dave Naylor speculated late last week that Digg will be bought by Microsoft. This is based on a statement by Kevin Rose…
Hot Site Facebook’s CEO Accused Of Stealing Idea
Mark Zuckerberg, owner of Facebook, will discover next week whether he faces legal action for claims he stole the idea for the…
Interview with Robert Scoble
A couple of weeks ago I had the opportunity to interview Robert Scoble. We covered a wide range of topics. Some of…
Social and Portal Connections Underway
Weekend mumblings of social networks came from both Yahoo and Google. In the case of Yahoo, it intends to develop Mosh. For…
Does Your Site Deserve Link Love?
Some examples of clever ways to go about getting links and making your ideas go viral.
Searching Through Widget Content
Widgets are a very convenient way to share your favorite photos these days. Just upload your media and integrate them on your…
Younger Folks Like Ads More
Surprise, surprise. As an advertiser, you probably believe that Gen X/Yers are too savvy to be swayed by the singing Alka Seltzer…
Google Privacy Practices Under Attack
Privacy International, a London-based privacy watchdog group, has issued a report citing Google’s privacy practices as the worst among large online destinations.…
Ad Age Digital Fact Pack full of news nuggets
Abbey Klaassen of Advertising Age reports that Ad Age’s Digital Fact Pack is available to download for free. Among the highlights in…
Virginia Tech news story increases traffic to Yahoo News
Hitwise has released some new data about online traffic figures surrounding the Virginia Tech news story. Traffic to Yahoo News increased 62%…
Interpublic Group Acquires Reprise Media
Search marketing agency Reprise Media was acquired by the Interpublic Group, and rolled into its large stable of advertising and marketing services…
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