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August 2, 2006

Daily SearchCast, August 1, 2006: Search & Top Global Brands, NASDQ Error Drops Google Price By Over $300 Temporarily; Google's Matt Cutts Does Video Answers & More!

Today's search podcast covers top search brands and how they do in the BusinessWeek top 100 global brands; a NASDAQ area sends Google's stock price tumbling by over $300 in after hours trading, due to a glitch; Google's Matt Cutts tries video blogging to answer webmaster ranking and indexing questions and more! SearchReturn editor Detlev Johnson sat in for Danny Sullivan, who is away this week.

Tune-in by listening to this MP3 file, listening via WebmasterRadio at 11:30am Eastern and repeated at 2pm Eastern Monday through Thursday, via our Odeo channel or through iTunes via this link (or use alternative iTunes instructions explained here) or though our Yahoo Podcasts channel. Need more help tuning in live or finding the chat room? See the Daily SearchCast FAQ.

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August 3, 2006

Daily SearchCast, August 2, 2006: Google To Put Advertisers On XM Radio; Bloglines Develops Feed Exclusion Tag; More Matt Cutts SEO Tips Videos & More!

Today's search podcast covers Google to put radio ads from advertisers on XM Radio; Bloglines develops a way to block RSS feeds from being indexed; Google's Matt Cutts does more video blogging to answer webmaster ranking and indexing questions and more! SearchReturn editor Detlev Johnson sat in for Danny Sullivan, who is away this week.

Tune-in by listening to this MP3 file, listening via WebmasterRadio at 11:30am Eastern and repeated at 2pm Eastern Monday through Thursday, via our Odeo channel or through iTunes via this link (or use alternative iTunes instructions explained here) or though our Yahoo Podcasts channel. Need more help tuning in live or finding the chat room? See the Daily SearchCast FAQ.

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Daily SearchCast, August 3, 2006: Google-AP Deal Not Pay-Per-Click; Google Gains 60% US Search Share; Get Your Click Fraud Settlement Requests In Now & More!

Today's search podcast covers more details on the deal between Google and the Associated Press for news content; Google hits 60 percent of the US search market share, says Hitwise; tomorrow's the deadline to file for a click fraud settlement from Google and more! SearchReturn editor Detlev Johnson sat in for Danny Sullivan, who is away this week.

Tune-in by listening to this MP3 file, listening via WebmasterRadio at 11:30am Eastern and repeated at 2pm Eastern Monday through Thursday, via our Odeo channel or through iTunes via this link (or use alternative iTunes instructions explained here) or though our Yahoo Podcasts channel. Need more help tuning in live or finding the chat room? See the Daily SearchCast FAQ.

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August 9, 2006

Daily SearchCast, August 4, 2006: Google Hires Former Time President To Head Ad Sales; Del.icou.us Gets Badges; Google Warns Of Hazardous Sites & More!

Today's search podcast covers a former Time Magazine editor joining Google to head ad sales; del.icou.us offering site owner info badges; Google warning users of sites that might have malware before they click to them from search results. and more! SearchReturn editor Detlev Johnson sat in for Danny Sullivan, who is away this week.

Tune-in by listening to this MP3 file, listening via WebmasterRadio at 11:30am Eastern and repeated at 2pm Eastern Monday through Thursday, via our Odeo channel or through iTunes via this link (or use alternative iTunes instructions explained here) or though our Yahoo Podcasts channel. Need more help tuning in live or finding the chat room? See the Daily SearchCast FAQ.

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August 10, 2006

Daily SearchCast, August 9, 2006: Special Edition, A Conversation With Google CEO Eric Schmidt

Today's search podcast covers Search Engine Watch editor-in-chief Danny Sullivan talking with Google CEO Eric Schmidt live before an audience at Search Engine Strategies San Jose 2006 on topics ranging from search privacy to Google's expansion into all aspects of daily life. Tune-in by listening to this MP3 file, via our Odeo channel or through iTunes via this link (or use alternative iTunes instructions explained here) or though our Yahoo Podcasts channel. Prefer not to listen? Ah, darn. But that's OK, here's a rundown of what was covered:

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August 15, 2006

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 Webmaster Central; Yahoo's expanded Site Explorer tools; Google pushes back against click fraud estimates from third parties; 1,000 pizzas descend on Google and more!

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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. Actually, Danny's off on Wednesday, August 16 -- so we did an extra long show on Tuesday, August 15 and cut it into two parts. If you get our podcast feed, you already got part one.

In part two, "today's" search podcast, we cover Google Maps getting coupons for local merchants; Google's trademark protection letters spark new controversy despite being three years old; customer satisfaction with search engines; Matt Cutts AKA GoogleGuy; a farmer dating site takes on Google and more!

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August 17, 2006

Daily SearchCast, August 17, 2006: Hot Search Blogs; GoogleTalk Gets New Features; Filing Time For Yahoo Click Fraud Settlement; Beaming Up Google Engineers & More!

Today's search podcast covers finding search news via top search blogs; Google launches free WiFi; GoogleTalk gets new features; Google Analytics opens to all; time to file in Yahoo's class action settlement on click fraud; Star Trekkin' for Google Engineers and more!

Tune-in by listening to this MP3 file, listening via WebmasterRadio at 11:30am Eastern and repeated at 2pm Eastern Monday through Thursday, via our Odeo channel or through iTunes via this link (or use alternative iTunes instructions explained here) or though our Yahoo Podcasts channel. Need more help tuning in live or finding the chat room? See the Daily SearchCast FAQ.

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August 18, 2006

Daily SearchCast, August 18, 2006: Google Execs Selling Stock; Washington Post Selling Text Links; Honestly, It's Go Ogle Checkout Not Google Checkout & More!

Today's search podcast covers Googler execs selling stock but not buying; is the Washington Post's new text links ad program for bloggers heading for problems with search engines?; goodbye to some old-school blog search engines; another click fraud lawsuit filed against Google; Google gains googlecheckout.com from someone who was planning the so-called "Go Ogle Checkout" dating site and more!

Tune-in by listening to this MP3 file, listening via WebmasterRadio at 11:30am Eastern and repeated at 2pm Eastern Monday through Thursday, via our Odeo channel or through iTunes via this link (or use alternative iTunes instructions explained here) or though our Yahoo Podcasts channel. Need more help tuning in live or finding the chat room? See the Daily SearchCast FAQ.

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August 22, 2006

Daily SearchCast, August 22, 2006: AOL Firings Over Search Privacy Issue; Evaluating Search Engine Rating Figures; Saving Addresses For Mapping Sites & More!

Today's search podcast covers AOL firing execs over the search privacy issue; how to evaluate search engine popularity figures; Google gets your MTV into web sites; saving addresses for reuse on Google Maps & Yahoo Maps and more!

Tune-in by listening to this MP3 file, listening via WebmasterRadio at 11:30am Eastern and repeated at 2pm Eastern Monday through Thursday, via our Odeo channel or through iTunes via this link (or use alternative iTunes instructions explained here) or though our Yahoo Podcasts channel. Need more help tuning in live or finding the chat room? See the Daily SearchCast FAQ.

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August 23, 2006

Daily SearchCast, August 23, 2006: Is Google Bad For Other Businesses? Will Brazil Close Google's Offices There? Isn't Yahoo Coupon Finder Cool? And More!

Today's search podcast covers whether Google is too dominant over businesses? Will Brazil close Google's offices there in a data dispute? Is Yahoo's coupon finder the coolest thing? The answer to these questions and more in this exciting episode of the Daily SearchCast! (Trixie sold separately. All Rights Reserved. Void where multilated by law).

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August 29, 2006

Daily SearchCast, August 29, 2006: Danny's Leaving Search Engine Watch; Daily SearchCast Moves To Own Site; Google Partners With eBay & More!

Today's search podcast covers Danny Sullivan leaving Search Engine Watch and the Search Engine Strategies conference series; the Daily SearchCast moving to its own site (DailySearchCast.com); eBay and Google making friends on ad and click-to-call deal; Google's web application challenge to Microsoft Office & more.

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PLEASE NOTE THAT THE DAILY SEARCHCAST MIGHT NOT HAPPEN AS SCHEDULED ON WEDNESDAY, AUG. 30 DUE TO THE HURRICANE APPROACHING FLORIDA, WHERE OUR STUDIOS ARE LOCATED AT.

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August 31, 2006

Daily SearchCast, Special Edition: Buffy The Search Marketing Vampire Slayer

Tropical Storm Ernesto meant yesterday's Daily SearchCast never happened. The studios in Florida had to batten down the hatches! But I didn't want to leave listeners looking for search stuff from me in audio format hanging.

Last week, I partnered up with Vanessa Fox from Google Webmaster Central to do a special edition of WebmasterRadio's Good Karma show. Vanessa's a big Buffy The Vampire Slayer fan. So am I. We thought there were search marketing lessons to be learned from Buffy. This MP3 file is the result. You can also listen via the player below:


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Weird, freaky, scary? We weren't sure, but the reviewers gave it a big thumbs up. OK, one review from Google Operating System that said it had both "interesting tips" and was "really entertaining." Hope you like it! If not, don't worry -- the regular Daily SearchCast will be posted shortly.

Below, some of the tips discussed in the Buffy meets SEO show:

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Daily SearchCast, August 31, 2006: Google CEO Eric Schmidt Joins Apple's Board; Download Books From Google; Topix's Long News Search Memory & More!

Today's search podcast covers Google's CEO Eric Schmidt being named to Apple's board of directors; downloading ebooks from Google; how to search a year's worth of news via Topix; geotagging photos on Flickr & more.

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