Back for the New Year, today's Daily SearchCast recaps some of the stories that happened over the past two weeks, while it was on hiatus. Google comes under fire for several things, from disappearing sex blogs to self-promotional product "tips." Matt Cutts does some defending but also drops a bomb that he's not going to be at Google forever. Plus, looking at the Google Jet, tracking flights on your mobile phones, top search blogs of 2006 and more.

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Yahoo acquires the MyBlogLog blog networking service; Google gets named Fortune's best place to work; Wikipedia considers delisting its page about Matt Cutts because his notability wasn't proven properly; Google joins a telescope project to make movies of space and more.

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Google's Matt Cutts gives an update on some indexing issues, plus a look at more Google-related listing stuff. Once again, it's the "Is SEO Overrated" debate. Oldsters get their own search engine, a new way to spam via MyBlogLog and more!

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Live.com and Yahoo make a push to win Firefox users; being in the top 10 might not be good enough, a new study finds; are you tapping into links using your unique strengths? Malware got you out of Google? Here's how to get back in -- and more!

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New stats from comScore find Google continues to rise in popularity as Microsoft continues to sink. A new search engine tapping into Wikipedia doesn't deliver promised better results. Google drops long-standing links to competing map services. Plus, a cool Google Maps-based flight simulator and more!

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Is Google's promotion of Google Checkout blurring the objectivity lines too much? Why is Yahoo showing more and more sites with lower case titles? How does Techmeme work? A new Q&A covers that. Plus more in today's show!

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New Google AdSense policies may make it harder for site to carry ads from Google competitors. A new patent suggests Google's eyeing the electronic billboard and kiosk market. Are you ready to linkbait 2007 style? Blog bling, Belgian newspapers take on Yahoo, the Carolinas battle over Google and more!

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Danny looks at Google's anti-phishing warnings in action while more news that the anti-phishing list may leak usernames and passwords emerges; Google looks at downloadable books, ads in games and pushes audio ads. How being in a search engine's circle of link trust can help you. How Wikipedia wants to close its own circle of link trust; Belgian newspaper insanity and more!

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SearchReturn editor Detlev Johnson sits in for Danny Sullivan, who is away this week. The usual episode summaries and links will return when Danny gets back next week.

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SearchReturn editor Detlev Johnson sits in for Danny Sullivan, who is away this week. The usual episode summaries and links will return when Danny gets back next week.

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Yahoo plans to unite much of its user-generated content around 100 or so brand microsites; StumbleUpon makes it easier for site owners to understand how they get traffic from the service; Jeremy Zawodny and Andy Beal duke it out over what's an appropriate MyBlogLog promotion; an alternative to Yahoo's ailing keyword research tool and more.

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