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• Goodbye Yahoo Photos; Yahoo Loves Flickr More
  TechCrunch and USA Today have news that Yahoo is to close its popular Yahoo Photos service completely in the coming months, telling people to either switch to Flickr or leave to a number of other competing photo sharing services. From USA Today: Yahoo has said that it kept both...
• MySpace/Photobucket: User Overlap Is Nearly 100%, TechCrunch
• Microsoft & Yahoo Said To Be Talking Merger, Cooperation
  Both the New York Post and the Wall Street Journal are reporting that sources say Microsoft and Yahoo are talking again about how they might merge or cooperate....
• Google Finance Integrates Google Calendar, News & Reader While Adding New Features
  The Google Blog announced new features for Google Finance. The features include: Events section now lists earnings calls, analyst meetings and other scheduled events relating to a company Add those events to your Google Calendar right from that page View and download historical prices (example for AAPL) You can download...
• Are You Bidding Correctly On AdWords? A Close Look At The Four Bid Options
  AdWords offers four different types of bidding options. Each bidding option has different characteristics, uses, advantages, and disadvantages. It is important to understand which option you should be using so you are maximizing your time and getting the best ROI from your AdWords campaign. These options are set at...
• Yahoo Search Integrates Lyrics Shortcut
  The Yahoo Search blog has reported that Yahoo has now integrated their new music lyrics database into the Yahoo search results. If you perform a search on neil young lyrics at Yahoo, you will see a Yahoo Shortcut for "Neil Young Lyrics - Music Results."...
• A Survival Guide to SEO & Wikipedia
  “Who knows about Wikipedia?” asked Neil Patel. “Everyone,” he answered. And this is exactly why the session “Wikipedia and SEO” was completely packed at the 2007 SES New York show. Moderated by Danny Sullivan, the panel featured Neil Patel, Co-Founder of ACS, Stephan Spencer, Founder and President of Netconcepts, Don...
• SuperPages Cleans Up Its Act
  SuperPages cleans up its act? What I mean by that is the new site design is a great deal cleaner and easier to navigate than the old site. Some awkward elements remain, such as old style "disambiguation" pages. But the new results pages are more user friendly and less cluttered....
• Detailed Comparison & Review Of Web Analytics Software Underway
  StoneTemple Consulting is in the process of conducting a 2007 Web Analytics Shootout where they are comparing five different web analytics packages. The software packages included in the comparison are Clicktracks, Google Analytics, IndexTools, Unica Affinium NetInsight, and WebSideStory HX Analytics. Most people have their own preference, but what I...
• More YouTube Woes
  The legal issues for Google's YouTube continue. Here are some select stories over the past few days on YouTube and more legal issues Google has to deal with. NBC lines up against YouTube in copyright case from News.com reports that NBC Universal and Viacom requested in the U.S. District Court...
• Thailand Taking YouTube To Court Over Insulting Video
  Remember that case where YouTube was hosting a video many Thais felt was insulting to their king? Thought it was all resolved? Think again. The Thai government plans to go after Google in court. Most stories I've seen so far talk about Google getting sued, but the AP reports this...
• Google Launches "Gadget Ads" Beta
  Google Tests 'Gadget Ads' from MediaPost reports Google has begun testing a new ad product named "Gadget Ads." In short, the Google Gadgets you see across the web and on your "iGoogle" (Google personalized) home page will begin to contain ads in them. Currently the ads are being testing in...
• Pew Research: 'Web 2.0' Crowd A Small Minority
  The Pew Internet & American Life Project just released the findings of a new survey of 4,001 U.S. adults that segments Americans into a range of groups based on usage of and attitudes toward the Internet and mobile phones. The report is provocative (even surprising) but long, so I'm just...
• Last Chance To Save On SMX Advanced!
  This is a special message for our SearchCap newsletter readers and anyone who visits Search Engine Land, regarding Search Engine Land's first conference: Search Marketing Expo Advanced. It happens in Seattle this June 4th and 5th. Thinking of attending the show? Sign-up this week by May 8 to save on...
• Podcast: Preview Of SMX Advanced Show In Seattle Next Month
  Thinking about attending Search Engine Land's first conference, Search Marketing Expo Advanced, in Seattle this June 4th and 5th? There's now a special SMX Advanced Preview Podcast where I talk about what to expect at our upcoming show. You'll find the MP3 file here. A few changes since the podcast...
• Looking For iGoogle? It's Been Removed, Says Google
  If you are looking for iGoogle, you may use Google to search for igoogle only to find out that Google has told us "iGoogle has been removed."...
• Live On Twitter: Having A Baby!
  Many search marketers know Nick Wilson, especially for his role in having founded Threadwatch. In case you haven't been keeping up, Nick and his wife Ivana are having baby. Like now, right now. Nick's twittering it live here. Barry and I are pretty sure this will be the first birth...