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July 3, 2007

Daily SearchCast, July 2, 2007: Semel Leaves Yahoo; Googlers Leave Google; Google Gets Into "Sicko" Debate & More!

Terry Semel leaves Yahoo, with Jerry Yang to take over; Googlers leave Google in search of riches and less buraucracy; Google gets stuck in the middle of the "Sicko" debate -- time to stop playin at ad agency? Can negative SEO help restore your reputation? And more in today's episode!

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July 5, 2007

Daily SearchCast, July 5, 2007: eBay To Do Classified Ads; Google Wants Microsoft Anti-Trust Restrictions Extended & More!

eBay is launching a classified site, but what does that mean for its investment in Craiglist? Google wants a role in Microsoft's anti-trust regulations, but might that come back to haunt the Big G? Gmail becomes Google Mail in Germany, as Google is found to infringe a trademark. Conquering South Korea with question answering; the Wikipedia alphabet; the Give It Up Session finally gives it up and more in today's episode!

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July 9, 2007

Daily SearchCast, July 9, 2007: Google Buys Security Company; eBay Says Google Checkout Only Liked By 14%; Virtual Earth Maps Kwik-E-Marts & More!

Google buys a security company for over 1/2 billion dollars; new social networking systems coming for Google and Yahoo? eBay cranky over Google Checkout? You might be too, if Google Checkout threatened 1/4 of your income. How to do search term research; librarians are hip and more in today's episode!

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July 10, 2007

Daily SearchCast, July 10, 2007: Google Loses Share To Microsoft; Getting Started In SEM; Burglars Google For Safe Cracking & More!

Compete's latest search marketshare figures show that a Microsoft giveaway program may have driven more traffic to Windows Live from Google. Are you Twittering? If not, you might be missing traffic. New to search marketing? How about a nice guide to getting started? Breaking into a tough safe? Perhaps Google can help you like it did two burglars. And more in today's episode!

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July 11, 2007

Daily SearchCast, July 11, 2007: Mahalo Takes On Squidoo In Search Spam Fight; Which Search Engines Handle Your Change Of Address Best? And More!

Matt, His Cat & LOLbanningMahalo's Jason Calacanis seems to bring the Google "don't spam us" hammer down on rival service Squidoo -- but could the next bell toll for him? Which search engines handle 301 redirects the best, when you move (answer -- it ain't Microsoft). Are you handling domain registration right for your company? Tips for B2Bers on PPC and how about some free movie watching from Google Video? Just don't tell the lawyers. Plus some bander and more in today's episode!

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July 17, 2007

Daily SearchCast, July 12, 2007: Search Engine Land's Sphinn Social Networking Site Launched; "Unavailable After" Meta Tag Coming From Google & More!

Search Engine Land launches a new social networking site for search and internet marketers, Sphinn -- and Danny explains how it works and why you should pronounce it "spin." Google is to release a meta tag allowing site owners to say when a document expires; Yahoo adds a cool search suggestion tool; Google faces a lawsuit in Australia that its sponsored listings might not be clearly marked enough as ads and more in today's episode! Programming note: this is the last Daily SearchCast until July 23, when Danny returns from vacation.

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July 23, 2007

Daily SearchCast, July 23, 2007: Ask & Microsoft Call For Search Privacy Standards; Yahoo Shortcuts Needing More Disclosure When Sold? Ask's Earthquake Search & More!

And we're back, this time with Ask CEO Jim Lanzone playing host. Perfect timing, since Ask and Microsoft have jointly called for the search industry to come together and establish guidelines on privacy. Suddenly, privacy is a competitive feature! Meanwhile, Google considers buying airwaves; should Yahoo make sponsored shortcuts clearly says, well, "Sponsored?" Did the earth move for you? Ask.com's earthquake search will let you know. Google Webmaster Central now provides message alerts to site owners and much more!

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July 24, 2007

Daily SearchCast, July 24, 2007: AOL To Buy Tacoda For Behavioral Ads; Hyphens Or Underscores? You No Longer Need To Choose! And More!

AOL is diving into behaviorally targeted ads by purchasing Tacoda. Should you fear using FeedBurner in case Google goes all evil? Local search as a new frontier for marketing. Underscores now get the respect hyphens have long held, with Google and much more!

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July 25, 2007

Daily SearchCast, July 25, 2007: Yahoo Enlists In Fight Against Type Domains; No, Google's Still Not Launching The Gphone & More!

Yahoo joins in an effort to wipe out typo domains. Just don't mention those Yahoo ads that help fund some of them! Microsoft's Live now support sitemaps through autodiscovery -- no, really, they're actually looking for the files now. Google's at a mobile phone show but no, it's not launching it's own network. And much more!

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July 26, 2007

Daily SearchCast, July 26, 2007: Yahoo's Cool Search Assist Tool; Google Decides You'll Try CPA Ads Unless You Say No; Business.com Sells For $350 Million & More!

Yahoo is getting a new search suggestion tool, Search Assist. Digg dumps Google to take Microsoft's ads in a three-year deal. Been thinking about trying Google's cost per action ads on your site? Maybe you won't have a choice. Business.com is sold for $350 million and more, in today's show.

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July 31, 2007

Daily SearchCast, July 30, 2007: Microsoft Buys Ad Exchange; Search Wikia Gets Grub Crawler; Search Engines Try Games To Get More Queries & More!

Microsoft buys the AdECN display ad exchange; AuctionAds gets sold, too. Search Wikia cuts deal with LookSmart to get the Grub crawler in return for carrying ads. Everyone's generating search traffic through games, and Microsoft and Google go head-to-head with cars that map the world. Plus more, in today's show.

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Daily SearchCast, July 31, 2007: Microsoft Works To Be Free (But With Ads); Is Google Pitching Its Own SEO Work? And More!

Microsoft to give away its Works office suite in exchange for ads -- lookout Google Docs & Spreadsheets & Presentations & c'mon, Google Office, Microsoft's fighting back. iCrossing spends some of its $62 million of recent funding to buy a web development firm; is Google getting into SEO, or is there confusion among AdWords reps? And more, in today's show.

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