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August 2, 2007

Daily SearchCast, August 1, 2007: Google Drops Supplemental Results Label; How Many Horns Does A Unicorn Have & More!

Google drops the supplemental results label -- but will that calm webmaster nerves? A Google ad with a "plus box' map is spotted -- new test in progress! Google says behavioral targeting isn't on the cards in the near future and more, in today's episode.

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Daily SearchCast, August 2, 2007: The Google Phone Cometh; Forget Fast Food, Teens Are Working At McSEO & More!

A Google Phone really is coming -- but not until next year, says the Wall Street Journal. Google Maps offers rush hour travel time estimates. New stats show search drives offline purchases. Doing SEO on your "everyday" pages. And more, in today's show.

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August 6, 2007

Daily SearchCast, August 6, 2007: Answers.com Hit By Massive Google Traffic Loss; Ask's Toolbar Success; Raccoons & Dogs In, Um, Harmony And More!

Answers.com sees its traffic from search drop by nearly 30 percent and has to issue a press releases to warn investors -- was Google going after it i particular or non-original content compilations sites in general? After all those TV and billboard ads, should Ask just have spent more on games? AdSense tests some new formats; Google license plates; dogs and raccoons living together and more in today's episode!

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August 7, 2007

Daily SearchCast, August 7, 2007: Internet Ad Spend To Grow & Grow; Hey, That's Newport Beach In StreetView & More!

Internet ad spending is set to eclipse offline by 2011; FTC to look at behaviorial ads; Google Maps gets Southern California StreetView photography; the book on Yahoo's Panama system is now out and more, in today's epsode!

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August 8, 2007

Daily SearchCast, August 8, 2007: Google News Gets Comments (If You're A Newsmaker); Beam People Up, Spock! & More!

Google News is now allowing comments from newsmakers to be associated with news stories -- cool, strange or what? Spock offers a new way to search for people. Time to say goodbye to the PageRank meter? Do people click on results past page one? And more, in today's episode!

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August 9, 2007

Daily SearchCast, August 9, 2007: Perfect 10 Sues Microsoft On Image Search; Google New System For Assigning Top Ads & More!

Perfect 10 adds Microsoft to the list of search engines it's suing over image search? Add New Scientist to the list of site selling links. Apple's got AdSense in iLife. Yahoo launches a center on click fraud info, while Google launches a video on privacy issues. Google's launching a new way to award the top ad spot and more, in today's episode! PROGRAMMING NOTE: This is the last Daily SearchCast until it resumes on August 27.

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August 30, 2007

Daily SearchCast, August 29, 2007: The Gphone Is Coming (?); Social Network Search To Wipe Out Google (!); Look Up At The Google Sky & More!

We're back! In today's show, new webmaster tools from Google. Is that a Gphone in your pocket or are you just happy to see an alternative to the iPhone? Big rant on hype over social network search wiping out Google. Bloglines' beautiful beta. You can take the college kids off the Google farm but they'll still click on the top result. Or something like that. And the sky is falling -- Google Sky, that is. Plus more.

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Daily SearchCast, August 30, 2007: The Big Catch Up Episode

Been jonesing for the Daily SearchCast while it was on hiatus? Today's show runs nearly 90 minutes to bring you up to speed. Yahoo management reorg, mapping news, SEO tool developments, video search, lawsuits and more in today's episode! PROGRAMMING NOTE: Much sadness -- due to a studio move, we're off again for a week, back on September 9.

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