Google asks searchers to submit their own search results. Iran says oops, we didn't mean to block Google. Google Maps gets more coverage. Squidoo gains people search. Yahoo buys a news "buzz" tracking site and more, in today's episode of the Daily SearchCast.
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- Google Asking
Searchers To Submit Search Results
I reported at the Search Engine Roundtable that some searchers are noticing that Google is asking them to suggest search results that will "help improve search for everyone," says the Google message.... - Iran Blocks
Google Over Filter "Error"
Philipp Lenssen reports that Iran blocked Google and Google's various services for a short time span. Iran blocks and then unblocks Google from News.com reports that Iran had an error with their filter list, which blocked Google.com and other Google services such as Gmail.... - Google Pulls
Roald Dahl Logo Due To Anti-Semitic Concerns?
Philipp Lenssen reports that Google pulled the special Roald Dahl Logo early, possibly due to anti-Semitic concerns. Google released a statement saying "Google has decided to remove its Doodle of Roald Dahl based on user concerns." Google has not explained what those concerns might have been. But some believe it... - Superpages
Parent To Acquire InfoSpace Directory Sites
Recently Superpages has been putting out a press release a day and today is no exception. The company just announced that it would be buying the directory assets of Infospace -- the only one explicitly named is Switchboard.com -- for $225 million (mixture of cash and debt). Infospace.com itself is... - Yahoo Buys
BuzzTracker News Site
Yahoo is buying news aggregator BuzzTracker (Kara Swisher reports for $5 million). Yahoo sees the acquisition improving and expanding its news coverage in a number of ways. BuzzTracker founder Alan Warms becomes GM of Yahoo News.... - Google Maps
Further Expands Coverage
Google announced expanded Maps coverage of Latin American and Asian countries on its LatLong blog. Recently added countries include: Afghanistan, Aruba, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belize, Bermuda, Brunei Darussalam, Bhutan, Bolivia, Cambodia, Chile, Columbia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Fiji, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Indonesia, Iraq, Iran, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Kuwait,... - Gmail to get offline support this year?, Googling Google
- Squidoo Gets Into People Search, TechCrunch
- Google Trying to Remove RSS Feeds from Search Results, Search Engine Roundtable
- SMA-NA Dissolved, McAnerin Muse
- Cre8asiteForums Administrator, Ammon Johns, Resigns, Cre8tive Flow
- Interview with Chris Sherman of Third Door Media, Online Marketing Blog
- Overture Keyword Suggestion Tool Seems Dead, Search Engine Roundtable
- Webmasters Report Unusually Large Number of Clicks from Internal Microsoft IP Addresses, Search Engine Roundtable
- Google Creates
Rich Australian Elections Site
As explained on the Google Blog, Google has created a Google Australia election website to track the candidates and results of the forthcoming Australian national election. The site involves use of Google Maps, iGoogle and YouTube. It's something of a mix of public service and self-service (in the sense of...
