Back after a long hiatus, the Daily SearchCast returns with a special hour long episode live from Chicago, with special guest host Danny's wife Lorna, on her birthday. Topic include the dueling search conferences of SES Chicago and PubCon Las Vegas, Google's bad score for "accountablility," Digg getting an images category, the top search terms of 2007, tracking Santa via Google Earth and more, in today's episode.

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Another special edition of the Daily SearchCast done with live participation from attendees at SES Chicago. When will we get beyond live conference blogging, these days a dime-a-dozen? How have search conferences changed over time? Technorati changes; Google gets all official about not selling paid links; dissecting a Google search result; Danny riffs on Search 3.0; Facebook says sorry about the Beacon ads and privacy concerns plus more in today's episode.

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Back on its regular schedule, today's Daily SearchCast covers Microsoft Buying MultiMap, gets muddled up in the muddle that is Google Universal Search, covers AdSense getting scrollable arrows and more.

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It's ranty time, as yet another US congressman asks dumb questions about the Google-DoubleClick deal. Meanwhile, Facebook gets an ally against Google in the form of Bebo and what's with those Google satellite vans flying through space.

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Google decides that Wikipedia gets enough traffic, so how about launching its own rival? Meet Google Knol. Meanwhile, Mahalo decides search is better with social; Google adds more tools to Google Webmaster Central; Flickr offers awesome usage stats and more.

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Google Knol's competitors say nah, it's no threat -- but might it be to search results? Google now lets users have profiles; map spamming steps up a notch. Searching anonymously at Ask; stealth search start-up Cuill keynotes at SMX West and more.

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Google News makes it easier to search by sources. Google offers video sitemaps to improve video listings. Google has its head in the clouds -- and sees that as an advantage over Microsoft. Plus getting search marketing training and more, in today's episode.

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Some developers find Google's Android phone operating system a bit buggy. Microsoft rolls a new mobile search tool. How did Google ads get into Microsoft Live Search results? Sending Google Maps data to your TomTom GPS and more!

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Google gets the DoubleClick deal approved. New Google videos on protecting privacy. Does AskEraser really erase your searches? Google gets to bid on airwaves. Plus more in today's show!

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