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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Emerges As Major US, EU Issue In DoubleClick Acquistion Review
Despite the fact that regulators are supposed to scrutinize the potential anti-competitive dimensions of the pending acquistion of DoubleClick by Google, privacy has sneaked into the debate as a major issue on both sides of the Atlantic. It almost threatens to overshadow the antitrust considerations, which are the heart and... - Google News
Improves News Source Feature
The Google News Blog announced that Google News has improved how they handle finding news from specific sources.... - Google
Webmaster Tools Adds Video Sitemaps
The Google Webmaster Central Blog announced Google has added a Sitemaps protocol for videos. If you have videos and want to give Google more metadata on those videos to make them more searchable via Google Video Search, you now can.... - Google, "The
Cloud" And The Future Of Computing
In this corner, with a $214 billion market cap, is Google and "The Cloud" (and partners like IBM). In the other, weighing in at $327 billion, is Microsoft and the PC desktop. This is the theme of a Sunday New York Times piece about the high-stakes future of computing. The... - If You Know
About Google Docs, You're In The Minority
According to a new survey of 600 "PC users" (and see here) by the NPD Group, 73 percent of Americans have "never heard of, never tried" web-based productivity software replacements for Microsoft Office. Roughly 21 percent have heard of but still never tried these alternatives, which include Google Docs and... - Google Reader
Gets Social With Friends Shared Items
Google's made a significant move toward trying to have a Facebook-like news feed and beef up its social networking aspirations by integrating Google Talk / Gmail contacts with Google Reader. I'd seen the discussion earlier, but after now experiencing it first-hand, it's kind of scary that it isn't more opt-in... - Bloglines Beta
Adds Features: Save, Photo Widget & Blog View
Bloglines announced a few new features you can find in the Bloglines Beta RSS reader. These include a new save feature, a photo widget enhancement and a blog view option for the 3-Pane view. Here is a more detailed look at all three.... - Report: Digg
Wants To Sell For $300 Million (Or More)
It's now basically public information that social news site Digg is shopping itself. VentureBeat cites a "reliable source" in saying the company has hired private investment firm Allen & Company to sell Digg. However the site has apparently been on the block for many months (or longer). TechCrunch has a... - Who's Ranking
For Knol? Hello, Wikipedia!
Ah, sweet irony. Yesterday I spent some time raising concerns about knowledge aggregation sites like Wikipedia and the forthcoming Google Knol potentially ranking tops for every search conducted. Today, what's in the top results for Knol? Yep -- a new Wikipedia page on the topic! The page was created... - SEMPO Search
Marketing Training Celebrates First Year & Recapping Various SEM Training
Options
The Search Engine Marketing Professional Organization tells us that its SEMPO Institute has trained more than 350 search marketers in its first year of operation. Congrats! Below, a little love for one of the few places offering real search marketing coursework, some alternative training options and thoughts on what we're... - The 300 Most Popular Baby Names According to Google Search Results, BlogStorm
