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Upcoming Seminars: Monetizing Social Data: Using Real-Time Analytics & Behavioral Tracking to Enhance Content & Function - The Social Graph: The Key to Search Marketing's Future? - PPC Tips for Success: Building a Winning Account Structure

Stories Discussed In The Show

• Google Loses Another Exec: CIO Douglas Merrill Goes To EMI
  Word is from John Furrier that Google Chief Information Officer Douglas Merrill is leaving the company to become president of EMI. News.com has confirmation of his departure from Google and says sources also say he's going to EMI. The New York Times also has sources saying he's headed to the...
• Google Update Dewey - Google Confirms Algorithm Change
  Remember a couple days ago I reported on some major shifts in the Google search results? Well, this morning I spotted Google's Matt Cutts requesting feedback on the change at WebmasterWorld. In short, Matt said he did not see "large differences in rankings between these datacenters," but he would like...
• Google Lets Business Owners Take Control Of Plus Box
  Mike Blumenthal has detailed on his blog how Google is now letting business owners provide the address information that's mapped when a "plus box" is opened in search results associated with their listings. Previously Google determined what address/mapping data to show in the plus box, which resulted in errors on...
• Google Maps Now With "Send To Garmin"
  There's "send to car" and "send to TomTom;" now there's "send to Garmin" (GPS devices). As with TomTom devices, Google Maps and routing can now be sent directly to Garmin personal navigation devices....
• Microsoft To Upgrade Mobile IE Browser, Live Search For Mobile With New Mapping Features And Voice Search For Blackberries
  At the CTIA wireless industry trade show yesterday, among the scores of announcements, Microsoft said that it would be releasing a new and improved mobile IE browser for smartphones in the fall that promises to bring "desktop quality" to the mobile Internet experience. (Numerous others are engaged in this same...
• Verizon Enters The 'Voice Search' Fray With 1-800-THE-INFO
  Verizon is formally launching an ad-supported free directory assistance/voice search product in the US called 1-800-THE-INFO. It joins an increasingly crowded field that already features Google, Microsoft and AT&T among others. As I said yesterday, in my post about the launch of a new voice search offering from ChaCha, most...
• Search Engine ChaCha Expands Mobile Service To Include Voice Input
  Human-powered search engine ChaCha launched in late 2006 to somewhat mixed reviews. It sought to entice users to search with expert guides in real time via IM chat windows. It also offered algorithmic search but the human-guided search was the hook. The concept was great but the practical experience was...
• How to Make Your Content ‘Submit Worthy’
  "Why won't anyone submit my content to Digg? My competitor is always on Reddit but my stuff gets ignored!" Sound familiar? Well here's how to put an end to your woes and ensure your content is submit worthy. In order to be successful on social media news and bookmarking...
• Google Lays Off 15% at DoubleClick, Silicon Alley Insider
• Google Eyeing EBay's Skype, TechCrunch
• I'm Getting Pretty Tired of Startup Advice that Doesn't Include Any Mention of SEO, SEOmoz