Google's looking at travel for ads and searchers? Microsoft abanadons its book search product. Google hits new US marketshare highs. Is Google going to be the truth arbiter? Plus more!
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Day Search Logos
Today is Memorial Day, so we plan on keeping it light over here at the blog today. I have a post at the Search Engine Roundtable, with a collection of logos I have found from the various search related companies and blogs for the special day. Here is a single... - Travel Appears
To Be Next Up For Google
BusinessWeek writes about Google's potential plans to enter the travel arena with a specialized offering. That offering, assuming it appears, would likely include a heavy dose of video. There would also likely be a heavy helping of Maps. Interestingly, Google is pushing Maps and MyMaps today as a travel/trip planning... - Microsoft
Burns Book Search - Lacks "High Consumer Intent"
Wow. Earlier this month, I heard Microsoft execs highlight Live Search Books as a key advance they were doing in search. Today, news that the site along with Live Search Academic are being closed next week, since they lack the "high consumer intent" that Microsoft is now focusing on. So... - Compete: Yes,
Google Hits New Search Share High
Compete makes it a quadfecta! No real surprise, the latest search engine share stats out from Compete show Google has hit a new high -- just as did previous stats out this month from Hitwise, Nielsen and comScore. Plus, an interesting look at how much search traffic Microsoft's Live... - Search Share
Compared: Ratings Service Faceoff, June 2007 To April 2008
With the latest search popularity stats now in from Hitwise, Nielsen, comScore, and Compete, it's time to pit them against each other and see what they agree -- and don't agree -- about in terms of search engine popularity.... - Viacom And
Google Assail Each Other In Court: Viacom "Threatens" Freedom, Says Google
You may recall that the failure of Google and Viacom, which owns MTV and Comedy Central among other properties, to negotiate an agreement to work together (read: revenue sharing) resulted in a very public Viacom-Google "pissing match" over copyright infringement and whether Google had made good faith efforts to protect... - Yes,
Truthiness Is A Credibility Factor Google Cares About
Doing A Fake Story For Linkbait? Disclose -- Or Face The Wrath Of Google from last week is still a hot topic of discussion in the industry. In fact, Google's Matt Cutts posted a more detailed explanation of why a fake story without disclosure is something, in some cases, Google... - Doing A Fake
Story For Linkbait? Disclose -- Or Face The Wrath Of Google
Link baiting entered a new area last week when Lyndon Antcliff had success with a fake story being picked up by some mainstream media sites as well as social news sites. Controversy erupted over the tactic, and now it likely will go into a second cycle after Google's Matt Cutts... - Google's Safe
Browsing Diagnostic Tool
A week ago Google announced the release of a safe browsing diagnostic tool. - Search Biz:
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Readies For Proxy Battle
Google’s recent decision to make its UK keyword bidding policy conform with the US practice of allowing competitors to bid on each other’s brands has drawn ire and threats of legal action. Today brings more such news of potential legal action against Google from a range of travel companies and... - AOL's Leaked
Searches Get Turned Into Play: USER 927
Remember when AOL released private search information back in August of 2006? Well, that story is now back in the news, after a two-year hiatus. Ars Technica reports that a play has been created around one of those searches, specifically searcher number 927. The play is named "USER 927: U...
