fidzu : Search Engines

Twitter is launching a new tool called "Suggestions for You" in the hopes of making it easier for users to find the right accounts to follow. The tool is rolling out today; I don't have it on my main @mattmcgee account, but it does appear on the home page of my @atu2 account. (atu2.com is [...]

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30 Jul 2010 9:17pm GMT

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Study Calls Google 'King Of Malware' Google has twice as much malware in its search results as Yahoo, Bing, and Twitter combined. That's one of the findings in the Barracuda Labs 2010 Midyear Security [...]

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30 Jul 2010 9:02pm GMT

Google has twice as much malware in its search results as Yahoo, Bing, and Twitter combined. That's one of the findings in the Barracuda Labs 2010 Midyear Security Report, which will be presented tomorrow at the DEFCON 18 hacking conference tomorrow in Las Vegas. Barracuda Labs says it studied the four search engines for about two [...]

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30 Jul 2010 7:39pm GMT

In a move that should surprise no one, Microsoft says it will try to block the recently announced Google-Yahoo Japan partnership. In our story from Tuesday, a Microsoft senior VP spoke out strongly against the partnership. Now, Silican Alley Insider received confirmation last night that the company will take steps to challenge it formally. "We plan [...]

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30 Jul 2010 6:37pm GMT

Bits and bobs to keep up with search engine product updates: YouTube, Wolfram|Alpha, Bing Maps and more.

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30 Jul 2010 5:27pm GMT

Search Marketing Now hosts a free webcast on Tuesday that will include results from a new comScore research study on how consumers shop online. The study focused on consumer behavior in search and buying, with a specific look at what happens when searchers have landed within a retail site. How do they shop within the [...]

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30 Jul 2010 3:27pm GMT

Andy Warhol said in 1968 that "In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes." Well, you can now get "15 minutes of fame" on YouTube.

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30 Jul 2010 2:17pm GMT

As we know with the new Google Image redesign that Google would be pushing image ad formats for image search. Yesterday, I was doing a search for [weeds] and I spotted an image ad from Google encouraging advertisers to try out Google Image AdWords. I don't believe I ever saw an image ad from Google, [...]

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30 Jul 2010 1:08pm GMT

Google previously announced (at its I/O developer conference) the creation of a Places API as part of the Google Maps API. That Places API is now open for business and being made available to third party developers. Booyah's MyTown "check-in" app is one that has already been using it. In short all the information and data [...]

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30 Jul 2010 11:25am GMT

Have you ever heard the phrase search engine optimization (SEO) architecture? At first glance, it might seem like a good idea...but maybe not. Learn about 2 critical usability tests that help SEO professionals not make critical architecture errors.

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30 Jul 2010 10:00am GMT

Bits and bobs to keep up with search agency news: Kenshoo & SapientNitro, ClickEquations, and more

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30 Jul 2010 8:27am GMT

Facebook Questions beta is the social site's most recent feature launch. It allows users to crowdsource their own questions by submitting them to all of Facebook's 500 million users as well as to all their friends. This seemingly 'innocent' feature is in fact a powerful tool that challenges all 'traditional' search engines, photo search engines and location-based services. Here's why.

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30 Jul 2010 3:45am GMT

The world's most popular online trust mark, the VeriSign seal has helped web sites increase transactions an average of 24%. To maximize incoming traffic, the Trust Seal is displayed next to your search result in leading search engines and prevents your site from being blacklisted.

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30 Jul 2010 12:03am GMT

That's one of the big questions people are asking after yesterday's launch of Facebook Questions. While many have assumed the answer would be "yes," a Facebook spokesperson tells us that assumption is wrong. Currently, search engines cannot access questions and answers through our Questions product. That may be something we consider for the future but have [...]

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29 Jul 2010 9:21pm GMT

Karen Wickre, Senior Manager of Corporate Communications at Google will share secrets about Blogging @ Google today, July 29, 2010, at 1:00pm EDT / 10:00am PDT. There is still time to register for the free webcast and webinar, which is sponsored by Connected Marketing Week.

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29 Jul 2010 11:47am GMT

Elixir Interactive has shared a very unusual online reputation management study. What is unusual is that the interactive marketing agency, which provides online reputation management and search engine optimization services, and it's well-respected CEO and President, Fionn Downhill, are the targets of a mean-spirited and scurrilous attack.

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29 Jul 2010 1:03am GMT

If you haven't seen him yet, check out the YouTube video of Isaiah Mustafa asking ladies, "Should your man smell like an Old Spice man?" As of today, the video has 11,740,466 views -- making it the most viewed video on YouTube during the past month.

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28 Jul 2010 6:00pm GMT

According to comScore, social networking sites reach a higher percentage of women than men globally, with 75.8 percent of all women online visiting a social networking site in May 2010 versus 69.7 percent of men. This is just one of the highlights of a global report released today by comScore on women's online usage entitled, Women on the Web: How Women are Shaping the Internet.

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28 Jul 2010 5:05pm GMT

According to new research from Econsultancy, companies worldwide are increasing their investment in site search because they want to improve the experience for website users and increase site usage and sales.

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28 Jul 2010 1:09pm GMT

An overview of some of today's ad/tech news.

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28 Jul 2010 11:15am GMT

Yahoo Japan -- an independent entity from Yahoo -- has decided to forgo the Bing transition and will be using Google search results, Reuters announced today.

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28 Jul 2010 3:27am GMT

Most reporters are focused on the United States Copyright Office declaration that it is it legal to unlock or 'jailbreak' a mobile device from the manufacturer and network provider from which it was purchased from, which permits users to install unapproved software under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act's (DMCA) fair use provisions. The request was made by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) particularly as it applies to AT&T and Apple's iPhone Software License agreement.

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27 Jul 2010 4:40pm GMT

The rumor is growing fast. Now the New York Post has it that Google could launch its search-related music store as early as this holiday season, i.e. November-December.

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27 Jul 2010 11:07am GMT

The advertising industry is launching its own PR campaign by way of setting up an Institute for Advertising Ethics. The sector has always had a negative image and the likes of the "Mad Men" series are certainly surfing that tide to... sell. With the market staging a robust recovery the industry is planning ahead and wants to tweak its reputation. Here's how.

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27 Jul 2010 10:50am GMT

NBC Universal (NBCU), the media and entertainment company, has launched its own advertising platform UAP to serve its own network of owned and operated sites, Mediaweek reported, quoting company executives.

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26 Jul 2010 2:27pm GMT