Archive for July, 2010

Google And Yelp Express “Complicated” Relationship In Conference Interview

2010/07/31

There’s nothing that jaded and weary conference goers love more than to see some “red meat” conflict between panelists during a session. And that’s what TechCrunch’s Erick Schonfeld repeatedly tried to elicit in an on-stage interview of Yelp CEO Jeremy Stoppelman and Google’s John Hanke during the Social Currency CrunchUp event yesterday in Palo *** Read the full post by clicking on the headline above ***

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Twitter Helps You Find New People To Follow

2010/07/30

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

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Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: July 30, 2010

2010/07/30

This week we covered how those pink ads are really “pale purple” and are here to stay by replacing the yellow background color on AdWords. Google revamped their dictionary results. Google’s Matt Cutts talked about his first spam experience

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SearchCap: The Day In Search, July 30, 2010

2010/07/30

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.

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Daily Search Forum Recap: July 30, 2010

2010/07/30

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web….

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Study Calls Google ‘King Of Malware’

2010/07/30

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

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MSFT Will Challenge Google-Yahoo Japan Deal

2010/07/30

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

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Search Engine Update – Who’s Out There Shaking Things Up?

2010/07/30

Bits and bobs to keep up with search engine product updates: YouTube, Wolfram|Alpha, Bing Maps and more. Click to read the rest of this post..

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SMN Webcast Aug 3 – New research on consumer retail buying

2010/07/30

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

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You Can Now Get ‘15 Minutes of Fame’ with YouTube videos

2010/07/30

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. Click to read the rest of this post…

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