Archive for April, 2011

Search News & Headlines Around the Web – April 19, 2011

2011/04/19

Here’s a roundup of today’s other search news and headlines from around the web, sorted by category.

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SPONSORED MESSAGE: Can you measure the value of a Facebook ‘like’?

2011/04/19

How Active Network measures the value of social media This webcast and guide will review: Why 84% of organizations don’t measure social media ROI Steps to evaluate social media tactics How Active Network measures ‘social sharing’ with Adobe SiteCatalyst Download Now Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.

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Survey: Bing, Facebook & Google All Google Threats

2011/04/19

Several months ago we ran a poll asking you who you felt were Google’s biggest threats. Since I am offline today, I wanted to schedule a post with the results of this poll..

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Yahoo Q1 Mixed: Display Up, Search Down, Revenues $1.06 Billion

2011/04/19

Yahoo reported Q1 revenues of $1,064 million, which represented a 6 percent decline vs. a year ago. The company essentially blamed the search deal with Microsoft for the decline: [The decline was] primarily due to the required change in revenue presentation related to the Search Agreement and the…

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SearchCap: The Day In Search, April 19, 2011

2011/04/19

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Dutch Agency Orders Google To Remove Data About Citizens’ WiFi Routers Dutch data officials have ordered Google to give the country’s residents a way… Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article

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Google May Be Penalized One Million Euros in the Netherlands

2011/04/19

It’s little surprise that I’m here announcing that Google is getting in trouble for Street View again.

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Google Graduates the “Bob” Gmail Labs, Adds Mobile Undo

2011/04/19

Google free webmail, Gmail, is a service that inspires fierce loyalty among its users – even if its total market share pales in comparison to that of Yahoo Mail.

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Yahoo Buzz to Be Officially Sunset on April 21st

2011/04/19

Back in December of 2010, everyone (yours truly included) was making a huge deal out of a single image released by a Yahoo staff member. That image was of a slide shown at a Yahoo employee presentation, where the company was outlining its gameplan for survival in a world where Yahoo is less about search than ever before. The gameplan was to shut down a great number of its services so the company could focus on its stronger and more profitable sites.

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Google Invests a Hundred Million in Oregon Wind Farm

2011/04/19

Google is on a clean energy spending spree. First, they branched out into clean power in Europe by investing approximately five million in a German solar farm. Next, they invested over $150 million in the world’s largest solar tower plant ( Ivanpah ), pushing total clean energy investments to over $250 million

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FTC Announces Crackdown On Fake News Sites Selling Weight Loss Products

2011/04/19

The Federal Trade Commission announced a major crackdown against a number of sites using the appearance of a news site to promote acacia berry weight loss products. “The FTC seeks to permanently stop this misleading practice and has asked courts to freeze the operations’ assets pending trial,” the FTC website stated

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