Daily Search Forum Recap: October 31, 2008
Friday, October 31st, 2008Here 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....
Archive for October, 2008
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....
Web2 Comments Winners!
Friday, October 31st, 2008I couldn't pick three, so I went with four winners. I learned a lot from the hundred or so comments that came in, and I am busy preparing for the show next week. It was hard to narrow them down, but I had to. If you won, congrats! I'll be reaching ...
Yahoo and Google Falling Out of Tree?
Friday, October 31st, 2008Just in time for my interview with Jerry Yang next week at Web2, this report from the Journal (via Reuters): Google Inc (GOOG.O) and Yahoo Inc (YHOO.O) could announce a decision to walk away from their search deal by the middle of next week, The Wall Street Journal reported ...
The LowJack Self-Perpetuating Road Warrior
Friday, October 31st, 2008I am really, really busy. So why did I just spend 20 minutes making a dream PC? Because I really want this machine. From my description: This is the continuation of my "Lowjack PC" idea, but now with bells and whistles. One of the things I am most worried about is ...
Weekly Search Forum Recap - October 31, 2008: Halloween in Search, Google Alerts Available via RSS & Questionable Political Endorsement
Friday, October 31st, 2008Happy Halloween! The year is almost over, we're celebrating the spooky holiday, US elections are next week, and you're reading this. High five! Halloween Hits the Search Industry Today, you can check out the various Halloween logos around the search...
Google, The Unbiased Company, Has CEO Backing Obama
Friday, October 31st, 2008It's one thing to be a celebrity and endorse a political candidate. It's another when you're supposedly a spokesperson for a company that purports to be unbiased -- and yet, you clearly and openly endorse a candidate. Over at Search...
Google Opens New Interactive Help Forums One at a Time
Friday, October 31st, 2008In a Google Groups thread, AdWordsPro.Sarah tells us that there will be a new forum opening on November 5th . The new forums will boast user posting incentives, integration with the help center, enhanced user profiles (personalization with social --...
Is the Google AdSense Team Worrying About the Economic Downturn?
Friday, October 31st, 2008Yesterday, several Google AdSense publishers and I got this email. I never get anything from Google AdSense, so I found it interesting that they cared. Here's a snippet: We understand that the recent economic turmoil has created a lot of...
Google Makes All PDF Documents Copy & Paste Friendly with OCR
Friday, October 31st, 2008Google announced that they are now using OCR technology to index and show an HTML version of a scanned PDF document. In the past, Google only showed an HTML version of PDF's created with text enabled formatting. But now, if...
Google AdWords To Take Ad Position Into Account For Quality Score
Friday, October 31st, 2008Typically, if you see an ad first, you are more likely to click that ad over the ad you see later. Meaning, in Google, the search ads are listed along the right hand column. If you are in position one...