Daily Search Forum Recap: December 31, 2008

December 31, 2008 – 9:00 pm 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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Danny on Microsoft

December 31, 2008 – 8:24 pm

The man makes some very good points.



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15,000 Words You Might Have Missed

December 31, 2008 – 6:34 pm

Book Open-8
One of my readers noted that I've written a lot of off-blog stuff, and I'm rather proud of it. And I've noted (in my "How did I do 2008" post) that I did not really make the progress I wish I had on my book. But working with partners like Amex, I wrote nearly 20 column-sized pieces - around 15,000 words - and nearly all of them are sketches toward the book I hope to write. Here are some of the pieces I wrote elsewhere this year:

American Express Open Forum Blog

It’s Time to Put This Myth To Rest
In which I argue that marketing works in social media.

Leadership In Troubled Times
When things go wrong, take responsibility.

As The World Turns..Inside Out
My opening post on the economic troubles this past Fall.

Think Local, Act Conversational - It Just Might Save Your Business
How conversant is your small business?

Product Development IS Marketing, And Vice Versa
The title says it all.

Take 48!
A new policy we put in place at FM, picked up on by the WSJ.

Every Great Business Is An Argument
What's your argument?

Three Steps to Becoming A Web Conversationalist
Some tips on getting conversant.

More On Search and Your Business
A few "Search 101" tips.

Linking Search, Conversation, And Your Site
How it all fits together.

The Successful Business Owner Is a Great Conversationalist
How good are you?

You’re In the Media Business Now.
This is my core argument for all businesses, regardless of industry.


Future of Search - Sponsored by Reuters

Is Microsoft Cashback the Future of Search?
Where Microsoft got it right, and wrong.

A Search Is Not Just A Search
Toward a new interface in search.


Thought Leadership Series - Looksmart

Shifting Search from Static to Real-time
My Twitter moment.

Algorithms and Community: Voice Wins
At the end of the day, we're people first.

What We Lose As Search Gets Personal

A case for a common search experience.



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Tough SEO: SEO For Sites You Don’t Manage & Leftover SEO

December 31, 2008 – 2:29 pm If you're about to take on a prospective SEO client and they start taking the initiative on their search engine optimization (in ways you hadn't even thought of), should you proceed with the client -- especially if you're going to...

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Danny Sullivan Gives Microsoft The Hard Truth

December 31, 2008 – 2:06 pm Danny Sullivan writes about the problems about Microsoft search at Search Engine Land, and he explains what they need to do in order to get it together. Some reasons are that Microsoft's key executives don't care about search. For example,...

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Google AdSense Now Pushing Fat Ads: Is this Offensive?

December 31, 2008 – 1:55 pm If you're fat and get offended easily, don't use any service that uses Google AdSense. That's what WebmasterWorld members are spotting -- ads targeting the "fat" people of America. Apparently there's a conception that the holidays may have gotten people...

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Google Recommends Product Ideas for Your Google Mobile Suggestions

December 31, 2008 – 1:46 pm Want Google to implement a new feature for Google Mobile? You no longer need to venture to Google Groups to make the request. Simply hop on over to http://productideas.appspot.com/ and submit your product ideas. So far, according to the stats,...

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Search For Child Day Care Site & Google Suggests Porn Site

December 31, 2008 – 1:28 pm Conduct a search for the child day care site KindyList and you might be presented with a "Did You Mean?" suggestion from Google. The issue is that Google is suggesting you search for Candylist instead, which is far from a...

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Google Webmaster Helps Tries Live Lively Event, Before Lively Shuts Down

December 31, 2008 – 1:15 pm Googler, JohnMu, suggested in a Google Webmaster Help thread that they give Google's Lively, Google's failed attempt at a SecondLife virtual world, a shot before it closes down. Yesterday, John posted a thread announcing an "Informal End Of Year live-chat...

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Google AdWords Requiring Some Advertisers to Login Twice

December 31, 2008 – 1:13 pm A WebmasterWorld thread reports that advertisers are having to login twice to the Google AdWords console to gain access. I have confirmed the issue on my Mac running Firefox. In short, you go to adwords.google.com and type in your username...

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