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SearchCap: The Day In Search, June 2, 2009

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

From Search Engine Land:

  • Internet Explorer 6 Forces Bing As Default Search Provider

    It appears that Bing is overriding the default search provider set by users of Internet Explorer 6. Several IE6 users have complained that since Bing launched, the search provided went from Google (which they set manually) to Bing. To makes things even worse, when the user tries to set the search provider back [...]

  • Yahoo Search June 2009 Update

    The Yahoo Search Blog has announced an index and algorithm update, aka a “weather report.” Yahoo said, “we’re rolling out some updates to our crawling, indexing, and ranking algorithms over the next few days. During this process, you may see some ranking changes and page shuffling in the index.”
    I spotted this update a [...]

  • SMX Advanced Day 1: Live Blogging & Coverage

    Today is the first day of SMX Advanced 2009 and here is what is turning up in the form of live blogging and coverage from the show. I will continue to update this post with more coverage throughout the day. If you want to notify me of any additional coverage either comment below, [...]

  • Can Microsoft Retain The Bing-Curious?

    According to Net Applications Bing saw lots of testing and trial usage in its first full day:

    According to the company, the usage is coming from Live Search users as well as Google, Yahoo and others. Early buzz for Bing has been mixed but positive. The question now is whether Microsoft and Bing can retain a [...]

  • Google Positions As Amazon Competitor For EBook Market

    Google has over the past few years promised the market new revenue streams beyond search. While there are a couple of areas with significant potential (e.g., display), not much revenue has been generated comparatively to date. Now Google is saying that it will be a real competitor to Amazon in the ebook market. According to [...]

  • Website Guilty Over Google’s Automated Snippet

    The Register reports a Dutch court has ruled against a Dutch web site, where the web site was sued over the automated snippet used in Google for a keyword phrase.
    When someone searched for [Zwartepoorte] and [bankrupt], Google showed Miljoenhuizen.nl and the snippet in the Google search results for Miljoenhuizen.nl was:
    Complete name: Zwartepoorte Specialiteit: BMW…This [...]

  • Google’s Android Coming To Netbooks Via Acer

    Acer to Produce Netbook Using Google Operating System from the Wall Street Journal reports that Google’s Android operating system, used on Google Phones, will be shipped on Acer’s Netbooks.
    The new low-cost computers will ship in the third quarter of this year. This does not mean Acer will stop shipping computers with Windows, it just [...]

  • Google’s New AdWords Interface Coming To Many Advertisers

    I reported at the Search Engine Roundtable that many AdWords advertisers are being forced into the new AdWords interface within the next 30 days.
    Google sent emails to many advertisers telling them that within 30 days, they will be automatically moved to the new interface. The email explained that the new “web interface designed to [...]

  • Study: Google Tracking 88% Of Domains In Study

    A new study published by graduate students at University of California, Berkeley showed that Google is the leading footprint on the top 100 sites in their study.
    As you can see from the chart below, Google Analytics was found on 81% of the top 100 sites, while DoubleClick (owned by Google) was in second place, by [...]

  • Using Competitors To Build Links

    Doing business on the Web isn’t easy, and you need every advantage to grab attention from the masses clicking by. In order to succeed, companies need to understand how to manage the marketing information they find. This information can be used to help strategic planning, monitor competitors and provide early warning signs for new opportunities [...]

  • Will Digg’s New Share Feature Pollute Twitter?

    Recently, Greg Finn at 10e20.com covered Will Digg Be a Better Place Without Shouts? In the post, Greg announces the news of Digg dropping their shout system, which allowed Digg users to share content with each other, in lieu of a feature that allows users to share content via email, Facebook, and Twitter. So, the [...]

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