Pandia Search Engine Weekend Wrap-up March 15
Twitter is all over the news, and we have updated our Twitter/microblog search engine list with a few new tools. Go to Pandia Powersearch’s twitter section to find them.
By the way, Pandia Search Engine news has its own twitter account over at pandianews. It will twit every time there is a new article at this site. The Pandia editors have also their own personal accounts. Follow susanneanette and perkoch.
And now for this week’s search engine news headlines:
- People search engines: the newest web privacy threat
They know your darkest secrets…and they tell anyone (PCA Mar 14 2009)
- KidRex - Kid Safe Search
This is based on a Google Custom search option which also uses the Google SafeSearch option, with features for both children and parents. (P Bradley Mar 10 2009)
- Ask.com messing up in Brazil
Ask’s PPC campaign: poorly written ad copy using dynamic keyword insertion tool. (Multilingual Search Mar 11 2009)
- Twitter Search - 20 alternative search engines
Phil Bradley: In the course of exploring I have found some alternative search engines that you might want to take a look at. (Mar 13 2009)
- Googlers Shocked By Armstrong Defection
Google US sales boss Tim Armstrong replaces Randy Falco as AOL CEO. (Silicon Alley Insider Mar 13 2009)
- Google Image Search Adds “Exact Size” Advanced Search Option
The ability to search Google images for specific sized images has been around since at least late January 2009. (SE Land Mar 9 2009)
- Yahoo! Finally Offers Keywords Suggestion Tool!
Yahoo! Search Marketing Help Center now provides industry-specific keywords that could be related to your business! (PageTraffic Mar 9 2009)
- Google Postpones Blog Search Ranking Update
An updated Google Groups thread has Googler, Jeremy Hylton saying this has to be pushed off by a couple weeks. (SE Roundtable Mar 9 2009)
- How many links per page?
Google’s Matt Cutts: These days, Google will index more than 100K of a page, but there’s still a good reason to recommend keeping to under a hundred links or so: the user experience. (Mar 9 2009)
- British Search Engine ‘Could Rival Google’
London-born scientist Stephen Wolfram believes he has set the foundation for a more intelligent search engine coined Wolfram|Alpha. (Marketing Pilgrim Mar 10 2009)
- Google Launches New Image Search for iPhone, iPod Touch, and Android
iPhone, iPod Touch, and Android users in the US, UK and Japan are getting a brand spanking new image search from Google. (SEW Mar 12 2009)
- GrandCentral to Become Google’s Voice
Google Voice is said to be a service that would give users one number for all their phones, voicemail, and other enhanced calling features such as call blocking and screening, voicemail transcripts, call conferencing, international calls and more. (SE Journal)
- Twitter’s Traffic Growth & The Rise Of Social Search
comScore posted a note that Twitter’s February traffic was up 55% over January. (SE Land Mar 12 2009)
- Here comes Google Voice
Google Blog: The new application improves the way you use your phone. You can get transcripts of your voicemail (see the video below) and archive and search all of the SMS text messages you send and receive. (Mar 11 2009)
- AOL hires Google’s Armstrong as new CEO
Tim Armstrong, who had been a senior vice president at Google and head of the company’s North and South American advertising operations, replaces AOL CEO Randy Falco (PageTraffic Mar 13 2009)
- Kumo home page from Microsoft
We like this idea of deploying Kumo internally, so that MS employees who apparently don’t read LiveSide, and “didn’t get the memo” tantalize us with their tweets (where we found the screenshot). (LiveSide Mar 13 2009)
- In The Trenches An Insider’s Look At Google’s Search Based Keyword Tool
The search-based keyword tool compares the content of an advertiser’s website against actual Google search queries to provide a list of highly relevant keywords on which the advertiser is not already running ads. (SE Mar 13 2009)
- SEO 101: DIY Tips For Small Business Owners - The Page Title
The page title is what is shown as the link to your site in the search results, after all – so don’t underestimate its potential effect on click through rates. (SE Journal Mar 13 2009)
- Hulu Premieres—Social Network?
in February, 17-month-old Hulu grew to become the second most popular video site after YouTube (Marketing Pilgrim Mar 13 2009)
- 37 Tips for Optimizing Blogs and Feeds - SES New York
These are specific, practical questions and answers about optimizing both blogs and feeds for better search performance from some of the smartest blog and Feed SEO experts on the web. (Online Marketing Mar 14 2009)
- Microsoft Bottoms Out in Search Race
. It appears that Microsoft’s share is at a 12 month low which is, well, not real good. (Marketing Pilgrim Mar 13 2009)
- WeFollow - New Twitter Directory From Kevin Rose
One of the problems with Twitter is knowing who to follow in particular areas. (SEL Mar 14 2009)
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