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8th June 2008
“We didn’t get to paid search first, and it turns out that’s the best part of the market,” Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer told Washington Post Editors as part of a meeting that explored a range of topics. Among other things, Ballmer discussed Microsoft’s strategy and mission statement, why it aspires to be competitive in search, user privacy and the future of media. His boldest statement and prediction is that in 10 years there will be no more print magazines or newspapers.
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8th June 2008
As we’ve covered earlier, Google’s updated its icon recently to one it said reflects a “simple, playful and unique” brand. Today, the company has blogged more about the design change and calls for ideas from others. Good. Sorry, that new icon is just ugly to me, no matter how much design work when into it. I want the old one back.
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8th June 2008
Register for SMX Local & Mobile today at the Early Bird rate of just 95 for an All Access pass; you get all of the sessions, keynotes and networking events. In addition, you’ll enjoy all of the extras that make SMX events special, including free WiFi in the session rooms, hot lunches and all-day snacks and beverages.
SMX Local & Mobile will be held in San Francisco July 24-25.
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8th June 2008
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on
Search Engine Land and from other
places across the web.
From Search Engine Land:
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Search in Pictures: Yahoo Flower Art, Jewel Performs at Yahoo, Yahoo Happy Hour Box
In this week’s Search In Pictures, here are the latest images culled from the web, showing what people eat at the search engine companies, how they play, who they meet, where they speak, what toys they have, and more….
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Hey Firefox - Let Us Pick Our Own Search Engine!
So Firefox 3 has a new release candidate making news, suggesting that the browser is nearly done. May I suggest that the browser is nowhere near being done until the Mozilla Foundation drops its favoritism to Google and allow users to pick their own default search engine? And that…
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Hulu Embeds Search In The Video Player
Hulu, trying to drive more video streams and ad views, has embedded a search box in the upper right of its syndicated video player, according to the Hulu blog. Search results appear on screen and when clicked initiate a new video stream in the player. Ads generally appear before the…
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Social Networks In The UK: Security Isn’t A Problem & The Future’s Mobile
Anyone reading newspapers, or watching the TV news in the UK over the last couple of months could be forgiven for thinking that, along with computer games, social networks posed a bigger threat to personal security than anything this side of a full on recession. Headlines have concentrated on the…
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Google Maps For Mobile Adds Transit Directions
Google Maps launched transit directions within Maps back in October of 2007. Now, Google Maps is bringing you that data directly in Google Maps for Mobile. Google Maps for Mobile version 2.2 brings bus and train schedules, prices, routes and directions directly on your mobile device. Here is a short…
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Google Releases New AdWords Editor 6.0
Google has announced the release of a new AdWords Editor, version 6.0, for both Mac and Windows. Here is a full list of changes, enhancements and bug fixes from version 5.0.1, as listed in the release notes:…
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SEM News, “Google Tools, Part 4″ & Quintura’s Search Cloud
In The Trenches is a weekly spotlight of tips, tricks, and news about the tools search engine marketing professionals use to give them a leg up on the competition. Today: News from the search engines, today’s in-depth look, “Google Tools, Part 4″ and this week’s free tips and tools….
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Yahoo! SearchMonkey Enhanced Listings Available To Searchers
As I reported last week, Yahoo SearchMonkey applications are now available to searchers. The Yahoo Search blog posted details last night, saying that searchers can now add SearchMonkey applications via either the gallery (which is in beta) or through promoted links from application developers or web sites. The gallery contains…
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8th June 2008
In this week’s Search In Pictures, here are the latest images culled from the web, showing what people eat at the search engine companies, how they play, who they meet, where they speak, what toys they have, and more.
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