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Today, I covered a human guided search engine named ChaCha, great name, no? We saw that a small change in rounding CPC prices in AdWords can have a big impact on some advertisers. The Local Search ad market is expected to double in a year. Do you do any name squeezing? If so, read below. adCenter behavioral targeting is not a reality, sorry. ESPN drops Yahoo! and goes solo on displaying and managing text link ads. Kate Burns of Google joins AdLink. And finally, some Digg users revolt when Digg proposes change to ranking algorithm.

Search Engine Roundtable Topics:

  1. ChaCha's Human Guided Search - Gotta Love the Name!
  2. Can Name Squeeze Pages Rank Well in Search Engines? - diddo
  3. Google Makes Minor Changes to AdWords CPC Pricing - Small Changes, Big Consequences
  4. Microsoft Behavioral Targeting :: Where Is It? - Not in adCenter
  5. Local Search Paid Search Revenue To Nearly Double - Local $$$

Search Engine Watch Topics:

  1. Google Adjusts Minimum CPC Rates - see above
  2. Google Wants To Launch Google Video In Japan - So what?
  3. Digg To Change System To Stem Gaming; Top Digger Quits - This is interesting...
  4. Former Google UK Chief Kate Burns Joins AdLink Media Company - Enough relaxing!
  5. ESPN To Manage Own Text Ads & Drop Yahoo - Figures, a trend to come...

Community Comments on the Search Engine Roundtable Today: read more...

Comment ID# 164369 at September 7, 2006 1:36 PM:
Michael Martinez commented on ChaCha's Human Guided Search

This guided search concept has been done before. If it were really a workable model, someone would have gotten rich off the idea by now. Like the guy who started AllExperts.com, then sold it for millions of dollars and sent one last email, thanking

Comment ID# 164366 at September 7, 2006 12:56 PM:
Jennifer Garcia commented on Univision.com and Google Partner Focusing on Search in Spanish
Well i think that you should have alot of others webs

Comment ID# 164336 at September 7, 2006 6:54 AM:
Barry Schwartz commented on Is The Yahoo! Directory Worth The Money?
Kevin, but that is for inclusion into Yahoo SEarch. This is the Yahoo Directory...

Comment ID# 164333 at September 7, 2006 6:20 AM:
Gabs commented on First Edition of Search Pulse Live: Sullivan Leaves SEW, AdSense Lawsuit, Yahoo Blog Search, Keywords in URLs, New URLs, Navigational Search, Google Apps & More
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Comment ID# 164329 at September 7, 2006 5:38 AM:
Search Engines WEB ۞ commented on First Edition of Search Pulse Live: Sullivan Leaves SEW, AdSense Lawsuit, Yahoo Blog Search, Keywords in URLs, New URLs, Navigational Search, Google Apps & More
It is VERY difficult to decipher ANY reasoning behind any SEO believing that Keywords in URLs actually HURT the site. Isn't that intuitive to add get a domain name or add an HTML page that reflects the subject of the Website?

Comment ID# 164300 at September 7, 2006 12:18 AM:
Kevin commented on Is The Yahoo! Directory Worth The Money?
I think using their free RSS feature is much more effective with pratically no cost. ================================== Search more efficiently at http://www.searchnology.com

Comment ID# 164293 at September 6, 2006 11:33 PM:
SEO Montreal commented on Google as a Top Five List
I think it's a pretty entertaining tactic. The question is: does this scale to more competitive keywords? Is it a plausible strategy to aim for not only the first ranking, but the first five rankings? Or the first 10?

Comment ID# 164283 at September 6, 2006 10:33 PM:
Chris commented on Facebook Signs Deal With Microsoft to Use Ads From MSN Adcenter & Facebook.com Users Riot Over New Features
Facebook needs more competition. They are getting corporate backing and running rampant with it. NYU had students promoting a site called CollegeHotList.com last weekend, which is actually pretty cool...but without the money of facebook, it will un

Comment ID# 164281 at September 6, 2006 10:20 PM:
josh commented on Google Bomb For Sale & eBay
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Comment ID# 164271 at September 6, 2006 7:59 PM:
Jonathan Nelson commented on Facebook Signs Deal With Microsoft to Use Ads From MSN Adcenter & Facebook.com Users Riot Over New Features
u gotta love the google adsense plastered on top of the petition page. classic. http://www.petitiononline.com/faceb00k/petition.html

Comment ID# 164260 at September 6, 2006 6:01 PM:
facebook commented on Facebook Signs Deal With Microsoft to Use Ads From MSN Adcenter & Facebook.com Users Riot Over New Features
320,514 members If they open it up to the world like myspace..... They think this is a revolt