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Lots of topics covered today, including one big happy birthday to Google on the big number 8. Speaking of Google, Matt Cutts has an evil twin brother. Indeed launched a salary search engine. Online ad spend surges 37% in Q1 and Q2 of 2006. Text Link Ads launched Feedvertising. Ask.com gets some discussion at WebmasterWorld. Yahoo! seems to be deducting funds from publisher's balances, again. Google was down in the north east US for some Comcast users. Incisive was sold to Apax Partners. And finally, for those that missed it, the archive for the fourth addition of the Search Pulse is now live.

Search Engine Roundtable Topics:

  1. Search Pulse 4 Live
  2. Apax Buys Incisive Media Owner of Search Engine Strategies & Search Engine Watch
  3. Google Inaccessible For Users in North East United States
  4. Happy 8th Birthday Google
  5. Another Yahoo! Publisher Network Balance Reporting Deduction?
  6. Ask.com Getting Noticed by SEOs

Search Engine Watch Topics:

  1. Google's 8th Birthday
  2. 2006 Online Ad Spend: 37% Increase in '06 & Search Remains Hot
  3. Indeed Launches Salary Search Beta
  4. Evil Matt Cutts: Matt's Evil Twin Brother
  5. Text Link Ads Launches Feedvertising