Daily Search Coverage:

Learn how to change your AdSense payee name. Geographic target in Google Webmaster Tools doesn't seem to work well. Video ad support is now in the AdWords API. Landing page load time is coming to AdWords quality score soon. Does SEO have a future? Are header tags important? Do multiple link penalties exist? Yahoo bought Inquisitor. Search in Pictures is out.

Search Engine Roundtable Topics:

1. Getting Married: How To Change Your Google AdSense Payee Name
2. Does Setting Your Geographic Target In Google Webmaster Tools Work?
3. Video Ad Support Comes To Google AdWords API Sandbox
4. Google's AdWord Quality Score To Add Landing Page Load Time In June
5. Big Debate: Does Search Engine Optimization Have Long Term Viability?
6. How Important are Header Tags?
7. Does the Multiple Link Penalty Really Exist?

Search Engine Land Topics:

1. Google AdWords Adds Landing Page Load Time Metric To Reports & Launching Mid-June
2. Yahoo Buys My Favorite Search Browser Plugin, Inquisitor For Apple Safari
3. Search In Pictures: Cinco De Mayo At Yahoo, Google Lego Monster & Yahoo's Soccer Team

Daily Link Finds:

This is the May 9th, issue of a daily post that will contain links to commentary of the posts over at the Search Engine Roundtable. All links I find throughout the day that ad some commentary to the posts written over at the Search Engine Roundtable, will be in the Daily Link Finds. The purpose is two fold: (1) To help people find discussion around our articles and (2) To thank people for linking to us. How do I find these links? Only one way, via a Google Blog Search link command, so make sure that (1) you are in Google Blog Search and (2) link to us.

Daily Link Finds for May 9th, 2008:

• SearchCap: The Day In Search, May 8, 2008, Search Engine Land
• Classifica Seo Blog aggiornata secondo i feed subscriber di FeedBurner, Esperto Seo Blog
• Follow oder NoFollow, das ist hier die Frage, The Web2.0 Experiment
• Google AdWords and Google AdSense Problems still Persistent, even after 24 Hours!, PageTraffic SEO Blog
• Implementing a Successful Internet Marketing Strategy, Carl-Johan Hunefalk
• Linky Goodness, May 8, Marketing Pilgrim

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Daily Search Coverage:

AdSense reporting still broken? Do you report spam in Google? That pesky Safe Search filter at Google. Are internal links the same as external links? Google helps Myanmar. Do keyword research offline. Yahoo glues the web. Jennifer Convertibles is based in Croatia according to Google.

Search Engine Roundtable Topics:

1. Google Says They Fixed AdSense Reporting Bug But Publishers Not Convinced
2. Poll: Do You Report Your Competitors as Spam in Google?
3. How Do You Get Your Images Out Of Google's SafeSearch Filter?
4. Are Internal Links Weighted the Same as External Links by Google?
5. Google Strives to Help Myanmar Cyclone Victims
6. Performing Keyword Research Without a Computer
7. Yahoo Launches Glue Pages ("Universal Search")

Search Engine Land Topics:

1. Yahoo Glue Pages Launches In India
2. Convertibles & Croatia: Google Thinks They Go Together

Daily Link Finds:

This is the May 8th, issue of a daily post that will contain links to commentary of the posts over at the Search Engine Roundtable. All links I find throughout the day that ad some commentary to the posts written over at the Search Engine Roundtable, will be in the Daily Link Finds. The purpose is two fold: (1) To help people find discussion around our articles and (2) To thank people for linking to us. How do I find these links? Only one way, via a Google Blog Search link command, so make sure that (1) you are in Google Blog Search and (2) link to us.

Daily Link Finds for May 8th, 2008:

• Google AdSense in Comic Sans Font, SearchNewz
• PageRank Update for April 2008, gInside
• Search Featured: Barry Schwartz from Search Engine Roundtable, Search Feature
• SearchCap: The Day In Search, May 7, 2008, Search Engine Land
• What the B2B Marketers are Reading, demandblog
• Google Adsense en Comic Sans MS, webilus.com
• AdSense Trauma, S-O-S SEO Blog
• Convertibles & Croatia: Google Thinks They Go Together, Search Engine Land
• Let Google know you're in the UK, Webmaster Roadmap
• New Google Adsense Four Square Ads inside One Large Rectangle Ad unit, My Blog Posts
• Screen Shots of New Google AdSense Font, Comic Sans - Google Blogoscoped Forum, Google Blogoscoped
• Techmeme: Yahoo Glue Pages Launches In India (Barry Schwartz/Search Engine Land), Techmeme

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Daily Search Coverage:

Yahoo asks McAfee for protection. Storybids does user generated product placement. AdSense slows to a halt. Google, I am from the UK, well, maybe not. AdSense tests new design. Link farms according to Google. Monday is payday.

Search Engine Roundtable Topics:

1. Yahoo and McAfee Partner to Give Users SearchScan
2. Storybids Launched to Pair Creatives with Product Advertisers
3. Google AdSense & AdWords Reporting Still Showing Incorrect Data After Over 24 Hours
4. How Do You Tell Google that You're a UK Site?
5. Google AdSense Test Four Text Ads In Large Rectangle Unit
6. The Link Farm: How Does Google Define a Link Farm?
7. Monday: The Biggest Pay Day For Google AdSense Publishers

Search Engine Land Topics:

1. Just Postscripts & Research Today

Daily Link Finds:

This is the May 7th, issue of a daily post that will contain links to commentary of the posts over at the Search Engine Roundtable. All links I find throughout the day that ad some commentary to the posts written over at the Search Engine Roundtable, will be in the Daily Link Finds. The purpose is two fold: (1) To help people find discussion around our articles and (2) To thank people for linking to us. How do I find these links? Only one way, via a Google Blog Search link command, so make sure that (1) you are in Google Blog Search and (2) link to us.

Daily Link Finds for May 7th, 2008:

• Comic Sans To Invade Your AdSense Ads? (Say It Ain't So!), freddie.dot.see.eh? two.point.oh
• Google AdSense Anzeigen in Comic Sans?, Internetmarketing-News.de
• Google AdSense in Comic Sans Font, Google Blogoscoped
• SearchCap: The Day In Search, May 6, 2008, Search Engine Land
• Affiliate Summer im Regen, seoFM
• Comic Sans f AdSense-Anzeigen???, Interessante Zeiten
• De nouvelles polices pour les annonces de Google AdSense ?, Actualites SEO
• eMetrics San Francisco Coverage Schedule, BruceClay.com
• Google Search Update - May 2008, Denial Design
• Google sperimenta annunci AdSense con il font Comic Sans, Motoricerca News
• Techmeme: Neil Young Announces Collected Work With Dynamic Updates from the Web (Marshall Kirkpatrick/ReadWriteWeb), Techmeme
• Top 5 Non-SEO Ways to Increase Your Search Rankings, Search Engine Watch

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AdSense publishers with AdWords are being punished? Comic Sans font on AdSense? Yahoo auctioning out the product submit prices? Check out the Google Floating Four. Are long URLs spammy? Google Reader adds note taking. Google AdSense adds search. Google tests product images in web search. Google News gets related search. Live Search has a new home page.

Search Engine Roundtable Topics:

1. Google Fishing Out AdSense Arbitrageurs Through AdWords Accounts?
2. Screen Shots of New Google AdSense Font, Comic Sans
3. Yahoo Changing Product Submit Fee Structure to Auction Model?
4. The Floating Four At Google: Google's Position Four Seems Funky?
5. Are Long URLs Spammy?
6. Google Reader Adds "Share With Note" Feature
7. Google AdSense Adds "AdSense for Search"

Search Engine Land Topics:

1. Google Testing Showing Google Product Images In Search Results?
2. Related Searches Comes To Google News
3. Live Search's New Design Goes Live

Daily Link Finds:

This is the May 6th, issue of a daily post that will contain links to commentary of the posts over at the Search Engine Roundtable. All links I find throughout the day that ad some commentary to the posts written over at the Search Engine Roundtable, will be in the Daily Link Finds. The purpose is two fold: (1) To help people find discussion around our articles and (2) To thank people for linking to us. How do I find these links? Only one way, via a Google Blog Search link command, so make sure that (1) you are in Google Blog Search and (2) link to us.

Daily Link Finds for May 6th, 2008:

• Exploring The Google Penalty Box, WebProNews
• Google Leaks AdWords Quality Score, Portent Interactive
• Pandia Weekend Wrap-up, Pandia
• SearchCap: The Day In Search, May 5, 2008, Search Engine Land
• 5 Must Have Sites of Social Marketing, Aloha Digital Marketing Interactive Blog
• 99 Creative and Memorable Profile Avatars, Get Elastic
• Forums Are Social: But We Need Stuff, Eric Martindale
• Google's Minus 60 Penalty, WebProNews
• How to Get Ideas (for Blog Posts), Alibi Productions
• I Believe In the Google -60 Penalty, Sphinn
• Is Google out with a Confession for its Minus 60 Penalty?, PageTraffic SEO Blog
• Is it Time to Break Up With Your Avatar?, Get Elastic
• Techmeme: AdSense for search now powered by Custom Search (Sandra Tsui/Inside AdSense), Techmeme

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Daily Search Coverage:

Take our survey, please! Watch my video, pretty please. Microsoft stops nagging Yahoo. Google enforces display URL policy. Webmaster Tools is section specific. Polling on link penalties. Google admits to minus 60. Ranking number one, is it important? The May Google webmaster report is live. Google does better on synonyms. AdWords phishing continues. Ask spells De and Do.

Search Engine Roundtable Topics:

1. Please Take Our Reader Survey: Win Schwag & Dinner With Me
2. Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: May 4, 2008
3. Microsoft Backs Off Yahoo & Drops Offer
4. Google Finally Begins Enforcing The Display URL Policy
5. Part Of Your Site Needs a Google Review? You Need To Verify That Section With Google Separately
6. Poll: Can A Competitor Hurt Your Google Rankings with Links?
7. Google Basically Admits to Minus 60 Penalty
8. The Importance of a #1 Google Ranking
9. Webmasters Report May 2008 Google SERP Updates
10. Google Improves Semantic Search

Search Engine Land Topics:

1. Beware: Google AdWords Phishing Attempts Continue
2. I Believe In the Google -60 Penalty
3. Ask.com Spells Cinco de Mayo Wrong

Daily Link Finds:

This is the May 5th, issue of a daily post that will contain links to commentary of the posts over at the Search Engine Roundtable. All links I find throughout the day that ad some commentary to the posts written over at the Search Engine Roundtable, will be in the Daily Link Finds. The purpose is two fold: (1) To help people find discussion around our articles and (2) To thank people for linking to us. How do I find these links? Only one way, via a Google Blog Search link command, so make sure that (1) you are in Google Blog Search and (2) link to us.

Daily Link Finds for May 5th, 2008:

• Don't Be Fooled By April's Links - This Month In SEO 4/08, Van SEO Design
• Friday Recap, BruceClay.com
• SearchCap: The Day In Search, May 2, 2008, Search Engine Land
• Who Is This Schwag Queen Addict? It's Tamar Weinberg!, Redvwbus.com
• My 1st Month on Twitter - What I've Learned, Marketing Safari
• Google Slowing Down Crawl Rates? Why?, Aloha Digital Marketing Interactive Blog
• May 3 Cre8tive Community Weekly Roundup, Cre8tive Flow
• Power 150 : la crme des blogs media, Super Fiction
• Sucede con el googlebot?, Blog de Dr. Max Glaser
• Beware: Google AdWords Phishing Attempts Continue, Search Engine Land
• Google Previous Query coming to Natural Search, are we Teaching the Machine?, ReveNews
• I Believe In the Google -60 Penalty, Search Engine Land
• I feed come strumento utile - SEO Tips , etechs.it
• NON-SEO Ways to Boost your Visibility and Ranking Online, johnraygoza.com
• Pilgrim's Picks for May 5 - Cinco de Mayo Edition, Marketing Pilgrim
• SEO Must Be Ongoing, Duct Tape Marketing

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Daily Search Coverage:

Google crawling less? SEOmoz's cheat sheet is nice. Yahoo to run Google ads again? AdSense tests new fonts. Search Radar, the tool. Schmidt was interviewed. Are forums also social media? Street Views gets directions. Live Search QnA relaunches. Google News comes to the iPhone. Search in Pictures is cute this week.

Search Engine Roundtable Topics:

1. Google Crawl Rate Drops: Google Responds?
2. SEOmoz's Web Developer "SEO Cheat Sheet"
3. Advertiser Dreams May Come True: Yahoo May Boost Google Ads Again
4. Google Adsense Testing New Font Styles?
5. Cool Keyword Research Tool: Search Radar
6. Google's CEO Eric Schmidt Interviewed by CNBC
7. Are Forums "Social Media" Sites?
8. Google Combines Street View and Driving Directions

Search Engine Land Topics:

1. Microsoft Releases "Renaissance" Version of Live Search QnA
2. Google News Comes To iPhone, Plus Goes Global With Interface
3. Search In Pictures: Yahoo Baby, Google Megaphone, Alanis Morissette

Daily Link Finds:

This is the May 2nd, issue of a daily post that will contain links to commentary of the posts over at the Search Engine Roundtable. All links I find throughout the day that ad some commentary to the posts written over at the Search Engine Roundtable, will be in the Daily Link Finds. The purpose is two fold: (1) To help people find discussion around our articles and (2) To thank people for linking to us. How do I find these links? Only one way, via a Google Blog Search link command, so make sure that (1) you are in Google Blog Search and (2) link to us.

Daily Link Finds for May 2nd, 2008:

• SearchCap: The Day In Search, May 1, 2008, Search Engine Land
• 16 Korisnih SEO stranica, Fortis Informatika
• April '08: Best Search/Marketing Posts, Small Business SEM
• April Fools 2008, SEOpittfall
• Google robots.txt, Utilidades para Webmasters
• How Much is a Top Google Ranking Worth to Your Business?, SEO Book
• SEO Standards - To Be or Not To Be?, SEOpittfall

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Daily Search Coverage:

Google opens TV ads. GoogleBot getting lazy? AdSense publisher prepares site for big traffic rush. Do you triangular link? Can your site pass a Google review? Check out the Google vending machine. SEMPO launches agency certification.

Search Engine Roundtable Topics:

1. Google Opens TV Ads To All US Advertisers
2. GoogleBot Getting Tired? Google's Spider Crawling Less Documents
3. Google AdSense Publisher Prepping Site For New York Times Feature
4. Do You Engage in 3-Way (Triangular) Link Exchanges?
5. Would Your Website Pass a Google Review?
6. Google's Vending Machine - Verdict: Cool

Search Engine Land Topics:

1. SEMPO Institute Now Offering Agency Training Certification
2. Google TV Ads Available To All US Advertisers

Daily Link Finds:

This is the May 1st, issue of a daily post that will contain links to commentary of the posts over at the Search Engine Roundtable. All links I find throughout the day that ad some commentary to the posts written over at the Search Engine Roundtable, will be in the Daily Link Finds. The purpose is two fold: (1) To help people find discussion around our articles and (2) To thank people for linking to us. How do I find these links? Only one way, via a Google Blog Search link command, so make sure that (1) you are in Google Blog Search and (2) link to us.

Daily Link Finds for May 1st, 2008:

• Google PageRank PR update April 2008, SEOCompany.CA
• How To Get a PageRank 4/10 on a Ezine Article, SEO Co
• SearchCap: The Day In Search, April 30, 2008, Search Engine Land
• Did You Notice a Change in Your Google PageRank?, BHC3
• Google TV Ads Available To All US Advertisers, Search Engine Land
• Has Google lost the plot?, RSS Feeds
• Search Engine Position, Chris Dutch
• Techmeme: Place ads on television with Google TV Ads (Christian Yee/Inside AdWords), Techmeme
• Thursday Roundup for the Week of 4/27/08, SEOmoz

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Daily Search Coverage:

Google is promoting iGoogle themes. Google may find more of your duplicate content. Who do you block in AdSense? Search controversy sparks again. Are SEO firms legit? Google Toolbar PageRank update is underway. Google to map the ocean. Live Search adds features and content.

Search Engine Roundtable Topics:

1. Google Promotes iGoogle Artist Themes
2. Managing Duplicate Content In a World Where Google Can Crawl JavaScript
3. Which Advertiser Types Do You Put in Your Google AdSense Filter?
4. Search Conference Controversy Sparks Up Again
5. What are Some Questions to Ask an SEO Firm to Check their Legitimacy?

Search Engine Land Topics:

1. Google Toolbar PageRank Update Creates Major Webmaster Buzz
2. Google Ocean To Complement Google Earth, Maps & Sky Soon
3. Microsoft Live Search Adds More Images, Multimap, Find My Location, & Celebrity Rank

Daily Link Finds:

This is the April 30th, issue of a daily post that will contain links to commentary of the posts over at the Search Engine Roundtable. All links I find throughout the day that ad some commentary to the posts written over at the Search Engine Roundtable, will be in the Daily Link Finds. The purpose is two fold: (1) To help people find discussion around our articles and (2) To thank people for linking to us. How do I find these links? Only one way, via a Google Blog Search link command, so make sure that (1) you are in Google Blog Search and (2) link to us.

Daily Link Finds for April 30th, 2008:

• SearchCap: The Day In Search, April 29, 2008, Search Engine Land
• Autres indices de Googlers : Pscore, mCPC et thresh, Zorgloob.com
• Еще раз про дубли..., bondar.cn
• Major Google Toolbar PageRank Update Creates Major Webmaster Buzz, Search Engine Land
• pscore, mCPC, thresh, JabJab
• Twitter me!, seoFM

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Daily Search Coverage:

Google Maps is missing stickers! Google does toolbar PageRank update. Google's ads looking less ad like? Committing SEOicide. AdWords shows pscore, mCPC and thresh. Google tries VisualRank for images. Yahoo outsources calls via Jajah. Google adds street views directions.

Search Engine Roundtable Topics:

1. Google Maps Stickers Gone Missing
2. Google Updates Toolbar PageRank: April 2008
3. Google Blending Ads More Into Organic Results?
4. Buying 70,000 Links From Same Site Equated to "SEOicide"
5. Google AdWords Displays Ad Scores: Pscore, mCPC & thresh
6. Google Announces Software for VisualRank, Precision Image Search
7. Yahoo! Outsources its Messenger Phone Calls to Jajah

Search Engine Land Topics:

1. Google Showing Ranking Scores On AdWords?
2. Google Adds Street Views To Step-By-Step Driving Directions

Daily Link Finds:

This is the April 29th, issue of a daily post that will contain links to commentary of the posts over at the Search Engine Roundtable. All links I find throughout the day that ad some commentary to the posts written over at the Search Engine Roundtable, will be in the Daily Link Finds. The purpose is two fold: (1) To help people find discussion around our articles and (2) To thank people for linking to us. How do I find these links? Only one way, via a Google Blog Search link command, so make sure that (1) you are in Google Blog Search and (2) link to us.

Daily Link Finds for April 29th, 2008:

• SearchCap: The Day In Search, April 28, 2008, Search Engine Land
• Начался апдейт Google PageRank?, SEO ДЗЕН
• AdWords Displaying Ad Scores on Domestic Searches, Searchviews
• Google Showing Ranking Scores On AdWords?, Search Engine Land
• How to Get More Visitors to "StumbleUpon" Your Site, flyte blog
• links for 2008-04-29, The Agency Blog
• Microhoo, Yahoo Open Strategy, und vieles mehr, Iternetmarketing-News.de
• South of Boston Web Design and Marketing, The 'Silent War' of Local Web Sites
• Techmeme: Google Showing Ranking Scores On AdWords? (Barry Schwartz/Search Engine Land), Techmeme
• Top Search Marketing Blogs by RSS Subscribers, Online Marketing Blog
• Yahoo Adds Circles To Local Search, simplygeo.com
• האם תוצאת חיפוש טיסה בגוגל משווקת כתוכנית שותפים ?, yud.co.il

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Daily Search Coverage:

Yahoo Local adds circles. Google flight results are not paid. How much do you earn during the week with AdSense. Click fraud decreases. StumbleUpon links, what are they worth? Sitelinks update or bug? META Keywords in US Court. Google Product search updates. Sitelinks and the minus 60 penalty related? Google AdSense to become behaviorally targeted?

Search Engine Roundtable Topics:

1. Yahoo Adds Circles To Local Search
2. Are Google's Flight Results Paid?
3. Which Day Do You Make Most Your Google AdSense Income?
4. Click Fraud Rate Decreases Across Yahoo and Google, Says Click Forensics
5. Are Links from StumbleUpon Valuable?
6. More Webmasters Report Google Sitelinks, Few Problems Arise
7. META Keywords Don't Matter According to US Court

Search Engine Land Topics:

1. Google Product Search Gets More Useful
2. Sitelinks On A Google Minus 60 Result: What Does It Mean?
3. Google AdSense Ads May Become More Behaviorally Targeted
4. US Court Orders Advertiser To Use Negative Keywords In Trademark Case

Daily Link Finds:

This is the April 28th, issue of a daily post that will contain links to commentary of the posts over at the Search Engine Roundtable. All links I find throughout the day that ad some commentary to the posts written over at the Search Engine Roundtable, will be in the Daily Link Finds. The purpose is two fold: (1) To help people find discussion around our articles and (2) To thank people for linking to us. How do I find these links? Only one way, via a Google Blog Search link command, so make sure that (1) you are in Google Blog Search and (2) link to us.

Daily Link Finds for April 28th, 2008:

• SearchCap: The Day In Search, April 18, 2008, Search Engine Land
• How to Adjust Your Twitter Tap, SEO Woman
• New Yahoo Search Weather Report, Search Engine Land
• Switched To Google Ad Manager, ShoeMoney
• TechCrunch counts Techmeme posts; we add Technorati rank and FriendFeed links, Blogcosm
• Yahoo ad bid changes go live; users gripe, News.com
• Earth Day Logos From The Search Engine Industry, Search Engine Land
• SearchCap: The Day In Search, April 22, 2008, Search Engine Land
• Websites Celebrating Earth Day 2008, www.vizioninteractive.com
• Earth Day 2008 and 9 Sites That Celebrates It, www.hongkiat.com
• Pandia Weekend Wrap-up April 20, Pandia
• Un Consiglio su Come, Dove e Perche' Linkare (e anche Chi/Cosa e Quando...), DElyMyth
• What Is It and Why Should You Care?, Sustainable SEO
• WordPress.com Subdomain Spam With Tags?, Andy Beard
• Yahoo: New Minimum Bids Implemented, NoonanNight
• Search Engine Position Drop!!!, WebProWorld
• SearchCap: The Day In Search, April 24, 2008, Search Engine Land
• 4 Ways to Hide Content From Google : And Google's Reaction, Search Engine Journal
• Does Size Matter regarding an H1 tag?, Shimon Sandler
• SearchCap: The Day In Search, April 25, 2008, Search Engine Land
• Techmeme: Google Shaking Up URLs in Search Ads? (Linda Bustos/Get Elastic Ecommerce Blog), Techmeme
• Techmeme: Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: (Barry Schwartz/Search Engine Roundtable), Techmeme
• Cre8tive Community Friday Roundup April 25, Cre8tive Flow
• My new iTunes/Asterisk/PHP Hack!, captbrando's log
• Sitelinks at #60 - A Warning Shot From Google, Smackdown
• Google AdSense Ads May Become More Behaviorally Targeted, Search Engine Land
• Sitelinks On A Google Minus 60 Result: What Does It Mean?, Search Engine Land
• You Can Hide Your Content From Google! But Is It Worth It?, PageTraffic SEO Blog

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Daily Search Coverage:

Google rocks Wall Street. Webmaster Tools flakes out again. Yahoo continues Google ad test. Yahoo spikes advertisers bids up. Google shares more revenue with publishers. Google Video redesigned. My video recap is live - you can win.

Search Engine Roundtable Topics:

1. Google (GOOG) Stock Surges Overnight After Awesome Q1 Announcement
2. Google Webmaster Tools Delists All Verified Sites?
3. Yahoo Ad Test on Google Continues
4. Yahoo Jacks Up Advertisers Minimum By 2-4X Overnight
5. Google Pays AdSense Publishers Larger Share Overall
6. Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: April 18, 2008

Search Engine Land Topics:

1. Google Beats Forecasts With 30% Increase In Profit
2. Google Video Redesigns & More Video Tips
3. Yahoo's New Minimum Bid Prices Now Live: Advertisers Impacted

Daily Link Finds:

This is the April 18th, issue of a daily post that will contain links to commentary of the posts over at the Search Engine Roundtable. All links I find throughout the day that ad some commentary to the posts written over at the Search Engine Roundtable, will be in the Daily Link Finds. The purpose is two fold: (1) To help people find discussion around our articles and (2) To thank people for linking to us. How do I find these links? Only one way, via a Google Blog Search link command, so make sure that (1) you are in Google Blog Search and (2) link to us.

Daily Link Finds for April 18th, 2008:

• Купите вип тур в Google-Plex на eBay, GOOgleNEWS: новости Гугл
• Google Updates Sitelinks, Not Webmaster Tools, Marketing Pilgrim
• Microsoft for Mac Typo, Better Than Therapy
• Posizionamento nei motori e velocit, del server
• SearchCap: The Day In Search, April 17, 2008, Search Engine Land
• Google Defies the Economy and Reports a Profit Surge (Miguel Helft/New York Times), Techmeme
• Me won Google schwag!, Sajal Kayan
• Pizza.com & Money.co.uk Sell For Combined $5 Million : Now Niche Content Portals, Search Engine Journal
• two.point.oh, freddie.dot.see.eh
• What Google Deal? Yahoo! Tweaks Ad System (YHOO), Silicon Alley Insider
• Yahoo Jacks Up Advertisers Minimum By 2-4X Overnight (Barry Schwartz/Search Engine Roundtable), Techmeme
• Yahoo Raises Minimum Ad Bids Overnight, CenterNetworks
• Yahoo Tweaks Its (Advertising) Algorithm, TechCrunch
• Yahoo! Sued for $1 Million for Neglecting Click Fraud!, PageTraffic SEO Blog
• Yahoo's New Minimum Bid Prices Now Live: Advertisers Impacted, Search Engine Land

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Daily Search Coverage:

Gmail has trouble. Alexa reranks. Yahoo has a new UI for bids. Yahoo stops Google test. Google advices on moving a site. eBay selling a Google tour. Yahoo sued for $1 million. Google adds new AdWords reps. Google News helps find quotes. Matt and Udi of Google were interviewed.

Search Engine Roundtable Topics:

1. Major Gmail IMAP Outage Overtake Google Groups Forum
2. Alexa Announces Rankings Change
3. Correction: Yahoo's Minimum Bid Interface Live, Not The New Pricing
4. Yahoo Really Only Tests Google Ads For a Week?
5. Google Offers Advice On Moving from Site A to Site B
6. Buy A Google-Plex Tour on eBay
7. Bigreds Sues Yahoo Over Click-Fraud For $1 Million
8. Google Adds Three New AdWordsPro Staff Members

Search Engine Land Topics:

1. Google Drops IMAP Support? Gmail & Google Apps Stops Functioning
2. Yahoo Advertiser Sues Over Click Fraud For $1 Million
3. Google Offers Best Practices For Moving A Site
4. Google News Makes Quotes More Discoverable
5. Two New Google Search Quality Interviews

Daily Link Finds:

This is the April 17th, issue of a daily post that will contain links to commentary of the posts over at the Search Engine Roundtable. All links I find throughout the day that ad some commentary to the posts written over at the Search Engine Roundtable, will be in the Daily Link Finds. The purpose is two fold: (1) To help people find discussion around our articles and (2) To thank people for linking to us. How do I find these links? Only one way, via a Google Blog Search link command, so make sure that (1) you are in Google Blog Search and (2) link to us.

Daily Link Finds for April 17th, 2008:

• IMAP Support Disappears From Gmail [Updated] (Mark Hendrickson/TechCrunch), Techmeme
• SearchCap: The Day In Search, April 16, 2008, Search Engine Land
• Marriage Proposals: Geek Style!, geeksdreamgirl.com
• 'Private Tour' of Google on eBay for a Couple Hundred Bucks, Wired
• Buy A Google-Plex Tour on eBay (Barry Schwartz/Search Engine Roundtable), Techmeme
• Free Line 4.16.08, Free Line Report
• Google Offers Best Practices For Moving A Site, Search Engine Land
• Modern Marriage Proposals, mental_floss Blog
• Top of my e-marketing Blogs, sandrajakovljevic.com
• Yahoo обновила Slurp, Searchengines.ru
• Yahoo-Google Deal Advances (Wall Street Journal), Techmeme

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Daily Search Coverage:

Yahoo's new minimum bids are live. Google UK is dancing. Flickr videos are viewable in Google Reader. Hosting company sells SEO via fast servers. Google wants to be evil. Good brands need SEO? New sitelinks are live. Live Search News is live. Google Website Optimizer leaves the womb.

Search Engine Roundtable Topics:

1. Yahoo's New Minimum Bids Now Live
2. Major Google UK Search Changes? 'Dewey' Crosses The Pond
3. Updated: Google Reader Now Supports Flickr Videos
4. Hosting Company Touting Server Speed As "Intrinsically Linked" To SEO
5. Can Google Ever Become "Evil," Google's Mayer Discusses
6. Why Don't Big Brands Have Good Search Engine Optimization?
7. New Wave of Google Sitelinks Given to Sites

Search Engine Land Topics:

1. Microsoft Launches Live Search News
2. Google Website Optimizer Steps Out Of The AdWords Box: Open To All Users & Urchin 6.0 Comes Out Of Beta

Daily Link Finds:

This is the April 16th, issue of a daily post that will contain links to commentary of the posts over at the Search Engine Roundtable. All links I find throughout the day that ad some commentary to the posts written over at the Search Engine Roundtable, will be in the Daily Link Finds. The purpose is two fold: (1) To help people find discussion around our articles and (2) To thank people for linking to us. How do I find these links? Only one way, via a Google Blog Search link command, so make sure that (1) you are in Google Blog Search and (2) link to us.

Daily Link Finds for April 16th, 2008:

• Have made a list of Search Engine Marketing tools, Flixya.com
• SearchCap: The Day In Search, April 15, 2008, Search Engine Land
• Yahoo introduces Yahoo! Slurp 3.0, Tug Blog
• Yahoo Tweaks Its Search Engine Technology!, WATBlog.com
• News, Trauer, Nüsse & Bier, seoFM
• Google ローカルビジネスセンターのカテゴリ記入が自由に？, 今日のニッパウ
• Microsoft Plays Both Sides Of The Ad Game (Andy Greenberg/Forbes), Techmeme
• PPC News Roundup - 4/16/2008, PPC Hero
• The Meaning of Meaning, The Cubicle Punk

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Daily Search Coverage:

Google Local Business has open categories now. Live Search is updating. AdSense adds units to reports. Yahoo ever group search results? SEO languages are foreign. Google picks expensive keywords. Yahoo's Slurp likes peanut butter. Marissa Mayer talks about being evil. Google wants to rule China in five years. AOL does iPhone search and buys Sphere.

Search Engine Roundtable Topics:

1. Google Local Business Center Allows Free Form Categories Now
2. Microsoft Live Search April 2008 Update?
3. Google AdSense Adds "Choose Units" Reporting Option
4. Yahoo Search Stops Grouping Results From Same Domain?
5. When Talking SEO, Be On The Same Page
6. Google AdWords Picks Most Expensive Keyword From Most Expensive Campaign
7. Yahoo Adds Slurp 3.0, Reminds Me Of Peanut Butter Memo
8. How Do You Get Less Search Traffic?

Search Engine Land Topics:

1. Google Wants To Be Market Leader In China Within Five-Years
2. Google's VP, Marissa Mayer, On "Don't Be Evil" Company Motto
3. AOL Acquires Sphere & Creates Search Interface For iPhone

Daily Link Finds:

This is the April 15th, issue of a daily post that will contain links to commentary of the posts over at the Search Engine Roundtable. All links I find throughout the day that ad some commentary to the posts written over at the Search Engine Roundtable, will be in the Daily Link Finds. The purpose is two fold: (1) To help people find discussion around our articles and (2) To thank people for linking to us. How do I find these links? Only one way, via a Google Blog Search link command, so make sure that (1) you are in Google Blog Search and (2) link to us.

Daily Link Finds for April 15th, 2008:

• Blogger Appreciate Day : Ink Slinger, adamsnider.com
• Linky Goodness, April 14, Marketing Pilgrim
• SearchCap: The Day In Search, April 14, 2008, Search Engine Land
• Yahoo Updates Crawler: Introduces Yahoo Slurp 3.0, Search Engine Land
• Yahoo! Search Blog: Yahoo! Slurp 3.0, Yahoo Search Blog
• Changes to Yahoo Updates Noticed, SEO Tuts
• Google Local Business Center Allows Free Form Categories Now (Barry Schwartz/Search Engine Roundtable), Techmeme
• Google Local Business Center Now Allows Custom Categories, Soho Day
• Nekkid Boobs in Google Search Results...Again, Kua Bay
• Search Engine Optimization Firm Sued, Required to Pay More than $100K in Fees, Sphinn
• SEO Daily Reading - Issue 51, Raven SEO Tools
• Travel Searches, Local & More Searches Turning Case-Sensitive in Google SERPs, Natural Search Blog

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Daily Search Coverage:

Yahoo's search update has to do with their new crawler. Google slaps more advertisers. Google's crawling forms. Blended search study revealed. SEO firm sued and looses. Penn study on search behavior seems off. Make sure your 404s are 404ed. Google's aussi directory celebrates six birthdays a year. And my video is now live, win them schwag.

Search Engine Roundtable Topics:

1. Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: April 13, 2008
2. Yahoo Search April 2008 'Tax Day' Update
3. Possible Google AdWords Slap on April 12, 2008?
4. Google Now Crawling Content Behind Forms
5. User Behavior Influenced By Blended Search Results
6. Search Engine Optimization Firm Sued, Required to Pay More than $100K in Fees
7. Are 80% of Searches Really Informational, As Penn Study Says?
8. Make Sure to Return the Right Response Code on 404 Pages

Search Engine Land Topics:

1. Google Australia's Director Has Six Birthdays?
2. Yahoo Search Update: April 2008 'Tax' Update
3. Yahoo Updates Crawler: Introduces Yahoo Slurp 3.0

Daily Link Finds:

This is the April 14th, issue of a daily post that will contain links to commentary of the posts over at the Search Engine Roundtable. All links I find throughout the day that ad some commentary to the posts written over at the Search Engine Roundtable, will be in the Daily Link Finds. The purpose is two fold: (1) To help people find discussion around our articles and (2) To thank people for linking to us. How do I find these links? Only one way, via a Google Blog Search link command, so make sure that (1) you are in Google Blog Search and (2) link to us.

Daily Link Finds for April 14th, 2008:

• AdAge Power 150 Top 10 Marketing Blogs, Your PR Guy
• Are Google Search Results Going Wacky?, Search Engine Watch Blog
• SearchCap: The Day In Search, April 11, 2008, Search Engine Land
• Yahoo's Minimum Bid Change Happening Next Week (Barry Schwartz/Search Engine Land), Techmeme
• 32 Articles that will improve your back links!, vBulletinsetup.com
• 50-Plus Marketing, www.20plus30.com
• From the Marathon to the Undies, David Naylor
• Google Local Business Search Gives Everyone A Chance, Kingnomar.com
• Google Rollercoaster, ClickFire
• Interview with SEO Expert Gab Goldenberg Providing SEO Tips for Bloggers, About.com
• Learn a bit, read a bit, enjoy your time!, thedocblog.com
• Pandia Weekend Wrap-up April 13, Pandia
• Roboty Google bardziej ludzkie, Bluerank
• two.point.oh, freddie.dot.see.eh?
• Weekly Local Wrap Up, LocalPoint
• Your SEO Tools, Search Engine Herald
• Changes to Yahoo Updates Noticed [SearchEngineWatch], Search Engine Watch Blog
• Si haces publicidad en Google Adwords, necesitarás buen hosting, www.acens.com
• Yahoo Search Update: April 2008 'Tax' Update, Search Engine Land

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Daily Search Coverage:

Yes, still on the road now. Google's ads are on Yahoo. Site command acting Google funny? Google local shifts? Google's TV push. Yahoo's Yodeling! Changing domains? Redirect or Update AdWords URLs? AdSense CTR bug again? Link partners are missing. Yahoo's bid pricing changes next week. Search in pictures is out.

Search Engine Roundtable Topics:

1. Google Ads Now Live on Yahoo Search
2. Is This Strange Google Site Command Behavior?
3. Google Changes Local Ranking Algorithm
4. Google Does TV Ad Push: Offers More AdWords Advertisers TV Ads
5. Yahoo Does Exclamation Point Yodeling Again
6. What Should You Do to Your Content when You Change Domains?
7. Redirect Google AdWords URLs or Update Destination URLs?
8. Low CTR: Is Google AdSense Encountering a Glitch?
9. Where Do You Find Link Partners?

Search Engine Land Topics:

1. Search In Pictures: Yahoo's Yoshi Fight, Google Mapping Chicago, Yahoo's Purple Ball
2. Yahoo's Minimum Bid Change Happening Next Week

Daily Link Finds:

This is the April 11th, issue of a daily post that will contain links to commentary of the posts over at the Search Engine Roundtable. All links I find throughout the day that ad some commentary to the posts written over at the Search Engine Roundtable, will be in the Daily Link Finds. The purpose is two fold: (1) To help people find discussion around our articles and (2) To thank people for linking to us. How do I find these links? Only one way, via a Google Blog Search link command, so make sure that (1) you are in Google Blog Search and (2) link to us.

Daily Link Finds for April 11th, 2008:

• SearchCap: The Day In Search, April 10, 2008, Search Engine Land
• Yahoo приобретает IndexTools, SEO ДЗЕН
• Aprendiendo SEO en 5, 4, 3, Chica Seo
• Гугл рекомендует указывать карту сайта в robots.txt, dimokru
• Essential List of Marketing and SEO Blogs, The Future Buzz
• New Microsoft Live Maps Rolls Out With Boatload Of Upgrades, Search Engine Land
• PPC Roundup for Monday through Thursday 4/7/08 - 4/10/08, semvironment
• Rapido #9, Jeff.keyser.fr
• SEM Tools of the Experts - Search Engine Watch, Search Engine Watch
• TaT: Previous Query, neue Location fr die Abakus Pubcon, Online-Werbung muss richtigen Platz haben, Internetmarketing-news.de
• Uh Oh, Judges Are Ruling on Meta Tags, Traffick
• Uppskakande uppdatering av Google, Jajja Magazine
• Yahoo Games: Google & AOL Partnerships to Increase Microsoft's Offer?, Search Engine Journal

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Daily Search Coverage:

Of the 20 or so articles, 5 of them are on Yahoo - yes, big day for them. I launched a video podcast. Google is not enforcing the URL policy. Google is messing up titles. AdSense is buggy again. SphinnCon coming to North Carolina. Google sitemaps bug. Yahoo buys IndexTools. Flickr does video. Orkut is filled with pedophiles. YouTube adds referral data. 80 percent of searches are informational.

Search Engine Roundtable Topics:

1. Subscribe To Our New Video Podcast: Hosted By Barry Schwartz
2. Is Google AdWords Really Enforcing The URL Policy? No!
3. New Link Building Strategy: "Link Unbuilding"
4. Google Search Mixing Up URLs & Page Titles?
5. Yahoo Messing With Microsoft, Google, AOL & Shareholders or Messing With Themselves?
6. Google AdSense Create New Ad Bug
7. Save the Date: SphinnCon North Carolina - May 2, 2008
8. Google Recommends robots.txt Sitemap Submission During Glitch
9. Yahoo to Acquire IndexTools Web Analytics
10. Flickr Now Supports Video

Search Engine Land Topics:

1. Confirmed: Yahoo To Test Google AdSense For Search Ads
2. Microsoft: Forget It On Paid Search Partnership, Google & Yahoo
3. Report: Yahoo & AOL Approaching A Deal
4. SphinnCon Comes To North Carolina On May 2, 2008
5. 90-Percent Of Pedophilia Complaints In Brazil Come From Google's Orkut
6. YouTube Adds "Discovery" Stats & Updates Page Design; Barry's Search Video Podcast
7. Study: 80-Percent Of Searches Are Informational, 10% Are Navigational & Transactional
8. Yahoo's Biggest Investor, Capital World Investors, Double's Stake In Company

Daily Link Finds:

This is the April 10th, issue of a daily post that will contain links to commentary of the posts over at the Search Engine Roundtable. All links I find throughout the day that ad some commentary to the posts written over at the Search Engine Roundtable, will be in the Daily Link Finds. The purpose is two fold: (1) To help people find discussion around our articles and (2) To thank people for linking to us. How do I find these links? Only one way, via a Google Blog Search link command, so make sure that (1) you are in Google Blog Search and (2) link to us.

Daily Link Finds for April 10th, 2008: