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Daily Search Forum Recap: November 21, 2008

barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz) — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 15:00:11 -0600

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web....

Weekly Search Buzz RoundUp - 11/21/08: Jerry Yang Steps Down, TLA Inlinks.com, and We Yell About Yelp

barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz) — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:08:04 -0600

Happy week before Thanksgiving! What are YOU doing next Friday? (Chances are, I'll be here blogging!) This week, we saw the biggest news of the month (or so I think), and that's where I'm going to start. Jerry Yang, Ex-CEO...

Microsoft Endorses Link Exchanges -- Or Do They?

barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz) — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:44:12 -0600

On the Microsoft Office Live Small Business Blog (and even in a second post), Senior Product Manager Skip Chilcott writes that link exchanges are a "popular way to generate more links." Blogger Saad Kamal has a problem with this. Citing...

Google AdWords Tests Out New Interface

barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz) — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:02:23 -0600

A new Google AdWords interface may be coming to an account near you. At Search Engine Land, Barry provides screenshots of this greener interface that looks like it's sporting a new green type of Gmail theme. Here are some screens:...

Google AdWords Team Shares Insights into Google Optimization Center

barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz) — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:50:40 -0600

Want some industry information about getting the most of your Google AdWords budget? Check out the Google Optimization Center, which gives you some great strategies depending on the type of industry you're in. PDF files are offered in each individual...

I'm Surprised Google Made SearchWiki The Default, Really

barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz) — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:38:28 -0600

The blogosphere is buzzing about Google's announcement that they have made Google SearchWiki the default for users who are signed into Google while searching. What this means is that users will see features to promote, delete and comment on search...

My Google Maps To Sync With Google Maps Mobile

barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz) — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:29:03 -0600

Google Maps Guide Tom replied to a Google Groups thread requesting Google to bridge the data between My Maps and Google Mobile Maps. Typically, a Google representative would say, thank you for your feedback and leave it at that. But...

Google AdWords Sandbox API SOAP Requests Broken

barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz) — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:25:42 -0600

For those Google AdWords API developers, you should be aware that currently any requests sent over the SOAP protocol to the API Sandbox will return an error. A Google Groups thread has one developer complaining and an official Google representative...

Google Shopping (Base) Feeds Processing Errors

barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz) — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:15:43 -0600

Sam from OhNuts informed me that Google is having some major issues with Google Base feeds. Google Base feeds are used to send data from your site to Google Product Search, amongst other places. A Google Groups announcement thread says...

Daily Search Forum Recap: November 20, 2008

barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz) — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:00:41 -0600

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web....

The Value of a Link on Google's Home Page

barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz) — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:19:34 -0600

Ever wonder what a link on Google's homepage would bring in terms of traffic? Let's take this G1 link: The Compete blog gives some detail into the number of clicks that link had while it was extremely visible on Google.com....

Google Maps Loses Saved Locations -- Fix in Progress

barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz) — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:01:38 -0600

Numerous (10) Google Maps users are complaining that they are reliant upon Google Maps but the "Saved Locations" is empty even though some have saved 50 locations or so. Addresses are hard to remember by the human mind, so why...

Publishers' Top Requests to Google AdSense Are...

barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz) — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:35:18 -0600

A WebmasterWorld thread is gathering the top 5 publisher requests to be shared with Google's AdSenseAdvisor. Forum member participation is building up, with the following requests being made thus far: Ability to block more than 200 sites in the Competitive...

Google AdWords Query Parsing Explained

barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz) — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:16:48 -0600

Let's say you've geotargeted your Google AdWords ad for Florida. You'd be alarmed if you saw that the ad was being run in Oslo, Norway, wouldn't you? I suppose I would be. Is this a problem with Google? Well, in...

Mid-November Google Search Update

barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz) — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 07:55:48 -0600

We have already written our Google November report but when I see a spike in conversation about Google Search changes, I try to keep you informed, even if it is not a new month. So as you know, we covered...