SeoAlchemist

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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  Accoona’s IPO Backfires, Again
  Web search IPO stalls on underwriter doubts from CNN Money reports that Accoona’s expected $80.5 million IPO has failed due to their underwriter backing out. Maxim Group, their underwriter, backed out after completing an in-depth review of the company. The New York Times reported Edward L. Rose, the firm’s vice…
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  Google Transit Coming To New York Metropolitan Area
  Google May Start New York Transit Guide to Boost Ads from Bloomberg reports that Google Transit will soon support the New York/New Jersey metropolitan area. Currently Google Transit covers about 15 U.S. cities including Burbank, Humboldt County, Orange County, San Diego, Tampa, Honolulu, Duluth, Las Vegas Monorail, Reno, Eugene, Portland,…
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  Searcharazzi: Salacious Wiki Edits to FAST Search & Transfer
  Ever since Caltech graduate student Virgil Griffith launched Wiki Scanner, it has been nonstop fun freaking out PR people everywhere. While Wired’s list of salacious edits has everyone abuzz, Searcharazzi still enjoys good, old-fashioned wiki sleuthing, as brought to our attention yesterday. Apparently someone representing FAST Search & Transfer…
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  Is A Google Phone ‘A Fortnight Away’?
  India’s Rediff.com cites unnamed sources to assert that a Google-branded phone may be “a fortnight away” (two weeks). There have been lots of rumors about a “GPhone” for months. They run the gamut from specialized software development, to a Google MVNO to a Google handset….
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  9 Reasons to Attend SMX Social Media - Register Before September 7 and Save!
  Early bird registration for Search Marketing Expo - SMX Social Media in New York ends September 7. Register now and you’ll get one of only 200 seats. Even better, you save $200 by acting now! And…keep reading for a valuable bonus offer! SMX Social Media is a must-attend event for…

Search News From Around The Web:

Business Issues

• Google In Oregon: Mother Nature Meets The Data Center, InformationWeek
• Yahoo, Microsoft Allegedly Sign Chinese "Self-Discipline Act", Google Blogoscoped
• Mary Meeker Fixes YouTube Math–Then Changes Assumptions to Back Into New Estimate, Silicon Alley Insider

Local, Maps & Mobile

• A Tale of Two City Guides, Search Engine Watch
• Yelp launches Events, a worthy Upcoming.org competitor, Webware

Paid Search & Contextual

• Could You Be Delivering Ads of Your Choosing for Google in the Future?, SEO By The Sea
• First Feedback on Google AdWords Top Ad Placement Formula, Search Engine Roundtable
• Four Reasons Why You Should Never Use Google AdWords’ Pre-Pay Option, Search Engine Journal
• Playing Dirty With PPC, Search Engine Watch
• Google AdWords Quality Score Doesn’t Always Make Sense, SEOptimise
• Landing Pages Should Be Made For Humans and Machines, PPC Hero

Searching

• Mahalo - Doomed? My Response to Skrenta, Traffick

SEO & SEM

• The website hack you’d never find, johnmu.com

Video, Music & Image Search

• Site Update 8/22, YouTube Blog

Other Items

• Feds use robots.txt files to stay invisible online. Lame., News.com
• In-game ad market to take off, says study, E-Consultancy
• First year of Google WiFi, Official Google Blog

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