SeoAlchemist

Yahoo! inked an ad deal to syndicate Google ads on search results, content pages, and even their Yahoo! Publisher Network.

People are always interested in the Google logo, especially as they often change it. But anyone searching now for google logo might get a surprise, as noted by Ari. Out of all the relevant images Google could have shown in the top three, Google picked this one as the second most relevant image result for a search on [google logo].

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The launch of Yidio, a new video search engine start-up, shows that investors feel there is still an opportunity to earn market share in video search. Yidio is a division of 2ten Media and debuted in the beginning of June. The San Diego based search engine indexes content from video portals such as YouTube as well as from media outlets (including CNN, ESPN, HBO, and Fox) and even local TV stations. It already has indexed over 200 million videos as well as 3400 free arcade games.

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Google trends launched some cool new data features.

Microsoft isn’t keen to be left behind in the yet to be fully explored area of targeted TV advertising.  Google has been looking into this, as have the cable companies, and now Microsoft is jumping into the mix with their recent acquisition of Navic Networks.

Navic Networks is a seven-year-old firm from Waltham, Mass. that targets interactive advertising through cable set-top boxes.  Microsoft acquired them for an undisclosed sum.  Currently Navic’s technology is used by 35 million cable customers of Cox Communications, Time Warner Cable, and Charter Commucations. (more…)

Learning is a fundamental and highly adaptive function in human beings. More than any other species, humans are designed to be flexible learners and active agents in how we go about acquiring knowledge and skills. Yet much of what people learn happens without any formal instruction.

Think about it. When we’re kids, we learn not to put our hands into the fire by (a) putting our hands into the fire, or (b) watching someone else put their hand into the fire. When we’re teens, we have plenty of time to cogitate over what not to do and how not to do it ever again—while we’re grounded. When we’re young adults, we learn what not to do from watching Jackass DVDs.

The fact of the matter is, we learn from observation; it’s a fundamental part of the human condition. And now that we’ve evolved into search engine marketers extraordinare, sites like Search Engine Land and events like SMX provide critical venues for us in our ongoing quest for knowledge, wisdom, and self actualization.

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Philipp Lessen pointed out that Google now offers a link in the search results to skip intro on flash intro pages.

In an effort to boost its webmail usage or delay the exodus of free mail users from Yahoo to Google GMail, Yahoo has introduced the ymail.com email domain and reintroduced RocketMail.com.

Yahoo.com email addresses are currently used (or claimed) by over 260 million global users, and chances are, if you’re new to Yahoo Mail, your name is taken and you probably have to register some ridiculous email address, like LBakerFireUSA185302@yahoo.com
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Search Engine Land will be going through a redesign in about two months,
which we think will make it easier for people to find the vast amount of
content we have here and publish each day. Our design and development spec
is all set. Now it’s just time to find a company or companies to help us
make it a reality. While we have a short list in mind, we wanted to put out
a public invite to anyone who reads us and thinks they’d be perfect for the
job. Interested? Read on…

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