Search Marketing News Roundup – Week July 5th to 9th

Here’s a summary of what you need to know in search marketing from last week, in order of recency… Click on headlines to read stories.

Friday July 9th
Consumer Watchdog Believes Google ‘WiSpy’ Potentially Logged Homeland Security Data
Search Agency Update – What Are Companies Up To?

Thursday July 8th
While Twitter Search Booms, Facebook Grows On India And Indonesia As U.S. Slumps
Google “Confident” On Potential In-Depth EU Antitrust Inquiry

Wednesday July 7th
Foursquare, IFC, Huffington Post In Geo-Located Content Deals
Local Search On Smartphones Prime Lead Generator For Businesses [study]

Tuesday July 6th
Yahoo Upshot Blog To Create Search-Driven News Content
Twitter’s @EarlyBird Account To Feed Users With Shopping Deals

Monday July 5th
Skype Moves Near Facebook HQ To Consolidate Mobile, Consumer Electronics Segments
Facebook’s Face Recognition Tagging Feature Signalling Photo Search?

Happy reading and have a good week !

Search Marketing News Roundup – Week June 14th-18th

Here’s a summary of what you need to know in search marketing from last week, in order of recency… Click on headlines to read stories.

Friday, June 18th
Search Agency Update – What Are Companies Up To?
Search Seen As Biggest Single Winner Of U.S. Online Ad Spend In 2010 [Study]

Thursday, June 17th
Boston Globe Adopts Open-Source Neighborhood News Mapping Platform OpenBlock
Google Commerce Search 2.0 Means On-The-Fly Customization For Shoppers And Retailers Delight
AOL Dumps Bebo For Reported $10 Million

Wednesday June 16th
AdWords Now Tells Advertisers About Competitors’ Performance
Facebook Is A Major Video Ad Player And Zynga Its Secret Weapon

Tuesday June 15th
Twitter ‘Places’ Bold Move Towards Paid Search With Foursquare, Gowalla, Localeze, TomTom Ties
Zynga To Boost Asian Presence With $147 mln Investment From Softbank

Monday June 14th
Yahoo, Microsoft U.S. Search Market Shares Grew Fastest in May – comScore
Google vs Bing On Maps And User-Content Overlays

Happy reading !

Search Marketing News Scribbles – Week June 1st-4th

Last week’s summary in order of recency… Click on headlines to read stories. No stories on Monday, May 29th, Memorial Day.

First, a thank you note to and from our editor, Jonathan Allen aka @jc1000000
Search Marketing Thought-Leadership Recap, May 2010

Friday June 4th
Local Search Localeze Launches Business Registration Manager To Boost Customer Confidence
DoubleClick Invests In Real-Time Online Ads Bidding With Invite Media Buy

Thursday June 3rd
U.S. April Mobile Searches Get 90% Boost Via Apps, 50% Via Browsers; Social Networking Still Biggest
Online Video Is Really The Next Big Thing [Study]
Marin Software Raises $11.2 Mln To Boost Development

Wednesday June 2nd
WordTracker Partners With Majestic SEO To Create Link Building Intelligence Tool
World Cup 2010 Sets UK Searches Abuzz
Advertisers’ Budget Splurge On “Lost” Finale Well Worth Their Money – And Yours
–> this is my favorite ! Amazing numbers, if you ask me

Tuesday June 1st
Apple Faces Multiple DoJ And FTC Inquiries Over Music, Adobe And Mobile Ads
Facebook Under U.S. Judiciary Committee Scrutiny Over Privacy Issues
Foursquare Inks Refinery Media Deal in Singapore

Happy reading !