February 9, 2007

From the SEW Blog:

• Facebook on the Rise
  Partnerships with Comcast and Jobster could help the social networking site take on MySpace.
• Is Google Radio Sinking? DMarc Founders Depart
  The founders of DMarc are leaving Google amidst reports of tension over Google's approach to radio ad sales.
• Google Hoping Smiles Are Contagious
  Google plans to wallpaper its office walls with pictures of smiling Google advertisers.
• A Newcomer's Guide to SES?
  A guide for newbies to search industry events: which type of attendee are you?
• Building Your Own Search Engine
  Google's core technology assets go beyond search engine algorithms to include massively deployed server networks operating in close harmony.
• Has Powerset Found Its Edge?
  Semantic search startup Powerset has licensed some natural language search technology developed at PARC.

Headlines & News from Elsewhere:

• Powerset's search technology scoop, may scare Google, VentureBeat
• The 950 Penalty or a New Ranking Theory?, Bruce Clay Blog
• Miva Lays Off, Restructures, ClickZ
• SEMPO Survey Reveals Major Shifts, Part 1, ClickZ
• Personalized Search – The Feature No one is Asking For, Graywolf's SEO Blog
• Getting Started With Web Analytics: Step One - Glean Macro Insights., Occam's Razor
• The Truth About SEO, Publishing 2.0
• Why Links Matter: So Simple a Monkey Could Understand It, Sugarrae
• How to Shoot Yourself in the Foot with Search Engine Optimization, GrokDotCom
• UK SEO companies, Cornwall SEO
• The Enormous Linkbait list, Cornwall SEO
• On linkbaiting, SEO’ing and all that other crap, Ben Metcalfe
• The Search Conference Groupie, SearchMarketPro