http://www.inanchor.com SEO and search engine news Mon, 19 May 2008 04:40:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Posted by Glen AllsoppThere are over 200 million blogs online, thousands of review sites, sites specific to leaving feedback about companies, and thousands of forums on any topic imaginable. People can talk about whatever they want, pretty much wherever they want, and with so many people "conversing online," a lot of ... http://www.inanchor.com/2008/05/18/you-dont-own-your-brand-onlinebut-you-can-own-the-search-results/ What would Sunday afternoon/evening be lately without more intrigue in the MicroHoo drama? Today was no exception as Redmond issued a cryptic statement that says it's offering to join forces with or acquire some of Yahoo -- potentially the search business -- in a deal short of the total acquisition ... http://www.inanchor.com/2008/05/18/microsoft-and-yahoo-apparently-back-at-the-bargaining-table/ I love Google's special holiday logos, which typically honor unique individuals or special holidays. Today Google has a special logo recognizing the birthday of Bauhaus ("house of building") founder Walter Gropius. But it's a weird tribute: In some respects, the logo can be seen as a rendition of the Googleplex ... http://www.inanchor.com/2008/05/18/google-celebrates-bauhaus-bday-with-broken-logo/ Hot on the heels of Martin Scorese's Rolling Stones documentary Shine a Light, the "living legends" themselves teamed up with YouTube to interact with fans with some Q&A. read more http://www.inanchor.com/2008/05/17/the-stones-went-social-with-youtube/ Webmasters this week were greeted with an "oops, not working" error when they tried using Google's Malware Review form. The form that was introduced last year in August to help webmasters solve issues of malware or badware, faced some technical problems this week and this was first reported at around ... http://www.inanchor.com/2008/05/17/oops-google-malware-review-form-working-again/ Feedback from users of Microsoft's Live Search for Windows Mobile drove the introduction of several new features for the service. read more http://www.inanchor.com/2008/05/16/live-search-drops-goodies-into-windows-mobile/ Full year 2007 US advertising revenues exceeded 2006 by 26 percent, hitting a mark of $21.2 billion last year. read more http://www.inanchor.com/2008/05/16/iab-us-net-ad-revenues-topped-21b-in-07/ Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Search Biz: Guerilla Artists Protest Google, Search Tops Online Spending Categories, Google Potentially Moving Mini To The Cloud, Predictions About Google Consumer Marketing Other than discussion of online advertising ... http://www.inanchor.com/2008/05/16/searchcap-the-day-in-search-may-16-2008/ Other than discussion of online advertising revenues, it's an all-Google day for Search Biz: rumors of Google Mini being replaced by a hosted solution, a "public art" protest about Google doing business with the Chinese government and speculation about the future of consumer marketing at Google. Click to continue reading... ... http://www.inanchor.com/2008/05/16/search-biz-guerilla-artists-protest-google-search-tops-online-spending-categories-google-potentially-moving-mini-to-the-cloud-predictions-about-google-consumer-marketing/ There haven't been any signs that Yahoo will make its employees work from within isolation tanks.  That almost seems like the next logical step, though, as Jerry Yang has followed up Carl Icahn's critical words with yet another "all is well, stay on task" letter to Yahoo's troops.read more ... http://www.inanchor.com/2008/05/16/yang-writes-employees-another-brainwashing-letter/