searchengineworld
Home / News / Daily News Tracker

SearchEngineWorld Wednesday, January 21, 2009 Daily News Tracker
Welcome to the Wednesday, January 21 SearchEngineWorld Daily News Tracker featuring news of Google partnering with New York City, YouTube adding custom video thumbnail images, Google ending its print advertising program, bracing for Microsoft and Google quarterly earnings reports, and more.


Lane R Ellis      
Lead Editor,
SearchEngineWorld

 4:51 pm on Jan. 21, 2009 (utc 0)

SEARCH

Google and New York City partnership announced by Mayor Michael Bloomberg

http://googlemobile.blogspot.com/2009/01/navigate-new-york-city-with-google-maps.html
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/01/explore-new-york-city-with-google-from.html

Google Ends Sale of Ads in Papers After 2 Years

http://google-tmads.blogspot.com/2009/01/turning-page-on-print-ads.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/21/technology/internet/21google.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/jan/21/google-scraps-newspaper-ad-sales-service
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123248131740899103.html
http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTRE50J76720090121
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2009-01-20-google-ads_N.htm
http://www.pcworld.com/article/158026/google_kills_print_ads_program.html
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a724733e-e748-11dd-aef2-0000779fd2ac.html
http://mashable.com/2009/01/20/google-print-ads-discontinued/
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10146065-93.html
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/01/21/google_kills_print_ads/
http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20090120/another-google-product-killed-print-ads-no-one-wanted/
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/01/20/google-bails-on-print-ads-and-newspapers/
http://www.alleyinsider.com/2009/1/are-mobile-barcodes-toast
http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/techbeat/archives/2009/01/google_drops_pr.html
http://www.centernetworks.com/google-closing-print-ads
http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticleHomePage&art_aid=98810
http://venturebeat.com/2009/01/20/google-bails-on-print-media-like-everyone-else/
http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticleHomePage&art_aid=98773
http://adage.com/digital/article?article_id=133913
http://www.inquisitr.com/15948/not-even-google-can-save-print-advertising/
http://www.adweek.com/aw/content_display/news/digital/e3ife1903a36d09a1d8e18414bdd81cce83
http://valleywag.gawker.com/5135770/google-to-newspapers-youre-still-screwed
http://blogoscoped.com/archive/2009-01-21-n23.html
http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=11553
http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-fi-google21-2009jan21,0,6566191.story
http://news.wired.com/dynamic/stories/G/GOOGLE_NEWSPAPERS
http://www.webmasterworld.com/goog/3830982.htm

Google lets YouTube users choose video thumbnail images

http://googleresearch.blogspot.com/2009/01/smart-thumbnails-on-youtube.html

Wired: The Plot to Kill Google

http://www.wired.com/techbiz/it/magazine/17-02/ff_killgoogle

Microsoft Discloses Sale of Interest in Comcast

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123250986459301395.html
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10145952-56.html
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/01/21/ms_sells_comcast_shares/
http://www.informationweek.com/news/windows/operatingsystems/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=212901639
http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2009/01/microsoft_decid_1.html

Google offers search statistics from the United States presidential inauguration

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/01/search-findings-from-us-presidential.html
http://venturebeat.com/2009/01/21/googles-inauguration-search-queries-show-a-rapidly-evolving-internet/
http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20090121/how-to-slow-google-get-barack-obama-to-speak/
http://www.alleyinsider.com/2009/1/obamas-inauguration-more-popular-than-google-goog

Microsoft expected to cut jobs after posting off-target quarterly results Thursday

http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTRE50J7QN20090121
http://kara.allthingsd.com/20090121/welcome-to-microsofts-nightmare-weak-quarter-and-still-more-yahoo-questions/
http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20090121/microsoft-layoffs-theres-a-first-time-for-everything/
http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2234739/microsoft-staff-brace-major-job
http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2009/01/microsoft_possi.html
http://www.alleyinsider.com/2009/1/everyone-expects-microsoft-to-announce-layoffs-msft
http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Windows/Microsoft-Expected-to-Cut-Thousands-of-Jobs-After-Quarterly-Report/

Court Denies Yahoo Request To Move American Airlines Suit

http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticleHomePage&art_aid=98777

With quarterly financial earnings report due Thursday, using Google as an economic barometer

http://www.forbes.com/2009/01/20/google-expected-earnings-tech-enter-cz_qh_0121google.html
(related: Motley Fool - 5 Reasons to Worry About Google)
http://www.fool.com/investing/high-growth/2009/01/20/5-reasons-to-worry-about-google.aspx
http://www.alleyinsider.com/2009/1/google-paid-clicks-on-track

Register: Google AdWords - 11 herbs and spices revealed

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/01/21/google_secret/

MediaPost: Global Search Integration - Yes We Can

http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticleHomePage&art_aid=98786

Zoho clears way for abandoned Google Notebook users to import information

http://blogs.zoho.com/notebook/google-notebook-import-new-zoho-notebook-plug-in-more/
http://venturebeat.com/2009/01/20/dont-despair-google-notebook-users-import-to-zoho/

TweepSearch allows keyword searches of Twitter profiles

http://blogs.zdnet.com/feeds/?p=401

Satellite Image of President Obama's Inauguration in Google Earth

http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/2009/01/satellite-image-of-dc-on-inauguration.html
http://www.gearthblog.com/blog/archives/2009/01/satellite_image_of_president_obamas_1.html

Google releases tool for testing how a given browser parses CSS

http://google-opensource.blogspot.com/2009/01/css-selector-shell-released.html

Google prepares upcoming holiday AdWords templates

http://adwords.blogspot.com/2009/01/new-seasonal-templates-for-display-ad.html

WEB / OTHER

Twitter U.S. market share draws even with Digg: Hitwise

http://weblogs.hitwise.com/heather-dougherty/2009/01/twitter_catches_up_to_digg.html
http://www.pcworld.com/article/158035/twitter_overtakes_digg_in_popularity.html
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10146172-93.html
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/01/20/did-twitter-just-pass-digg/
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/did_twitter_just_pass_digg_in.php
http://www.alleyinsider.com/2009/1/twitters-web-traffic-growing-like-a-weed
http://venturebeat.com/2009/01/20/twitters-us-web-market-share-passes-digg/
http://www.inquisitr.com/15932/twitter-overtakes-digg-in-traffic/
(related: Twitter takes off in the U.K. with tenfold 2008 usage increase)
http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2234726/twitter-takes-uk
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/pda/2009/jan/20/twitter-digitalmedia

Inauguration Sets Internet Records

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/21/us/politics/21video.html
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/20/news-sites-struggle-to-stream-obamas-innaguration-speech/
http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article5556788.ece
http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2009/01/20/digital-overload-at-inauguration/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/technology/2009/01/inauguration_were_you_new_or_o.html
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2009-01-21-inauguration-online_N.htm
http://www.pcworld.com/article/158029/obama_inauguration_drives_record_web_usage.html
http://mashable.com/2009/01/20/cnn-facebook-inauguration-numbers/
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10146825-36.html
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/20/inaugurating-social-tv/
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/21/obama.blogger.inauguration/index.html
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/01/20/facebooks-big-day-15-million-obama-wall-posts/
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/facebook_and_cnn_the_power_of_the_social_web_revealed.php
http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/techbeat/archives/2009/01/live-blogging_t.html
http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Enterprise-Networking/ISPs-Report-Record-Traffic-During-Inauguration/
http://venturebeat.com/2009/01/20/web-too-busy-for-business-during-obama-inauguration/
http://adage.com/digital/article?article_id=133920
http://www.inquisitr.com/15922/inauguration-was-great-but-as-usual-full-video-is-a-fail/
http://www.adweek.com/aw/content_display/news/agency/e3i1631bdc8fee89cc706a44517dc99aa0d
http://tech.yahoo.com/news/afp/20090121/tc_afp/lifestyleuspoliticsobamainternet

Second Life maker Linden Lab buys virtual-merchant firms Xstreet SL and OnRez

http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2009/01/21/linden-bets-on-the-desire-for-virtual-things/
http://www.paidcontent.org/entry/419-linden-lab-acquires-virtual-goods-trading-sites/
http://venturebeat.com/2009/01/20/second-life-moves-into-the-virtual-goods-market-business/

Change Has Come To WhiteHouse.Gov
Web site, Twitter account

http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2009/01/20/change-has-come-to-whitehousegov/
http://www.slate.com/id/2209275/
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20090120-new-president-means-new-look-features-for-whitehouse-gov.html
http://blogoscoped.com/archive/2009-01-21-n75.html
http://mashable.com/2009/01/20/the-white-house-on-twitter/
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10146802-38.html
http://blogs.siliconvalley.com/gmsv/2009/01/whitehousegov-remodeling-includes-larger-windows-more-doors.html
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10145852-38.html
http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2009/01/new_administrat.html
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/01/20/whitehousegov-has-a-new-face/
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/whitehousegov_president_web_presence.php
http://www.alleyinsider.com/2009/1/barack-obama-keeps-akamai
http://venturebeat.com/2009/01/20/whitehousegov-takes-a-page-from-twitters-playbook/
http://www.inquisitr.com/15890/whitehousegov-gets-obama-makeover/
http://valleywag.gawker.com/5135406/the-white-house-has-a-new-webmaster
http://tech.yahoo.com/news/afp/20090121/tc_afp/uspoliticstechnologyinternetobama
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jan/21/obama-inauguration-white-house-website

Facebook saw over 4,000 status updates per minute during inauguration

http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2009/01/20/the-facebook-inauguration-party/

Web analytics firm Omniture's Outage Woes

http://www.forbes.com/2009/01/20/omniture-web-analytics-tech-ebiz-cx_ag_0121omniture.html

Super Bowl Ad Costs GoDaddy More This Year, May Reach Smaller TV Audience

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601204&sid=aHwQ_pOQd6jI&refer=technology

Google shuts off antiphishing feature in Firefox 2.0

http://www.infoworld.com/article/09/01/21/Google_shuts_off_antiphishing_feature_in_Firefox_2_1.html

Twitter utility Tweepler helps sort followers

http://tweepler.com/
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/01/21/regain-control-over-your-twitter-social-graph-with-tweepler/

Embed YouTube video in Flash-based presentations with new SlideShare feature

http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/01/20/slideshare-now-lets-you-fuse-youtube-into-your-presentations/
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/slideshare_youtube_embed.php

Pandora Radio Begins Serving Audio Ads

http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/01/20/pandora-radio-starts-serving-audio-ads/

Mozilla's Test Pilot: A Global Usability Lab for Firefox

http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/mozilla_test_pilot_usability_study.php
http://blog.wired.com/business/2009/01/mozilla-wants-t.html

Reddit strikes back with its official iPhone app: preview

http://venturebeat.com/2009/01/20/preview-reddit-strikes-back-with-its-official-iphone-app/

Social network Friendster refocuses business on Asian users

http://venturebeat.com/2009/01/20/social-network-friendster-refocuses-business-on-asian-users/

Red Hat Linux version 5.3 released

http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-263102.html

 


Reader Comments:

Use your WebmasterWorld ID to login to comment:

 Member Login:
Member Name:
need to register?
Password:
lost password?
 

SearchEngineWorld
 

All trademarks and copyrights held by respective owners.
Terms of Service ¦ Privacy Policy ¦ About
PubCon ® and WebmasterWorld ® are Registered Trademarks of WebmasterWorld Inc.
© WebmasterWorld Inc. / SearchEngineWorld 1996-2008 all rights reserved