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Welcome to the Tuesday, February 17 SearchEngineWorld Daily News Tracker featuring news of Yahoo Mobile launching new smartphone strategy, Freescale announcing Google Android-based netbooks, Microsoft testing adCenter Desktop for advertisers, China's top search engine Baidu has estimate lowered, and more.


Lane R Ellis      
Lead Editor,
SearchEngineWorld

 5:01 pm on Feb. 17, 2009 (utc 0)

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Yahoo launches Yahoo Mobile

http://yhoo.client.shareholder.com/press/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=365403
http://mobile.yahoo.com/
http://mashable.com/2009/02/17/yahoo-mobile-2/
http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2236637/yahoo-stakes-mobile-claim
http://profy.com/2009/02/17/yahoo-announces-yahoo-mobile-hoping-to-revolutionize-the-way-we-interact-with-the-web-on-our-mobile-devices/
http://www.webmasterworld.com/yahoo-corp/3851570.htm

Freescale aims to sell Google Android netbooks in Q2

http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTRE51G00620090217
http://news.cnet.com/Freescale-aims-to-sell-Google-Android-Netbooks/2100-1006_3-6249009.html
http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Desktops-and-Notebooks/Freescale-to-Use-Google-Android-in-Netbooks-Later-This-Year/

Vodaphone unveils Google phone at Mobile World Congress tradeshow

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7894516.stm
http://www.pcworld.com/article/159634/vodafone_to_sell_second_htc_google_phone.html
http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13970_7-10165557-78.html
http://www.mobilecrunch.com/2009/02/17/vodafone-announcing-the-htc-magic/
http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Mobile-and-Wireless/MWC-Vodafone-to-Offer-Google-Android-on-HTC-Magic/
http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/17/htc-magic-is-official-bringing-android-to-vodafone-sans-keyboar/
http://www.slashgear.com/htc-magic-announced-vodafone-gets-the-second-android-smartphone-1734713/
(related: Android’s progress elevates Google’s mobile aspirations)
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4f90c95c-f9f3-11dd-9daa-000077b07658.html

eGuiders looks to cut through clutter of a gazillion videos online

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/products/2009-02-16-eguiders-main_N.htm

Don't Be Fooled by Google's Phony 'Beta' Label: PC World's Mike Elgan

http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/159648/dont_be_fooled_by_googles_phony_beta_label.html

Nvidia Tegra: Not just Windows, Android too

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-10165037-64.html
http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2236568/nvidia-showcases-android
http://www.informationweek.com/news/hardware/processors/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=214303232

Google's $900 million search advertising deal with MySpace may not be extended: Peter Kafka for All Things Digital

http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20090217/myspaces-google-gravy-train-set-to-stop-next-year/

Google losses head up broad tech-sector retreat: Rex Crum for MarketWatch

http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/story.aspx?guid={8C7C019B-1707-42C7-94A5-615F6268D93C}
http://blogs.barrons.com/techtraderdaily/2009/02/17/google-the-case-against-a-second-half-recovery/

Yahoo trumps Google for enterprise web analytics

http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2236612/yahoo-analytics-better

Google TV: Still a Tough Sell

http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/feb2009/tc20090213_506671.htm

Videos often rank higher than text on Google: Forrester Research

http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=100419

Google SearchWiki Puts Strain On Reputation Management

http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=100343

China's top search engine Baidu: RBC Chops Estimates, Target

http://blogs.barrons.com/techtraderdaily/2009/02/17/baidu-rbc-chops-estimates-target/

Google AdWords Retiring Business Pages for Mobile Ads

http://searchmarketingcommunications.com/2009/02/16/google-adwords-discontinuing-business-pages-for-mobile-ads/

Microsoft tests adCenter Desktop for advertisers

http://adcentercommunity.com/blogs/advertiser/archive/2009/02/16/now-available-for-qualified-advertisers-microsoft-adcenter-desktop-beta.aspx

Google senior vice president of product management Jonathan Rosenberg on future of Internet and Google

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/02/from-height-of-this-place.html

WEB / OTHER

Offerpal Media Raises $15 Million to Peddle In-Game Advertising

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/17/offerpal-media-raises-15-million-to-peddle-in-game-ads/

Medpedia: A Collaborative Encyclopedia for Health Care

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/17/medpedia-a-collaborative-encyclopedia-for-health-care/
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/02/17/medpedias-health-platform-could-be-just-what-the-doctor-ordered/
http://healthcare.zdnet.com/?p=1834

Web Sites Help Video Game Players Shop and Swap

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123483287669795923.html
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/02/16/dawdle-invites-game-resellers-to-set-up-shop/
(related)
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123483208052695843.html

Wall Street Journal's Martin Peers asks: Future Shock for Internet Ads?

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123483323444195983.html

Nokia to sell phones with Skype VoIP software

http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTRE51G1FE20090217
http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13970_7-10165241-78.html
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/17/nokia_skype/
http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2236591/nokia-phones-integrate-skype
http://news.zdnet.com/2424-9595_22-269461.html
(related: Skype's encrypted phone calls attract criminals in Italy)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7890443.stm
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/159656/criminals_using_skype_say_italian_police.html

Fortune's Jessi Hempel on how Facebook is taking over our lives

http://money.cnn.com/2009/02/16/technology/hempel_facebook.fortune/index.htm

Get Facebook in Your Inbox With NutshellMail

http://mashable.com/2009/02/17/nutshellmail-2/

Cisco brings Web conferences to more smartphones

http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13970_7-10164757-78.html

Monday Routing instability caused Internet traffic chaos

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/17/net_instability/

Web sales rose 19 percent in January: IMRG Capgemini e-Retail Sales Index

http://www.vnunet.com/computing/news/2236589/online-shopping-sustains-growth

DotMobi top-level domain registry offers quick-start mobile web site tool

http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2236592/dotmobi-launches-smb-friendly

MySpace Mobile to get a new look, Palm Pre and S60 support

http://www.mobilecrunch.com/2009/02/16/myspace-mobile-to-get-a-new-look-announces-palm-pre-and-s60-support/
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/will_a_new_myspace_mobile_site.php

Twe2: Free Twitter SMS Updates For Europe and the Rest of the World

http://twe2.com/
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/twe2_free_twitter_sms_updates_for_europe_and_the_rest_of_the_world.php

BusinessWeek: Local Advertising Isn't Jumping Online

http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/feb2009/tc20090213_028329.htm

b5media abandons wide model in favor of uber blogs

http://www.inquisitr.com/18244/b5media-abandons-wide-model-in-favor-of-uber-blogs/

 


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