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SearchEngineWorld Wednesday, March 4, 2009 Daily News Tracker
Welcome to the Wednesday, March 4 SearchEngineWorld Daily News Tracker featuring news of Google placing Book Search copyright case notices in newspapers worldwide, California lawmaker seeking satellite image blurring for online maps, Google chief executive Eric Schmidt speaking about Twitter, Yahoo chief executive Carol Bartz urging that any search talks be conducted in private, Search Engine Marketing Professional Organization (SEMPO) announces newly-elected officers, and more.


Lane R Ellis      
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 5:20 pm on Mar. 4, 2009 (utc 0)

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In Book Search copyright case, Google places legal notices in newspapers worldwide in 70 languages

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/04/books/04google.html
http://media.www.mcgilltribune.com/media/storage/paper234/news/2009/03/04/Features/Google.Reinvents.The.Library-3658298.shtml

California Lawmaker Wants Google, Microsoft Online Map Images Blurred

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/03/03/california-lawmaker-wants-online-map-images-blurred/
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/03/california-bill-wants-google-to-blur-out-schools-churches.ars

Google’s Schmidt speaks about Twitter, likelihood of slimmer 2009 earnings

http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2009/03/03/googles-schmidt-speaks-up-about-twitter/
http://www.fool.com/investing/high-growth/2009/03/04/will-google-buy-twitter-in-3-weeks.aspx
http://tech.yahoo.com/news/afp/20090304/tc_afp/usinternetcompanyyahoomicrosoftgoogle
http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20090304/google-ceo-we-are-not-immune/
http://www.businessinsider.com/live-google-ceo-eric-schmidt-at-morgan-stanley-conference-2009-3
http://www.pcworld.com/article/160670/google_disses_twitter.html
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10187705-93.html
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/03/04/schmidt_on_netbooks/
http://www.businessinsider.com/google-ceo-on-ma-inactive-waiting-for-prices-to-get-better-2009-3
http://valleywag.gawker.com/5164048/why-google-ceos-twitter-diss-is-all-wrong

Yahoo chief executive Carol Bartz urges any search talks be private / expresses interest in search and social networks

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123611232593822043.html
http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTRE5224KR20090303
http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Search-Engines/Yahoo-CEO-Talks-Microsoft-Google-Maps/
http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=101407

Google will not finance online regulation

http://www.marketingweek.co.uk/cgi-bin/item.cgi?id=64531

Louis Gray on the future of Twitter: Integrated Search, Trends, Featured Users

http://www.louisgray.com/live/2009/03/future-of-twitter-integrated-search.html

European Union executive amends Microsoft antitrust monitoring agreement

http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTRE52322B20090304
http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Windows/EU-Changes-Microsoft-Antitrust-Monitoring/

Netflix stands behind Microsoft Silverlight

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10187442-93.html
(related)
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/03/04/silverlight_3_futures/

Google Android Gets Finance, Guitar Hero Apps

http://googlemobile.blogspot.com/2009/03/finance-for-android-app.html
http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2009/03/jekyll_hyde_and.html

Google Offers Free Analytics Program

http://www.google.com/intl/en/press/annc/20090303_analytics-iq.html
http://www.informationweek.com/news/internet/reporting/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=215800280

YouTube hopes to inform users of recent upgrades with Adopt-a-Feature campaign

http://www.youtube.com/blog?entry=_xf8lTaX37k
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/03/03/youtube-holds-a-casting-call-to-educate-its-users/

Twitter: We Can Do What Google Can't

http://adage.com/digital/article?article_id=135016

Yahoo Homepage Ad Rates Stop Sliding

http://www.businessinsider.com/theres-hope-yahoo-homepage-ad-rates-stop-sliding-2009-3
http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2009/03/03/bartz-takes-the-hot-seat/
http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/techbeat/archives/2009/03/yahoo_ceo_carol.html

Apple iPhone Tops Mobile Web Searches: Net Applications report

http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Mobile-and-Wireless/Apple-iPhone-Tops-Mobile-Web-Searches/

Aaron Goldman for MediaPost: 10 Reasons Why Clients Don't Pick the Right SEM Agencies

http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=101432

Cuil search engine firm revamps site layout

http://www.cuil.com/info/blog/2009/03/02/rolling-out-a-new-look

Google Executive Avinash Kaushik: Clicks Don't Equal Success, Bounce-Rate Does

http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=101427

Google Desktop head Niniane Wang leaves Google

http://niniane.blogspot.com/2009/02/life-updates.html
http://blogoscoped.com/archive/2009-03-03-n25.html

Google offers enterprise users tips on Web-based e-mail security

http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2009/03/everything-you-always-wanted-to-know.html

Google pushes for digital-age patent reform

http://googlepublicpolicy.blogspot.com/2009/03/patent-reform-needed-more-than-ever.html

Google touts Friend Connect features to keep AdWords users happy

http://adwords.blogspot.com/2009/03/social-features-for-your-website.html

Google adds new Web-embeddable spreadsheet templates for Google Docs users

http://googledocs.blogspot.com/2009/03/new-templates-embedding-spreadsheets-in.html

Search Engine Marketing Professional Organization (SEMPO) Board of Directors Announces Newly Elected Officers

http://www.globenewswire.com/newsroom/news.html?d=160727

WEB / OTHER

Amazon video-on-demand launches on the Roku video player

http://newteevee.com/2009/03/03/amazon-vod-launches-on-the-roku/
http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news/2009/03/roku-takes-on-apple-tv-adds-amazon-video-on-demand.ars
http://www.informationweek.com/news/personal_tech/TV_theater/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=215800347
http://www.gadgetell.com/tech/comment/roku-announces-amazon-video-on-demand-availability/

MySpace chief executive Chris DeWolfe on three high-level departures at social networking company

http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-fi-myspace4-2009mar04,0,6005173.story
http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2009/03/03/chris-dewolfe-on-myspace-departures/
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123612855963824567.html
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10187751-36.html
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601204&sid=aAvon8p.NePU
http://kara.allthingsd.com/20090303/kapur-stepping-down-as-myspace-coo/
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/03/04/smart-execs-leave-before-the-fall/
http://www.businessinsider.com/myspace-coo-kapur-out-2009-3
http://valleywag.gawker.com/5163915/myspace-memo-three-top-execs-leaving

Internet Advertising Bureau offers new guidelines on behavioural Web ads

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7921996.stm
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/mar/04/iab-guideline-behavioural-web-ads

Smartphone sales could grow 11% in 2009: iSuppli report

http://apple20.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2009/03/04/isuppli-smartphone-sales-could-grow-11-in-2009/

Motley Fool asks: Why Aren't Facebook and Twitter Public?

http://www.fool.com/investing/high-growth/2009/03/03/why-arent-facebook-twitter-public.aspx

Linux Foundation Takes Over Hosting Of Linux.com

http://www.informationweek.com/news/software/linux/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=215800349
http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=3657

E-Commerce Fraud Leads To Lost Customers: Gartner study

http://www.informationweek.com/news/security/attacks/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=215800318

Skype To Give Away New SILK Audio Codec

http://share.skype.com/sites/devzone/2009/03/silk_our_super_wideband_audio.html
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/03/03/skype-to-give-away-new-silk-audio-codec/

Shrink and Enhance Shared Links with BurnURL

http://burnurl.com/
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/shrink_and_enhance_shared_links_with_burnurl.php

Malcolm Gladwell's book Outliers: E-mail Practice Makes Genius

http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=101416

Adzilla Faces Potential Class-Action Lawsuit

http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=101411

FetchBack start-up launches display ad keyword retargeting tool

http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=101414

Skittles Pulls Twitter Campaign, Pushes Facebook fan page

http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=101437
http://venturebeat.com/2009/03/03/skittles-switches-homepage-from-twitter-to-facebook-whats-next/
http://adage.com/digitalnext/article?article_id=134995

eMarketer: Podcasting's Popularity Rises

http://www.adweek.com/aw/content_display/news/agency/e3i06a4ef578658ad3991c498c95d724f42

Mozilla Firefox 3.1 beta 3 Web browser to be released March 10

http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=3654

 


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