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Welcome to the Thursday, March 5 SearchEngineWorld Daily News Tracker featuring news of Google chief executive Eric Schmidt speaking about the possible search threat posed by Twitter, Yahoo launching challenge to Facebook Connect, Google launching expandable AdSense Web advertisements, AOL unveiling Platform-A in Canada, Facebook site redesign, and more.


Lane R Ellis      
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 4:55 pm on Mar. 5, 2009 (utc 0)

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The Twitter Threat To Search / Google letting cash "pile up": chief executive Eric Schmidt

http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/03/05/its-time-to-start-thinking-of-twitter-as-a-search-engine/
http://www.centernetworks.com/twitter-search-chat
http://www.webmasterworld.com/social_media/3862502.htm
(related)
http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTRE5240KI20090305
http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Search-Engines/CEO-Google-Letting-Cash-Pile-Up/

Google launches expandable AdSense Web advertisements

http://adsense.blogspot.com/2009/03/introducing-expandable-ads-on-adsense.html
http://adwords.blogspot.com/2009/03/announcing-expandable-ads-beta-engage.html
http://www.pcworld.com/article/160751/google_expands_its_ads.html
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10189039-93.html
http://venturebeat.com/2009/03/04/google-launches-incredible-expandableads/
http://www.inquisitr.com/19323/google-finds-way-to-short-change-adsense-users-with-expandable-ads/
http://www.webmasterworld.com/google_adsense/3863166.htm

Yahoo Launches Challenge to Facebook Connect

http://developer.yahoo.net/blog/archives/2009/03/js-kit_updates.html
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/yahoo_launches_major_challenge_to_facebook_connect.php
http://www.centernetworks.com/yahoo-id-jskit-login

YouTube and Universal Music Are Said to Discuss Deal

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/05/technology/internet/05music.html
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123620507812933263.html
http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTRE5240AZ20090305
http://blogs.reuters.com/mediafile/2009/03/05/lets-dance-universal-youtube-talk-music-site/
http://www.pcworld.com/article/160749/youtube_wants_to_kill_mtv_once_and_for_all.html
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10188600-93.html
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/03/05/universal_youtube_vevo/
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601204&sid=a_dvqwXnHLEk
http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20090304/will-youtube-music-become-a-reality-heres-hoping/
http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2009/03/i_want_my_gtv_g.html
http://www.paidcontent.org/entry/419-youtube-universal-reportedly-teaming-up-for-music-video-site/
http://www.businessinsider.com/you-tube-universal-music-group-in-talks-to-create-new-music-video-hub-2009-3
http://venturebeat.com/2009/03/04/youtube-universal-music-teaming-for-vevo-aka-mtv-20/

Google Health adds data-sharing features

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/03/google-health-helping-you-better.html
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10188981-93.html
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/03/04/google-health-now-lets-you-share-your-medical-history-with-loved-ones/
http://healthcare.zdnet.com/?p=1941

YouTube tops 100 million U.S. viewers: comScore report

http://www.comscore.com/press/release.asp?press=2741
http://blogs.reuters.com/mediafile/2009/03/05/youtube-tops-100-million-us-viewers-comscore/
http://mashable.com/2009/03/05/youtube-100-million/
http://tech.yahoo.com/news/afp/20090305/tc_afp/usitinternetfilmyoutubegoogle

European Commission regulators scale back scrutiny of Microsoft

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7925718.stm
http://arstechnica.com/business/news/2009/03/eu-eases-microsoft-monitoring-disbands-full-time-watchdog.ars
http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-10188504-75.html
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/03/04/ec_ditches_microsoft_trustee/

Forbes on how Google could make Web site design and navigation obsolete

http://www.forbes.com/2009/03/04/google-web-design-technology-internet_google.html

Motley Fool: Throw This Stock Away - Microsoft

http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2009/03/04/throw-this-stock-away-microsoft.aspx

Google Calendar Adds Offline Access for All

http://mashable.com/2009/03/04/google-calendar-offline-access/
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/03/04/google-calendar-goes-offline-for-everyone-but-is-still-hampered/

Google chief executive Eric Schmidt Says Stimulus Package Is `a Good First Step' for Cleaner Energy

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601204&sid=abe2BFb2g5UA
http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=101489
http://www.businessinsider.com/google-ceo-talks-his-book-on-energy-video-2009-3
http://www.webmasterworld.com/goog/3862754.htm
(related) Three Things Google Needs To Make Display Ads A Big Business
http://www.businessinsider.com/3-things-google-needs-to-make-display-ads-a-big-business-2009-3

YouTube Wrestles With Scammer-Generated Content

http://www.informationweek.com/news/personal_tech/TV_theater/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=215800604

AOL Unveils Platform-A Canada

http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=101530

Forrester Report on Sponsored Blogs Draws Google's Ire

http://adage.com/digital/article?article_id=135040

How Facebook, Google, and Yahoo Are Making Ads Part of Your Life

http://valleywag.gawker.com/5164442/how-facebook-google-and-yahoo-are-making-ads-part-of-your-life

Google downplays severity of Gmail CSRF flaw

http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=2773

Google looks to encourage European e-commerce

http://googlepublicpolicy.blogspot.com/2009/03/encouraging-european-e-commerce.html

Google offers webmasters sitemap statistic variation tips

http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2009/03/using-stats-from-site-and-sitemap.html

Google delays some AdWords statistics

http://adwords.blogspot.com/2009/03/delay-in-updating-campaign-statistics.html

Google Webspam head Matt Cutts on deep-linking to specific section of YouTube videos

http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/link-to-youtube-minute-second/

Google offers tips for utilizing Google Moderator

http://googlesocialweb.blogspot.com/2009/03/creative-uses-of-google-moderator.html
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/03/tipping-points.html

Microsoft updates Virtual Earth and Live Search Maps satellite imagery

http://blogs.msdn.com/virtualearth/archive/2009/03/04/virtual-earth-imagery-map-data-release-february-2009.aspx

WEB / OTHER

Facebook Plans Changes to Friend Updates / Brands given more freedom

http://blog.facebook.com/blog.php?post=57822962130
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/03/04/facebook-plans-changes-to-friend-updates/
http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/the_web/article5848227.ece
http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2009/03/04/facebook%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9cfeed%e2%80%9ding-frenzy/
http://www.insidefacebook.com/2009/03/05/when-will-facebook-open-up-the-public-timeline/
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/hotsites/2009-03-04-facebook-myspace_N.htm
http://mashable.com/2009/03/04/facebook-homepage-real-time/
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10188579-36.html
http://kara.allthingsd.com/20090305/timeline-stream-for-facebook-imitation-is-the-sincerest-form-of-flattery/
http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20090304/facebook-stream-its-stream-as-in-revenue-stream/
http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2237880/facebook-home-page-change
http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/gigaom/big-tech/2009_03_04_twitter_vs_facebook_real_time_web.html
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/03/04/screen-shots-the-new-facebook-home-page/
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/facebook_announces_new_homepages.php
http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/techbeat/archives/2009/03/mark_zuckerberg_3.html
http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Messaging-and-Collaboration/Facebook-Creates-New-Profiles-For-Public-Figures-Organizations/
http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=101516
http://venturebeat.com/2009/03/04/behold-the-new-facebook-homepage/
http://adage.com/digitalnext/article?article_id=135034
http://www.inquisitr.com/19255/facebook-enhancing-its-advertiser-pages/
http://www.adweek.com/aw/content_display/news/digital/e3ib7a02a35762c943446aa8af323b2988b
http://gigaom.com/2009/03/04/twitter-vs-facebook-real-time-web/

Omniture Adds Twitter Analytics for Brands

http://blogs.omniture.com/2009/03/03/sitecatalyst-and-twitter-the-saint-api-approach/
http://mashable.com/2009/03/04/omniture-twitter-analytics/

New York's Museum of Modern Art rolling out innovative new Web site

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/05/arts/design/05moma.html

CNN/Money Bulks Up in Video

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123620814957333809.html

Adobe Expects to Meet Earnings Target

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123620342749833103.html
http://www.businessinsider.com/adobe-sales-stink-profits-fine-2009-3
http://blogs.barrons.com/techtraderdaily/2009/03/05/adobe-jumps-cost-cuts-bolster-margins-multiple-upgrades/

Wall Street Journal questions Mozilla chairman Mitchell Baker

http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2009/03/04/questions-for-mitchell-baker-mozilla-chairman/

User info stolen from music streaming website Spotify

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7925455.stm
http://mashable.com/2009/03/04/spotify-security-breach/
http://news.cnet.com/8301-10787_3-10188951-60.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/mar/04/online-music-spotify-hacked

Most of Mozilla Thunderbird 3 Beta's Changes Are Under the Hood

http://www.pcworld.com/article/160729/most_of_thunderbird_3_betas_changes_are_under_the_hood.html

Red Hat faces another patent infringement lawsuit over JBoss

http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2009/03/red-hat-faces-another-patent-infringement-lawsuit-over-jboss.ars

Zoho releases updated Web application suite Zoho Writer

http://blogs.zoho.com/general/zoho-writer-2-0-launches-with-fresh-look
http://mashable.com/2009/03/05/zoho-writer/
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/03/05/zoho-writer-gets-a-makeover-and-some-new-features/

Mozilla Firefox 3.0.7 Web browser targets security issues

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10188952-83.html
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/03/05/firefox_update/
http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=2778
(related: Firefox 3.1 renamed 3.5)
http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=3728

Sun loses Apache and Spring vote on latest Enterprise Java

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/03/05/sun_enterprise_java_opensource/

Twitter Business Plan Count-Up, Day 1: Kara Swisher for All Things Digital

http://kara.allthingsd.com/20090305/twitter-business-plan-count-up-day-1/
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/09_11/b4123051875731.htm
http://adage.com/digital/article?article_id=135016

Twimailer Enhances Twitter Follow Notifications

http://twimailer.com/
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/twimailer_enhances_twitter_follow_notifications.php

Majority of Consumers Still Object To Anonymous behavioral targeting: TNS study

http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=101494

Delivering Personalized Display Ads: Phil Leggiere for MediaPost

http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=101463

Ex-Googlers Launch Likaholix, a Curated Web Startup

http://gigaom.com/2009/03/04/ex-googlers-launch-likaholix-a-curated-web-startup/
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/03/04/ex-googlers-start-up-likaholix-a-micro-sharing-service-for-personal-recommendations-200-invite-codes/
http://venturebeat.com/2009/03/04/liking-the-hot-social-trend-continues-with-likaholix/
http://blogoscoped.com/archive/2009-03-04-n30.html

Delicious adds inbox bookmark removal features

http://blog.delicious.com/blog/2009/03/spring-cleaning-for-your-inbox.html

 


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