Posted by rebecca Stories, news, and other notable items from the past week: Three star links: Gmail got 302 hijacked. Oh, the humanity! Lisa Ditlefsen nerds it up by introducing SEO Wars. Rand is “Rand Link Walker.” Need I say more? Live Search Webmaster Center has been updated to offer crawl issue reports, backlinks data, [...]

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Below is what happened in search today, as reported onSearch Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Wikia Introduces “Evolution” Toolbar To Expand Reach To Other Search Engines Like many before it, most recently Mahalo, Wikia Search has introduced a Firefox toolbar, called “Wikia Evolution,” to expand the site’s [...]

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Mike Blumenthal, who pens the estimable Understanding Google Maps & Yahoo Local Search blog, has compiled a comprehensive list of coverage for the SMX Local & Mobile show that’s the best roundup of coverage I’ve seen for the show, despite its witty, self-deprecating title: The Lazy Son of The Mother of All SMX Local/Mobile Recaps. [...]

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Like many before it, most recently Mahalo, Wikia Search has introduced a Firefox toolbar, called “Wikia Evolution,” to expand the site’s reach and engage more users in the process of adding and annotating search results. In the notes, it suggests that Google is taking a page from its community playbook: “Already, we’re the cutting edge [...]

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The Google Blog announced that Google is improving the content network (aka AdSense) by leveraging the technology they have acquired with DoubleClick. First I’ll discuss the feature and then I will get into the privacy issues. Click to continue reading… More: continued here

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