June 19, 2007

From the SEW Blog:

• YouTube Adds 9 Localized Country Sites
  YouTube has added nine country-specific sites, which are fully translated, with localized home pages, content and search functions.
• Google International Press Day
  In what appears to be much of a recap of its recent Searchology event at the Googleplex in Mountain View, Google hosted an International Press Day in Paris.
• Law.com launches vertical search engine
  Law.com Quest is a search engine focused on the searching of legal documents.
• More Thoughts on SES Toronto
  More reports from SES Toronto have been trickling in as speakers and attendees return home and think about what they learned.
• SEW Experts: Defining SEO Success
  Mark Jackson counts the ways of defining SEO success. There may be different strokes for different folks, but there's only one sure way to measure success from your organic search engine optimization campaigns.
• SEW Experts: Can Social Media Work in Big Business?
  Aaron Shear reviews various social media strategies and offers advice on justifying it to VPs in the boardroom.

Headlines & News from Elsewhere:

• Google Press Day 2007, Google Blogoscoped
• An Open Letter to Jerry Yang, Traffick
• Search Engine Optimization Is NOT About Useless Rankings, Bruce Clay blog
• Welcome Jerry, Yahoo's new CEO!, Bradley Horowitz
• How Do You Track Offline Sales?, Mike Moran
• Caching and Search Engines, SEO by the Sea
• Why You Should Be Scared Of Universal Search, Tropical SEO
• SEO.com Sold for $5,000,000, v7n
• Google Adwords {keyword:Default_text}, Dave Naylor
• Videos of talks at Google, Google Research Blog
• Microsoft adCenter Clarifies Trademark Policy and Dynamic Parameters, Search Engine Roundtable
• Local Search for the United Kingdom Launched, AJAX Search API Blog
• Keyword Research – It's About ‘Them' Not ‘You', SEO Chicks
• Looking for Google's Future? You Can Find It On EBay, Search Insider
• eBay Ads Still Off Google: How Much eBay Traffic & Google Cash Lost?, Search Engine Land
• AdWatcher Seeking Advertisers For Fair Isaac, WebProNews
• Yahoo's Casualties in Search War, Searchnomics
• “Live by the Google, Die by the Google”, Marketing Pilgrim
• Yes, You're Number One on Google, Who Cares?, Search Engine Guide
• SEO Basics - You Can't Optimize for Everything, Search Engine Guide
• Court Protects Email from Secret Government Searches, EFF