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February 11, 2008

Search Headlines & Links: February 11, 2008

Want a snapshot of the day's search marketing news? Here we've collected today's top news stories posted to the Search Engine Watch Blog, along with search-related headlines from around the Web:

From the SEW Blog:

• Israeli Town Suing Google
  Google is being sued by a northern Israeli town because Google Maps claims it was built on an old Arab village.
• What's it Really Like to Work at Google?
  Google Analytics Evangelist Avinash Kaushik shares what it's like to work at Google, hang out with the beautiful people, dream in color, and manufacture atomic-powered ideas from intellectual metal.
• Another AOL Exec Leaves
  AOL says aloha to strategic ad exec Dave Morgan, founder of AOL-acquired Tacoda.
• The adventure of going to SES London for the first time
  About half of the attendees at the Search Engine Strategies 2008 Conference & Expo in London will be going to the event for the first time.
• Yahoo Formally Rejects Microsoft Bid
  The board believes that Microsoft's proposal substantially undervalues Yahoo.
• SEW Experts: Google AdWords Targeting: Expect More, Pay Less
  Google AdWords placement-targeted campaigns on the content network can be a useful tool, if you can find the sites that support it.
• AOL Yahoo Talk Merger - Microsoft Rebuked
  The i-banks are advising Yahoo on mergers with media and technology firms that might snatch Yang & Co. from the jaws of Microsoft.
• Yahoo Board Escapes MS Bear Hug: Yahoo Jitsu!
  Rumors are rife that Yahoo may tag out in search, tapping its former tag team partner, Google, to crush Microsoft.

Posted by Kevin Newcomb on February 11, 2008 5:42 PM