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Google PageRank, Bing Search Update & Yahoo’s GeoCities Gone

2 Google PageRank, Bing Search Update & Yahoos GeoCities Gonehttp://www.seroundtable.com – Google updates the toolbar PageRank scores yesterday. Bing did yet another search index update. Google launched social search in the experimental labs. Google adds instructions for their simplistic fading home page. Yahoo finally killed GeoCities. Did Bing figure out 301 redirects? Google Sitelinks can take two weeks to be blocked. Google treats 410 status codes differently from 404s. Google tests cost per lead comparison ads in mortgage and refinance industry. Google graduates similar image search. Google Maps to fix a one box mistake. Google warns that publishers should not block the AdSense certified 3rd party network. A new adCenter Desktop beta might be coming November 6th. Google Maps adds navigation GPS tool to Android 2.0 on Verizon Wireless Droid. Should Diller sell Ask.com to Microsoft or donate it to Rutgers. That was this past week in search at the Search Engine Roundtable.

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  • Google Users Dislike Personalized Search Results [Survey] February 10, 2012
    Should Google’s search results be personalized based on past searches and information from social networking sites? Forty-five percent of respondents to a recent Google search survey said no, compared to 15.5 percent who said yes. […]
    Danny Goodwin
  • adCenter Increases Ad Text Limit to 71; Adds Budget Overview, Mobile Targeting February 9, 2012
    To simplify importing ads for AdWords to adCenter and align with industry standards, adCenter has changed the allotted character count in ad descriptions from 70 to 71. Here's a quick look at all the latest changes to Microsoft adCenter. […]
    John Rampton
  • A Good Social Media Marketing IDEA: Identify, Deliver, Empower, Amplify February 9, 2012
    Josh Bernoff of Forrester Research and co-author of bestseller "Groundswell", shared tips for success in social and instigating positive change by causing trouble in a way that’s disruptive at Covario’s recent INFLECTIONPoint 2012 conference. […]
    Miranda Miller
  • Google Screenwise Pays People to Search the Web With Chrome February 9, 2012
    A new Google project called Screenwise is offering web surfers the chance to get paid to surf the web and help "make Google better." You have to search the web using the Chrome browser and share your data with Google, according to the signup page. […]
    John Rampton
  • DOJ to Approve Google's Motorola Acquisition February 9, 2012
    Google's proposed acquisition of Motorola Mobility could soon be approved by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ,) sources told the Wall Street Journal. The DOJ is reportedly poised to issue a formal approval on the deal as early as next week. […]
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