Search Headlines & Links: May 11, 2007
Search-Related Legal UpdatesSanta Clara University law professor Eric Goldman, on his Technology and Marketing Law blog, has updates on several search-related laws or lawsuits this week. Want a...
View ArticleHighlights from the SEW Blog: May 14, 2007
Featured posts to the Search Engine Watch blog in the past week, along with recent search-related headlines from around the Web.
View ArticleThe Search Engine Update - Number 243 - May 22, 2007
Search Engine Watch's recap of top search engine stories, featuring exclusive content for members since our last newsletter.
View ArticleCopyright Law: What Search Marketers Should Know (Part 2)
Addressing copyright infringement issues can be a tricky business. Take the time to plan out your approach so you can get through it quickly and easily.
View ArticleSearch and the Law: Professor Eric Goldman
As part of a series looking at Internet and intellectual property law, Eric Goldman, assistant professor and director of the High Tech Law Institute at Santa Clara University, discusses self-service IP...
View ArticleDon't Ignore Accessibility
While more search marketers are becoming aware of usability and accessibility concerns, the numbers are still very small. A new lawsuit filed in California has the potential to change that.
View ArticleTrademark Law - What Search Marketers Should Know, Part 1
Since search became monetized, trademarks have been a front-and-center issue. Today, with the proliferation of paid and organic search listings, search and trademarks have become a growing dilemma for...
View ArticleTrademark Law - What Search Marketers Should Know, Part 2
Here we cover important tips and tactics by online intellectual property attorneys and legal counsels for the search engines, for both protecting your own trademark material and respecting the...
View ArticleCourts Need Consensus on Trademark Law and Search
In most Circuit Courts – other than the Second Circuit courts in New York, Vermont and Connecticut – the findings have been that keyword advertising is a trademark use in commerce, as Eric Goldman, an...
View ArticleElection Year Brings New Efforts to Regulate Search Engine Data Collection
Eric Goldman, Assistant Professor, Santa Clara University School of Law, said that states don't really have the authority to pass these laws because they involve interstate commerce. New York State...
View ArticleWhen will ROBO's Time Come?
"Research online, buy offline," (ROBO) is the concept that a growing volume of product research is happening online while the majority of buying remains offline in physical stores. A growing number of...
View ArticleThe Future of Online Ads: Location, Location, Location
Location awareness -- the concept that a device knows exactly where it is -- is changing the way mobile search works. Search applications are being developed to tap into this capability and serve more...
View ArticleExtortion SEO Sanctioned by Google
Google has taken a hard-line approach to link buying, but they've left the door open for another profitable niche: extortion SEO. Sites like Ripoff Report have perfected the art of maligning businesses...
View ArticlePeter Norvig offers an insider's look at Google Research during SMX West
At SMX West 2010 in Santa Clara , California, Peter Norvig, who spearheads Google's wide-ranging research efforts, offered a behind-the-scenes look at the cool technology projects Google is developing...
View ArticleDid I tell you about The Value of Social Media Report by Econsultancy?
Over the past three weeks, I've been to SES London 2010, OMS 2010 in San Diego, and SMX West 2010 in Santa Clara . As The Grateful Dead would say, "What a long strange trip it's been. Image by...
View ArticleMeasuring ROI in Social Media
The best presentation at last week's Social Media Strategies conference in Santa Clara , CA, was the keynote by John Squire, Chief Strategy Officer of Coremetrics, on measuring ROI in Social Media. He...
View ArticleYouTube Wins Case Against Viacom
A judge granted Google's motion for summary judgment in Viacom's lawsuit with YouTube. The court has decided that YouTube is protected by the safe harbor of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA)...
View ArticleReading Wife's Email Illegal? Man Faces Up To 5 Years
Leon Walker was Clara Walker's third husband. Leon Walker, worried that the child might be exposed to domestic violence again, handed the e-mails over to the child's father, Clara Walker's first husband.
View ArticleInternational Women’s Day 2012 Google Doodle
Google toned down their doodle for International Women’s Day this year, following their promotion of the Join Me On the Bridge campaign in 2011. A simple multi-colored logo features the female gender...
View ArticleClara Schumann Google Doodle Celebrates German Pianist & Composer
An illustrated Google doodle turns the search company’s logo into a tribute to celebrated pianist and composer, Clara Schumann. Once a child prodigy and later the object of Johannes Brahm’s unrequited...
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