SearchCap: The Day In Search, July 30, 2007

Published: July 30, 2007, 5:38 pm

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Microsoft vs. Google: Street Photography Rigs ComparedGizmodo, in something of a tongue-in-cheek post, compares the cars and cameras Google is using to capture its StreetView imagery with those being used by Microsoft for what has been known as StreetSide. StreetSide is a Live Local product that predated Google's StreetView but has been limited to San Francisco... Google Maps Bulk Upload Spam?First Case of Large Scale Abuse at Google Maps? from Mike Blumenthal reports cases of companies using the Google Maps business location bulk upload feature to potentially spam the local vertical. I am not going to list out the reported violations here, because Mike Blumenthal did so in his blog... From eTours To Commanding Ask.com: Jim Lanzone's StoryI Fought the Law from the New York Times tells the story of how Ask.com CEO Jim Lanzone abandoned

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