Entries from Search Engine Roundtable tagged with 'facebook'

A Google Webmaster Help thread has a searcher asking Google how they can remove a Facebook page from Google. The page has been deleted from Facebook, but it still shows up in the Google Cache. Googler, Wysz, gave the searcher...

Posted on July 1, 2009 8:37 AM

Facebook announced they will be adding usernames for profile URLs. For example, my current Facebook URL is http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=528950782 but hopefully sometime early next week, it will become facebook.com/barryschwartz. In fact, it will, since Journalists don't have to wait for the...

Posted on June 11, 2009 8:08 AM

The Live Search blog announces a partnership between Facebook and Microsoft for search and ads. You can now either "Search Facebook" or "Search the Web" using Live.com. Additionally, adCenter ads will be delivered alongside those search results. So far, it's...

Posted on October 10, 2008 9:41 AM

Happy Talk Like A Pirate Day, one of the geekiest days of the year. Yes, our geek companies are loving up the day! Google Pirate Search interface, via Google Blog: Dogpile pirate looking dog: Facebook's translation via TechCrunch: FriendFeed's logo:...

Posted on September 19, 2008 8:42 AM

According to The New York Times, Microsoft will soon be advertising within Facebook. Perhaps this is because Microsoft currently has an ad deal with Digg and Digg might be acquired by Google soon, possibly nullifying the contract (though I don't...

Posted on July 25, 2008 10:11 AM

Andrew Shotland aka Local SEO Guide has a very cool writeup on Facebook Pages and Local Search Engine Optimization. He explains that it's possible to do local SEO from your Facebook page and illustrates the process, which includes setting up...

Posted on March 26, 2008 9:19 AM

A CNet article talks about an initiative to spread information about disasters and recovery. The project is called Innovative Support to Emergencies, Diseases and Disaster (InSTEDD) and is being funded partially by a $5 million grant by Google's charitable organization...

Posted on January 17, 2008 9:28 AM

Every day, Danny and I always make a note to each other about how busy the search marketing industry will be today from a news and forum posts perspective. We finally bit the bullet and designed a Facebook application that...

Posted on December 21, 2007 8:11 AM

Google is soon to launch OpenSocial, which I alluded to earlier this week. MySpace, which has recently lost a lot of users to Facebook, has joined forces with the OpenSocial developer initiative. Additionally, Bebo and SixApart have joined as well....

Posted on November 2, 2007 9:36 AM

Want some cash? Got a Facebook application developed? Numerous reports to Facebook developers suggest that Facebook is looking for some cash, and they're willing to share. An application developer has received the following email: Dear Facebook Application Developer, Would you...

Posted on October 31, 2007 9:15 AM

Microsoft and Facebook are new best friends. According to a Wall Street Journal article, Microsoft has invested a considerable sum of money -- nearly $250 million -- to provide advertising on the coveted social platform. Microsoft Corp. agreed to invest...

Posted on October 25, 2007 9:20 AM

Since Google can, Google will. With their interest in Facebook (as Marissa Meyer said at a recent keynote at SES San Jose), Google has taken advantage of installing the Google News app on Facebook (account required). One forum member believes...

Posted on October 22, 2007 9:33 AM

Numerous reports indicate that Microsoft is looking to purchase a stake in Facebook and values the social networking site at roughly $10 billion. That's 5 times as much as Zuckerberg was originally rumored to have wanted to sell Facebook for...

Posted on September 25, 2007 8:59 AM

Yahoo has released Yahoo! Mash in what appears to be the closest thing to a Facebook-MySpace clone that I've seen coming from Yahoo. Initial impressions seem to indicate that it's not much different than Facebook at all and many individuals...

Posted on September 18, 2007 8:11 AM

A Cre8asite Forums thread asks why is this person's private Facebook profile listed in the Google index? In this case, Google really did not fully index this person's profile. They just crawled a link to this person's Facebook profile, but...

Posted on July 26, 2007 7:32 AM