February has been an extremely busy month in the world of search. There have been a number of interesting developments during the past month. Need a recap of last month's top search engine industry stories, check out our Top 7 Search Happenings of January 2007.
Here's what's been going on in the world of search during the month of February 2007.
#7. SES London - Search Engine Strategies London which featured a keynote presentation from Google's Matt Cutts.
#6. Yahoo Releases Yahoo Pipes. Yahoo Pipes is an interactive feed aggregator and manipulator where users can use this application by drag and dropping feeds, user input or other pipes as input.
#5. Google opens Gmail up to everyone to use.
#4. SEMPO releases results of their Third Annual State of Search survey. Could search become a $25 billion/year industry?
#3. Google Adds Link Feature to Webmaster Tools - Google offers an improvement for users looking to check their internal and external linking inventories in Google via Webmaster Tools.
#2. Google Pushes Towards Personalization of Search Results - SEOs begin to fear as the focus shifts from a universal search results page to the reality of a unique search engine results pages for each and every user.
#1. Viacom Tells Google's YouTube To Remove Videos and later forms alliance with Joost to offer TV shows and movies online.
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Hmm - I'm guessing by this order you believe the Viacom thing is the #1 happening?
I have to disagree, I think it's the Yahoo Pipes. We haven't yet seen the full potential.
And you forgot about the new Google Toolbar - it has a whole bunch of new features such as the ability to quickly and easily create your own buttons. I know this may not sound like much but it's already helped me get rid of a bunch of tools and bookmarks merely by creating my own buttons.
but back to pipes - I think the ability to aggregate multiple sources into a single feed is HUGE! It's something I've been waiting for for a long time. Imagine being able to take your favorite movie websites (like Blockbuster for example) and scrape them for latest video releases. The power of pipes is amazing