Twitter updates about search engine marketing, advertising, analytics and Kansas City in 140 characters or less, through 10/09/2009.

• U.S. Chamber discusses Apple resignation over Chamber ‘s climate policy. WSJ: Link  Apple’s letter: Link
• YouTube as an ‘underrated marketing channel.’ SearchEngineWatch: Link
• ‘Y,000,000,000uTube … serving well over a billion views a day.’ YouTube Blog: Link
• Looking to remain ‘independent and also nonpartisan,’ Twitter pursues deals with Microsoft and Google. Kara Swisher: Link
• Tired of PDFs in search results because of the time it takes to download/open/view? Google introduces ‘Quick View.’ Link
• Too social for a social site? Wow, that’s social! Kansas City’s KSHB Consumer reports on ‘Facebookers Banned.’ Link
• ‘Why is my url showing up in Google when I blocked it in robots.txt?’ Explained in video by Matt Cutts: Link
• Tips for retweetable Tweets. Mashable  Links, <140 characters, add value, build cred, combine personal with professional. Link
• Bing, Tellme and Sprint Wireless combine to allow you to search the Web by speaking your query. Link
• ‘Socializers trust what their friends…say and social media acts as an info filtration tool.’ Social > Search? Nielsen Link
• Flexible mobile platform, nation’s largest wireless net to partner on Android-powered phones at Verizon Wireless. WSJ Link
• Is that Friend request from a classmate you don’t remember…or a debt collector? Inside Facebook: Link
• Ask.com Deals ‘reduces the number of clicks that consumers typically employ to access online coupons & bargains.’ SEW: Link
• An update on Google Health, their online Personal Health Record. Now working closer w/health insurance cos. Link
• ‘We’re working more…with the creative community,’ says Google, which is also organizing sales staff into verticals. Link
• New book: Bezos invested $250k because, ‘I just fell in love with Larry and Sergey.’ Ken Auletta (via Kara Swisher): Link
• Mac vs. PC research: 12% of us own a Mac (and 85% of those also have a PC). Apple owners are more affluent. ZDNet Link
• FTC: ‘If there is a relationship between marketer and company, it must be disclosed’…or pay $11k. SearchEngineWatch Link
• Are you a ‘meformer,’ or an ‘informer’ like us? Rutgers study (via WSJ Digits): ‘What Kind of Twitterer Are You?’ Link
• Wikipedia is ‘about providing a nice bowling alley for people,’ co-founder tells Mashable. Link | People enjoy contributing.
• Internet ad revenue down 5.3% in 1st half ’09. Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB)  | Search rev up, display down. Link
• Hey, Bosses: This may be why your employees encouraged you to sign up for Twitter: The Dilbert Conspiracy. Link
• Microsoft may be done ‘buying search’…but not investing in it. AOL or News Corp deals could happen. AllThingsD: Link
• So true (not just for the Royals): ‘The future is not a plan,’ baseball stat guru Bill James via Joe Posnanski’s blog. Link
• What do you think … does the new Woolworths’ logo look kind of ‘Apple-y’ (as Mashable asks)? Link
• Last in 4-part BusinessWeek series w/ Google search quality leaders. Spam fighter and webmaster ambassador Matt Cutts: Link
• Whole Foods concept of ‘Conscious Capitalism’ resembles Google’s motto of ‘Don’t Be Evil.’ More Mackey controversy? WSJ Link
• ‘If you look at all the…queries we get…1/3 of them every day are unique.’ BusinessWeek with Google’s Udi Manber. Link
• ‘That fire in the belly is stronger than ever inside Google.’ BusinessWeek Q&A with core ranking team’s Amit Singhal. Link
• This is called ‘the deepest public discussion of how Google evals search quality’ by none other than Matt Cutts. BusinessWeek: Link
• Proactively Manage Your Career. Odom Lewis blog  | Updated resume, LinkedIn recs, key relationships, more… Link
• ’3 Ways to Damage Brand W/Social Media’ WhatsNextBlog: 1. Not using Twitter account 2. Not tracking brand 3. Poor comm. Link
• Greg Jarboe: ‘(W)rite your next press release the same way that AP writes…’ Use narrative, not ‘Meatball Sundae.’ Link
• The Week in Search 10/02/09: Google Blog’s ‘regular series of posts on search experience updates that runs on Fridays.’ Link
• Google’s Schmidt with D. Sullivan: We need mainstream media’s ‘resources and established trust to do deep journalism.’ Link
• bit.ly makes upgrades to History and File Uploads. Promises more is on the way. bit.ly blog. Link

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