Search Headlines & Links: May 5, 2006

Below, a recap of stories posted today to the Search Engine Watch Blog, along with other items we've spotted but not blogged separately:

Today From The SEW Blog...

• Daily SearchCast, May 5, 2006: Google To Send Click Fraud Notices Out Soon; Microsoft Says (Again) More Work To Do In Search; Microsoft Celebrity Guide To Local Places & More!
   
• Windows Live Product Search: For Sellers & Buyers
   
• Search Bot Behavior
   
• New SEW Blog Correspondents: Greg Sterling On Local; Detlev Johnson On News & Barry Becomes A Married Chief!
   
• Google Confused With Shared Servers & Sites Sharing Same IP Address?
   
• Search Forums Roundup: May 5, 2006
   
• Australians Need Maps -- Zoom Australia Delivers
   
• Ad Agency Sues Maine Blogger Over Search Accusations
   
• Google Zurich States Economic Reason For Entering China
   
• Yahoo Publisher Network Suspending Accounts for Poor Traffic Quality
   
• Microsoft: Back To The "Early Days Of Search" Songbook
   
• Advertisers To Get Notices From Google In Click Fraud Settlement Later This Month
   
• Windows Live QnA Beta - Microsoft's Answer To Google & Yahoo Answers
   
• Is Yahoo Testing New PPC Ad Ranking Algorithm?
   
• Google Reader Added To Google Personalized Home Page
   
• Microsoft's Windows Live Local Launches CelebFavorites.com
   
• Google Sued For Profiting On Child Porn
   
• Microsoft's Short Hand Search "Wild Thing" & IM Link Sharing "Nocturnal"

Other Things We Read, Didn't Blog But You Might Want To Read...

• Real-Life Search Study: "A Week In The Life", MediaPost
• Alexa Traffic Rank Numbers Update, Search Engine Journal
• Relevancy Rules In Sponsored Search Ads, MediaPost
• Can the Mainstream Media Understand SEO?", Search Engine Guide
• Thomson has no fear of Google giant, Globe & Mail
• Keywords That Don't Show up in Logs, Search Engine Guide
• Ask.Com's Friendly Math Professor Does TV Show and Tell, BrandWeek
• Why SEO Formulas Don't Work, Search Engine Guide
• The Ails of AOL, BusinessWeek
• Search Ads: Pay However You'd Like, ClickZ
• Competitive Research, Intelligence, and Search Marketing, Part 2, ClickZ
• Zimbio - Squidoo lookalike, Phil Bradley's Weblog
• Google Scholar, Now In Spanish, InsideGoogle
• Eventful.com Adds Google Calendar Support, Search Engine Journal
• Ask.com Sponsors English Cricket Team, Search Engine Journal
• MSN Search Advertising in Google AdWords UK, Search Engine Journal
• Tiny Metro tech firm takes on giant Google [over toolbar patent], Detroit News
• Net censorship spreads worldwide, BBC
• AOL to Add Free Phone to Instant Messaging Feature, New York Times
• EBay CEO wary of Google, San Jose Mercury News
• The slowest road routes with Google Maps, Dirson (Danny found the same recently with a UK route)
• Yahoo Close To Making Acquisitions In India, PaidContent
• Reporting Google about vulnerabilities and security faults, Dirson
• AOL - Out Of France And Germany (Access), Into VOIP, Threadwatch
• More Google products to earn referrals from, JenSense
• New referrals for Google Pack and Picasa, Inside AdSense Blog
• AOL to launch free AIM phone service, News.com
• Google's Search Algorithm Blown Open, SEO Book
• Google won't do Silicon Valley Wi-Fi: Computer World

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