And now for my
final post (thanks,
Elisabeth!), a recap of stories posted today to the Search Engine Watch Blog, along
with other items we've spotted but not blogged separately:
From The SEW Blog…
November
2006 Search News...
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Apparently, North Carolina is going to start a trend of people who get court
orders to remove material Google has spidered when left out in public view. This
week, Google was ordered to remove material by a court in that state. It follows
a...
Today is my last day with Search Engine Watch, with me heading to my new digs
at Search Engine Land tomorrow. I
wanted to wish Search Engine Watch all the best going forward, plus help readers
understand some of the changes that are happening....
Below, a recap of stories posted today to the Search Engine Watch Blog, along
with other items we've spotted but not blogged separately:
From The SEW Blog…
IAC To
Launch AskCity; Local Info Services Site
Reuters reports that...
Alexa has
come under
plenty of
fire recently as not being accurate (old hands
have known better
for years), as more and more people are using it to "prove" how hot their sites
are. Sean Ryan at SLI Systems says lay
off the Alexa bash…
Joe Morin thinks he's got the next Million Dollar Home page mixed with
romance going. To wit: someone named JP (to stay secret from his girlfriend)
wants to make his wedding proposal in a TV commercial during next year's
SuperBowl. Joe's hoping...
Wow. Google is shutting down its
Google Answers service. The company has
announced that new questions won't be accepted after the New Year, though
the site will continue to let people view the question archives. Killing off the
service, which...
Google Audio Ads now appears to be opening to sign-ups, sort of.
Googlaxy.com sent me a heads-up about
three new URLS that are (somewhat) active:
Google Audio Ads home page:
http://audioads.google.com
Google Audio Ads Sign-Up:...
Below, a recap of stories posted today to the Search Engine Watch Blog, along with other items we've spotted but not blogged separately:
From The SEW Blog…
Advertiser Details On Google Audio Ads
Donna Bogatin over at Digital...
In case you missed it, there's a new link bombing campaign
underway to
try and reduce the rankings of an anti-Martin Luther King Jr. web site. The
campaign raises all sorts of issues, ranging from those who disagree with the
nature of that...
Talk about the
echo chamber coming full circle. The stats on Microsoft's search share
decline that I
posted last week were commented on by Erik Selberg of Microsoft's Live.com
search team in his
General disarray at The Big 3 post. He...
The Multilingual Search Blog
covers Exalead CEO Francois Bourdoncle taking a big stick and swinging at
Google in a keynote talk at
SES Paris.
He positions his own service as potentially the savior for those in Europe
worried about the "Go…
Below, a recap of stories posted today and since last Wednesday to the Search
Engine Watch Blog, along with other items we've spotted but not blogged
separately. Note that the recap of our stories and headlines around the web are
longer than...
This week,
news emerged about an agreement between Google and two Belgian author groups
that were suing it over copyright issues. Below, a short Q&A on what this means
for Google. Highlights: The case goes on with three other groups taking...
Via Techmeme,
news that Google has settled with two Belgian publishing groups involved in
a lawsuit against it over content included in Google News Belgium. This comes a
day after Google's legal case was reheard in an appeal. The settlement,...
Below, a recap of stories posted today to the Search
Engine Watch Blog, along with other items we've spotted but not blogged
separately:
From The SEW Blog…
Thanksgiving Programming Note
Tomorrow is Thanksgiving in the...
Tomorrow is Thanksgiving in the United States, and Happy Thanksgiving to all
celebrating! Barry and I will be off the blog because of the holiday, so there
will be no postings from us or a daily search headlines recap. Barry may be back
to do...