When it comes to Google sites and Facebook, consumers, schools, and businesses seem to have a love/hate relationship with the web giants. Time spent on these sites, the content they offer, and privacy can be just as much a concern as the benefits...
With the much publicized launch of Google TV, all eyes are now on internet TV growth and how it will impact both areas, i.e.the web and the television business. Cisco issued its Visual Networking Index forecast through 2014 and gives a thorough...
Once the most popular reasons for reinstalling your operating system is that it is often the easiest way to deal with a preponderance of viruses, spyware and other collected nasties that find their way onto your computer.
Seems the European Union is becoming more sensitive to the workings of the internet. Recent rulings have changed their once strong position about its impact on Europe and its people. Recent reports tell that they are ready to approve the...
Imagine your company's engineering team has a virtually unlimited budget to translate any language in the world. Your engineers rank among the best in the world at machine translation, a subset of the widely-known (and widely misunderstood) field...
Want a snapshot of the day's search marketing news? Here we've collected today's top news stories posted to the Search Engine Watch Blog, along with search-related headlines from around the Web: From the SEW Blog:
Should you bring your search marketing efforts in-house? This is a question many companies are wrestling with right now. It's a very serious question that's worth the time it'll take to make the right choice.
eBay is a tough one to compete with, but an easy target. While P2P commerce site iOffer might not follow an auction model, it clearly looks to grab market share from the untouchable giant with a game called Feepay that parodies the rising rates and...
Today's search podcast covers Google's fourth quarter earnings
disappointing analysts who wanted bigger earnings; Google looking at traditional
ad venues to grow revenues; Google wants into your PSP; Google's internal Linux
operating is staying...
The Searchblog post, "Google Going P2P? points out what might be about a possible clue into what Google's plans in P2P arena. The post mentions that Sharelive was a file sharing service that shutdown in 2005 and documents some other clues.
Want to hack together your own search engine? Curious to dig deeper into data mining? Here's a compilation of various search-related book reviews published in SearchDay over the past several years. This is the third installment of a list of all...
Gataga is a new service that lets you search against bookmark at del.icio.us,
blogmarks, blinklist, jots, spurl,
furl, simpy and connotea. You can apparently keyword search
against bookmark comments sent in feeds or by how those bookmarks were...
Looking for a comprehensive guide to search marketing that's filled with tons of practical, no-nonsense tips and techniques? The Search Engine Marketing Kit may be just the ticket. Back in the early days of the web, simply getting online was quite...
Ask Jeeves is rolling out two new enhancements today that help searchers quickly focus queries and get direct answers to questions without using complex commands or advanced search tools. The query refinement enhancement, called Zoom, expands the...
While several earch tools exist to find BitTorrent material (movies, music, software and other files), the service itself has not offered its own search tool. That's about to change as BitTorrent launches its own advertising-supported search engine...
Which search engine appeals most to U.S.searchers? Which service is the most popular elsewhere in the world? It depends on who you ask, and how they're measuring. A special report from the Search Engine Strategies conference, February 28-March 3...
It's turning out to be a pretty busy day for search news, so we're going to keep an easy recap of special stories you might want to consider reading today: UnderGoos, Google Underwear Store, Opens Google Rolls Out Branded Google Gulp Drinks
Which search engines do searchers prefer and why? How do users use search engines to find the information they want? And how do searchers perceive paid versus free listings? New research offers insights into the workings of the searcher's mind.
Yahoo Answers Site Match Questions JimWorld The Yahoo Team is posting this Site Match information / overview to answer questions and clarify issues that have been raised on the message board. Yahoo Blocking Affiliate Sites High Rankings Forum
Ever wondered what a kookaburra sounds like? Want to use the Roadrunner's "beep beep" as your "you've got mail" sound? FindSounds can help you find these and hundreds of other sound files on the web. FindSounds is a specialized search engine for...