Daily SearchCast, Sept. 22, 2005: MSN Quashes Relevancy Report, Google TV Coming, Monitoring Hurricane Rita, Top Search Terms For The Past Decade, Goodbye To The Ask Jeeves Butler & More!

Today’s search podcast covers MSN squelching the release of a search
relevancy report where it doesn’t shine, Google getting more into TV search,
ways to monitor the movement of Hurricane Rita, most popular search terms over
the past ten years at Lycos, Ask Jeeves getting rid of its butler mascot and
more!

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  • Microsoft
    Quashes Search Relevancy Report
     
  • Want to Be
    A Relevance Analyst?
     
  • Dr. Kai-Fu
    Lee Begins His Job as Head of Google China
     
  • Microsoft
    Announces Management Reorganization; Is it a Reaction to Google?
     
  • Paid Search
    to Displace Online Display Ads by 2010
     
  • Googlers
    Tapped To Forecast Launches
     
  • Google TV
    Coming – Expect Both GiVo & TVSense
     
  • Google: The
    Telecom Provider, Leases Massive Amount of Space in NYC
     
  • More On
    Google WiFi Client
     
  • Meta
    Searching for Relevancy, Using Your Own Rules
     
  • SEO Book
    Files Legal Response To Traffic Power Suit
     
  • SEMPO Says
    No, SMA-NA Says Yes To Fight Against Traffic Power
     
  • WSJ
    Dissects Traffic Power Complaints & Search Engine Bans
     
  • Paid Links
    Shouldn’t Count? What Exactly Is Paid?
     
  • Mossberg
    Says Yahoo Mail Superior to Gmail
     
  • Maps &
    Resources Tracking Hurricane Rita
     
  • Country-Specific Search Engines & Telephone Directories
     
  • Loomia &
    podOmatic’s AutoCatcher For Podcasts
     
  • Save the
    Time of the Searcher: Yahoo’s New "Quick Links"
     
  • 10 Years of
    Popular Search Terms at Lycos
     
  • Diller Says
    Ask Jeeves Will Rebrand as Ask.com
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