Daily SearchCast, Oct. 13, 2005: Google Buying Part Of AOL?, Spellchecking With The Google Toolbar, The Google Dentist Hoax, Mixing Google Maps And Wikipedia, Pimping Your Mobile Bookmarks & More!

Today’s search podcast covers Google considering buying a piece of AOL,
spellchecking with the Google Toolbar, Google’s onsite dentist being a hoax,
mixing Google Maps and Wikipedia geographical entries, cool mobile bookmarks,
learning to love search marketing and much more!

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  • Google and
    Comcast are in Talks to Acquire Minority Stake in AOL
     
  • The Google
    Toolbar Spellchecker & Getting Spellchecking In Your Search Box
     
  • Google’s
    Onsite Dentist Is A Hoax!
     
  • Want to Be
    A Google AdWords Coordinator in China?
     
  • Nice Work
    if You Can Get It: Details Emerge About Google’s Newest Board Members Stock
    Package
     
  • Resource
    Filled Webliographies (Free!) from the Association of College Research
    Libraries
     
  • Mashing Up
    Google Maps with Wikipedia Articles
     
  • Pimp My
    Mobile Bookmarks
     
  • Yahoo 360
    Kicks It Up…A Notch
     
  • Don’t Hate
    Search
     
  • Yahoo Blog
    Search Gets RSS Feed
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