Daily SearchCast, Nov. 30, 2005: Yahoo Mail Gets RSS Reader, Microsoft’s “Fremont” Classified Ads Service, Irrelevant Google Ads, SEO Myths, MSN Seeking Search Champs, The Future Of SEM & More!

Today’s search podcast covers Yahoo Mail’s new feedreading feature,
Microsoft’s planned classified ads service, Google Base gaining a blog, Google
ads lacking relevancy, dealing with SEO myths, Microsoft after new a new Search
Champs focus group line-up, what’s the future of search marketing and more!

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  • Yahoo Mail
    Beta Gains RSS Reading Feature
     
  • Is Everyone
    Afraid of Google?
     
  • CustomizeGoogle Offers New Option to Block Google Analytics Cookies
     
  • Microsoft’s
    "Google Base" is Code Named Fremont & MS Receives Patent For Semi-Auto
    Annotation of Multimedia Objects
     
  • Google Base
    Gains An Official Blog & Wishing For A Master Google Blog Feed
     
  • Threadwatch
    Changes Ownership
     
  • Irrelevant
    Google Ads, Due To Humans No Longer Checking For Relevancy?
     
  • Yahoo
    Sponsored Search Simulation Job & Google After API Developer Relation
    Specialist
     
  • Film
    Industry Veteran Becomes Google’s Newest Board Member
     
  • On SEO
    Myths & Getting The Balance Right
     
  • Shopping
    Search: The Year in Review
     
  • UK: 192.com
    Directory Adds Genealogy Services
     
  • New from
    The Internet Archive: Hurricane Katrina & Hurricane Rita Web Collection
     
  • MSN Looking
    For Search Champs
     
  • Need Your
    Questions For Future Of SEM Panel
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