Today’s search podcast covers how Microsoft’s classified ads service is
shaping up, Google building a war chest to fight Microsoft, Yahoo ousting Google
on some versions of Firefox, humans still reviewing some ads at Google, issues
with Wikipedia and biographies, new podcast search tools and more!
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discussed.
- More On
Microsoft Classifieds Service — And Why Comparing To Google Base Doesn’t Make
Sense
- Google
Builds Anti-Microsoft War Chest, Expect Ads To Keep Booming & Yahoo The Stealth
Search Warrior
- Google
Looking For Interactive TV Engineers; Yahoo Needs Search Relevance and
Monetization Researcher
- Yahoo Now
Default Search Engine on Asian Versions of Firefox 1.5
- Answers.com
Now Embedded into Firefox 1.5 Search Toolbar
- Humans
Still Part Of Google Ad Review Process
- Advertisers
Offer Google Kudos for Allowing Separate Bidding
- Locally
Targeted Ads, Links, and Offers Coming to CBS Station Sites
- Complaints
Over Wikipedia Accountability With Bios
- Official
Google Talk Blog Launches & All-In-One Official Google Blog Posts Page
- Another
Google UI Experiment, This Time With Google Images
- Shopping
Search Week Wrapup
- Mobissimo
Launches One-Box Air Fare Search
- Keyword
Searching of Podcasts Using a Variety of Tools