Daily SearchCast, Dec. 28, 2005: Google Base Switches To Jump Pages, Some Publishers Ask Google Book Search To Display Pages From Their Books, Top Search Blogs Get Awards, Maps Make Saturday Night Live & More!

Today’s search podcast covers Google Base sending searchers through "jump"
pages, Google Book Search NOT being hacked to display books beyond what
publishers allow, top search blogs get awards, measuring your alleged
promiscuity level indirectly through Google, mapping services make Saturday
Night Live and more!

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  • Google Base Switches To Force All Searchers Through Jump Pages
     

  • Google Book Search "Hack" Just Normal Operation
     

  • Google Faces Patent Infringement Lawsuit Over Google Talk
     

  • Google Knocked For Allowing Off Topic Ford Explorer Ads
     

  • Consumer Reports Looks at Travel Search Meta Engines in New Study
     

  • Time For Dinner: Email/Gmail Team Leaders from Google, MS, and Yahoo Break Bread
    With WSJ Writer
     

  • Google Recruits Creator of Python; Blog from Google Spain Manager Debuts; New
    Compilation of Blogs by Googlers
     

  • The Googleshank
    Redemption Reloaded
     
  • The Best Search Engine Watch Forum Posts of 2005
     

  • Winners Of The 2005 Search Blog Awards Announced
     

  • Technorati Adds Trend Charts, Other Features, Rubel Offers "Hacking" Tips
     

  • Using Google To Measure Your Sluttiness
     

  • Saturday Night Live Skit Mentions MapQuest, Yahoo Maps and Google Maps

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