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SEMPO Board Elects 2006 Officers
ClickZ reports that SEMPO’s new board of directors has elected the 2006 SEMPO officers. The new chairperson is Gordon Hotchkiss from Enquiro,…
LookSmart’s Zeal Directory To Close
Once a potential rival to the Open Directory, LookSmart had decided to close its volunteer-driven Zeal directory at the end of this…
Google Doesn’t Have To Hand Over Search Logs To Justice Department
Catching up on some important news from last week, the judge in the case of the US Department Of Justice versus Google…
A Deeper Look At Personalized News Search Engines
Mark Glaser at MediaShift wrote a great review named Your Guide to Personalized News Sites. He reviews the history of personalized news…
Ask.com Adds “The Advanced Plan” For Larger Advertisers
I was reviewing the Ask Sponsored Listings page and noticed a new service named “The Advanced Plan” listed on the home page.…
Google Jumps Into Social Tagging With New Google Reader Feature
Philipp Lenssen notes that the Google Reader Blog has announced that you can now share the content you read with your friends,…
Google Enhances Keyword Tool; Adds Global Trend Graphs
Google AdWords announced that they have added “global trends” to the Keyword Tool. Global trends shows the search volume of a particular…
ShopLocal Wins In Crawling Case Against Cairo
Apparently, ShopLocal.com wasn’t happy with rival local shopping search service Cairo for hitting its listings. ShopLocal took Cairo to court, and Cairo…
Targeting Search Ads By Demographics & Behavior
The days of targeting searchers only via keywords are coming to an end. Now search engines are giving you the ability to…
Google Base Creeping Into Main Search Results Page
GoodROI shows us an example of a search that brings up a Google Base search box, right at the top of the…