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A Gangbuster Year for News Aggregator Topix.net

Topix.net has solidified its reputation as a key player in news search and aggregation over the past year, with major developments in…

By Gary Price · 19 Dec 2005

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The “Switching to Gmail” Guide from Google

While I was doing some work this weekend I came what appears to be a new “guide” from Google that’s designed to…

By Gary Price · 18 Dec 2005

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A New Blog from WWW Founder Tim Berners-Lee and a Bit of WWW History

This isn’t search but if were not for the work of Sir Tim Berner-Lee, the founder of the World Wide Web, we…

By Gary Price · 18 Dec 2005

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New Look for MSN Shopping Price Comparison Pages

MSN Shopping has been mentioned in several posts over the past few months. Yesterday, Mike Gordon, Lead Product Manager, blogged about enhancements…

By Gary Price · 17 Dec 2005

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Special Holiday Goodies, Pages, and Info from a Few of the Major Engines

Several of the large web engines are offering special holiday goodies from smart answers to holiday questions to logos to holiday borders…

By Gary Price · 17 Dec 2005

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Daily SearchCast, Dec. 16, 2005: Changes Coming to Yahoo Web Results Pages, Gmail Now Available for Mobile Users, Search Execs to speak at Consumer Electronic Show, New Offices for Google and Yahoo, A Look at Topix.net & More!

Today’s search podcast covers Changes Coming to Yahoo Web Results Pages, the release of Gmail for Mobile Phones and Devices, Search Execs…

By Gary Price · 16 Dec 2005

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New Google UI Test: Vertical Search Links In New Left Column

Over on Threadwatch, Aaron has news about what appears to be yet another UI test from Google. The post includes a screenshot…

By Gary Price · 16 Dec 2005

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Sorry Bill and Steve, WSJ Reports Google Near $1 Billion Deal With AOL

If Gates and Ballmer wanted a deal with AOL (Time Warner) as a Christmas gift, it appears that they’re not going to…

By Gary Price · 16 Dec 2005

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A Brief Look at Mobile Mail Access from Yahoo and MSN

As Chris pointed out late yesterday, an official version of Gmail is now available for mobile devices with a web browser. This…

By Gary Price · 16 Dec 2005

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Search Forums Roundup: Dec. 16, 2005

Today’s SearchDay, Search Engine Forums Spotlight, features our weekly links to this week’s hot topics from search engine forums across the web:…

By rumo · 16 Dec 2005