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Google Registers “Movie” Related Domains
For you who track newly registered domains from Google, here are two more for your list. Sometimes, new domains can signal new…
MSN Search Ranking Its Own Results
I’m sure it’s happened to other search engines in the past, but MSN Indexes Ask Jeeves over at our SEW Forums looks…
Yahoo Has Social Networking Patent Published
If you have an interest in social networking, search and IR, you might want to take a look at a patent application…
Miva (aka FindWhat) & Yahoo Setting Paid Listing Patent Dispute
Miva settles patent case with Yahoo for $8 million from the Associated Press covers how Miva — the former FindWhat — has…
MSN Begins Rolling Out “Add-Ins” for Search Toolbar
Chris Butler, program manager at MSN, has posted a note on MSN Search’s WebLog that the MSN Search Toolbar team has just…
Yahoo Will Launch VoIP Service & Google Planning GoogleNet With Free Wi-Fi?
Internet analyst Safa Rashtch from Piper Jaffray said in a note today that Yahoo will launch a VoIP service in the next…
Universities, Search and IR Research
Stefanie Olsen does a great job offering a look at several search and info retrieveal research projects underway at various universities in…
Google’s Q2 Financial Report Hits EDGAR Database
Number crunchers might be interested to learn that Google’s Q2 2005 official quarterly report (53 pages) hit the SEC EDGAR database today.…
Searching for Movie Reviews with the Movie Review Query Engine
Philipp’s post today about searching for movie reviews with Google reminded me to post about a wonderful specialized (OK, vertical) movie review…
Preparing Feeds for Inclusion in Become.com Database
Part 2 of Shari Thurow’s interview with Jonathan Glick from shopping research and comparison engine, Become.com, is now online. This time around…