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Is the Butler Licensing Some Technology from Looksmart?
Search gumshoe (-: John Battelle has done some url detective work and hypothesizes that Ask Jeeves is licensing some Looksmart technology for…
A Conversation with Rich Skrenta and Chris Tolles from Topix.net
Greg Linden points to an OJR interview with Rich Skrenta and Chris Tolles from Topix.net. Since I primarily focus on search from…
Daily SearchCast, Aug, 3, 2005: Yahoo Publishers Network Launched, Search Ranking Penalty Boxes, Ask Reduces Paid Listings & More
Today’s Daily SearchCast covers the launch of Yahoo Publishers Network, the search “penalty box”, Indexing Summit 2 at SES San Jose, Google…
Yahoo Opens Customer Calling Facility in Oregon
About 3 months ago I blogged that Yahoo would be opening a customer service office in suburban Portland, OR. Oregon Public Radio…
Shopping Engine Smarter.com Will Launch in China
This news release from shopping engine, Smarter.com, points out that the company will launch a version of their service in China during…
Competition for AdSense: Yahoo Publisher Network Now Available to Small Publishers
The rumors are true, Yahoo has just announced that they’re extending the Yahoo Publisher Network for use by small- and medium-sized publishers.…
Coping with Search Engine Penalties
Search engine penalties are present and pervasive, and are a primary method used by search engines to control webmasters. Unless webmasters understand…
A9 Enhances Toolbar with Cool New Feature
Word from A9 that they’ve just released a new version of their toolbar for Firefox and IE. I’ve listed the new features…
Stats: Time Spent With Various Yahoo and Google Services
Bambi Francisco’s article: Why Google may need instant messaging offers a bunch of new and interesting stats from Majestic Research about Yahoo…
Ask Jeeves Will Cut Number of Paid Listings on Web Results Pages
Ask Jeeves plans to reduce the number of paid links on a search results page from about ten to two or three.…