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New Accounting Officer at Yahoo
For those of you who closely monitor the management at the major search companies, some news from Yahoo today via an SEC…
Yahoo’s Plans IM/E-Mail Combo Service in China
A Bloomberg story (appearing in the International Herald Tribune) discusses Yahoo’s move to increase market share in China. Plans include offering a…
Shopping: About.com and PriceGrabber.com Announce Partnership
Word that About.com and PriceGrabber.com have announced a partnership. Access to the shopping database is now integrated into the About.com site. The…
The Google/Yahoo Rivalry in 2005
The AP’s Michael Liedtke offers a look at what 2005 might bring to the Google/Yahoo rivalry. “We are compiling this collection of…
indeed.com: A New Vertical Search Engine
Both Search Engine Roundtable and Searchblog have overview posts about a new federated search tool that allows users to simultaeously search job…
Most Popular Search Terms 2004: Ask Jeeves
The Ask Jeeves list of the year’s most popular search terms is online. You’ll find Top 10 lists for the following categories:…
More About The Internet Archive’s Library Digitization Project
In our article about Google’s library digitization project last week and this SEW Blog post, we noted another large library digitization project…
A Search Engine that Talks
BBC Online takes a look at Speegle, a search engine that reads (using synthesized speech) Google results to the searcher. If the…
A Skeptic’s Guide to Internet Research
In this era of drive-by searching, when most people are satisfied with just about any 'information' that surfaces in a top ten…
Complete Searchable Archive of Time Magazine Now Available
Today, Time magazine released their complete archive (full text of all article back to 1923) on the web. Access to full text…