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Product Pricing and Shopping Engines
Here’s an interesting read. Arik at Forbes writes about research by Michael Baye, Indiana University and John Morgan, UC Berkeley that looks…
China: Rumors About Sina and Zhongsou.com
ChinaTechNews.com informs us of rumors that Sina is interested in acquiring Zhongsou.com. “…Sina may be eyeing a takeover of search partner Zhongsou.com’s…
AOL vs. Yahoo?
Plenty of press attention today about a major reorganization at AOL. The company also has plans to take on Yahoo by launching…
BizRate Becomes Shopzilla
A search engine name change to report. Comparison shopping engine, BizRate.com has become Shopzilla. The BizRate.com site and interface remains online but…
Firefox, Google and Web Search
Mozilla Firefox has Google, Yahoo and other search tools baked in, but they are just the tip of the iceberg when it…
Stale & Split Image Databases Fuel Google Conspiracy Theories
A post at AnandTech raises concerns that Google Images fails to find pictures of US soldiers involved in the Abu Ghraib prison…
Dulance Offers Price Tracking Via Web Feeds
Silicon Valley-based shopping engine Dulance, whose motto is, “Find Everything and Anything Sold on the Web” has announced a new service today…
More Brin and Page Search Related Publications
It’s very likely that many of you have read, The Anatomy of a Large-Scale Hypertextual Web Search Engine (1998), by Google co-founders,…
SMA-UK Posts Rules & Membership Rates
The SMA-UK search marketing organization for the UK formed last month has posted information detailing its constitution and a membership application form…
Mozilla Firefox: The Searcher’s Browser
Looking for an alternative to Internet Explorer that addresses IE's notorious security flaws and has killer search capabilities to boot? Look no…