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Who Is Duncan Watts and Why Is Everything Obvious … Once You Know the Answer?
The keynote speaker at SES New York 2011 is Duncan Watts, a principal research scientist at Yahoo! Research, where he directs the…
Search Engine Optimized vs. Search Engine Friendly Websites
Having a search engine friendly website structure isn't the same as optimizing a website for search engines. Here's how to make sure…
Search Week in Review for Jan. 29, 2011
Here’s a recap of this week’s columns and news stories for the week of Jan. 23 to 29, as reported by Search…
D.C. Gets a Street View of New Anti-Google Video
Consumer Watchdog is at it again. In the new video “Mr. Schmidt Goes to Washington,” the group demands Eric Schmidt be called…
Google’s War on Spam Begins: New Algorithm Live
Google’s Matt Cutts today announced the launch of a new algorithm that is intended to better detect and reduce spam in Google’s…
Yandex Geo-targeted Ads in Maps, Search Results Open for Business
Russian search engine Yandex has introduced geo-targeted ads to its business directory. Based on what users are searching for, Yandex will highlight…
New in Gmail: Display Ads
Next time you’re using Chrome and get one of your new Gmail message notifications, you might notice another new addition when you…
U.K. Debates Google Monopoly, Search Neutrality
Introducing first, in the “we need search neutrality because Google is destroying Britain” corner: Graham Jones, Labour MP for Hyndburn. And in…
Baidu: Beefing Presence Beyond China
Baidu clearly dominates the China search market but does it have ambitions to grow outside the country? Recent developments suggest it is…
Google Blacklists Some Piracy Terms in Instant, Autocomplete
Search terms like BitTorrent (and several other combinations of the word “torrent”), RapidShare, and Megaupload are among the new banned words in…