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China Fines Sohu For Posting US Movies Online
In another victory against media piracy, the Chinese courts fined search engine and portal Sohu for allowing the distribution of American films online. US movies do not all…
Are Vertical Search Engines the Answer to Relevance?
Even the most advanced general search algorithm can be scuttled by ambiguous searches, but vertical search engines are increasingly offering a solution…
Yahoo, Dash to Offer Local Search On the Go
Yahoo and Dash Navigation have announced plans to offer geo-targeted local ads to users of the Dash Express in-car navigation device. The…
Collected Predictions for 2007
It’s a new year, full of new hope, new opportunities, and new predictions. For those of you interested in such annual prognostications,…
Washington Post ties print and Web efforts closer
Robert MacMillan of Reuters reports that The Washington Post plans to have its veteran editors help shape the way stories appear on…
Take USA Today’s 2007 media prognostication quiz
David Lieberman of USA Today is calling all psychics. He wants you enter the 11th Annual USA Today Media Prognostication Contest. Among…
Louisville Grad Student Gets Grant To Study Click Fraud
The National Science Foundation gave just under $150,000 to Li Ge, a graduate student at the University of Louisville studying click fraud…
The “new and improved” Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal unveiled a new look this morning. Without mentioning Google News or Yahoo! News by name, the Journal’s publisher,…
In the First Week of New Year’s, My SearchDay Gave to Me:
12 speakers speaking, 11 bloggers blogging, 10 scribblers scribbling, Nine Diggers Digging...
A SearchDay Carol
Technically, today is the ninth day of Christmas, so we’re still allowed to sing the search-ified version of our favorite carol. Hum…
Searching for the next Google
Miguel Helft of The New York Times has written a great article entitled, “Looking for the next Google.” In it, he mentions…
The Year in Search, redux
In addition to the 101 Biggest Stories in Search we mentioned earlier, it’s worth taking some time to check out The Year…
Yahoo! Drops News Message Boards
Yahoo announced they are dropping the message boards for their news vertical. They have announced they will be introducing new features in…
Google Zeitgeist: Popular Does Not Mean Most Frequently Searched
As it turns out, Google’s annual Zeitgeist, which purports to list “the most popular and fastest-rising global search terms”, according to the…
Farewell, SearchDay!
Today marks my last day as editor of SearchDay, but don't worry - the newsletter will continue to arrive in your inbox…
Yahoo Looking For Heroes? Opening Research Lab in India
The Business Standard of India reported today that Yahoo was establishing a research lab in Bangalore, India. Seems it is not only…
Google’s blog search engine takes over top slot
Ben Charny of MarketWatch reports that Google’s blog search engine has climbed to the top of the category rankings. According to Hitwise…
Google Still OK With Erotica
Boing Boing recently noticed that several adult-oriented sites, which they classify as “nonfiction sex ed or indie alt-erotica fare”, had been pushed…
2006: The Year Search Grew Up
Barry Schwartz first posted this over at SEL, but Chris Winfield of 10e20 did such a great job of listing the 101…
Overlooked Search Marketing Opportunity: Image SEO
Most search marketers focus their efforts on optimizing the text on web pages. That’s great, but there’s a huge opportunity that’s overlooked…
Optimizing Images for Search Engines
One of the more potentially advantageous yet wholly underused areas for optimization is in image search engines. Yet while site owners and…
Image Search Engine in Beta
PolarRose.com is beta testing their photo recognition software that they have implemented into an image search engine. Their annoucement has stirred a…
Top 10 Google Myths Debunked
I came across this in one of the blogs today. Google Myths impact everyone – they are becoming urban legends. So Ionut…
Are Contextual Ads Worth the Hassle?
Even though the contextual ads offered by search engines aren’t search advertising, in the strict sense, they often become the responsibility of…
AOL Merger Speculation
Mediapost reported last week that Merrill Lynch was eyeing the possibility of AOL merging with either Microsoft or Yahoo, in an attempt…
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