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A Look At Google’s Copyright Battles
News.com has another great article named Copyright tussles for Google. It reviews some of Google’s copyright cases and how Google is trying hard to win some of those…
How Ask.com Rebranded and Increased Traffic
Ask.com took a big risk when it retired its iconic butler mascot and rebranded its site with a new look, features and…
Rebranding Ask.com
How do you engineer a major overhaul to your web site to increase traffic and user satisfaction? Ask.com's Senior User Experience Analyst…
Search Headlines & Links: October 2, 2006
Below, a recap of stories posted today to the Search Engine Watch Blog, along with other items we’ve spotted but not blogged…
Why IAC’s Pronto Will Succeed: Partnership With Ask
There are many reasons to like Pronto among the many crawler based shopping search engines: – Comprehensiveness (read last week’s press release)…
Need A Costume For Halloween? Try The CostumeZee Costume Search Engine!
This is an entirely commercial operation, but with Halloween looming on the horizon, one that may prove useful. CostumeZee is a search…
Amazon’s A9 Becomes, Well, Sort Of Nothing
Amazon’s A9 saw the loss of its driving force Udi Manber to Google earlier this year. Now two years after its launch,…
Copiepresse Upset Ruling On Google Wasn’t Visible Enough
Last week, Google complied with a Belgian court order and posted the ruling against it in a copyright suit on the home…
The Accent Is On Search
An interesting article in Pandia about an overlooked area of search – Searching Google for words with accents. The bottom line is…
Yahoo Hack Day’s Success & Yahoo Mail API Coming
It sounds like Yahoo’s first open Hack Day was a big success, featuring even a performance by Beck. Yahoo’s Bradley Horowitz has…
Reading Other People’s Gmail Via Bloglines
Using Bloglines to snoop on people’s private Gmail from Martin Belam looks at how he accidentally stumbled upon email feeds that individuals…
Google Buys Birthplace Garage
Google has purchased the garage where the company developed after its initial birth at Stanford University. Actually, they’ve purchased the home of…
Highlights from the SEW Blog: Oct. 2, 2006
Featured posts from the Search Engine Watch blog, as well as our customary headlines from around the web.
Search Headlines & Links: September 29, 2006
Below, a recap of stories posted today to the Search Engine Watch Blog, along with other items we’ve spotted but not blogged…
Search Forums Roundup: Sept. 29, 2006
Today’s SearchDay, Search Engine Forums Spotlight, features our weekly links to this week’s hot topics from search engine forums across the web:…
Yahoo China Sues Hongyi’s Qihoo For Unfair Competition
Reuters reports that Yahoo China is suing Qihoo, claiming that 360safe spyware software is prompting users to uninstall the Yahoo Toolbar. The…
Yahoo Hack Day Starts Today
Yahoo is holding Hack Day today and Yahoo’s Jeremy Zawodny is excited about it. He compiled a list of ways to stay…
How Google Webmaster Creates Query Stats, Now Weekly Updates
Vanessa Fox announced at the Google Webmaster Central blog that the query stats from within the statistics section of Google Webmaster Central…
Google Reader & Ask’s Bloglines Undergo Updates
Both Google Reader and Ask.com’s Bloglines have gone under some interface and usability updates, with some added features included. The Google Blog…
Picasa Web Albums: Google Goes Flickr
Threadwatch reports that Google has began “doing online photo storage” at Picasa Web Albums. I quickly tried it out and made a…
Yahoo Toolbar To Be Installed On HP Computers IE7 Browsers
The Associated Press reports that Yahoo and HP have struck a deal to have all desktop and laptop computers in the United…
Search Headlines & Links: September 28, 2006
Below, a recap of stories posted today to the Search Engine Watch Blog, along with other items we’ve spotted but not blogged…
Ask.com Upgrades Weather Results & Adds Earthquake Data
Gary Price reports that Ask.com has launched an enhanced version of the weather results and has added earthquake data to Smart Answers.…
Beware: Giant Bug Found On Google Earth
Google Sightseeing reports a huge alien bug being found via Google Maps. Take a look at here or on Google Maps here…
Google Not To Deliver Orkut Data To Brazil Authorities
Google won’t hand data to Brazil judge from the Associated Press reports that Google will not be meeting the deadline to provide…
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