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Google’s Click To Call In UK
I reported yesterday that Google seems to have launched Click To Call in the UK. A search on jet2 should bring back an ad from Directline Holidays with…
Speakers Wanted For SES Multimedia & Mobile Edition 2006
I’ve still got openings on a few panels for our SES Multimedia & Mobile Edition 2006 show this October in Los Angeles.…
Bringo Click To Call Service Attempts To Help Consumers Foil Voice Response Systems
If you’re a credit card issuer, a cell phone carrier or an airline you use IVR (interactive voice response) phone trees to…
Google To Fingerprint Voices With PC Microphones
This weekend The Register published an article named Google developing eavesdropping software. The article describes how Google uses existing PC microphones fingerprinting…
Yahoo Answers Launches In The UK
The Guardian Unlimited reports that Yahoo, today, launched the Yahoo Answers product in the UK. The UK version is now available at…
YouTube Hires Yahoo’s Treasurer, Gideon Yu
TheStreet.com reports on a Wall Street Journal story that YouTube has hired away Yahoo’s Treasurer, Gideon Yu. Gideon Yu is to begin…
Google Says They Will Give Brazil Orkut Data
The Washington Post reports that Google will give over the Orkut data of specific users including; IP addresses with time and date…
Search Headlines & Links: September 1, 2006
Below, a recap of stories posted today to the Search Engine Watch Blog, along with other items we’ve spotted but not blogged…
Google Images Labeler: Google’s Challenge To Flickr?
Google Blogoscoped spotted the Google Image Labeler game, designed to help Google improve its image search results through tagging. It feels like…
Search Engine Roundtable Starts Podcast: The Search Pulse
This is a self-promotional post but I wanted to let you know that I will be launching a new search podcast named…
Google Modifies Navigational Search Results
I reported this morning that Google has changed the way they handle navigational like searches. For example, if you do a search…
Google Has 15 Days To Provide Data To Brazil Or Be Fined $23,000 Per Day
AFP reports that Brazil has given Google Brazil 15 days to turn over the data on the Orkut users they have been…
Yahoo Tests Enhanced Yahoo Answers Integration In Search Results
Threadwatch discovered Yahoo testing a new way of displaying Yahoo Answer results within the Yahoo Search results interface. The new interface is…
How Google Handles Accented Characters
Last night WebmasterRadio.FM aired a show with Vanessa Fox and Matt Cutts of Google, they talked about so many good things including…
Search Headlines & Links: August 31, 2006
Below, a recap of stories posted today to the Search Engine Watch Blog, along with other items we’ve spotted but not blogged…
Flickr #1 Photography Site In UK
Hitwise is reporting that Flickr is the #1 photography site in the UK. This isn’t really a surprise at all – what’s…
Topix’s Cool Year-Long News Archive
Somewhat lost among all the search news earlier this month was Topix and its launch of an awesome year-long news archive. It’s…
Ask.com Adds Emoticons Or Smiley To Smart Answers
The Ask.com Blog posted that they have added a new Smart Answer to their suitcase, it is called an emoticon or smiley.…
Google Uses AdWords Conversion Data To Fight AdSense Fraud?
ShoeMoney blogged that at the Arbitrage Issues session at SES San Jose, during Q&A time, Kim Malone of Google said that the…
Keywords In URL May Help Rankings, Google’s Matt Cutts Says
The hotly debated SEO topic of, does having keywords in your file names help with your rankings, will probably start all over…
Search Forums Roundup: Sept. 1, 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:…
Google AdSense Sued by Suspended Publisher
Steve Bryant at eWeek reports that a woman has sued Google after she was suspended from the program for clicking on her…
The Taming of the Bots
All savvy search engine marketers know how to create a search-friendly site that can be easily read by a search engine spider,…
Search Headlines & Links: August 30, 2006
Below, a recap of stories posted today to the Search Engine Watch Blog, along with other items we’ve spotted but not blogged…
Yahoo ‘Goes’ for Windows Mobile
Yahoo announced today the availability of its Go bundle of services for Windows Mobile. According to the release, the content and applications…
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