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eBay Signs International Paid Search Deal With Google
The Wall Street Journal reports that eBay has reached a deal with Google to offer up paid search ads “on eBay’s auction web sites outside the U.S.” The…
Winning Big With a Small Search Marketing Budget
Big companies with huge budgets certainly make it more difficult for smaller search marketers to compete, but ingenuity and creativity can still…
New Search Patent Filings: August 27, 2006 – Google’s Recommendations, IBM’s Speedier Pagerank, Napster’s Search
Google looks at search history and user behavior to rerank results and offer ecommerce recommendations, provides a way to rewrite navigation on…
Search Headlines & Links: August 25, 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 Has Too Much Money, Possibly Classified As Investment Fund
Bloomberg reports and the Wall Street Journal reports that Google has asked the SEC for an exception to a rule that would…
Google, Yahoo, & MSN Update Search Results
It appears that all the major search engines have been reported to be updating their indexes in some way. Google is updating…
Search Headlines & Links: August 24, 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 Search Integrates Flickr Images In Search Shortcuts
The Yahoo Search Blog announced that they have integrated Flickr images into their search results. So a search on funny photos or…
Dutch Farmers Site Loses Court Case Against Google
Reuters reports that the Dutch farmer dating site has lost their court case in Amsterdam. The judge ruled that the keywords “farm”…
Google Joins Coalitions To Fight Child Pornography
The Google blog announced that Google has joined two coalitions to help protect children online. These coalitions combat child pornography and child…
Ask.com Hires Former PayPal CTO, Chuck Geiger
Yesterday, Ask.com hired Chuck Geiger, former CTO of PayPal, as executive vice president of technology and engineering. Mr. Geiger has 17 years…
Slower Posting Through Monday
I’m away on a long weekend break from now through Monday, and Barry’s taking some more time on Friday and Monday, as…
B2B Case Studies: Good to the last drop
How are business-to-business companies tapping into the B2B audience via search? For those who stayed to see the last session on the…
Search Forums Roundup: August 25, 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:…
Search Marketing Works for B2B, Too
Most people assume search marketing works only to reach consumers, but it's actually quite effective for businesses wishing to connect with other…
Search Headlines & Links: August 23, 2006
Below, a recap of stories posted today to the Search Engine Watch Blog, along with other items we’ve spotted but not blogged…
Mid-August 2006 Search News Recap Posted
If you’re a Search Engine Watch member, the latest edition of Search Engine Update newsletter has been posted. It recaps top stories…
Daily SearchCast, August 23, 2006: Is Google Bad For Other Businesses? Will Brazil Close Google’s Offices There? Isn’t Yahoo Coupon Finder Cool? And More!
Today’s search podcast covers whether Google is too dominant over businesses? Will Brazil close Google’s offices there in a data dispute? Is…
Researchers Debate Whether To Study The AOL Data
When the AOL privacy case broke earlier this month, I wrote about how the intention of releasing the data was honorable despite…
Gmail In Japanese
Reuters reports that Google is releasing a localized Japanese-language version of Gmail in Japan today. I cannot find the URL to access…
Google Releases Google Base API
The Google Code blog announced that Google Base now has an API. You can access the API’s details at https://code.google.com/apis/base/. The API…
Google’s Dominance Of Big & Small Companies
Fortune has a nice write up they named “How Google can make – or break – your company.” Not only does this…
Facebook Partners With Microsoft In Ad Deal
The New York Times reports that Microsoft is to provide and sell banner ads and sponsored ads on FaceBook, a popular social…
Google To Party At Worldcon: Shiny!
Man. I wrote earlier of Google doing a recruitment and PR push at the Star Trek Convention last week. I joked about…
Aug. 23, 2006 Search News Forecast: Mostly Sunny!
It’s mellow. Techmeme’s mellow, my feeds are mellow, the search news feels calm. The Google-Brazil thing is getting more chatter, and the…
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