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Google Relaunches US Government Search, Now With Personalized Home Page
Google launched its search engine for US government information, informally known as Google Uncle Sam, many years ago. It’s been running since at least 1999. But now the…
Netscape Aims To Be Digg 2.0, Slashdot 3.0 With Community News Model
I was never a big Slashdot fan, given that I found the conversations about search often had comments from people who didn’t…
New Yahoo Publisher Network Changes Focus on New Publishers
Yahoo Publisher Network released a new version of the control panel today which focuses on helping a new user get the most…
Getting The New York Times More Search Engine Friendly
Online newspapers have often ignored search engines, or viewed them with mistrust, relying on the power of their brands to drive traffic.…
Google’s Complete Plays Of Shakespeare Less Than Compleat
The Google blog ‘Inside Google Book Search’ announced in No holds bard that it is now possible to explore Shakespeare with Google…
Search Headlines & Links: June 14, 2006
Below, a recap of stories posted today to the Search Engine Watch Blog, along with other items we’ve spotted but not blogged…
Daily SearchCast, June 14, 2006: MySpace To Auction Search Traffic; Google Picasa Gets Photo Sharing; NY State Says Shame On Google Video; Is That Google Earth In My Coffee Table? & More!
Today’s search podcast covers MySpace planning to auction its search traffic; Google’s Picasa getting web albums; New York State raps Google over…
ShopWiki Launches Search By Color
ShopWiki this morning launched its ‘Search by Color’ feature which lets consumers quickly and easily filter search results by color. From the…
Google Not Obeying NoIndex Meta Tag?
I reported at the Search Engine Roundtable that Google.com Displaying Pages in Index with NoIndex Meta Tags. The details come from a…
Japan To Build Own Search Engine With 30 Japanese Companies & Government Help
The Mainichi Daily show that Japan is going to be building out their own search engine after conducting a focus group on…
A Look At Google’s Oregon Operation & Yahoo Leaves Pasadena
Niall Kennedy summarizes a NY Times article about Google’s Oregon center and Yahoo and Microsoft’s exploration in areas like that. The Google…
Google Images Home Page Design Test
Philipp Lenssen has screen captures of an other new search interface design, this time being test on Google Images. The test is…
Minority Report-Like Interactive Google Earth
Via our SEW Forums, a great find. Check out this video showing how PhD candidate Edward Tse of the Mitsubishi Electric Research…
Google Introduces Picasa Web Albums
Google has enhanced its desktop-based Picasa photo organizing program by offering users the ability to upload albums and easily share photos with…
Understanding Searcher Behavior
Searchers interact with search engines in a variety of ways, and understanding searcher behavior is an increasingly important aspect of effective search…
Microsoft ‘Mix-ins’ vs. Google Mashups
Steven Lawler of Microsoft didn’t directly mention Google by name, but many of his comments this morning at Where2.0 were directed toward…
Search Headlines & Links: June 13, 2006
Below, a recap of stories posted today to the Search Engine Watch Blog, along with other items we’ve spotted but not blogged…
Daily SearchCast, June 13, 2006: Google Still A Tech Company, Says Schmdit; Google Earth Gets New Features; GBuy To Take On eBay’s PayPay?; eBay Takes On AdSense; Yahoo Answerers In Times Square & More!
Today’s search podcast covers Google CEO Eric Schmidt saying that Google isn’t a media company; Google Earth revolves new features; Will Google’s…
MySpace Looking To Auction Search To Google, Microsoft or Yahoo
We heard last month that MySpace is interested in partnering with Google or Microsoft. Now Yahoo appears to be in the running.…
Yamanner Worm Targets Yahoo Mail Users
Silicon.com reports on a Yahoo Mail worm named Yamanner that comes in the form of an email named “New Graphic Site.” When…
Searching for a Place to Live, Part 2
SEW correspondent Greg Sterling continues his roundup of a number of the most popular new real estate search verticals in today’s SearchDay…
A Look At 20 Googlers Via Orkut
Philipp Lenssen complied a list of 20 Googler Orkut profiles. Orkut is Google’s social networking software, and many Googlers have profiles and…
Yahoo Answers Launches “Ask the Planet 2006” Campaign
Yahoo Answers has launched a new promotional campaign named Ask the Planet 2006. The Yahoo Answers blog describes how this feature will…
Google Earth: An Emerging ‘Geobrowser’
I often hear people say about Google, “Other than search it’s just a bunch of ‘me-too’ products.” Whether or not you agree,…
New Flavor Of Expand & Collapse Results
Back in April, Google was testing expand and collapse results that contained more detailed information about a site when expanded. Then, Google…
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