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Daily SearchCast, May 24, 2006: Windows Live Local Gets UK Images & Easier Map Sharing; Is That Site In Your Search Results Safe?; A Spam Detection Tool; A Search Marketing Magazine Arrives & More!
Today’s search podcast covers Windows Live Local getting new UK images and easier ability to share mapped points, Microsoft’s many shopping moves, a new tool to detect if…
Larry Page Video Interview
Channel 4 interviewed Larry Page and the video is available by clicking here. He discusses that artificial intelligence will play an important…
Ask.com Shows Off More Smart Answers
Gary Price, Director of Online Information Resources at Ask.com, writes at the Ask.com Blog about some of the stock related smart answers.…
Yahoo’s Annual Meeting Of Stockholders Tomorrow At 1PM (EST)
Yahoo is hosting the Annual Meeting Of Stockholders tomorrow at 1pm (EST). You can enroll for the meeting by clicking here and…
Google Base UK & Germany Back To English US Version
Thomas Bindl notified me that Google Base UK and Germany are back to showing the English US based version of Google Base.…
Search Marketing Standard Hits The Newsstands
I reported last week that the new search marketing magazine, the Search Marketing Standard was delivered to over 15,000 people. Danny first…
Microsoft Talks Shopping
Last week I briefly introduced three of Microsoft’s e-commerce initiatives: MSN Shopping, Windows Live Shopping, and Windows Live Product Search. This week…
Google Behind Others On Catching TechMeme’s New Name
SEOMoz reports that Google has been having issues ranking and indexing TechMeme.com, the new name for TechMemorandum. Yesterday, Google did not rank…
Windows Live Local Adds Traffic and Sharing
Yesterday some people spotted Microsofts roll out of aerial photography in the UK (and Canada). That was part of a set of…
The Value of Branded vs. Non-Branded Search Terms
New research suggests that branded search terms offer the highest conversion rates, but that non-branded terms, when used properly, can significantly impact…
New Search Patent Applications: May 23, 2006 – Yahoo Wallets, Microsoft Answers, and Google Phrases
A number of patent applications published last week proved intriguing. The US Patent and Trademark Office (USTPO) filings offered us additions to…
Google To Host Investor Conference Call May 31st
Google posted the details of new investor conference call to take place on May 31, 2006 at 11:00 AM PT. Google is…
Search Headlines & Links: May 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…
Get Our Search Headlines On Google!
I’m on a campaign to get more people to try our new subscribed link service at Google. It’s easy and free. Just…
Daily SearchCast, May 23, 2006: Google Removes Sites Over Hate Speech From News; Google Bug Makes Your Site Seem To Disappear; MSN Gives ODP Description Opt-Out (Hurray!) & More!
Today’s search podcast covers Google removing some sites from Google News over hate speech issues; a bug that causes Google to report…
New Tool Scandoo Scans for Scumware in Search Results
The reports of hackers poisoning search results by optimizing landing pages that included links to viruses, spyware and other malware alarmed many…
New Amazon Online Reader For Digital Book Reading
Gary Price has a detailed & step-by-step write up on the new Amazon Online Reader. You can view the new look for…
Google’s Eric Schmidt Interviewed on CNBC
ResourceShelf points to a CNBC interview of Google’s CEO, Eric Schmidt. The two-part interview goes over the “plan B” for Google’s growth,…
Google Removing News Sources For Hate Speech
NewsBusters.org reports that Google has removed two sites from the Google News index for “hate speech.” Google cited three examples of articles…
MySpace In Partnership Talks With Google & Microsoft
The Financial Times reports that MySpace, the huge social networking site, is in talks with Google and Microsoft over partnership opportunities to…
Search Headlines & Links: May 22, 2006
Below, a recap of stories posted yesterday to the Search Engine Watch Blog, along with other items we’ve spotted but not blogged…
Google Base Live in UK & Germany
Philipp notes that Google Base is now live in the UK and Germany. The UK version is at https://www.google.co.uk/base/ and the German…
AdSense Video Ads Out of Rich Media Beta Test
AdWords advertisers will be able to display video ads across the AdSense content network. The video ads, in a click-to-play video format…
Searching for Images by Similarity
Searching for pictures needn't take a thousand words. An experimental search engine helps you find images based on colors, textures or characteristics…
MSN Allows Webmasters To Opt Out Of ODP Titles
Huge props to MSN Search for enabling Webmasters to tell MSN not to display a site’s ODP directory title in the MSN…
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