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Google To Join Standard & Poor’s 500 Index
The big news overnight was that Google is going to be joining the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index. Google will be listed after trading has closed on March…
Yahoo And CBS To Bring “60 Minutes” Interactive Content To Web; Yahoo Japan to Buy NewsWatch
ClickZ reports that Yahoo and CBS are working together to bring the show, 60 Minutes to Yahoo’s Internet users. The deal involved…
Daily SearchCast, March 23, 2006: Google Tries On Social Tagging; LookSmart To Close Zeal Directory; Google’s New Seasonal Search Query Data & More!
Today’s search podcast covers Google getting its feet wet with social tagging; Google News ousts a press release provider after a prank; LookSmart’s…
Study: Searchers Still Prefer to Buy Offline
A new Google-sponsored study from comScore Networks found that 25% of product-related searches resulted in purchases, with 63% occurring in brick and…
Google’s 2006 Q1 Earnings Conference Call Scheduled On April 20th
Google has posted the schedule for the 2006 first-quarter earnings conference call. The conference call is to take place on April 20,…
AdSense Launches “AdSense Help” Google Group
The Inside AdSense blog announces the launch of a new Google Group started by AdSense named AdSense Help. The group is currently…
Supplemental Index Issues “Gone”; Welcome Big Daddy Index
Over the past month or so, Google has been having some issues with its ” Big Daddy” infrastructure. The main issue reported…
Yandex, Popular Russian Search Engine, To IPO
Nick Wilsdon notes that Yandex is set to IPO shortly. Yandex is Russia’s most popular search engines with 62% market share. The…
Daily SearchCast, March 22, 2006: Google Finance Launches; Google Sued Over Rankings; Google Doesn’t Have To Give Up Search Queries; Amazon’s Abortion Vs. Adoption Issue & More!
Today’s search podcast covers the launch of Google Finance; Google partnering with Nike to produce a soccer social network; Google sued over someone’s…
Highlights from the SEW Blog: Mar. 23, 2006
Featured posts from the Search Engine Watch blog, as well as our customary search headlines from around the web.
SEMPO Board Elects 2006 Officers
ClickZ reports that SEMPO’s new board of directors has elected the 2006 SEMPO officers. The new chairperson is Gordon Hotchkiss from Enquiro,…
LookSmart’s Zeal Directory To Close
Once a potential rival to the Open Directory, LookSmart had decided to close its volunteer-driven Zeal directory at the end of this…
Google Doesn’t Have To Hand Over Search Logs To Justice Department
Catching up on some important news from last week, the judge in the case of the US Department Of Justice versus Google…
A Deeper Look At Personalized News Search Engines
Mark Glaser at MediaShift wrote a great review named Your Guide to Personalized News Sites. He reviews the history of personalized news…
Ask.com Adds “The Advanced Plan” For Larger Advertisers
I was reviewing the Ask Sponsored Listings page and noticed a new service named “The Advanced Plan” listed on the home page.…
Google Jumps Into Social Tagging With New Google Reader Feature
Philipp Lenssen notes that the Google Reader Blog has announced that you can now share the content you read with your friends,…
Google Enhances Keyword Tool; Adds Global Trend Graphs
Google AdWords announced that they have added “global trends” to the Keyword Tool. Global trends shows the search volume of a particular…
ShopLocal Wins In Crawling Case Against Cairo
Apparently, ShopLocal.com wasn’t happy with rival local shopping search service Cairo for hitting its listings. ShopLocal took Cairo to court, and Cairo…
Targeting Search Ads By Demographics & Behavior
The days of targeting searchers only via keywords are coming to an end. Now search engines are giving you the ability to…
Google Base Creeping Into Main Search Results Page
GoodROI shows us an example of a search that brings up a Google Base search box, right at the top of the…
Congoo Offers (Free) Subscription Based Content For Free
Elinor Mills reports at News.com that Congoo released a search service enabling people to search newspapers, magazines and other periodicals that are…
Moneyextra.com Partners With MSN Search
Netimperative reports that MSN Search has been expanding its search partner base by adding the MSN Search box to MoneyExtra.com. This partnership…
Yahoo Removed Block Result Feature From My Web
A reader has informed me that Yahoo has removed the block result (page and site) feature from My Web. The FAQs still…
Gary Price Interviewed; Ask’s New Butler?
Library Journal has an interview with Gary Price, of Ask.com and formerly the News Editor of Search Engine Watch. The interview goes…
Google To Talk At Goldman Sachs Seventh Annual Internet Conference
I just noticed Google updated the investors page by adding that they will be talking at a Goldman Sachs event. The event…
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