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Google Updates Company Milestones Page
Those of you who track Google’s each and every move might be interested to learn that the company has just updated their Google Milestones page that serves as…
Survey: Google, Yahoo Still Favorites in North America
For the second year running, a Keynote Systems study says Google provides the most satisfying search experience among North American users, despite…
Author of The Google Story, David Vise, Chats Google With Readers
Washington Post writer and the author of The Google Story, David Vise, chatted on WashingtonPost.com today about Google’s most recent acquisition of…
On Yahoo Recommender Systems and a Movie Recommendation Tool from the University of Minnesota
Thanks to Greg Linden for point out this 2 page paper (PDF) by several members of the Yahoo Research Lab about recommender…
Ask Jeeves: Cache Includes the Date and Time Pages Were Last Cached
I was doing some searching with Ask Jeeves today and noticed that that cached pages that Jeeves includes in its database now…
Mid-January 2006 Search News Recap Posted
If you’re a Search Engine Watch member (thank you, thank you, thank you!), the latest edition of Search Engine Update newsletter has…
Still Seeing “Blue Pins” on Some Google Maps; Google Now Testing Paid Links in Google Earth
Although some sites are reporting that the Google Maps “blue pin test” is no longer visible, I’m seeing the blue pins on…
Report: Chinese Searchers Prefer Google Over Homegrown Baidu
Keynote Systems, a research firm that does annual studies of North American searchers and their satisfaction with search engines, has released its…
Study: Google #1 in China
Despite trailing Chinese traffic leader Baidu, Google is rated the best search engine in China, according to new research from Keynote Systems.
Google Names New Managing Director in UK; European Job Recruitment Drive Begins
According to this Netimperative article Google has just named Mark Howe as the new managing director of their UK operations. Howe has…
More Instant Answers Now Available on MSN Search
MSN Search’s WebLog points out that MSN Search is now home to more Instant Answers (aka “direct answers”) as web search engines…
Google and Canada.com Announce Multiyear Partnership
The Toronto Star reports that Google has entered into a multiyear agreement with the well-known Canadian portal, Canada.com (owned by media giant…
Yahoo Releases Q4 and Full Year 2005 Earnings
The complete Yahoo Q4 and Full Year 2005 Earnings news release is available here (11 page PDF). From the news release: “In…
Open Federation Comes to Google Talk
Open Federation has come to Google Talk. What’s that? According to a post on the Google Blog, Google Talk is now full…
A9 Selects ZoomInfo to Power People Search
We’ve learned that vertical search engine ZoomInfo has been selected to power the “people search” function on A9. If you want to…
Yahoo Toolbar Embedded into New Version of WordPerfect
News from Corel that the Yahoo Toolbar is now being embedded directly into their just released Corel WordPerfect Office X3. Yahoo Search…
Satisfy Your Web Ego with egoSurf
If you’re into satisfying your ego by web surfing, Phil Bradley points to egoSurf, a site whose motto is, “know your place.”…
Yahoo Site Submit Out Of Action For A Month
Yahoo’s been having site submit problems, as came up last month in our Search Engine Watch Forums thread Yahoo Submit Your Site…
Google Buys Radio Ad Firm; AdWords Headed To Radio Distribution
Wow. Google is to acquire dMarc Broadcasting, a company that puts ads into radio stations, paying up to $1.1 billion for it.…
Yahoo Loses Another VP, This Time To SideStep
Ouch. Last week, Yahoo saw the vice president in charge of its developer network split to start-up Automattic. Now there’s news that…
Yahoo Nabs SearchFox Assets
I never used SearchFox nor heard much about it, but they announced last week that they’d be closing. Techcrunch now says that’s…
See How Evil Google Is On Your Google Personalized Home Page
Gary wrote earlier of a site that lets you rate whether Google is evil or not, based on news items each day.…
WSJ Profiles Digg News Technology Site
Digging Out the News at the Wall Street Journal gives you some background on Digg, a two year old technology news site…
Video Search: Still “Early Days”
Producing video content? There are video search engines that specialize in gathering up your video and making it available to searchers seeking…
No Page Reload Required: See Sponsored Ads in Various Categories on Yahoo Movies Pages
Is Yahoo testing something new with sponsored links on some pages found on Yahoo Movies? Allow me to explain. Sponsored links on…
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