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Google’s Patent Application for Click-to-Call Advertising Published
A newly published patent application (first filed on June 30, 2004) shows that Google is looking to patent a method to provide click-to-call advertising on mobile phones. Kevin…
Google Begins to Reopen Registrations for Google Analytics
Google Blogoscoped has an item about the latest with Google Analytics. The company is now saying that some people who previously submitted…
Google Trademarking The Word Beta
No, not really. But one of our SEW Forum threads points over to In Search Of Stuff, where 2006 isos Search Predictions…
Google Scholar Goes International
Google Scholar (GS) has begun an international push today with the addition of content in two languages as well as new interfaces…
Webcast and Transcript of Larry Page’s CES Keynote Address Now Available
Just up on the Google Press Center page is a link to the webcast and a text transcript of Larry Page’s keynote…
New Article Looks at Google, the Domain Registrar
Via Jim Boykins blog, a guest article by domain name expert Nick Wilsdon that looks at what Google knows about domain names.…
Search Marketers Deserve Some Respect
Last month at the Chicago Search Engine Strategies conference, Danny Sullivan gave a very different keynote than usual, focusing on the negative…
Search Marketing’s About People and Principles, Not Just Algorithms, Part 1
Search marketing has come under fire in the mainstream press and elsewhere this year, and that's not good for the industry, said…
Seven Recently Published Patent Applications from Microsoft Deal with Computation of Web Page Ranking, Calculating a Docments Importance, and Search Spam Detection and More
Patent watchers might be interested in reviewing seven of recently published patent applications from Microsoft that deal with computing a web page…
In the News: Searchable Database of Transcripts from U.S. Supreme Court Nominee Hearings Available
Those of you following the U.S. Senate hearings for U.S. Supreme Court Nominee, Judge Samuel Alito, might be interested to learn that…
Yahoo CEO Talks About Google/AOL Deal
The Dow Jones story: Yahoo CEO:Google/AOL Deal Doesn’t Change Yahoo’s Business, offers comments from Terry Semel about the recent Google/AOL deal. +…
Daily SearchCast, Jan. 10, 2006: Google Unveils Google Video Store & Google Pack At CES; Google Video Store Has Bumpy Launch; AOL Buys Truveo Video Search; Yahoo Buys Webjay; Search Engines As Content Leeches & More!
Today’s search podcast covers Google announcing its Google Video Store and Google Pack download service at CES; Google Video Store having some…
Let’s Make Mac Users Happy: Google Earth for the Mac Now Available
Just released on the Google Earth web site, is the first release of the program for Mac users (OS X). The Google…
IAC/InterActive Debuts Comparison Shopping Search Service Named Pronto
Mr. Comparison Shopping himself, Brian Smith, posts that IAC/InterActive (the company that owns Ask Jeeves, Citysearch, Ticketmaster, etc.) has just released a…
How Does a Google eBook Store Sound?
So, what’s next Google service going to be? According to this BBC News story, it just might be an online bookstore for…
Limiting Your Search By IP Address with MSN Search and Gigablast
Barry reports that MSN Search allows searchers an option to limit their search to a specific IP address. Example here. Actually, a…
Searching for Online Video
Although Google has been grabbing headlines with the announcement of its forthcoming Google Video Store, many other services let you search for…
Search Forums Roundup: Jan. 20, 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:…
Yahoo Acquires Webjay
JZ himself (Jeremy Zawodny) posts that Yahoo has acquired Webjay. The official announcement is on the new Yahoo Music blog. Webjay is…
SEMPO Opens Nomination Period for Board of Directors
On the heels of the release of SEMPO’s (Search Engine Marketing Professional Organization) annual State of the Search Marketing Industry report that…
Google Text Ads Now Appearing in Chicago Sun-Times Newspaper
Philipp points to a story from Crain’s Chicago Business that the Chicago Sun-Times, a daily newspaper, is now “experimenting” by “running classified-like…
What Was Ask Jeeves Up to During the Consumer Electronics Show?
In a very short, sweet, and thought provoking blog post late Friday, Ask Jeeves points out that while other search providers were…
Yahoo Sponsoring Free Internet Access in Two Sheraton Hotels
PaidContent.org points to a Wall Street Journal (sub only) article that announces a deal between Yahoo and Starwood Hotels, the owners of…
Search Engines As Leeches, The Difference Between Paid & Free Listings & Keyword Price Rises
Jakob Nielsen’s just posted a Search Engines as Leeches on the Web article that makes a good point, don’t be too search…
Google Now Providing Personalized Home Pages for Current Communications and Dell
Numerous posts from various sources point out that in recent days Google has released two new “personalized” page services for a couple…
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