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Riffing on GoogleBase
Over at MediaPost, David Berkowitz has some interesting commentary on the potential ramifications of GoogleBase, the sometimes-on but still mostly offline service that Gary blogged about last week.…
On Microsoft Live, Live.com and Start.com Personalized Portals
Plenty of coverage of Microsoft’s new Windows Live services today: Live from San Francisco: Bill Gates on Next-Gen Software Gates: We’re entering…
Ask Jeeves Acquisition Helps IAC/InterActive Narrow Losses
John and Rafat both point out that the IAC/InterActive quarterly earnings call took place yesterday and the Jeeves acquisition made an impact…
Web Site Measurement Hacks
Measuring the results of a search marketing campaign is a critical activity, but it’s one that can be difficult or painful, especially…
Google Gears Up to Resume Book Scanning
It’s November 1st, the day Google said they would resume scanning books of all types (including in-copyright materials) from the five libraries…
Reacteur.com is now Mozbot
Mozbot is a search engine built on top of Google natural and paid search results, with a number of additional features not…
Verizon SuperPages.com Adds Features
Verizon announced today that SuperPages.com now includes user reviews that lets searchers rate the more than 18 million local businesses, a new…
Web Analytics, Demystified
Measurement is a crucial part of a successful search marketing campaign, but understanding and using web analytics tools can be daunting. A…
Looking at the Upcoming Holiday Shopping Season at Yahoo Shopping
In his non-stop series of interviews with influential people in the shopping search biz, Brian Smith from ComparisonEngines.com has posted a recent…
AllRecipes.com Cooks Up Smart Searches for Ask.com
I recently blogged that Ask Jeeves was offering a new Smart Search with direct links to recipes from the AllRecipes.com database. Today,…
The Yahoo Media Content Beat: Harry Potter Exclusive Video Clip and New Content from “The Week”
A couple of quick items from the Yahoo media content beat. First, Yahoo is the exclusive home of a new video clip…
Special Logos From Engines For a “Scary” Halloween
Spooky and scary logos from Ask Jeeves, Google, and Yahoo today for Halloween.
Review: Google and Yahoo Hiring Booms
Those of you who look at our blog regularly know that we try to post interesting and “telling” job openings at Google,…
Looksmart Goes Vertical
Looksmart is turning itself into an About.com style portal, launching 161 vertical search sites in 12 categories including automotive, cities, food, health,…
IBM, Google Partner on Enterprise Search
IBM plans to integrate its OmniFind corporate search system with Google’s free desktop search and make the package available to enterprise search…
Google Working on Open Office, After All
Despite recent articles claiming that a Sun-Google hosted desktop productivity suite and common operating system, ” is way off base,” word comes…
Checking Out Books in Libraries
Many libraries throughout the world offer online access to their catalogs. The oddly-named RedLightGreen taps into thousands of these catalogs, allowing you…
Searching for Library Books with RedLightGreen
Google Scholar isn't the only online service that can help you track down and read scholarly or academic books and other content.…
The “About” Yahoo Search Page
Not sure if I’m late to the party on this one but I just noticed that Yahoo offers this page that lists…
Google Wants to Make TV Ads More Relevant
Well, what would a weekend be without some good ol’ solid Google speculation? According to the New York Times article: Google Wants…
New Yahoo MyWeb 2.0 Bookmarklet & Blog Post Link
Kudos to Nick (of Threadwatch fame) on the creation of a Yahoo! MyWeb 2.0 Bookmarklet & Blog Post tool. Nick’s even made…
Search Forums Roundup: Oct. 28, 2005
Today’s SearchDay, Search Engine Forums Spotlight, features our weekly links to this week’s hot topics from search engine forums across the web:…
Reading About Search Marketing
Most people in the search marketing business learned how to do it by plunging directly into a search optimization or advertising campaign,…
Cool! 3-D Imagery of the Moon Now Available via NASA’s World Wind
Before Google Earth and Google Satellite began receiving the well deserved attention it receives each day, a similar 3-D open source, imagery…
Google Tweaks Web Search Features Page With Info About Inline Image Results
Since many of you follow every one of Google’s move (even the very small ones), I thought I would toss out a…
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