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Are you an “Algoholic?”
Do you obsess over your search engine rankings? Do you spend countless hours fiddling with your web pages, tweaking text and experimenting with various techniques to boost your…
Andy Beal Back Blogging At Marketing Pilgrim
I wrote earlier of Andy Beal departing his former company WebSourced and the Search Engine Lowdown blog he created. News from him…
SES San Jose 2005 Coverage Wrap-Up
There was a ton of news out of our Search Engine Strategies show held last month in San Jose. I’ve been collecting…
Daily SearchCast, Sept. 7, 2005: Google Turns 7, Issues On Google House Ads, Praise For Pay-Per-Call, The Chinese Search Landscape, Likely Legal OK On Google Libraries, New Tools To Find Missing People Post-Katrina & More
Today’s search podcast covers issues raised over Google running house ads for its own product and also letting employees advertise, a postive…
Google Update Underway — More Sign Of A Coming Index Increase?
I wrote earlier that there were signs that Google was increasing its index size. More signs are coming now — as well…
Ask Jeeves CEO Interviewed, Says Online Scams Could Slow Adoption of Personalized Search Tools
The vnunet.com article: Scams hold back personalised search, discusses how phishing and identity theft could cause problems in the adoption of personalized…
Google Guys Are Top Powerbrokers
As Google celebrates its seventh birthday the NY Daily News reports that the “Google Guys” (Sergey Brin and Larry Page) have debuted…
Questions Raised Over Google House Ads & Employees Advertising Via AdWords
Google’s had questions raised over the fairness of house ads that it runs for its own products and services plus the ability…
Yahoo Accused Of Helping China Jail Journalist By Revealing Email Address
Rights group says Yahoo’s cooperation helped China jail journalist from the Associated Press has Reporters Without Borders saying Yahoo gave the Chinese…
Opening Day In Microsoft-Google Fight Over Kai-Fu Fee
Courtroom showdown for Microsoft and Google from News.com covers the opening arguments in this week’s court fight over whether Google China chief…
Legal Experts Say Google Library Digitization Project Likely OK; Will It Revolve Around Snippets?
Courts Unlikely To Stop Google Book Copying from InternetWeek has legal experts saying that copyright law over indexing books appears to be…
Google Loses Another Employee To Odeo; Yahoo Gains Nokia Guru
Some employee shifting news, this time someone from Google’s Blogger service jumping over to Odeo plus Yahoo gaining a noted Nokia employee.…
Happy 7th Birthday, Google!
Threadwatch notes it’s Google’s official birthday today. How old? That would be 7. Happy Birthday, Googlers! Postscript from Gary: If you feel…
Search Engine Marketing, Inc.
It takes a wide spectrum of experience, knowledge and skills to design and run an effective search marketing campaign, particularly if it’s…
The Business of Search Engine Marketing
An excellent new book focuses both on tactics as well as the managerial and organizational tasks required for effective large-scale search marketing…
Daily SearchCast, Sept. 6, 2005: Microsoft Temper Tantrums, Google Size Increase?, Getting Listed In Technorati’s Blog Finder, Post-Katrina People Finding Effort & Images On Google Plus More
Today’s search podcast covers allegations that Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer had a temper tantrum involving cursing and chair throwing over an employee…
Katrina Missing Persons Meta Search Tools from Lycos and Yahoo
Lycos has a new Search Katrina Missing Persons Sites meta search service now up. In one go, it checks listings from more…
Google’s China Situation Better Than You Might Think — And Other China Search News
The China Internet Network Information Center has released a new China Online Search Market Survey Report (PDF file) outlining the search market…
Google Patents Method to Determine Equivalent Descriptions Based on Information Needs of Searcher
Word from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office today that Google was awarded a patent today that involves technology allowing the searcher…
First Mobile Client for Google Talk Released
That didn’t take long. A quick post to point out that MessageVine, a company offering mobile IM tools to communications industry and…
Google Wallet Payment System Seeking Fraud Operations Director?
Gary spotted a job opening (and here) for a "Fraud Operations Director, Merchant Payment Solutions" position at Google. Google already has people…
Around the World with Google Earth
The first time anyone uses Google Earth, the reaction is invariably “wow.” Having the ability to seamlessly zoom and pan on satellite…
Revisiting Technorati’s Blog Finder & Listing Issues
A look at Technorati's new Blog Finder service and how blog owners an improve the odds of being found within it.
Hacking Google Earth
Google Earth's vivid satellite imagery has a serious goshwow factor, but the program also offers a lot of useful tools and data…
Post-Katrina Images On Google Maps, Elsewhere, People Finding Project & Wiki Resources
Post-Katrina Images are now up on Google Maps, at least for New Orleans. There’s also a variety of other images you can…
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