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Ask Jeeves Sponsored Listings Program Formally Opens
The Ask Jeeves Sponsored Listings program that Danny wrote about earlier this month has now formally opened to any advertiser, rather than just existing Ask Jeeves advertisers. You’ll…
The Google IPO: One Year Later; Details of Correspondence Between Google and SEC Revealed
As we approach the first anniversary of the Google IPO later this week (Friday, to be precise), expect to find LOTS of…
Another 44 Million Pages Added to Gigablast Index
Gigablast has posted a new total size count. The new total listed on the Gigablast home page is at 2,068,530,608 pages indexed.…
Google Gives Publishers Opt-Out From Library Scanning Project; One Group Still Not Happy
Details on the Google Blog. The biggest change is that Google will allow publishers who are members of the Google Print program…
Search Forums Roundup: Aug. 12, 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:…
More on the Total Database Size Battle and Googlewhacking With Yahoo
The total web database size claims that Yahoo released this week continue to have people talking. It’s so not a big deal,…
Far Out! Virtual Neptune From Ask Jeeves Goes Live (-;
Technical issues at the Ask Jeeves SES party on Monday made the debut of their new Virtual Neptune (VN) service an impossibility.…
Yahoo Invests $1 Billion in Chinese E-Commerce Site
Yahoo has confirmed that they’re investing $1 Billion in China’s, Ailbaba, an online e-commerce company. The investment will give Yahoo a 40%…
A Conversation With the Co-Founders of Smarter.com
I recently blogged that comparison shopping engine, Smarter.com, will soon be moving into China’s search marketplace. Today, Brian Smith from ComparisonEngines.com, has…
Battelle: Google Will Not Acquire Meetro
John says that the Google will not be acquiring the social networking/location-based software provider meetro. Stories and rumors about a possible acquisition…
Highlights from the SEW Blog: Aug 11, 2005
Featured posts from the Search Engine Watch blog, as well as our customary search headlines from around the web.
New Yahoo Site Explorer To Provide Linkage Data, Bulk Submit
During the Search Engine Q&A on Links session here at SES today, Tim Mayer from Yahoo said his company is launching (not…
More Session Summaries from Search Engine Strategies
Day three of Search Engine Strategies has just ended and Rustybrick, Phoenix and others continue to do a great job posting detailed…
Google’s Matt Cutts Launches Blog
Google software engineer Matt Cutts is well known to our readers, attendees of our SES shows to those who read up on…
More Vertical Search News
InternetNews.com and Media Post have word of new vertical search products from LookSmart and KnowledgeStorm. You’ll also read about GlobalSpec (a vertical…
Yahoo Launches Pay-Per-Call in the UK and Ireland
Yahoo launches pay-per-call service Source: Netimperative The service is already available in Yahoo Cars and will be introduced into Yahoos other e-commerce…
Puzzled by Yahoo’s Konfabulator Purchase? Don’t Be
Amid the flurry of other recent announcements, Yahoo’s recent purchase of Konfabulator maker Pixoria hasn’t drawn much attention, but I think it’s…
Google Improves Wildcard Matching
Word on the Google Blog that they’ve improved the underlying algorithm used with their wildcard (*) search operator. This includes allowing softer…
Why Yahoo Bought Konfabulator
Yahoo's recent purchase of Pixoria, developer of the quirky but seriously cool Konfabulator platform, has many pundits scratching their heads—what on earth…
Google Posts New Total Size Number for Google Images
If you asked me yesterday after Yahoo’s total index size announcement (web, images, audio databases) what I would be posting today I…
Yahoo Prepares LinkSpots Launch; Google May Expand AdSense Site Exclusions & Testing More “Signals” From Advertisers
DMNews.com has two stories each with comments from Google and Yahoo about new contextual ad services either coming soon or in testing.…
Google Announces Authorized AdWords Resellers in China
China search news continues. Can you say it’s a very busy (thanks Baidu) time. Google announced today that they’ve introduced of an…
Get Google News Search Results as RSS or ATOM Feeds
Google has just joined many news engines (Topix.net, Findory, Yahoo News, RocketNews, and others) and is now officially making Google News search…
Ask Jeeves CEO Chats with Danny at Search Engine Strategies
The keynote conversation between Danny and Ask Jeeves CEO, Steve Berkowitz just ended and a summary is already online in the SEW…
Highlights from the SEW Blog: Aug 9, 2005
Featured posts from the Search Engine Watch blog, as well as our customary search headlines from around the web.
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