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Yahoo Releases Audio Search Engine
Yahoo has just launched a beta release of Yahoo Audio Search (YAS). Speaking as both a searcher and a music/audio junkie, Yahoo has done some impressive work with…
Yahoo Korea Now Offering Blog Search
News.com reports that Yahoo has started to offer blog search on Yahoo Korea. No surprise that Yahoo has no comment as to…
Google Anticipated Potental Problems in Lee Hiring
The MS/Google “search war” (aka the hiring of Dr. Lee) continues with newly unsealed court documents showing that Google anticipated possible “issues”…
Coming in October: Microsoft To Begin Testing Paid Listings Program in U.S.
This week, new advertising programs from Ask and Yahoo. Next week (can you say SES announcement), this WSJ story (available to non-subscribers)…
Is the Butler Licensing Some Technology from Looksmart?
Search gumshoe (-: John Battelle has done some url detective work and hypothesizes that Ask Jeeves is licensing some Looksmart technology for…
A Conversation with Rich Skrenta and Chris Tolles from Topix.net
Greg Linden points to an OJR interview with Rich Skrenta and Chris Tolles from Topix.net. Since I primarily focus on search from…
Daily SearchCast, Aug, 3, 2005: Yahoo Publishers Network Launched, Search Ranking Penalty Boxes, Ask Reduces Paid Listings & More
Today’s Daily SearchCast covers the launch of Yahoo Publishers Network, the search “penalty box”, Indexing Summit 2 at SES San Jose, Google…
Yahoo Opens Customer Calling Facility in Oregon
About 3 months ago I blogged that Yahoo would be opening a customer service office in suburban Portland, OR. Oregon Public Radio…
Shopping Engine Smarter.com Will Launch in China
This news release from shopping engine, Smarter.com, points out that the company will launch a version of their service in China during…
Competition for AdSense: Yahoo Publisher Network Now Available to Small Publishers
The rumors are true, Yahoo has just announced that they’re extending the Yahoo Publisher Network for use by small- and medium-sized publishers.…
Coping with Search Engine Penalties
Search engine penalties are present and pervasive, and are a primary method used by search engines to control webmasters. Unless webmasters understand…
A9 Enhances Toolbar with Cool New Feature
Word from A9 that they’ve just released a new version of their toolbar for Firefox and IE. I’ve listed the new features…
Stats: Time Spent With Various Yahoo and Google Services
Bambi Francisco’s article: Why Google may need instant messaging offers a bunch of new and interesting stats from Majestic Research about Yahoo…
Ask Jeeves Will Cut Number of Paid Listings on Web Results Pages
Ask Jeeves plans to reduce the number of paid links on a search results page from about ten to two or three.…
Daily SearchCast, Aug. 2, 2005: New Ask Paid Listings Program, Flickr Enhancements, How Different Search Engins Have Different Results & More
Today’s Daily SearchCast (Gary’s debut) covers the new paid search listings program from Ask Jeeves, word of JupiterMedia selling Search Engine Watch…
Report: Yahoo’s Ad Network for Small Publishers Will Launch Tomorrow
A “source” has told Stefanie Olsen at News.com that Yahoo will finally launch its contextual ad network for small publishers and bloggers…
Yahoo Shopping API Now Available
News from the Yahoo Developer Network today that they’ve just released an API for Yahoo Shopping. Details and documentation are posted here.…
Search Engine Watch, SES Shows Sold By Jupitermedia
Just announced, our parent company Jupitermedia is selling its ClickZ network — of which Search Engine Watch is part of — and…
Look For Session Summaries from SES 2005 San Jose in the SEW Forums
Many people depend on SEW Forums Moderator RustyBrick (aka Barry Schwartz) for comprehensive summaries of Search Engine Strategies sessions and this time…
Read All About PPC Search Marketing
A new book from Boris and Eugene Mordkovich offers a comprehensive look at all aspects of pay-per-click search advertising. The Pay-Per-Click Search…
Is Google Planning to Open an Office in Russia?
Like I said yesterday, hardly a week goes by without hearing about potential new locations for Google offices and research facilities. Today,…
Search Engines Differ More than You Think
It’s easy to think of search engines as black boxes that are essentially all alike, with Yahoo, Google, Ask Jeeves and MSN…
Search Engine Results Continuing to Diverge
A new study suggests that the overlap between search engine results is less than it was even a few months ago, and…
Yahoo’s Flickr Adds New Features
Users of Yahoo’s Flickr photo sharing/search service might be interested in learning that two new features have just been introduced. First, say…
Listen Live: Jeff Weiner, Yahoo’s SVP of Search, Speaks!
While many of us are at SES next Monday (August 8, 2005), Jeff Weiner will be talking Yahoo Search at the Pacific…
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