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A Look at Yahoo’s Effort to Bring Brand Advertising Online
I haven’t had a chance yet to read the new Fortune article: Yahoo’s Brilliant Solution, by Fred Volgelstein. However, I thought this five page look at Yahoo’s efforts…
MSN Releases Beta Version of Virtual Earth
Last May, Microsoft chairman Bill Gates began touting MSN Virtual Earth, the company’s response to Google Earth. Gates demonstrated striking 45-degree oblique…
Microsoft Launches MSN Virtual Earth
Microsoft has released a beta version of Virtual Earth, a web-based application that combines local search with maps and aerial photography.
Publishers Meet With Google to Discuss Library Scanning Project
Wired Campus Blog points out that officials from The Association of American Publishers (AAP) and Google met on July 1st. The AAP…
The Hiring of Dr Lee: Google Strikes Back
The Microsoft vs. Google “Search War” continues to escalate. Another lawsuit was filed yesterday, this time by Google. Here’s a review: Episode…
Search Forums Roundup: July 22, 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:…
Search Engine Forums Spotlight – Jul 21, 2005
Links to the week's topics from search engine forums across the web: July 2005 Yahoo Update - Redirecting Thousands of Dynamic URLs…
Mid-July 2005 Search News Recap Posted
If you’re a Search Engine Watch member, the latest edition of Search Engine Update newsletter has been posted. It recaps top stories…
Drug Pushers Using Orkut Arrested In Brazil
During today’s Google conference call, Sergey Brin said that Orkut’s growth in Brazil is phenomenal. Sadly, this Reuters article: Police: Orkut used…
Pseudo-Transcript Of Google Earnings Call
I’ve just finished listening to the Google Q2 conference call and what follows is a pseudo-transcript of what I heard. In all…
Ask Jeeves The Search Engine Interviewed — Circa March 2000
I keep seeing references going around recently to a funny interview with Ask Jeeves — meaning Ask Jeeves the search engine. It…
Google Releases Q2 2005 Earnings
Google has just published its Q2 2005 earnings, as covered in this press release “Google had another solid performance,” says Google CEO…
Do Or Die Domain Name Registration Soars
Kevin Murphy’s Computer Business Review article Pay-per-click speculation market soaring takes a look at numbers from VeriSign that show hundreds of thousands…
Chris Sherman’s New Book, Google Power, is Now Available
Congratulations to our colleague, Chris Sherman, on the publication of his latest book, Google Power: Unleash the Full Potential of Google. Search…
More London Bombings
News is coming in of further attacks on the London Underground. So far, it seems much smaller than the attacks of two…
The Search Engine Update – Number 201 – July 21, 2005
Search Engine Watch editor Danny Sullivan's recap of top search engine stories from the first half of July 2005.
Deeper Insight into the Blogosphere
BlogPulse, Intelliseek's suite of tools for tracking trends and monitoring activities in the blogosphere, now has a cleaner look and a host…
Google Acquires Brazilian Search Tech Company
Nice work by Dirson spotting this press release (in Portuguese) from Google announcing their acquisition of Akwan Information Technologies, a Brazilian search…
Ask Jeeves CEO Steve Berkowitz To Keynote SES San Jose
I’ve been busy this week pulling together sessions for our upcoming SES San Jose 2005 show, and we’ve just confirmed that Ask…
Creating Searchable Text from Geographic Coordinates
If you’re interested in geotagging, digital maps and related matters, here’s a new article by several members of the Stanford Info Lab…
MSN Updates Start.com Site with New Features
Yesterday, MSN’s experimental Start.com customizable homepage received a few updates and bug fixes that you can read about on the Start.com blog.…
Yahoo Weatherman Tim Mayer Announces Release of New Web Index
Yahoo’s Tim Mayer alerts the search community that Yahoo Search released a new index last night. He writes: The changes will be…
IAC/InterActiveCorp Completes Acquisition of Ask Jeeves
According to a news release and a brief item in the Los Angeles Times (reg. required), IAC/InterActiveCorp has completed its acquisition of…
Google Alerts Now Available for Google Groups
Philipp points to a blog post about the availability of Google Alerts for Google Groups. It monitors the top 50 most recent…
Who’s Who in Paid Search
Last week, I reviewed the new Marketing Sherpa Buyer’s Guide to Search Engine Optimization Firms, which focused on companies specializing in optimizing…
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