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Yahoo Gives New Life to Failed TV Music Program
We’ve read plenty about Yahoo’s interest in offering new and original content (in many formats) on their service. Today, the International Herald Tribune/New York Times reports that Yahoo…
Shopping and Searching for Books Online
Michelle Slatalla, the “online shopper” from the New York Times, has written an article about several databases that can help you find…
Interested in Evaluating Search Quality and Advertising for Google?
About three months ago I posted about Google looking for “quality raters” to evalaute advertising. These could be some of the people…
Seekport UK Offers New Refinement Service; Announces Contest
An article from Netimperative reports that Seekport’s UK engine has released a new service that tries to identify homographs (words with the…
Google Rater Hub – Details Of Human Review System Unveiled
Google Secret Lab, Prelude from Henk van Ess’s new Search Bistro blog looks at how Google uses human reviewers to improve search…
GoogleGuy Shares Advice About May 2005 “Bourbon” Update
Via Searchblog and Threadwatch some advice from GoogleGuy about the Google update named “Bourbon” that’s currently underway. GG writes: Here’s the advice…
eBay Goes Shopping and Acquires Shopping.com
Just crossing the wires is news that eBay (you’ve heard of them) has acquired comparative shopping search site, Shopping.com. According to the…
Yahoo Adds News Headlines “Module” to Yahoo Mail Home Page
A few hours ago I noticed that my Yahoo Mail home page (the page visible after logging-in) now contains a “module” labeled…
Edelman Reports on Google’s Role as “Advertising Intermediary”
Harvard researcher and adware/spyware expert, Benjamin Edelman, has posted a new report that asks the question, “Are ad intermediaries responsible when their…
New Compilation of Research Papers by Google Engineers
A new compilation with direct links to eight research papers (the actual papers are not new) by Google engineers is now online.…
The Guidelines for Employees Who Blog at Yahoo
Blogging in the workplace is a hot-topic and it’s always interesting to read how various companies and organizations handle or don’t handle…
PubSub Launches New Government Info Feed Service
PubSub has launched a new service today called PubSub Government today that allows the user to quickly track news and blog postings…
A Look at Last Week’s iMedia Agency Summit
In his new “Search This” column, Kevin Ryan provides an excellent in-depth review of what was discussed at the iMedia Agency Summit…
Tiscali’s UK Portal Now Using Google Web Results
Netimperative reports that as of today the search function at the Tiscali UK portal is now using, or perhaps better said “enhanced”…
Searching for Bloggers Near You
Want to meet local bloggers in your area? A new service from Blogdigger pinpoints bloggers by their physical location in the United…
May 2005 Search News Recap Posted
The latest edition of my monthly Search Engine Report newsletter is now online, recapping tops stories in search from the past month.…
Shmoogle: Randomizing Google Results To Show Good Stuff Beyond Top 10
Thanks to Philipp over at Google Blogoscoped for pointing out a new site called Shmoogle. This new service takes Google results and…
Google Announces “Summer of Code” Initiative for Software Developers
Are you a student who likes to write computer code? Then Google might have a way for you to make some cash.…
Yahoo Feed Search & Web Search Feeds Update
Last September, my Yahoo, How About A Feed Search Tab? article wished for Yahoo to make it easier for people to find…
What Happened to Google’s Personalized Web Search Demo?
When we posted an overview of Yahoo’s new Mindset search tool last Friday I pointed out that access to Google’s Personalized Web…
Submitting To Yahoo’s Feed Search
Yahoo recently released a Publisher’s Guide To RSS that formalizes some submission tips and procedures for feed owners. In Submitting RSS Feeds…
Become.com Gets More Funding
More dollars continue to fund search verticals. The San Jose Mercury News article: $7.2 million in start-up’s 2nd round, reports that shopping…
SES Toronto Round-Up
In a few hours, I’m jumping on a train to go to our Search Engine Strategies London show, which begins tomorrow. But…
Yahoo CEO: 2005 Is For Making More Search Revenue & Better Ad Targeting Through Personal Info
Yahoo CEO: Better Search Monetization Is Top Co Priority from Dow Jones has Yahoo’s Terry Semel saying that increasing the revenue earned…
Microsoft Slams “Perfect” Google Again
Forget the previous Microsoft party line on Google, where Microsoft admitted to being "stupid" in falling behind in the search space. Now…
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