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Class Action Lawsuit Against FindWhat Over Alleged Securities Fraud
A class action lawsuit against FindWhat over alleged securities fraud has been filed. Or maybe that’s lawsuits. Here’s the law firm of Schiffrin & Barroway providing the news.…
AutoBaron For Visual Car Shopping
Buying a car? AutoBaron is an interesting new site that lets you find the best deal using a chart format. It’s one…
Dogpile Enhances Meta Search, Offers Comparison Tools
Dogpile has redesigned its meta search site and introduced a nifty new utility that visually displays the overlap (or lack thereof) of…
Online Poker Searches Not Driving Wikipedia Popularity
Did Wikipedia's recent rise in popularity have more to do with a link bombing campaign by some bloggers to push Wikipedia into…
New Google Toolbar 3 With AutoLink Leaves Beta
Google has released an update of its Toolbar for Internet Explorer, addressing many of the concerns with the controversial AutoLink feature that…
Google Makes An Acquisition: Dodgeball.com
Reuters is reporting that Google has acquired dodgeball.com. Will Sergey, Larry, and Eric soon be out there promoting dodgeball games around the…
Yahoo Names Carat, Outrider As Strategic Providers
Yahoo has named Carat Interactive and Outrider as Strategic Providers, the highest level of its Yahoo Search Marketing Ambassador Program. The two…
AOL Launching Free Email But Not “Creepy” AdSense Ads
AOL is to offer free web-based email, initially to users of its AIM instant messaging client, then later to anyone. The move…
MSN Employee Who Hacked AltaVista Pleads Guilty
A few eyebrows were raised last year when an MSN employee was accused of hacking into AltaVista. The actions happened before Laurent…
After More Than A Year, Google Remains Without Chair
Over a year ago, Google CEO Eric Schmidt gave up his other title, that of chairman. Why? It’s a growing trend that…
Search Agencies Rebrand, Expand
Search engine specialists: Agencies seek higher returns from Revolution looks at how several UK and Europe-based firms have renamed themselves. Reason? To…
Let Me Guess: You’re Thinking of a Penguin…
Wouldn’t it be cool if search engines were so smart that they’d implicitly understand even our most complex information needs and provide…
Search Ad Prices Up 11% In April 2005
The average price for search ads rose sharply for the second month in a row, according to the latest Keyword Price Index…
If Search Engines Could Read Your Mind
What if a search engine knew exactly what you were thinking, and unerringly provided perfect search results? The idea is not as…
Yahoo More Than Search, Says CEO & New Yahoo Music Service Coming Wednesday
Globes Online, a business news site from Israel, has just posted an article that several comments comments from Yahoo CEO, Terry Semel,…
Clusty, Snap, and Answers.com Profiled in Fortune
It’s always good to see some of the newer names in web search getting the mainstream notice that they deserve. This is…
Software Design Legend and Guru Heads to Yahoo
According to this report from Reuters, legendary software design guru, Larry Tesler, is leaving Amazon.com for a job at Yahoo where he…
Agreement Brings Product Info from Shopping.com to Answers.com
Word in this press release that Answers.com and Shopping.com have announced a partnership that will bring content from the shopping comparison engine…
Click Fraud: A Legal Look
Click fraud is a growing concern among search engine marketers, but who ultimately is to blame? Perhaps more importantly, what's being done…
Korea: Students Hop Aboard the Google Bus
Google wants a bigger piece of the Korean search market. So, in an effort to get more Koreans using Google, they’re travelling…
Flap Over Political Ads Underscores Problems With Google Delay In Reviewing Ads
More calls that Google might be to slow in reviewing ads to ensure they meet its guidelines are covered in this Media…
European Expansion & More In The Works At Ask Jeeves
Here are a few passages from a new Reuters article that takes a look at Ask Jeeves and their plans for growth…
So You’ve Attracted Searchers – Now What?
All too often it seems that search marketers have a sole objective of getting top-ten rankings in search results. While that’s a…
New: Visualize Yahoo Results with Grokker
One information visualization tool that’s received plenty of attention over the past few years is Groxis from Grokker. Today, the NY Times…
Converting Searchers to Buyers
Attracting people to your Web site through optimized content or sponsored links is just the first step in an effective search marketing…
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