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The Search Engine Update – Number 188 – January 5, 2005
Search Engine Watch editor Danny Sullivan's recap of top search engine stories from the second half of December 2004.
AOL Will Use Fast Search and Transfer Technology
Enterprise search player (and former owner of AllTheWeb) Fast Search and Transfer has started the new year much like it ended 2004,…
Google: The Little Search Engine
The SmartMoney.com article: The Little Search Engine That Could is a review of the author’s 2004 investments. Like many people, he did…
Did you mean…
The Yahoo search blog just posted a fun entry looking back at the top searches of 2004. Included on the list were…
Topix.net Adds New Channels
If I was asked to list a few of my favorite new resources from 2004, Topix.net would be at the top of…
Resolutions For SEMs To Consider
Shari Thurow makes up a list of resolutions she’d like those in the SEM industry to adopt for this year over at…
Can We Solve Trademark Issues Outside The Courts?
Nothing burns ClickZ columnist James Hering more than “a cheap competitor” trying to “hijack a customer” by purchasing ads linked to keywords…
Search Spend To Rise 25-30% in 2005
Media forecaster Jack Myers predicts search spending will rise 25-30 percent this year, based on a survey of 225 ad industry executives.…
Search & The Tsunami
Tara Calishain has put together a short link rundown on how various search engines have responded to the tragic tsunami that hit…
The Google Charity
News.com’s Paul Festa reports that the Google charitable foundation as described in the Google’s “owners manual” (aka the first portion of Google’s…
Press Releases Google’s Trusted Feed?
Over in our forums, the Positioning by Press Release thread is worth checking out. Though brief at the moment, it touches on…
A Look at the Yahoo Buzz Index
The January 2005 issue of the e-journal First Monday was published yesterday and includes the article: What’s the Buzz about? An empirical…
Google’s Search for an Ad Agency
The New York Post reports in: Google’s Ads Ogled By Crispin, that Miami-based ad agency Crispin Porter + Bogusky, might have the…
The Best Online Reference Sites
Looking for an answer to a specific question? Check out this list of the best reference sites of 2004, as compiled by…
Where O Where Have My Results Gone, Google?
When searching on Google, it’s not uncommon that if you drill into the listings, Google will come back with the response "In…
Looking Back at Google-Geico
A recap and look ahead on the Google-Geico case, this time from MediaPost: Legal Threats Still Loom For Google. Geico pledges to…
Yahoo!, SBC, and Others Partner to Create Home Entertainment Box
Convergence 2005! About six weeks ago I posted that Yahoo and SBC were planned to extend the types of services available via…
Using a Video Camera to Help Organize and Search Your Documents
Here’s an item to place in your future search and retrieve technology file. A report from Technology Research News: Video Organizes Paper…
Avoiding Road Rage with Yahoo Maps
During the holiday craziness last month, Gary noted that Yahoo quietly rolled out a new feature for Yahoo Maps: Real-time traffic information…
Can Ask Jeeves Move Into The Majors?
Our Ask Jeeves forums moderator Barry Schwartz feels Ask Jeeves has great potential but wondered what it would take to turn that…
Yahoo Offers Real-Time Traffic Reports
Largely overlooked during the holiday craziness last month, Yahoo introduced real-time traffic information for 70 major U.S. cities.
Update: Google on 60 Minutes
The Google story on 60 Minutes just aired and a summary of the story is now available here. This summary was posted…
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