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Trademarks and Search Engines
IDG’s Juan Carlos Perez offers a lengthy look at trademarks and search engine advertising in the Infoworld article: Trademark owners battle search engines.
iProspect Acquired by Aegis Group
Search marketing firm iProspect was acquired today by the UK-based Aegis Group and will become part of their Isobar digital network. According…
Google Now Blocking Santy Worm
The good news is that Google is now blocking the Santy worm. The the bad news is that people in the antivirus…
Searching for Quick Answers To Odd Questions
Looking for an obscure fact, and need the answer right now? Forget search engines: Specialized search tools can help you track down…
Happy Belated Birthday to AltaVista
A bit of web search history! Last week, December 15th to be precise, was the ninth anniversary of AltaVista’s launch. + In…
Search Mandatory On All U.S. Government Web Sites by End of ’05
According to a just released memo (PDF) from the U.S. government’s Office of Management and Budget, all publicly accessible federal government web…
Web Worm Uses Google To Spread
News.com reports that a web worm named Santy is utilizing Google to help it spread to web bulletin boards using the PHP…
New Accounting Officer at Yahoo
For those of you who closely monitor the management at the major search companies, some news from Yahoo today via an SEC…
Yahoo’s Plans IM/E-Mail Combo Service in China
A Bloomberg story (appearing in the International Herald Tribune) discusses Yahoo’s move to increase market share in China. Plans include offering a…
Shopping: About.com and PriceGrabber.com Announce Partnership
Word that About.com and PriceGrabber.com have announced a partnership. Access to the shopping database is now integrated into the About.com site. The…
The Google/Yahoo Rivalry in 2005
The AP’s Michael Liedtke offers a look at what 2005 might bring to the Google/Yahoo rivalry. “We are compiling this collection of…
indeed.com: A New Vertical Search Engine
Both Search Engine Roundtable and Searchblog have overview posts about a new federated search tool that allows users to simultaeously search job…
Most Popular Search Terms 2004: Ask Jeeves
The Ask Jeeves list of the year’s most popular search terms is online. You’ll find Top 10 lists for the following categories:…
More About The Internet Archive’s Library Digitization Project
In our article about Google’s library digitization project last week and this SEW Blog post, we noted another large library digitization project…
A Search Engine that Talks
BBC Online takes a look at Speegle, a search engine that reads (using synthesized speech) Google results to the searcher. If the…
A Skeptic’s Guide to Internet Research
In this era of drive-by searching, when most people are satisfied with just about any 'information' that surfaces in a top ten…
Complete Searchable Archive of Time Magazine Now Available
Today, Time magazine released their complete archive (full text of all article back to 1923) on the web. Access to full text…
Build Your Own Topic Specific Engine With Gigablast
I’ve wondered when a general-purpose web engine(s) would begin offering a “roll your own search engine” service. No more wondering, say hello…
A New Book: The Google Story
Word in Publisher’s Weekly story (sub req.) that Pulitzer Prizewinning Washington Post reporter David Vise has signed a deal with Bantam Dell…
Marketing Head Cindy McCaffrey Leaving Google
Forget PageRank. If Google had a secret weapon (or two or three) to count toward its incredible successes, Cindy McCaffrey was a…
Search Engine Stategies Chicago Report
The article: Search-A-Palooza ’04, offers a look at the just completed SES Chicago conference by Clickz Network executive editor, Rebecca Lieb.
Google Desktop Search: Security Flaw Found and Fixed
John Markoff in the New York Times reports that a computer science professor and two of his students have discovered a “composition…
Searching for Live Music
Want to listen to a live recording, but don't want to risk potential problems from using a file sharing network like Kazaa…
Second-Tier Engines Provide Low-Priced Leads
Brian Morrisey at DM News writes that although second-tier engines don’t get the traffic Google and Yahoo offer, they do provide low-priced…
Australia’s Sensis is Confident
The article: Sensis confident of online advertising success, takes a look at how the company’s ownership of content gives Sensis an advantage…
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