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My Letter To Playboy
Dear Playboy. I never thought I’d be writing you a letter, but I was in my dorm room one day, and… Seriously, after the now infamous Playboy cover…
Blingo Brings Back Prizes For Search Model
Several years ago, iWon gained an audience quickly by giving away prizes (see my iWon Wins Users article). That didn’t help retain…
Yahoo Makes Acquisition
Chris Gaiter reports in the LA Times that Yahoo has acquired WUF Networks. This Redwood City company provides, to let consumers move…
Accoona Launches, But Isn’t Ready for Prime Time
New search engine Accoona launched with great fanfare last night, but hold the applause. It's a promising start, but testing shows Accoona…
More on the Yahoo-branded Line of Consumer Electronics
I mentioned over the weekend that I had just learned about a Yahoo-branded DVD player. More about the new Yahoo line of…
Yahoo Japan Begins Earthquake Info Service
Here’s a neat idea that could save users time and aggravation accessing important information. Kyodo News reports that beginning Tuesday, Yahoo Japan…
MSN’s Spelling Correction Software & Local Search
The msnsearch WebLog has a post about the spelling correction software developed for the new MSN Search. To improve the speller we…
New Search Engine: Accoona Launches
Accoona, a new web engines and business research tool, has just gone live on the web. We’ll have an overview article in…
Google vs. Yahoo Story on CNBC
CNBC just ran a Cory Johnson piece about coporate arch rivals. Today’s story looked at Google vs. Yahoo. Here are a few…
More On Lycos Reselling SEM
Earlier I mentioned concerns some search marketers had that Lycos was offering/reselling SEM services. Shari Thurow takes a look at this in…
Spin the MSN Search Wheel
IMediaConnection offers a look at one part of Microsoft’s ad campaign for their new search engine offering comments from two experts and…
Google Search Turns Up Possible Prisoner Abuse Photos
Via John Battelle, news of an AP reporter locating new photos through Google of possible abuse of Iraqi prisoners by US soldiers…
The Future of the Internet, Eleven Years Ago
It seems hard to imagine, but the Internet was still a wild frontier just a decade ago. But at a leading industry…
Research: Searching Handwritten Documents
What about being able to search handwritten documents? Searchblog with a post about research underway at the University of Massachusetts to do…
My Ask Jeeves Comes to Jeeves UK
Ask Jeeves UK The MyAskJeeves “personal search system” is now available on the Ask Jeeves UK site. MyAskJeeves UK offers the identical…
A Yahoo! Branded DVD Player
Ready for some Yahoo brand/logo licensing? Say hello to the Yahoo DVD player. I just noticed a press release and a blog…
Google Registers Three Domain Names
Google registered a few domain names last week. Here’s a list of what I was able to identify: On December 1, 2004…
Video: Eric Schmidt Lectures at Stanford’s Business School
I just discovered an archived version (RealVideo) of a lecture E.S. gave at the Stanford Graduate School of Business in April 2004.…
On AOL’s Plans
Short article in the Wall Street Journal today (sub req) about AOL’s move plans to offer moore free content for non-subcribers. John…
Former Compaq CEO Takes Top Job at Search Company
Eckhard Pfeiffer, the former CEO at Compaq, has been appointed as CEO at new business search engine Accoona. Accoona, set to launch…
Search Forums Roundup: Dec. 3, 2004
Today’s SearchDay, Search Engine Forums Spotlight, features our weekly links to this week’s hot topics from search engine forums across the web:…
Forbes.com Ends Embedded Ads
Remember all of the attention Forbes.com received a few months back when they decided to embed advertising hyperlinks into editorial content? Ad…
Google Research Centre Opens in Tokyo
A new Google Research Centre has just opened in Tokyo according to this Computer Weekly story. If you’re wondering: 1) What type…
Schmidt Begins Selling, Rosing Sells More
The conclusion of the Fred Vogelstein Fortune article I just blogged discusses insider selling at Google. Well, it looks like the planned…
Google: Fortune’s Cover Story
The December 13, 2004 issue of Fortune arrived today with Brin and Page on the cover. It asks the question, “Is this…
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