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Google Kills eBay Affiliate Spam Quickly, Others Survive
AuctionBytes has had a series of stories looking into how an eBay affiliate was driving traffic to eBay from Google through cloaked content. The tactic is nothing new…
Google Faces Fight Over Ads & Trademarks In France
Days after Google was fined by a French court for selling ads linked to the terms claimed as trademarks, news emerged that…
Going Shopping? Ask Jeeves for Advice
As the online shopping search space continues to heat up, Ask Jeeves has entered the fray with powerful enhancements to its smart…
Search Engine Milestones for October 2003
Notable news and announcements from the web search world during the past month.
Google’s API: For Fun, Not Profit (Yet)
The Google API is a fun way to use Google for things as varied as solving crossword puzzles to creating recipes, but…
Analyzing Search Engines as Invesments
Search has become increasingly popular, but do the common stocks of search engines make a good investment? High-tech investment analysts share a…
Nielsen NetRatings European Search Engine Ratings: Sept. 2003
Shows top search engines in Europe for Sept. 2003 based on figures from Nielsen NetRatings.
Analyzing Search Engines as Investments
Search has become increasingly popular, but do the common stocks of search engines make a good investment? High-tech investment analysts share a…
Local Search Part 3: Google Gets Local With AdWords
Google's new regional targeting feature for AdWords lets advertisers target their ads to any of 210 specific local regions in the US.…
Amazon Debuts New Book Search Tool
'Search Inside the Book' allows you to search the full-text of more than 33 million pages from over 120,000 printed books.
Google Buys Sprinks, Plans IPO
In a busy financial day for Google, the company purchased Sprinks, the former paid listings division of PRIMEDIA's About.com, while it was…
Google Launches Local Search Targeting & Search Forum Spotlight
Google has rolled out a new Regional Targeting feature that lets advertisers have their AdWords ads appear in front of those searching…
Balancing Paid and Organic Search Listings
Do you really need both 'organic' or 'natural' listings, generated by search engine optimization (SEO), and paid placement, aka pay-per-click advertising (PPC),…
The State of the Search Engine Industry
Noted search engine experts and analysts explored the major themes and trends driving the current and future state of the industry in…
The Search Engine Update – Number 159
Search Engine Watch editor Danny Sullivan recap of top search engine stories from early October 2003.
Local Search Part 2: Google & Mobilemaps Bring Back Geosearching
A look at how Google and Mobilemaps are making it possible to search the web yet filter results to a local level.…
Expand Shorthand Meanings with the Acronym Finder
NTK what an acronym stands for? The Acronym Finder is the place to search for abbreviated meanings, IMHO.
A “Fireside Chat” with Google’s Sergey Brin
Is Google God? When will the company finally go public? Search Engine Watch editor Danny Sullivan poses these and other questions to…
A Multi-Faceted Phone Directory Lookup Tool
Argali is a powerful directory lookup application that allows you to search and aggregate results from several web-based phone and email address…
Local Search Part 1: New Developments In Local Search & Moves By Overture
Local searching on web-wide search engines can be disappointing. New moves by some major players may improve this. This first of a…
Local Search Series
Lists all articles from Search Engine Watch in a series about local searching.
British Pathe Develops Huge Historic Picture Archive
British Pathe is offering free access to a digitized collection of more than 12 million historic photographs from its 20th century cinema…
What’s In A (Search Engine’s) Name?
What's a Google? Should you be wary of Inktomi? Here's a look at the origins and meanings of the major search engines'…
AOL Renews With Google
AOL has renewed its agreement with Google for search results in a new multiyear deal.
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