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ChaCha Gets Big Boost in Funding in 2006
Lee Odden reported at Online Marketing Blog today that “Assisted-Search” provider ChaCha was funded with $6 Million in private funding organized by…
Press releases return to AOL News
If you conduct a news search on AOL News, you will find recent and relevant press releases are — once again —…
News at Seven has an avatar for its news anchor
Kate Goodloe of The Wall Street Journal Online reports that an online show, called “News at Seven,” is using “an automated computer…
Amanda Watlington Interview
Lee Odden at Online Marketing Blog has a terrific interview with Amanda Watlington, principal at Searching for Profit and the SEW blog’s…
CNN.com to offer comprehensive on-site news search
Shankar Gupta of OnlineMediaDaily reports that CNN.com has selected Inform Technologies to provide an on-site news search engine that “allows users to…
Yahoo! China To Become Business Search Engine
The International Herald Tribune announced Yahoo! China will develop into a search engine for the business vertical. CEO Jack Ma of Alibaba…
Highlights from the SEW Blog: Jan. 8, 2007
Featured posts from the Search Engine Watch blog, as well as our customary headlines from around the Web.
Online Spending Tops $100 Billion in 2006
According to an Infoworld report on Y! news, online shopping increased 24 percent over the previous year, with consumers spending $102.1 billion…
Investor criticizes news aggregation site
While Michael Arrington, the blogger behind TechCrunch, invested in Daylife, a news aggregation Web site, that hasn’t stopped him from critizing it.…
Search Forums Roundup: Jan. 5, 2006
Today’s SearchDay, Search Engine Forums Spotlight, features our weekly links to this week’s hot topics from search engine forums across the Web:…