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Search Forums Roundup: August 25, 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: What Is…
Search Marketing Works for B2B, Too
Most people assume search marketing works only to reach consumers, but it's actually quite effective for businesses wishing to connect with other businesses, as…
Search Headlines & Links: August 23, 2006
Below, a recap of stories posted today to the Search Engine Watch Blog, along with other items we’ve spotted but not blogged separately: From…
Mid-August 2006 Search News Recap Posted
If you’re a Search Engine Watch member, the latest edition of Search Engine Update newsletter has been posted. It recaps top stories in search…
Daily SearchCast, August 23, 2006: Is Google Bad For Other Businesses? Will Brazil Close Google’s Offices There? Isn’t Yahoo Coupon Finder Cool? And More!
Today’s search podcast covers whether Google is too dominant over businesses? Will Brazil close Google’s offices there in a data dispute? Is Yahoo’s coupon…
Researchers Debate Whether To Study The AOL Data
When the AOL privacy case broke earlier this month, I wrote about how the intention of releasing the data was honorable despite the ineptness…
Hitwise: Google & Yahoo Make Tiny Gains In July 2006
Today I look at figures from Hitwise, as part of my series on search engine rating figures that have recently been released and how…
Gmail In Japanese
Reuters reports that Google is releasing a localized Japanese-language version of Gmail in Japan today. I cannot find the URL to access it as…
Google Releases Google Base API
The Google Code blog announced that Google Base now has an API. You can access the API’s details at https://code.google.com/apis/base/. The API is like…
Google’s Dominance Of Big & Small Companies
Fortune has a nice write up they named “How Google can make – or break – your company.” Not only does this article go…
Facebook Partners With Microsoft In Ad Deal
The New York Times reports that Microsoft is to provide and sell banner ads and sponsored ads on FaceBook, a popular social networking site…
Google To Party At Worldcon: Shiny!
Man. I wrote earlier of Google doing a recruitment and PR push at the Star Trek Convention last week. I joked about wishing I…
Aug. 23, 2006 Search News Forecast: Mostly Sunny!
It’s mellow. Techmeme’s mellow, my feeds are mellow, the search news feels calm. The Google-Brazil thing is getting more chatter, and the Microsoft-Facebook deal’s…
Yahoo Adds Coupon Shortcut, Making Finding Coupons Easy
Adam Viener of ReveNews.com discovered a Yahoo! Shortcut which gives searchers quick and easy access to coupon codes. Adam highlighted a search for kodak…
Google Keynote Conversation, Part Two
Today’s SearchDay article, CEO Schmidt: “Many People are Very Happy with Google Search”, continues Andrew Goodman’s coverage of Danny Sullivan’s keynote conversation with Google’s…
CEO Schmidt: Many People are Very Happy with Google Search
Part two of Andrew Goodman's coverage of Danny Sullivan's SES keynote conversation with Google chief executive Eric Schmidt.
Hitwise Search Engine Ratings
The latest Hitwise ratings for search engines, showing which search engines are most popular, based on visits.
The Search Engine Update – Number 227 – August 23, 2006
Search Engine Watch editor Danny Sullivan's recap of top search engine stories from the first half of August 2006.
Search Headlines & Links: August 22, 2006
Below, a recap of stories posted today to the Search Engine Watch Blog, along with other items we’ve spotted but not blogged separately: From…
Brazil To Close Google Brazil’s Offices Over Orkut Issues?
A post in our SEW Forums and a report from Xinhau says that Brazil’s federal prosecution service is moving to close Google’s operations in…