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Google AdSense Prompts Ad Viewers to Download Third Party Applications
When you visit a site with Google AdSense ads, you would hardly expect the ads to trigger an auto-install prompt window to download various…
Human Rights Group & UK House of Commons Demand Google, Yahoo, & Microsoft To Stop Censorship
Earlier this week, GameShout.com published an article reporting that Human Rights Watch group in New York told Google, Yahoo and Microsoft to be upfront…
Ask.com Adds DVD & TV Data To Movie Smart Answers
The Ask.com Blog announced an upgrade to their movie Smart Answer feature that adds DVD purchase information and TV data. Here is a brief…
Former Yahoo China Head Sues Yahoo For Defamation
Reuters reports that Zhou Hongyi, the former head of Yahoo China, has sued Yahoo for defamation. Yahoo said they were about to sue Zhou…
Aug. 17, 2006 Search News Forecast: Mostly Sunny
Today, a new feature, our daily search news forecast. I can’t say we’ll do this everyday, but we thought it might be fun. After…
Google Talk Gains Voicemail, Music Status, Photo & File Sharing Features
Google has announced that its Google Talk instant messaging platform now allows you to share files with other Google Talk users by dropping files…
Expose: Search Engine Bloggers Tell All
There is nothing like getting good scoop, and this is exactly what the panelists served up during the 2006 SES San Jose session,
The Inside Scoop from Search Bloggers
The major search engines all have unofficial bloggers talking about what’s going on in their respective companies. At a recent SES session, search-blog stars…
Google Music Trends: See What Google Talkers Are Listening To
Garett Rogers spotted the release of Google Music Trends. The Google Labs has it listed and described as "See what music is popular among…
Search Headlines & Links: August 16, 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…
Orkut Causing Trouble In Brazil Again
Komfie Manalo reports that Brazil has threatened to bring Google to court over their social networking application, Orkut, again. Yesterday, the Federal Prosecution Service…
Yahoo Partners With Go2 For Mobile Search Ads
Forbes reports that Yahoo has signed an agreement with Go2, a mobile Yellow Pages directory service, to offer Yahoo sponsored search listings on the…
Google WiFi Hits Mountain View For Free
Google is providing a free WiFi network under “GoogleWifi” (802.11b/g) in Mountain View, CA. Anyone can use it, including business, visitors and the 72,000+…
101 Ways To Build Links & Popularity
Andy Hagans and Aaron Wall have compiled a list of 101 Ways to Build Link Popularity in 2006. I will not attempt to summarize…
Yahoo Releases Yahoo Answers API
The Yahoo Search Blog announced the release of the Yahoo Answers API. The API will allow developers to pull questions from the Yahoo Answers…
Yahoo Class Action Settlement Information Released
Details of the Yahoo class action settlement have been posted at checkmatesettlement.com. What you need to know right now is: (1) You have until…
More than Organizing Photos? Google Acquires Neven Vision
Adrian Graham, Picasa’s Product Manager, made a post Tuesday morning on the Official Google Blog titled A better way to organize photos? in which…
Who’s Who in Social Search
Many players, big and small, are working in the social search space. Here's a look at who's doing what to harness the power of…
A Guide to Social Search Players
In yesterday’s SearchDay article, What’s the Big Deal With Social Search?, I looked at some of the pros and cons of adding human influences…
Beam Them Engineers Up, Google
Google’s boldly going where no one has gone before….in search of engineers at the 5th Annual Official Star Trek Convention next week in Las…