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Myanmar Enables Access To Google After Blocking Gmail & GTalk
Mizzima News reports that Myanmar (also known as Burma) has opened up access to Google again, after blocking it about a week ago. Reportedly…
Inside Google’s New-Product Process
Marissa Meyer (VP of Google’s search products and user experience) is interviewed over at Business Week in the article ‘Inside Google’s new-product process’. It’s…
eBay Disallows Google Checkout
Andy Beal reports that eBay has officially banned Google Checkout as a payment solution on eBay. Here is a list of payment solutions not…
Search For “Therapy Products” On Google Suggests Yahoo As Alternative Results
SEO Speedwagon posts notes that a query on Google for [therapy products] displays a See Results For box listing pages from Yahoo. These mid-page…
Kinderstart Transcript Available
Eric Goldman posted the Kinderstart transcript and other case documents on his site. Recently, Kinderstart’s case was heard in court and the judge requested…
Google Posts First Quarter ’06 Quarterly Report 10-Q
For those of you who own Google stock or track Google’s revenues, Google has just posted their quarterly statement. You can find the update…
Google Jockeying
Another phrase to join ‘surfing’ and ‘browsing’ – we now have ‘jockeying’ or Google jockeying, to be precise, according to the article from Pandia.…
Google Fixes XSS Security Holes
A security vulnerability in Google, discovered and posted at ha.ckers.org was patched quickly by Google. Both Philipp Lenssen and JasonD posted about the XSS…
Google’s Ranking Algorithm Too Dependent On Trust Factors?
Todd Malicoat went off on a bit of a rant which he named The Trust Knob is WAY too High – Google Trustbox. Todd,…
Wi-Fi Comes to New York Parks
The New York Times today is reporting on the progress of a project to unwire New York City parks, which was announced three years…
Google Ombudsman? Search Ombudsman? Great Idea — Bring Them On!
Back in 2004, Gary Stein suggested that Yahoo hire an ombudsman, a sort of impartial referee to handle disputes involving advertising programs. I thought…
Incroyable! ‘Le Tour’ Uses Google Earth Not GeoPortail
WebProNews points to the Google Earth Blog in explaining that The Tour de France has integrated Google Earth into its site and functionality. In…
A Beginner’s Guide to Search Engine Optimization
New to the sometimes confusing and seemingly arcane world of making search engine friendly web sites? A new book offers a systematic, common-sense approach…
More Money into Interactive Marketing
A couple of financings making news today may have some impact on the interactive marketing space. Kontera, which I wrote about here (and which…
Search Headlines & Links: July 5, 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…
June 2006 Search News Recap Posted
The latest edition of my monthly Search Engine Report newsletter is now online, recapping top stories in search from the past month. You can…
Daily SearchCast, July 5, 2006: Google’s Ranking Criteria Categories Exposed?; Lawsuit Over Rankings Might Go Ahead; Google’s Not-So-Killer Products; Windows Live Local Click-To-Call & More!
Today’s search podcast covers Google’s categories of ranking criteria accidentally exposed?; SEO tools to try; is Google a flop unless all of its products…
Report: Advertisers Lost $800 Million To Click Fraud Last Year
The San Francisco Chronicle reports on a click fraud study that claims 14.6 percent of all clicks and $800 million worth of fraudulent clicks…
New Search Patent Applications: July 5, 2006 – Google Coming to a Shopping Mall Near You
Google files patents for shopping offline with online assistance, a secondary map in Google Maps, and an updated review aggregator. Yahoo adds a patent…
Interactive Review Of SEOBook’s SEO Firefox Extension
Aaron Wall over at SEO Book released a Firefox extension for SEOs. The Firefox extension can be viewed here, it allows you to see…