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Microsoft Running Out Of Room In Redmond
A New York Times article looks into how Microsoft is running out of room in Redmond. The company is adding 12,000 new employees, which…
Google’s Spam Score Details Shown?
Peter Da Vanzo spotted a DigitalPoint thread that found clues as to how Google scores spam results behind the scenes. Now, honestly, I have…
SEOMoz’s Keyword Difficulty Tool
Rand posted an update to a tool named keyword difficulty tool. The tool’s name is pretty descriptive enough, it tells you how competitive a…
Yahoo Launches New Home Page Design In UK & Ireland
Personal Computer World in the UK reports that Yahoo has finally released the new home page redesign that has been in beta since mid-February…
Google To Launch Book Search Service In China
The People’s Daily Online reports that Google will be launching an on-line book search service in China. Google signed agreements with publishing houses, instead…
Google Warns U.S. Legislators On Anti-Trust Complaints Over Net Neutrality
The Washington Post reports that Google has warned the United States, that if telecoms abuse net neutrality principles it backs, through a new law…
Windows Live Local Integrates ‘Call For Free’ Into All Business Listings
The intrepid Gary Price called my attention to the quiet integration of “click to call” functionality into Windows Live Local over the weekend. I…
Highlights from the SEW Blog: July 5, 2006
Featured posts from the Search Engine Watch blog, as well as our customary search headlines from around the web.
The Search Engine Report – Number 116
Search Engine Watch editor Danny Sullivan recaps top search engine stories from June 2006.
The Search Engine Update – Number 224 – July 5, 2006
Search Engine Watch editor Danny Sullivan's recap of top search engine stories from the second half of June 2006.
Off For The Fourth Of July
Due to the Fourth Of July holiday in the US tomorrow, most of the Search Engine Watch Blog staff will be off and not…
Search Headlines & Links: July 3, 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…
‘Point and Search’ Redux
After my most recent post on “point and search” mobile technology, prompted by last week’s NY Times’ article on GeoVector’s efforts in Japan, Search…
Ending Click Fraud with Pay-Per-Percentage
In Pay-Per-Percentage vs. PPC, Shimon Sandler points out an interesting new paper from the folks at Microsoft Research – Pay-Per-Percentage of Impressions: An Advertising…
Yahoo China To Be Sued For Linking To Sites Selling Pirated Music
Spotted via TechCrunch, Bloomberg reports that Yahoo China is to be sued for linking to sites that sell pirated music. The article claims “about…
New York Times Looks At Google’s Hardware & Infrastructure
A New York Times article has a detailed analysis of Google’s infrastructure and discussion with Urs Hölzle, senior vice president for operations at Google.…
Matt Cutts Is Back From Vacation
We all missed him, Matt Cutts has returned from his long vacation. Hopefully he can get back in the saddle and begin working on…
BBC News Features Article On Google Search Spam
A BBC News front-page article named Google to stay focused on search brings the issues of search spam to the public. The article explains…
Google Page Creator Now Supporting AdSense
Google Page Creator, which I recently reported did not support AdSense, now does. Garett Rogers has invitations sent out to Google Page Creator accounts…
Google’s Non Search Products A Flop
BusinessWeek reports that when Google launches a new non-search product, the competition “shivers,” Google has yet to lead in market share for any of…