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Google Not The Leader In Enterprise Search
Google is synonymous with “search,” everyone knows that, some people hate it and some people love it. An Investors Business Daily article reviews enterprise…
Some Funny & Crazy Yahoo Videos On YouTube
Loren Baker posted some of the funniest and craziest videos he found on YouTube related to Yahoo. If you have time to only watch…
Marine Selling “Google Water” For Military Families Charity
Boing Boing links to a US Marine who just got back from Iraq. The marine posted on his blog that he began selling “Google…
Dell To Use Google Earth To Provide Enhanced Tech Support
The Detroit News reports that Dell is going to use Google Earth as a tool to enhanced their technical support services. The new tech…
David Beach Leaves Yahoo For Start Up Wink
Brian Smith notes that the senior product manager of Yahoo Shopping Search, David Beach, has decided to leave Yahoo after five years. Beach confirmed…
Social News Site Digg Adds New Categories, Features
Sites that rely on user generated content are all the rage these days, from online encyclopedia Wikipedia to social bookmark sites like Del.ico.us. Digg…
Digging into the News
Social news site Digg has expanded from technology news into broad-based coverage of many popular topics, with stories ranked according to their popularity among…
New Search Patent Applications: June 27, 2006 – Searching Amongst Malicious Web Sites
Microsoft’s patent applications from the end of last week include ways for search engines to scan malicious web sites, clustering queries for more relevant…
Massive Heads East
Massive is heading east, way east. The in-game advertising network has joined forces with online entertainment and game tech company Webzen to provide in-game…
Search Headlines & Links: June 27, 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…
Daily SearchCast, June 27, 2006: School Upset Over Student Data In Google; Is GBuy GooglePal?; Microsoft adCenter Gets Promoted; New Travel Search Engines; The Matt Cutts Doll & More!
Today’s search podcast covers a school district’s student social security numbers getting into Google; Amazon.com going missing on Google; Google’s PayPal-like system about to…
Microsoft Demographics Prediction Tool Interactive Review
We posted about Microsoft Center Labs once again, but this time I wanted to show you, my eight-minute review of the demographics prediction tool…
Image Database To Fight Online Child Porn
The AP reports that AOL, Yahoo, Microsoft, EarthLink, NetZero and Juno are teaming up to fight child pornography. They are pooling together $1 million…
New Players in Travel Search Threaten to Disrupt Status Quo
Travel search has improved enormously over the past several years, but serious travellers still find themselves checking multiple web sites to make sure they’re…
Microsoft Re-Launches adCenter Labs Again
Been hearing about the “new” Microsoft adCenter Labs tools this week? That’s because Microsoft has done another round of publicity on them after initially…
Still No Results Found For A Google Search on Amazon.com
John Battelle asked why Google was/is returning no results for a search on [amazon.com] at 9am (PST, I think) yesterday. At the time, I…
Google’s PayPal-Rival GBuy Looks Set To Launch This Week
We’ve had rumors that Google would launch its own PayPal-like payment system this week. Widely reported as GBuy, the Wall Street Journal has a…
New Players in Travel Search
Travel search engines, which allow you to book directly with suppliers, have the potential to completely disrupt the status-quo. Here's a look at two…
Comcast’s CGM Nightmare
The newly-empowered consumer is, of course, taking every opportunity to cheer, and boo, the companies they deal with every day. The latest example: A…
Search Headlines & Links: June 26, 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…