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Google Search Appliance Now Available In Australia and New Zealand
The Google Search Appliance is now available in Australia and in New Zealand. The Google Search Appliance starts at $74,486 AUD in Australia and…
Google Updates Toolbar Privacy Policy
It appears to me that Google updated the Google Toolbar Privacy Policy yesterday. I know the dates do not reflect that on the page,…
What the Critics Said
The web has made it easy to seek out criticism to help us decide what to watch, listen to or read. But as with…
More Stats & Features From Google Sitemaps
The Inside Google Sitemaps Blog announced more features and statistics added to the Google Sitemaps product. The features mainly include additional statistics, but you…
Google Answers: Ask Whatever You Like, Except About Google
We wrote earlier about Google pulling a question at Google Answers about Google. Philipp Lenssen at Google Blogoscoped followed-up further and found that Google…
Google Partners With Adobe For Toolbar Distribution In Shockwave, Other Product To Be Named
Both Adobe (PDF link) and Google have announced a new deal where Adobe will distribute the Google Toolbar for Internet Explorer as part of…
New Search Patents: June 22, 2006 – Google File System, Microsoft Blocks, and Yahoo Autonotifications
Google patents the Google File System, Microsoft claims a Functional Object Model for mobile devices, and Yahoo! (Overture) describes an autonotification process to inform…
Searching for Critical Acclaim
Want to know what the critics say before watching that movie, buying that book or downloading that music? Here's how to find treasure-troves of…
Dispatch from Supernova
Oliver Luckett from Revver, which has been hosting the famous Diet Coke and Mentos video from EepyBird, says the video’s creators have now netted…
Wall Street Journal Piece On Tracking
Mylene Mangalindan of the Wall Street Journal wrote a solid piece on Monday that was unfortunately buried at the end of the annual All…
Search Headlines & Links: June 21, 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-June 2006 Search News Recap Posted
If you’re a Search Engine Watch member (thanks for your support!), the latest edition of Search Engine Update newsletter has been posted. It recaps…
Daily SearchCast, June 21, 2006: Can Search Build Brands?; Microsoft Execs Surprise Departure; What Search Engine Do Those At Search Engines Use & More!
Today’s search podcast covers issues on if search can build brand; Microsoft loses a key exec; do people at Google really only search with…
Google AdSense Tests CPA Ads, Commission Based Ads
Philipp Lenssen reports that some AdSense publishers were invited to partake in AdSense ads that pay based on action, like an affiliate network. These…
The Search & Branding Tug-Of-War, Again
“Cannes Lions Diary: Search under scrutiny” from the Financial Times at the Cannes Lions Advertising Festival covers what we’ve seen before, traditional ad buyers…
Nielsen//NetRatings Stats Keep Google On Top In May 2006
Last month, Nielsen/NetRatings had Google hitting the 50 percent mark of percentage of searches handled in the United States (when rounded up from 49.8%).…
Chinese Authorities Temporarily Shut Down Two Large Chinese Portals
PaidContent reports that two of the largest Chinese portals have been temporarily shut down by the Chinese authorities for not passing a “an on-the-spot…
Martin Taylor, VP Of Windows Live & MSN Marketing Leaves Microsoft
ClickZ reports on a Bloomberg story about Martin Taylor, the vice president of Windows Live and MSN marketing group has left MSN. Reportedly, Taylor…
Microsoft Employees Use Google More Than MSN?
Philipp Lenssen reported on a Andrew Hitchcock post that detailed search engine usage by search engine firm. It appears that Microsoft employees prefer Google…
Don’t Vote For Us As Best Search Marketing Blog At MarketingSherpa!
That’s right. We don’t want your vote in the "Blogs On Search Marketing" or "Best Podcast" categories of MarketingSherpa’s awards, happening right now. We…