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Presentations from the Future of Web Search, in Barcelona
When it was announced earlier this year that Dr. Ricardo Baeza-Yates would be joining Yahoo, part of the agreement involved him continuing to work…
Searching for a Place to Live
Real estate search services are some of the hottest new properties on the web, and no wonder—the National Association of Realtors estimates that more…
Yahoo! Shopping Launches Blog
Chris Saito announced the launch of the Yahoo! Shopping Blog at Internet Retailer 2006 yesterday. While I wasn’t at the conference, Chris filled me…
Top Four & Two Percent Are Key For On Site Search Keyword Optimization
ClickZ has the details of a Patricia Seybold Group study which says that for e-commerce sites, the top two-percent of search queries conducted within…
Avvo Ain’t About Guacamole: It’s New Legal Search In Development
Avvo is a new legal, vertical search startup that promises to “better navigate the highly confusing legal industry.” Started by former executives from IAC,…
Top 25 Search Phrases Conducted At The CIA FOIA Collection Listed
The CIA has a site that enables people to access and search CIA information such as previously released documents that were approved for release…
AdWords Editor Open For All To Download
ThreadWatch noted the other day that the Google AdWords Editor is now open for everyone to use. Google started beta testing the desktop based…
comScore Research Tool To Track From Search To Sale (Even Offline Sales)
ClickZ reports that comScore Networks will soon offer a new tool named qSearch Retail. qSearch Retail will track from the initial Web search to…
Advertisers Increase Search Marketing Budgets
Loren Baker reports on a JupiterResearch study that shows both revenues earned from search marketing campaigns and budgets allocated to those campaigns have increased.…
Brin Can’t Get Some Senate Meetings On Last-Minute DC Trip; Admits Needing Better Organization
It wasn’t only China that Google cofounder Sergey Brin was talking about in Washington DC yesterday. The purpose of his trip primarily was to…
Google To Offer Picasa Web Albums?
Philipp Lenssen reports that he found signs of a “Picasa Web Albums” feature coming to Picasa. Picasa is Google’s desktop based photo management software,…
Brin Suggests Google Might Reverse Chinese Censorship In The Short Term; Meanwhile, China Ramps Up Google.com Blocks
“Brin says Google compromised principles” from the Associated Press covers Google cofounder Sergey Brin telling reporters yesterday that it’s possible Google might reverse its…
AdWords Advertiser Pays $2,000 After Misleading Searchers
ComputerWorld reports that a man who was selling “ineffective antispyware” software through AdWords has paid $2,000 to settle the dispute out of court. Seth…
Hitwise: Google Tops For UK Web Search But Weak With Other Offerings
Figures recently released from web monitoring firm Hitwise provide mixed messages from the UK for Google and their major competitors. The bare bones of…
The Search Engine Report – Number 115
Search Engine Watch editor Danny Sullivan recaps top search engine stories from May 2006.
A Real Estate Vertical Search Roundup, Part 1
If you thought the housing market was competitive, try online real estate sites. After a couple of years of seeming stability and calm, the…
The Search Engine Update – Number 222 – June 7, 2006
Search Engine Watch editor Danny Sullivan's recap of top search engine stories from the second half of May 2006.
Specialty Search Roundup #2
Here’s another collection of new or “just discovered” specialty search tools, mobile tools, and more via Gary over at ResourceShelf. New: Amtrak Mobile Get…
Search Headlines & Links: June 6, 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 6, 2006: Yahoo MyWeb Gets New Look, More Features; Google Spreadsheets Want Your Tabular Data; The ODP Rigs The Alaskan Governor Election On Google; Baidu’s Kickin’ Commercial & More!
Today’s search podcast covers Yahoo’s revamped MyWeb bookmarking service; Google’s shot across the Microsoft Excel bow with Google Spreadsheets; Google faces another book scanning…