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Highlights from the SEW Blog: May 31, 2006
Featured posts from the Search Engine Watch blog, as well as our customary search headlines from around the web.
Search Headlines & Links: May 30, 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, May 30, 2006: Ask’s Memorial Day Link, About Links From Google, WikiMapia, Political Google, Google Powered TV Guide & More!
Today’s search podcast covers Ask, the only major search engine that had a special Memorial Day homepage, a quick heads up on the new…
Calacanis Dings AOL Search
Jason Calacanis has written a forthright piece on the importance of fixing AOL search. He’s examined Google, Yahoo, MSN and AOL Search, and in…
Marchex Acquires Local-Vertical Search Company Openlist
New York-based Openlist, a local, vertical search engine, was acquired by Marchex, which provides search and contextual marketing but also owns a network of…
Google Sitemaps: Links To You Can’t Hurt You
The Google Sitemaps team posted to their blog in response to a question at SearchEngineWatch Seattle. Interestingly, they note that links from bad neighborhoods…
Latest Google Payments Rumor: Google Checkout
Rumors have been flying since yesterday about Google’s plan for a payment system and recent developments. Although unsubstantiated at this time, the talk is…
Yahoo Issues Late May 2006 Weather Report
Yahoo! announced late yesterday that they have begun an update to their Web Search index. You can expect some changes to your Yahoo! rankings…
Kozoru To Launch Chat-Based Search Technology, Byoms
Internet search is in many ways fairly standard now, and although existing search engines bring out new features, or new engines appear, it isn’t…
Highlights from the SEW Blog: May 30, 2006
Featured posts from the Search Engine Watch blog, as well as our customary search headlines from around the web.
Free New AdWords Alerts Service
A free alert service kicks off with two alerts related to Google AdWords and AdSense. You can get daily email alerts with the costs…
Ask Recognizing Memorial Day
The Ask homepage has recognized Memorial Day with an image and link to customized search results. While Memorial Day is specifically an American holiday,…
Mazeltov Barry & Yisha!
If all seems quiet from hard-working chief news correspondent Barry Schwartz, that’s because he’s off on his honeymoon. Barry married Yisha yesterday, concluding the…
WikiMapia: Google Maps and Wikipedia Mashup
Coming on the heels of the recently launched Microsoft MapCruncher, WikiMapia uses the Google Maps API and a Wiki interface. This enables users to…
Political Actions By Google In Washington Seen As Naive
Threatening everything from net neutrality to regulating companies with operations in China, tech companies must take their cause to Washington. The LA Times details…
Google Pressures CHMoogle Into Name Change
The chemistry search engine CHMoogle encountered opposition to its trademark filing by Google, and decided to resort to eMolecules rather than take on the…
A Google Powered TV Guide
Eric Schmidt, Google CEO, comments that their mission is to provide access to everything, including television content. Using Google search capability, coupled (for instance)…
Search Headlines & Links: May 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…
Daily SearchCast, May 26, 2006: Dell’s Doing Google, Dude; Google Does 50% Of US Searches; Don’t Be Evil? Don’t Make Ballmer Laugh & More!
Today’s search podcast covers Google and Dell sitting in a tree, k-i-s-s-i-n-g. Well, Dell agreeing that for an undisclosed sum, putting Google software on…
Homestore Rebrands As Move.com
Earlier this month, Homestore and much of its network of sites have rebranded under the banner of a new URL, Move.com. The new site…