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Google Ad Tools, For Newbies
We tend to assume our SEW audience is made up of fairly sophisticated search marketers, but from time-to-time we get requests for pointers from…
Highlights from the SEW Blog: May 15, 2006
Featured posts from the Search Engine Watch blog, as well as our customary search headlines from around the web.
IE7 Default Search Given Approval By DOJ
Hot News! After all the debate the Department of Justice has approved IE7 to default to MSN Search. The news report says that Microsoft’s…
Behold! A Press Release
Can we borrow a carbon dating kit from someone out there? We want to verify this “press release” — that was mailed to ClickZ…
Search Headlines & Links: May 12, 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: Today…
Daily SearchCast, May 12, 2006: Microsoft Pushes Back On Google IE7 Complaint; Yahoo’s Semel Says Microsoft Has “No Chance” In Search & More!
Today’s search podcast covers Microsoft pushing back on Google’s Internet Explorer 7 favoritism complaints; Yahoo’s Terry Semel Saying Microsoft has "no chance" in search;…
Search Forums Roundup: May 12, 2006
Today’s SearchDay, Search Engine Forums Spotlight, features our weekly links to this week’s hot topics from search engine forums across the web: Dear Matt…
del.icio.us Adds Inline Editing
The del.icio.us blog announced that they have added a few more features, including inline bookmark editing and prettier URLs. The changes enable users “edit…
Microsoft Fires Back at Google Over IE7 Complaint
News.com reports that Steve Ballmer, Microsoft’s CEO, feels Google is asking for special treatment with the whole controversy on IE7 defaulting the search to…
5% Of Search Results Lead To “Dangerous Sites”
Andy Beal reports on a Wall Street Journal article that claims 9% of paid search ads lead to “dangerous sites.” Three-percent of organic results…
Google’s CEO & Founders Keep Control Over Google
News.com reports that Google has kept the criticized dual class stock ownership structure. The dual structure gives Class B stockowners 10 votes per share,…
Gmail Adds “Gmail Pictures”
Garett Rogers reports that Gmail has announced the addition of Gmail Pictures. Gmail pictures allows you to add a picture of yourself or for…
Preview Of Google Notebook
Google will be launching Google Notebook next week, but if you want to take a sneak peek, you can so. Philipp Lenssen found several…
Search Headlines & Links: May 11, 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: Today…
Daily SearchCast, May 11, 2006: Google Trends For Researching What’s Hot & What’s Not; Google Co-op, Google’s Big Time Tagging Experiment; Complaints Over Commission Cuts & More!
Today’s search podcast covers new Google products unveiled during yesterday’s Press Day, including the hot research tool Google Trends, the “freaky weird” mass tagging…
Semel To Microsoft: “You Have No Chance”
The Financial Times has an article with a quote from Yahoo’s CEO, Terry Semel, saying “My impartial advice to Microsoft is that you have…
Speaker Proposal Guidelines for SES Latino 2006
Thanks for your interest in speaking. This page provides background on how to make a speaking pitch to Nacho Hernandez, the conference chair of…
And We’re Back….
Sorry if you were trying to reach Search Engine Watch earlier and couldn’t connect. All of the Jupitermedia-hosted sites (they still host us, though…
Google Co-op’s Subscribed Links In Action
I had one of my developers at my company work on a dynamic implementation of the Google Coop Subscribed Links product for my site,…
“Online Seller Advantage Program” Taps Yahoo for Buyer, Seller Data
Prudential Real Estate is offering a new program as part of its existing marketing relationship with Yahoo Real Estate called the “Online Seller Advantage…