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Search Headlines & Links: May 10, 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…
Joystiq E3 Coverage Fails to Garner Sponsor, Calacanis Not Happy
Jason Calacanis has just used to his blog to chew out his sales team: Wow! Amazing coverage of E3 team Joystiq!!! (with the assist…
Daily SearchCast, May 10, 2006: Yahoo Livesearch: Answers Before You Finish Typing!; Yahoo & Google Seek IE7 Users; Will It Be Google Rather Than Vegemite Sandwich? & More! (Corrected File)
Today’s search podcast covers Yahoo’s new Livesearch feature, which gives you results before you even finish typing in a query; Yahoo & Telemundo merge…
Daily SearchCast, May 9, 2006: Yahoo’s New Panama Ad System; Getting Real Time Date; Microsoft’s New Moves In Maps; Googlers Fuel California Tax Revenues & More!
Yesterday’s search podcast is now online Sorry for the delay! It covers details about Yahoo’s new ad system; Microsoft’s mapping moves; how to get…
Next Week’s Special Edition Daily SearchCast With Matt Cutts, Live From The Googleplex
I’m traveling next week, making visits to Google and Yahoo before heading to our Search Engine Watch Live networking event in Seattle. SearchReturn editor…
Yokel Local Shopping Part II
One of the great challenges of local shopping sites like Yokel is getting the data online. Brian points out in his post that Yokel…
Watching Google Press Day, Slides & Live Commentary
Google Press Day gets underway, well, now. Not a member of the press? You’ll find the webcast here, where you can watch. Below, I’ve…
Yokel Launches Local Shopping Search Engine
Yokel today announced the beta release of its local shopping search engine. Yokel is run by Scott Randall, former CEO of FairMarket, and Don…
Search Engine Journal Launches SEO Directory, SEOdex.com
Search Engine Journal announced the launch of a new directory they just purchased named SEOdex. Loren Baker, from Search Engine Journal says he plans…
Yahoo Italy Blocking Certain Queries?
Nathan Weinberg reported and so did I that Yahoo Italy appears to be blocking results for certain queries. If you conduct a search on…
Google Ban Checker Tool
This morning, I reported on a tool that allows you to check if you are banned in Google. The tool is a desktop application…
Australians Fond Of Google; Vegemite Getting Jealous
The Courier Mail reports that Australians are becoming more found of Google as each day pasts. A survey performed by George Patterson Y&R found…
Google Bug or Webmaster Bug? Google Responds To Shared Server Bug Issue
Matt Cutts responded to the Google anomaly we reported last week, where Google was displaying a different site’s information from the same shared server.…
Yahoo Tests Livesearch On AllTheWeb; Google Patent Problem, Perhaps?
Yahoo’s AllTheWeb service is sporting a new Livesearch feature. It’s pretty interesting. As you type into the search box, search results automatically start appearing.…
Yahoo En Español & Telemundo.com To Merge
The Wall Street Journal reports that Yahoo En Español and Telemundo.com will be merging companies. They will be merging the staff and sharing one…
IE7 Users Are Prompted To Use Google, Yahoo
ClickZ reports that they have noticed when using Microsoft’s new browser, Internet Explorer 7, and visiting Google, you are prompted with a DTHML popup…
TiVo Getting Into the Ad Serving Business
While TiVo is well known for allowing television watchers to skip advertising, they are hoping they can entice viewers to watch branded advertising that…
Curbing SEOs Who’ve Gone Wild
When it comes to optimizing your website for search engines, when is enough... enough? And why is overoptimization a problem?
AOL Quietly Begins Accepting Goodmail Certified E-mail
Yes, it’s probably happening right now. Goodmail Certified Email messages are wending their way to AOL subscribers. The first such messages began last week,…
Search Headlines & Links: May 9, 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…