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Highlights from the SEW Blog: Apr. 24, 2006
Featured posts from the Search Engine Watch blog, as well as our customary search headlines from around the web.
Verizon E-mail Blocking Continues
Despite a recently filed class action lawsuit against Verizon for blocking legitmate e-mail, the ISP’s zeal for blocking appears to be unabated. This weekend,…
Ask.com Chief Steve Berkowitz Jumps Ship To Microsoft’s MSN
Steve Berkowitz, head of Ask.com and the man who has helped steered that service to new successes, has been hired by Microsoft to run…
Tapping the Travel Community
Internet Brands, home to Cars Direct, Autos.com and other sites in the real estate and travel space, is bringing aboard Wikitravel and World66, two…
Daily SearchCast, April 21, 2006: Google’s Making Money; Will eBayHooSoft Stop Google; Google Local Becomes Google Maps Again; Free Web Analytics; Google’s Logo Trouble & More!
Today’s search podcast covers Google’s latest earnings pleasing Wall Street; eBay looking to partner with Yahoo or Microsoft to counter Google as a threat;…
Yahoo Updates Search Index
Yahoo has just announced that they updated the Yahoo Web Search index. Last time they did this was on March 28th of last month.…
Duelling E-Mail Visions in SF
A rollicking debate ensued when the Electronic Frontier Foundation put Esther Dyson (she of the pro-sender-pays editorial), Danny O’Brien and Mitch Kapor on stage…
This Internet Thing Isn’t Just a Fad
New research from the Pew Internet & American Life Project confirms that the internet has become a crucial source of information at major moments…
ClickTracks & Performancing Offering Up Free Stats
One of the nicest things about Google Analytics going free was that it helped give plenty of search marketers, especially smaller ones, the chance…
Judge Approves Class Action Lawsuit Settlement of $90 Million
News.com reports that a judge from Arkansas has approved the $90 million settlement issued between Google and Google AdWords advertisers. Of the $90 million,…
Marketing to Hispanics Part II Released
Nacho Hernandez from iHispanic released part II of his Marketing to Hispanics report, the first part we discussed here. I have pulled out some…
Google Scholar Adds Recent Articles Sort Option
The Google Blog announced that Google Scholar has added the ability to sort the results by most recent articles. The Google blog explains that…
eBay Wants To Team Up With Yahoo And/Or Microsoft To Compete Against Google?
A Wall Street Journal article reports that eBay is in talks with both Yahoo and Microsoft to see which one (or possibly both) is…
Google Revenues Up
Google’s first quarter revenues are in, $2.25 billion, up 79 percent compared to the same time last year and 17 percent over last quarter.…
Google Local Goes Back To Being Google Maps
Google gave us the heads-up about this earlier this week, that Google Local was going to be renamed Google Maps. Now it’s happened. Either…
And Now, Google Takes Flak Over Google Logo Doodle
Those crazy kids at Google, always whacking together some twist on the Google logo to honor someone or something. Now it’s gotten them into…
Search Forums Roundup: Apr. 21, 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: Is Textbook…
Daily SearchCast, April 20, 2006: Google’s GData API Format; Revisiting AdSense’s Bot Helping GoogleBot; Looking At Google, China And Censorship & More!
Today’s search podcast covers Google’s new GData format; a revisit to AdSense’s bot helping Googlebot; a deep look at Google in China and more!…
New York Times Magazine’s Deep Look At Google, Censorship & China
China White points to an excellent New York Times Magazine piece, Google in China: The Big Disconnect, looking at how Google’s entry into the…
Conference Coverage: PubCon 2006 & SES Japan 2006
PubCon has been happening out in Boston, while Search Engine Strategies is going in Japan. Here’s a round-up to some coverage on search-related sessions:…