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Google’s New GData API Format
Niall Kennedy points to what looks to be a new Google API format, the Google Data API or GData for short, which it says…
Highlights from the SEW Blog: Apr. 20, 2006
Featured posts from the Search Engine Watch blog, as well as our customary search headlines from around the web.
Searches Per Day
Shows how many searches are performed each day at some major search engines.
Digital Impact to become Acxiom Digital
In a move that’s likely to surprise few, e-mail marketing player Digital Impact is finally taking its acquirer’s name, after it joined Acxiom last…
Rovion Puts a Tiny Man in My Computer
There’s a tiny talking man on my computer monitor! If you’ve visited TVGuide.com or FoodNetwork.com lately, you’ve seen him, too. The network is running…
Mid-April 2006 Search News Recap Posted
If you’re a Search Engine Watch member, the latest edition of Search Engine Update newsletter has been posted. It recaps top stories in search…
Daily SearchCast, April 19, 2006: A Tricorder Patent; Googlebot Gets Indexing Help From AdSense’s Bot; New Site Measures Click Fraud Rates; Yahoo’s Earnings Please Wall Street; Google Australia Needs Women & More!
Today’s search podcast covers new search patents including a tricorder-like device; AdSense’s bot confirmed to be helping Googlebot; a new index aims to help…
The International Spam Battle
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is getting behind new Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) recommendations for international anti-spam efforts. It goes without…
Fox Interactive Media Invests In SimplyHired, Levinsohn To Join Board
The vertical search space continues to attract interest from major media companies. This morning, SimplyHired announced it raised $13.5m from Fox Interactive Media (FIM)…
Authentication Adoption by the Numbers
E-mail infrastructure player IronPort, which monitors over 1/4 of global e-mail traffic through its SenderBase network, has some new statistics on the adoption of…
Former DoubleClick Execs Launch ShopWiki, New Shopping Search Engine
Another shopping comparison engine!?! Yes, I understand your lack of enthusiasm, but more than a decade after the industry was born, there’s still a…
Yahoo Pondering Free & Low-Cost WiFi
OK, Google, we’ll see your free WiFi plans and sort of match you maybe, says Yahoo. Yahoo Testing Free Wifi Product from TechCrunch covers…
Chris Pirillo Search Podcasts From SES NY & Googlefasting
I’m belated in getting a link up to Chris Pirillo’s many podcasts he did out of the Search Engine Strategies show last month. He…
Interview With Ask’s Jim Lanzone
John Battelle continues rolling along with his new interview series, this time talking with Jim Lanzone, senior vice president and general manager of Ask.…
Revenues Up, Profits Down But Yahoo Meets Earnings Expectations
Yahoo reported a 22 percent drop in first quarter profits but met the expected earnings forecast. Yahoo profit slumps 22% in quarter from the…
Google’s Matt Cutts Confirms AdSense Bot Helping Googlebot With Indexing
Matt Cutts, who is speaking at this week’s PubCon, confirmed that the AdSense mediapartners bot is doing double duty by not only targeting ads…
A Poster Of Google Search Commands
Can’t remember special commands that help in doing special searches at Google (and often work elsewhere, as well). The latest edition of Google’s newsletter…
Search as a Brand Enhancer
Until recently, marketers haven’t considered search to be an effective channel for branding, but that’s changing. In fact, search can be used to simultaneously…
New Search Patents: April 18, 2006 – Is That A Tricorder In Your Pocket?
There were 4251 patents granted on April 18, 2006. Following are five that looked like good candidates for my first post on search patents…
Greetings From Bill Slawski, SEW’s New Patent Correspondent
Before I begin on some new patents that were granted on April 18th, I’d like to thank Danny, and the rest of the team…