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First Street Named After Search Technologist
Word via Stephen Green about the University of Waterloo’s Professor Frank Tompa getting a street named after him. And the search connection? He helped…
Brian Smith Joins SEW Blog As Shopping & Vertical Search Correspondent
I’d like to welcome Brian Smith to the Search Engine Watch Blog, where he will be posting items relating to the shopping search space…
Google’s Many Vertical Search Products & Other Services
While Google Real Estate might not be a standalone vertical search site for Google, they’ve got plenty of other ones. Barry pinged me about…
Pixsy Visual Search Uses RSS To Power Image Search Index
Stefanie Olsen of News.com reports on Pixsy’s launch of visual search at https://www.pixsy.com/. So what makes Pixsy unique? Well, it burns through RSS feeds…
Google Toolbar Patent Dispute To Go To Court
News.com reports that the Google Toolbar patent case is to proceed after Google’s request for a summary judgment was denied. NetJumper sued Google around…
MSN Web Spam Patents Applications & Algorithms Explored
Bill Slawski has an excellent write up on web spam through the eyes of patent applications and published papers. During Bill’s research, he found…
60% Of Search Marketers Should Be Targeting Hispanics But Are Not
Nacho Hernandez released a special report on the Hispanic market yesterday that showed approximately 60% of search marketers are not targeting the growing Hispanic…
Getting More from Google Maps
Google Maps is fundamentally easy to use, but with a bit of extra effort you can create some really interesting, useful “mashups” combining maps…
AdWords Referral Program Available for AdSense Publishers
Google has launched a new AdWords referral program for AdSense publishers where publishers can earn $20 when they refer a new advertiser to Google.…
Hacking Google Maps
A new book in the popular O'Reilly 'Hacks' series shows you how to find and create your own mashups, overlaying all kinds of interesting…
Google Real Estate? It’s Google Base Again, Google’s Vertical Play
New reports of Google Real Estate are simply what we've covered before, Google Base results flowing into regular Google. But it's interesting to see…
Top Management Shakeup At Miva
Miva announced this evening that founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Craig Pisaris-Henderson and President Phillip Thune have resigned their positions, but will retain…
March 2006 Search News Recap Posted
The latest edition of my monthly Search Engine Report newsletter is now online, recapping tops stories in search from the past month. You can…
Daily SearchCast, April 4, 2006: Measuring Relevancy Through Ego Search; Is Your Adware Making Fraudulent Clicks?; When To Say No To Nofollow; Newpapers Shouldn’t Hate Search & More!
Today’s search podcast covers whether ego searches are good for measuring search relevancy; automated click fraud; when and when not to use the nofollow attribute…
Elisabeth Osmeloski Named SEW’s Managing Editor
I’m happy to announce that Elisabeth Osmeloski, our hard-working SEW Forums editor, is now taking on the expanded role of being Search Engine Watch’s…
AdWords Adds Position Preference Feature; Opt-Out For Positions You Don’t Like
News from our Search Engine Watch Forums that Google is rolling out a new “Position Preference” feature allowing advertisers more ability to control where…
Adware Said To Generate Fake Clicks On Yahoo Search Marketing Ads
Ben Edelman lets us know about his latest study, The Spyware – Click-Fraud Connection — and Yahoo’s Role Revisited, which looks at how adware…
Ask’s Jim Lanzone To Keynote SES Italy
Search Engine Strategies is having its first SES Italy show later this month, and Jim Lanzone, Senior Vice President & General Manager of Ask,…
The Thrill & Danger Of Measuring Relevancy Through Ego Searches
Last week, you may recall that Ask got a rave review from the Wall Street Journal. Robert Scoble saw that, then did an ego…
Clear Channel Radio Signs Exclusive Deal With Google to Provide Search And Ads
Niall Kennedy informed me of a Reuters report that Clear Channel Communications has signed a deal for Google to provide search, paid search service…