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60% Oppose Search Engines Storing Search Behaviors
A study conducted by the University of Connecticut showed that 60% of users are opposed to search engines permanently storing their search behaviors. The…
Technorati Adds Technorati Favorites
Technorati added a new feature Tuesday named Technorati Favorites. This feature allows you to add your favorite blogs and sources to your favorites list.…
Google & EarthLink to Bid on San Francisco Free Wi-Fi
Via MercuryNews.com, Google and EarthLink has teamed up to offer a bid to San Francisco to build San Francisco’s private section free wi-fi network.…
Yahoo Answers Adds AJAX Functions, Better Integration, Badges and More
Yahoo Answers, launched on Dec. 7, 2005, has recently added new features such as an Ajax widget, more integration with other Yahoo services, Yahoo…
Google Offers Web Page Editing and Hosting Service
Google is rolling out a free web page creation and hosting service that uses a simple, web-based, what-you-see is what-you-get interface designed to make…
Google Introduces Web Page Creator
Want to create your own web page, but don't know how to begin? The new Google Page Creator is a simple, free tool that…
Daily SearchCast, Feb. 22, 2006: Injunction Granted Against Google Images; MSN adCenter Gets New Rev; Google Leads With Searcher Loyalty; Getting Reincluded Into Yahoo & More!
Today’s search podcast covers a nude photo site getting an injunction against Google Image Search; a new lawsuit over trademarks and search ads; MSN’s latest…
Time Warner Welcomes Pirates
Time Warner launched OfficePirates.com, a men’s interest broadband site with serialized video that parodies office situations like getting fired, office flings and boss and…
MoveOn Moves Against AOL
MoveOn.org is accusing AOL of threatening “the very existence of online civic participation and the free Internet as we know it.” How? It’s because…
Google Hires Google.org’s Executive Director, Larry Brilliant
From the Google newswire; “Google Names Larry Brilliant as Executive Director of Google.org“. Larry Brilliant, as described by USA Today is a “a tech-savvy…
Displaying MSN adCenter Ads
Barry Schwartz (that is me) explained How to View MSN adCenter Ads Only. To view MSN adCenter ads only, all you need to do…
Google Launched Google Research Blog
Philipp Lenssen located a new Google Blog, at googleresearch.blogspot.com, which will be a blog written by some of the smartest people at Google. In…
Cost Per Keyword Spikes to $55 During Holiday Season
A MediaPost article reports on DoubleClick’s Performics data released recently that shows the overall “cost-per-keyword” “rose to around $55 in December, from around $26…
MSN Search Now Powering Microsoft.com
A post by Eytan Seidman at the MSN Search Blog yesterday revealed that in December 2005, MSN began “quietly” powering Microsoft.com Web search. You…
Perfect 10 Photo Site Wins Injunction Against Google Image Search
News.com reports that Nude photo site wins injunction against Google. This could have a rippling affect on image search as we know it today.…
ContentAds, MSN’s New Contextual Program, To Launch This Year
MSN’s new contextual ad program now has a name, ContentAds, and a launch date of 2006. The name and launch date were revealed in…
MSN adCenter 3.0 Demo in New York
The Dallas Search Marketing Blog has documented a review of the First Public Demo of MSN adCenter 3.0. MSN sent Celena Kingson, Search Marketing…
Daily SearchCast, Feb. 21, 2006: Ask Bids Adieu To Jeeves; Google Has New China Woes; Google Confirms Traffic-Power Ban; Murder Evidence Found In Search History; Prizes For Searching At MSN & More!
Today’s search podcast covers Ask divorcing Jeeves; Google’s secret beta test program for friends and family; new issues for Google in China; Google confirms Traffic-Power…
Google Tops Search Loyalty Study, Though Many Searchers Aren’t That Loyal
A new search loyalty study by Compete shows that Google leads its competitors by far in having the most loyal searchers, those who stick…
Getting Reincluded In Yahoo Via Paid Inclusion Tough? Try The Independent Reinclusion Forms
Rand at SEOmoz shows his frustration with Yahoo paid reinclusion. He tells a story of a client who hired him to clean up his…