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Google Increases Resolution of Torino in Google Earth and Local
The Google blog announced yesterday, in the spirit of the Olympics, they have “updated Google Earth and Google Local with high resolution imagery of…
Google Wins Job Discrimination Case
Elinor Mills at News.com reports that Google has won a job discrimination lawsuit filed last year by Christina Elwell. Elwell was allegedly released from…
Nicol Asked to Build MSN into the Portal “It Should Be”
Nicol to ‘bring out the soul’ of MSN from News.com covers how new(ish) MSN general manager John Nicol was asked by Yusuf Mehdi, senior…
Rate Yahoo & MSN Evilness, Too
Remember Evil Or Not? That’s the site we wrote about last month that lets you rate how evil (or not) Google is based on…
Daily SearchCast, Feb. 9, 2006: Gary Price Departs SEW; Google Desktop Wherever You Go; Google Accepting Bids For Print Ads; Yahoo Considering Search Rewards & More!
Today’s search podcast covers Gary Price leaving Search Engine Watch for a new job with Ask Jeeves; Google Desktop making your computer searchable wherever you…
Google Analytics Adds Support for Apple Safari
Google Analytics now works in Apple Safari, hurray! I’m a Mac person, in case you didn’t get that. A bit more on the change…
Google Desktop 3.0 Raises New Privacy Issues
Chris Sherman wrote about Google’s new Desktop Search today. One of the new features Chris describes enables you to "use the Google Desktop to…
More Yahoo & Microsoft Search Patent Applications
If you are missing your Gary Price fix, I recommend you check out a post at ResourceShelf. He has his “Search Patent Watch” expanding…
New Look for Yahoo’s Home Page?
Elinor Mills at News.com reports that Yahoo is once again testing a new home page user interface for Yahoo.com. She quotes a Yahoo spokesperson…
Yahoo Launches Audio Search in UK
Netimperative reports Yahoo! debuts audio search in UK. You can view the Yahoo Audio Search for the UK & Ireland by clicking here. This…
Closing CPC Price Gap or Irrational CPC Buying
John Battelle wrote a post where he cites a recent Blue Nile earnings statement I have a client in the diamond industry, and he…
Data Privacy Bill Introduced, Not Well Thought Out
“Bill would force Web sites to delete personal info” from News.com is an excellent write-up on a new bill introduced to the US Congress…
Bon Voyage, Mr. Price
I’d also like to offer congratulations and thanks to Gary, who has been a long-time partner and friend. Gary and I first began working…
Searches Grow 55% & Google Gains 5.7% in Search Share
Late last month, Danny reported that the search share remained the “status quo.” The stats from Nielsen//NetRatings shows that search growth overall has increased…
Eric Schmidt Clarifies Google & AOL’s Roles at AOL
Nathan Weinberg points to a summary of Google’s CEO Eric Schmidt’s recent visit to AOL, where a difference between how each company defines "programmers"…
Goodbye Gary; Hello Barry!
I’m sad — but also happy — to report that Gary Price is no longer serving as Search Engine Watch’s news editor. Gary’s moving…
It’s Time To Say So Long
The time has come for me to say goodbye to Danny, Chris, and the rest of the SEW team. The good news is that…
Yahoo Surveys Search Rewards Idea
Yahoo to offer incentives for using search engine? at News.com covers Yahoo surveying 5 percent of its Yahoo Mail users to see if a…
Yahoo Said To Have Given Details Of Another Chinese Dissident
Report: Yahoo helped jail another Chinese ‘net dissident, Li Zhi from Boing Boing and Yahoo accused in jailing of 2nd China Internet user from…
Google Cold Calls Battelle On AdSense; Fails To Do Homework
Vignette: Google’s Sales Call and the (New?) Fifty Percent Rule is a nice chuckle from John Battelle, where he gets a cold call from…