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Microsoft Sees the Future in IM
Microsoft enlisted Fallon to create a microsite to promote MSN Messenger 7.5. Dubbed ESPBilly, the site is billed as “An MSN Messenger Films Production.…
About/NBC Blog
Another sign the pace of change in digital media has hit ludicrous speed: a “were blogging” announcement seems quaint. Under a cross-promotional deal, NBCOlympics.com…
Kanoodle Gets MSN Spaces Contextual Deal
Kanoodle has announced it will be providing contextual ads to the MSN Spaces service. What’s odd about this is that MSN has their own…
A Picture Says 1000 Words About Google’s Censorship In China
Plenty are writing and writing about Google’s agreement to censor results for China. But pictures perhaps better illustrate the differences that Google now endorses.…
Google Toolbar Version 4 Now Available
Google has upgraded its toolbar for Internet Explorer, adding new search features, online bookmarks, custom buttons that can be configured for a number of…
Google Releases Upgraded Toolbar
Google has enhanced its toolbar for Internet Explorer, introducing several new features that will appeal to regular users of the program.
Google’s Help Center Page About Censorship Back Online With New Text
Last week I blogged that the Google Help Center page dealing with censorship was unavailable when I went looking for it after reading this…
AOL’s “(Quick) Answer” Feature On Web Results Pages
Although we’ve blogged many times about search engines becoming answer engines for some types of queries with a variety of tools and services including…
Related Phrases Now Part of Google’s Define: Feature
Philipp asks if a feature from Google that provides links to “related phrases” when you search for web-based definitions using “define:[foo]” is new. Nice…
Amazon.com Considering Video Download Service to Compete With Google Video Store and Others
Both Variety and Red Herring report that Google Video Store, iTunes, and other video download services might have some new competition coming from Amazon.com…
Work To Begin Next Month on Developing a Standard For Shopping and Comparison Search Product Descriptions
A DMNews.com article: Retailers, Engines Want Standard for Product Description, discusses a session at Shop.org’s FirstLook 2006 event where representatives from Yahoo, MSN, AOL,…
New Search Service from TVEyes Offers Free Keyword Search Of Some Web-Based TV News Content & Lots More Video Search
A new free service from multimedia search engine TVEyes allows a searcher to keyword search each and every word spoken during tv news segment…
Daily SearchCast, Jan. 27, 2006: Google Vs. DOJ Court Date Set; How, What & Why Google Censors In China; Search Marketing As Required Job Skill For Marketing Directors; Pontiac Puts Google Into TV Ads & More!
Today’s search podcast covers a court date set for the case of Google versus the US Department Of Justice’s demand for search data; how and…
Check out Cool Bird’s Eye Imagery from Windows Live Local on Bird’s Eye Tourist
You’ve likely seen sites that allow people to share cool places and things found using the satellite and aerial imagery from Google Maps/Google Local.…
How Google Censors Itself For China & Paid Exclusion As Being Evil
Declan McCullagh posts an update to his great earlier story looking at how Google is censoring results at China. I talked with him a…
What’s the Domain Threshold?
A reader called in and asked if there was any research I’ve come across that determines the maximum length a URL can still be…
Judy’s Book Gets “Social Search” Trademark; Yahoo Apparently Says Jump In A Lake
Judy’s Book would like the world to know they know have a trademark on the phrase “social search.” Never start a land war in…
Scribner’s Very Comprehensive Online Book Campaign
Scribner tapped LevelTen Design to create an awarness campaign for Prayers for the Assassin by Robert Ferrigno, which publishes February 21. They’re getting plenty…
Where Athletic Footwear Meets J-Pop Kitsch
Lovely Football‘s already going down as one of the best new instances of that rare breed of interactive deployment whose form suits the best…
An Introduction to Mobile Search
Hardly a week goes by when we don’t mention some new mobile search service, enhancements to what’s already out there, or something I think…