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Google Knocked For Allowing Off Topic Ford Explorer Ads
Ford Explorer Teaches Me to Ignore Google AdWords Ads from Aaron over at SEO Book looks at Ford Explorer ads delivered via Google AdSense…
Google Base Switches To Force All Searchers Through Jump Pages
When Google Base first launched, one of my key questions was whether people could click on a entry and go directly to the submitter’s…
Google Book Search “Hack” Just Normal Operation
Steve Rubel thinks he’s "hacked" Google Book Search, as he covers in his Read Most of O’Reilly’s Hacks Books for Free Using Google post.…
2005 in Review: The Best Search Engine Watch Forum Posts
During the past year, the Search Engine Watch forums have grown into a lively community, with thousands of members discussing just about everything related…
Saturday Night Live Skit Mentions MapQuest, Yahoo Maps and Google Maps
The final edition of Saturday Night Live of 2005 about 10 days ago included a hilarious “digital video short” by cast members Chris Parnell…
Consumer Reports Looks at Travel Search Meta Engines in New Study
Consumer Reports/Consumer Web Watch has published a new study that looks at how 11 travel search meta engines and aggregators like Kayak, Mobissimo, and…
Google Recruits Creator of Python; Blog from Google Spain Manager Debuts; New Compilation of Blogs by Googlers
Here are a couple of Google items that we spotted on two of of my favorite blogs that focus most of their efforts on…
Time For Dinner: Email/Gmail Team Leaders from Google, MS, and Yahoo Break Bread With WSJ Writer
Inside Google points us to this interesting read about email services by Lee Gomes at the Wall Street Journal. The article is titled: The…
Technorati Adds Trend Charts, Other Features, Rubel Offers “Hacking” Tips
Via Micro Persuasion, this post from the Technorati blog pointing out several new features that are now available including a blog finder widget, trend…
Daily SearchCast, Dec. 27, 2005: Ask Drops Jeeves Name In France, YouTube For Finding Video, A9’s Amazon Discounts And MSN’s Possible Pay To Search — Will They Win Searchers & More!
Today’s search podcast covers Ask Jeeves just becoming Ask for its French site, part of future rebranding moves perhaps?; a patent revealing more on…
Spam Free or Die
Eventurally, spam would have to turn into a music video, right? Herewith, Javier Prato’s SpamFreeorDie.
Google Faces Patent Infringement Lawsuit Over Google Talk
While doing some research, I’ve learned that Google is being sued for patent infringement over the VoIP portion of the Google Talk program. I’ve…
Winners Of The 2005 Search Blog Awards Announced
The results of Search Engine Journal’s 2005 Search Blog Awards are in. We’re thrilled to be winners in one category (and thank you all…
Yahoo Begins Offering Online Access to Four Episodes of CBS Sitcoms
News from Yahoo today that they are ending 2005 by providing access to four complete episodes of recently aired CBS sitcoms available for online…
Transcripts and Video: Authors of Books About Google Interviewed on TV
In the past few days, the authors of both recent books about Google and web search have been interviewed on tv or featured in…
Sharing The Search Wealth At A9, MSN & The Drawbacks
In my post-Christmas mailbox was a message from A9 reminding me of its A9 Instant Rewards program that effectively pays me a bit to…
Google Patent May Shed Light On Google Suggest & Speeding Up Search Results
New Patent Application Explains Google Suggest over at Search Engine Roundtable points at and summarizes Bill Slawski’s discussion at Cre8asite about how a patent…
YouTube For Finding, Sharing Video
Has YouTube Beaten Google over at InsideGoogle turns me on to the “massively popular” YouTube video sharing site. So massively popular that I never…
Google To Limit Photo Resolution Of Israeli Military Sites
We reported earlier about a great New York Times article looking at how various governments around the world have been made nervous by aerial…
Google Feed API Coming
Run or building a feed reader? Google’s planning a feed reader API, confirms Technorati’s Niall Kennedy. He’s got more details in Exclusive: Google to…