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The “Switching to Gmail” Guide from Google
While I was doing some work this weekend I came what appears to be a new “guide” from Google that’s designed to assist users…
A New Blog from WWW Founder Tim Berners-Lee and a Bit of WWW History
This isn’t search but if were not for the work of Sir Tim Berner-Lee, the founder of the World Wide Web, we wouldn’t have…
New Issue Of Information Science Publication Focuses On “Paid Search”
Here’s a bunch of new reading for your reading lists. The December/Januaury Issue of the Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science and…
New Look for MSN Shopping Price Comparison Pages
MSN Shopping has been mentioned in several posts over the past few months. Yesterday, Mike Gordon, Lead Product Manager, blogged about enhancements to price…
Special Holiday Goodies, Pages, and Info from a Few of the Major Engines
Several of the large web engines are offering special holiday goodies from smart answers to holiday questions to logos to holiday borders around ads.…
Google & Yahoo Make Dogpile’s Top Searches Of 2005 List
The week is ending like it began, with the release of a list of Top Searches of 2005 list. Today, we hear from Dogpile.…
Daily SearchCast, Dec. 16, 2005: Changes Coming to Yahoo Web Results Pages, Gmail Now Available for Mobile Users, Search Execs to speak at Consumer Electronic Show, New Offices for Google and Yahoo, A Look at Topix.net & More!
Today’s search podcast covers Changes Coming to Yahoo Web Results Pages, the release of Gmail for Mobile Phones and Devices, Search Execs To Speak…
New Google UI Test: Vertical Search Links In New Left Column
Over on Threadwatch, Aaron has news about what appears to be yet another UI test from Google. The post includes a screenshot of the…
Sorry Bill and Steve, WSJ Reports Google Near $1 Billion Deal With AOL
If Gates and Ballmer wanted a deal with AOL (Time Warner) as a Christmas gift, it appears that they’re not going to get it.…
A Brief Look at Mobile Mail Access from Yahoo and MSN
As Chris pointed out late yesterday, an official version of Gmail is now available for mobile devices with a web browser. This post offers…
Search Forums Roundup: Dec. 16, 2005
Today’s SearchDay, Search Engine Forums Spotlight, features our weekly links to this week’s hot topics from search engine forums across the web: Yahoo Acquires…
New or Improved Databases With U.S. Government Information
A brief post to point out one new and one updated compilation of databases, that might be of value to people tying to find…
Gates Keynoting CES – And So Are Semel & Page
Last year I talked about the idea of consumer search and how search engines that traditionally offered web search were making the leap into…
New Year Will Bring New Look to Yahoo Search Results Pages; Shorter Descriptions for Sponsored Listings
Several people (thank you) have shared with us a copy of an email that was sent to Yahoo Search Marketing customers this afternoon. It…
Topix.net Has One Impressive Year from Both Business and User Perspective; Ends Year with New Look and Design
If you read this blog on a regular basis, it’s likely that you know I’m a big fan and user of Topix.net. I’ve been…
SES New York 2006 Speaking Pitch Timeline Posted
I’ve now posted a timeline for when I’m accepting pitches for new sessions and expect to post actual session openings for SES NY 2006.
Google Gmail Now Accessible via Mobile Phones
If you’ve got a web-enabled mobile phone and a Gmail account, you can now access your mail on the run. Gmail mobile allows you…
Technorati Begins Cooking Up Ideas in their New “Kitchen”
Let’s see, Yahoo offers betas at Yahoo Next, Google at Google Labs, Microsoft in their Sandbox, and AOL on their Beta Central page. I…
Daily SearchCast, Dec. 15, 2005: Google Music Search, Yahoo Podcast Subscriptions Page, Facelift For Google Catalogs, Yahoo Index Update Coming, Year’s Top Search Terms From Yahoo (Hello Britney!) & More!
Today’s search podcast covers Google’s new music search results, Yahoo’s new podcast subscription pages, Google Catalogs getting a facelift, Yahoo’s about to have an…
Search Execs Talk at MIT Forum
Via Searchblog, word of this just released podcast of a forum that took place at MIT about a week ago and featured an all-star…