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Yahoo Now Default Search Engine on Asian Versions of Firefox 1.5
Yesterday, Firefox launched version 1.5 of its browser and at the same time announced a “stratgic partnership” with Yahoo in China, Japan, Korea and…
Another Google UI Experiment, This Time With Google Images
Philipp over at Google Blogoscoped has the story about text snippets seen below each image found via a Google image search (as seen below…
Daily SearchCast, Nov. 30, 2005: Yahoo Mail Gets RSS Reader, Microsoft’s “Fremont” Classified Ads Service, Irrelevant Google Ads, SEO Myths, MSN Seeking Search Champs, The Future Of SEM & More!
Today’s search podcast covers Yahoo Mail’s new feedreading feature, Microsoft’s planned classified ads service, Google Base gaining a blog, Google ads lacking relevancy, dealing…
Fortune Interactive Offers Reputation Management
It’s certainly not the first of its kind, but given that Fortune Interactive’s CEO is noted search marketer and blogger Andy Beal, it’s worth…
Clusty Launches Japanese Version of Its Metasearch and Dynamic Clustering Service
Word from Pittsburgh today that Vivisimo (the company that powers Clusty, the metasearch/dynamic clustering engine) have just released a version of for Japan. Clusty…
Need Your Questions For Future Of SEM Panel
At Search Engine Strategies in Chicago next week, I’ve got a Future Of SEM panel happening where a diverse group of search marketers will…
Irrelevant Google Ads, Due To Humans No Longer Checking For Relevancy?
Google, Heal Thyself is a very nice piece from Peter Hershberg at SearchViews that looks at how ads on Google are running in violation…
Blog ‘Empire’ Indispensibles
Love this transparency. Nick Denton shares his startup kit, a collection of cheap & free tools he uses to keep the Gawker machine running.…
On SEO Myths & Getting The Balance Right
There’s been a variety of articles out recently that look at search engine optimization advice that people hear, believe and perhaps act on in…
MSN Looking For Search Champs
MSN has had prior rounds of Search Champs, where it has invited people in to give feedback and ideas for directions in search. Now…
Google Base Gains An Official Blog & Wishing For A Master Google Blog Feed
Google Base Blog is another official blog from Google, where you can get official news and info on Google Base. It’s also a good…
Yahoo Mail Beta Gains RSS Reading Feature
The new Yahoo Mail that’s in beta has gained a new way to add RSS feeds into your mail folder. For me, it’s nothing…
Threadwatch Changes Ownership
Just over a year ago, Nick Wilson created Threadwatch, which grew into a great search blog. Today in Farewell Threadwatch, he moves on. Nick’s…
Shopping Search: The Year in Review
Today’s SearchDay article, What’s New in Shopping Search 2005, continues my annual look at this specialized search space. This second installment of Shopping Search…
What’s New in Shopping Search 2005
The second installment of Shopping Search Week 2005 features a rundown of key changes and new services offered by the major players in the…
New from The Internet Archive: Hurricane Katrina & Hurricane Rita Web Collection
Brewster and crew at The Internet Archive have just debuted a new specialty collection that contains more 25 million fully archived web pages that…
Microsoft’s “Google Base” is Code Named Fremont & MS Receives Patent For Semi-Auto Annotation of Multimedia Objects
Two items from Redmond today, Microsoft with a classified ads listing service in the works pegged as a rival to Google Base and Microsoft…
Is Everyone Afraid of Google?
The December issue of Wired, takes a look at Google’s many ventures (these days it’s a challenge to keep up but we try) and…
Daily SearchCast, Nov. 29, 2005: Rev Up Your Shopping Searches, TiVo’s Ad Search, ex-Googlers Blogging Away, Headhunting For Search Tech And Search Marketing Talent, An Ant Species Named After Google & More!
Today’s search podcast covers shopping search engines, TiVo planning an ad search feature, ex-Googlers blogging about their glory days, the fight for search tech…
Gollum and Other Wikipedia Search Tools
News.com reports about a new “Wikipedia Browser” named Gollum that comes from German web developer, Harald Hanek. In my opinion the interface of Wikipedia…