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Thanks, Readers
The U.S.-based crew at ClickZ will be taking a break for the Thanksgiving holiday, so you won’t see posts or news out of us…
Taking Thanksgiving Off!
It’s Thanksgiving in the US tomorrow, and the Search Engine Watch Blog is taking the day off. If you see Gary posting, nag at…
Mid-November 2005 Search News Recap Posted
If you’re a Search Engine Watch member, the latest edition of Search Engine Update newsletter has been posted. It recaps top stories in search…
Daily SearchCast, Nov. 23, 2005: Google Testing Click-To-Call, CBS Talking With Google & Yahoo, WebmasterWorld Listings Drop From Google, Preview Of SES Chicago 2005 & More!
Today’s search podcast covers Google spotted testing click-to-call ads in its search results, CBS talking video search ideas with Google and Yahoo, Ask Jeeves…
Google Thinking Flash Ads?
Google Blogoscoped points out an ad spotted on Google that looked like it might have been a placeholder for a test of Flash ads…
Getting Search Engine Love From Affiliate Links
A long time issue with those who ponder using affiliates is whether paying for affiliate links will rob them of link juice with the…
WebmasterWorld Out Of Google & MSN
Well, that didn’t take long. I wrote on Monday about how WebmasterWorld head Brett Tabke decided to ban all search spiders including those from…
Google Begins Test of “Click-to-Call” Advertising Program
If you wondered when Google might begin offering pay-per-call ads, or at least click-to-call, it looks like the time is now. In a very…
Understanding Search Engine Patents
Search related patents provide insight into what's going on in search engine algorithms, and search marketers who understand these 'rules of ranking' are better…
The Search Engine Update – Number 209 – Nov. 23, 2005
Search Engine Watch editor Danny Sullivan's recap of top search engine stories from the first half of November 2005.
Google and Yahoo talking to CBS About a “Slew” of Video Opportunities
Although this Reuters article is headlined: CBS says in talks with Google for video search, it also points out that CBS has also been…
SES Chicago Early Bird Discount Deadline Tomorrow & What’s Going On At The Show?
Our last big Search Engine Strategies event of the year comes to Chicago from Dec. 5 to 8. I wanted to summarize some of…
Some Speaking Spots Left For SES Chicago
I’ve got a few places left for those interested in speaking at our SES Chicago 2005 event next month. If you’re a marketer into…
Ask Jeeves Adds Multimedia Search
Ask Jeeves has announced a content licensing agreement with GoFish to provide multimedia content in search results. The first phase allows you to search…
Search Marketing Working for Comparison Shopping Sites
The holiday shopping season is in full swing, and aggressive search marketing on the part of comparison shopping sites is paying off. Google and…
Google Mini Security Issue Patched
Via WebProNews, Metasploit explains how it discovered flaws in the Google Mini enterprise search appliance that could be abused to do "cross-site scripting, file…
Birth Of the Open Content Alliance, The “Un-Google” Project
A Man’s Visition: World Library Online isn’t about the US Library Of Congress & Google-backed World Digital Library program announced today but rather the…
Froogle Offers Local Shopping Feature
Google’s Froogle shopping search engine added a new feature to let people find products and services for sale in bricks-and-mortar stores near locations they…
Boser On Reciprocal Links & Whether Inbound Links Can Harm
Greg Boser in The Truth About Reciprocal Link Networks on his new blog looks at how a former client built up 7,000 links in…
Google Testing Collapsible OneBox Display
Google Expand/ Collapse News Result at Google Blogoscoped has screenshots of a new Memeorandum-like ability to expand news results that show up in a…