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New MSN Search “Fast Answer” Offers Results from MSN Shopping on Web Results Pages
MSN Search has added a new “fast answer” feature that provides results direct from MSN Shopping at the top of web search results pages.…
The Google Maps API Gets Its Own Blog
Via GB and dirson, word of yet another blog from Google devoted to a specific Google tool or service. This time it’s the Google…
Google Adds Onsite Advertiser Sign-Up to AdSense
In an extension of the site-targeted advertising programs Google rolled out for AdSense advertisers earlier this year, publishers can now sign up interested advertisers…
Coverage of of CNET Japan Search Conference
The CNET Japan Fall Innovation Conference is currently underway and Loren Baker at Search Engine Journal is doing his very best to offer coverage…
Google Opens Offices in Mexico and Brazil
Brad Hill from the theunofficialgoogleweblog posts that Google has recently opened offices in Mexico City and Sao Paulo, Brazil. In July, we posted that…
Andrei Broder Joins Yahoo
Andrei Broder, former vice president of research at AltaVista and until recently Distinguished Engineer & CTO, IBM Research, is joining Yahoo as research fellow…
First Seven Minutes of “Narnia” Coming Next Week
Narnia, Dinsey’s holiday season blockbuster, will make a sneak peek available next week. The first seven minutes of the film will be made available…
Yahoo 360° Adds New Features
A post on the Yahoo 360° blog points out that several new features were added to the service yesterday. Yahoo 360° is Yahoo’s social…
Failure Most Popular Term Sending Traffic From Google To US White House Site
Turns out the Google Sitemaps stats security problem means anyone can access the top terms driving traffic to the US White House web site.…
Major Security Flaw With Google Sitemaps Stats
David Naylor points out, as does this WebmasterWorld thread spotted via Threadwatch, a pretty surprising security oversight with Google’s new Sitemaps stats system that…
Daily SearchCast, Nov. 17, 2005: Hot Site Stats From Google Sitemaps, Matt Cutts Talks At PubCon, AdWords Tested At Bottom Of Page, Google Print Becomes Google Book Search & More!
Today’s search podcast covers Google giving new stats to webmasters on queries driving them traffic and indexing alerts, Google webmaster relations guru Matt Cutts…
Gmail Never Hacked, Google Says
While Red Herring reports that Gmail was vulnerable to hacking, Google says Gmail was never hacked and that Gmail users were never at any…
U.S. Congress Info Site and Search Tool “THOMAS” Receives Upgrade
THOMAS, the specialized database and web site with United States Congress information that’s provided by the Library of Congress received a makeover today. It…
Google Print Debate at NY Public Library
This should be interesting: The NYPL and WIRED Magazine present a discussion about the competing interests and issues raised by the Google Print Library…
The Google-Riya Rumor and Image/Face Recognition Searching
Ready for some material for your “Google is Going to Acquire” rumor list? Om Malik (a very trustworthy source) places the rumor that Google…
Google’s Offer to Provide Free WiFi in Mountain View is a Go
This story from the San Jose Mercury News report that Google’s offer free WiFi throughout their hometown of Mountain View, California, is a go.…
Yahoo and MSN: New Patent Apps Published
Patent applications from Yahoo and MSN dealing with user annotations, trust networks, and domain specific database creation and searching were published today by the…
Yahoo Search Marketing Searches for a Content Specialist
I spend some time each week reviewing job openings at Yahoo, Google, and other search companies. Sometimes, these listings can provide clues to “new…
UK: Send Maps to Mobile Phones With Multimap and Other Send to Phone Tools
Netimperative reports that online mapping service Multimap has added a “map to mobile” feature that allows the searcher to send the url of a…
Tasty: Searching for Recipes Increases
The Media Daily News Brief: Hitwise: Recipe Searches Surge, discusses some new numbers that show people are looking for recipes on the web as…