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Warning! The World In Google Maps May Be Bigger Than You Think
Just because I’m feeling kind of punchy, does anyone else think it’s odd that you can convince Google Maps that the world is three…
SEMPO Survey Of Search Marketing Industry Seeks Participants
It’s SEMPO survey time again! SEMPO Survey Probes SEM/SEO Issues from Kevin Lee at ClickZ gives you a rundown on how the survey aims…
Google’s Personalized Results Patent
Patents, patents. Yes, another Google patent to talk about, this one related to personalization of search results and which is getting the attention of…
Google Text Search Ads Going To Newspapers
Remember those display-style ads Google’s placing in print magazines? Vinny Lingham reports a new twist. This time, Google is apparently to put its text…
Get Your Google Patents On CD
News.com has a nice mention of long-time search watcher Stephen Arnold having compiled more than 120 patents he believes belong to Google on a…
Tapping Google’s Patent To Push Domain Registrations
GoDaddy References Google’s Patent is a nice one from Aaron at SEO Book looking at how one domain registrar is making use of a…
Yahoo’s Ass Kicking Statue Controversy
This was one of those, "should I skip it" decisions, but I did find it interesting. Phillip at Google Blogoscoped in Yahoo in Battle…
Search Marketer Lucas Morea Makes BusinessWeek Young Entrepreneur Finals
Lucas Morea is one of our regular SES speakers, and Nacho Hernandez tells you more about him in this post at Search Engine Roundtable,…
Upcoming Google Print Debates
Can’t wait for the court fights over Google Print’s library scanning program? Relax, because debates are underway to tide you over! John Battelle points…
Flight 949, Where Are You?
It’s easy to check on the status of major airline flights in the U.S. and Canada, either through Ask Jeeves, Google or Yahoo, or…
Search & Portal Features Charted
Reading the Google Tea Leaves has Tristan Louis doing a nice job charting various search and portal features that the major services offer, reminding…
More On Office Depot Versus Staples Over Google Ads
We mentioned the case of Office Depot suing Staples over ads on Google last month. Now Eric Goldman takes a look at the case…
WebmasterWorld’s Brett Tabke Interviewed On PubCon Growth
Via Search Engine Roundtable, Brett Tabke Interview on Pubcon & WebmasterWorld at the Online Marketing Blog has Lee Odden talking with WebmasterWorld founder Brett…
Phishing Scam Purports Google To Be Giving Away $400
They might give you $1 to download Firefox, Picasa for free and all the web searches you can eat, but Google is not giving…
Real-Time Flight Tracking
Want to check on the status of a flight that's currently in the air? The major search engines and other specialized services offer real-time…
The Search Engine Update – Number 208 – Nov. 9, 2005
Search Engine Watch editor Danny Sullivan's recap of top search engine stories from the second half of October 2005.
The Library Card Catalog 2005: More than Just Basic Book Info
As the resident librarian around here I wanted to toss out a bit about the electronic library catalogs (aka card catalogs) of 2005. While…
Google Plans to Open Office in Manchester, UK
Another day and another Google office story to post. A story from Cambridge Reports alerts us to the fact that Manchester will serve as…
Holiday Shopping in Full Swing, According to Search Data
Hitwise has been tracking a rise in holiday-related search queries in the U.S. since September, and saw significant jumps last week over the prior…
Daily SearchCast, Nov. 8, 2005: Google’s Jagger Update, Book Search Developments, Google Base As Database For Everyone, Programming TiVo Via Yahoo, The Google Guys’ 767 & More!
Today’s search podcast covers updates at Google and Yahoo, developments in book search at Google, Amazon and MSN, Google growth into new businesses, Google…