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Back to Basics
Everybody knows what they need to do in order to fix their Web site, they just don’t do it, according to Jim Sterne, consultant,…
Yahoo Lowers Ad Deposit To $5
First Yahoo eliminated its $20 per month minimum spend requirement for search ads last month. Now today, the Yahoo Search Blog has announced that…
Yahoo Nov. 2005 Update Weather Report Issued
Google’s not the only one updating. Yahoo’s Tim Mayer issued a search index weather report last week saying it would be "mild and quick."…
Miva Enhances Search Ad Offerings
MIVA announced today the launch of Ad Center 3.0, an enhanced self-service campaign management tool for advertisers. The company also debuted a new broad…
Google Oct. 2005 Jagger Update Continues Into November & Hating The Term Canonical
So I go away for vacation for two weeks, and discussion of Google’s October 2005 “Jagger” update is STILL going on when I get…
Oct. 2005 Keyword Prices Stay Flat From Last Month, Drop From Last Year
Fathom Online has released figures from its latest Keyword Price Index showing that prices overall stayed about the same as last month, rising $1.44…
ad:tech Kicks Off
It’s open and it’s crowded. With 8,300 registered attendees, 60 sessions and 230 speakers, Conference Chair Sue Bratton has called ad:tech New York the…
Program Your TiVo via Yahoo
You could see this coming and I’m sure it’s just the beginning and not just for Yahoo. Yahoo and TiVo (another verb for many,…
Getting the Airfare Buzz from Kayak.com
Kayak Buzz from travel search engine/aggregator Kayak allows the searcher to see what are the “‘best fares'” to the most searched destinations from any…
Google Local Goes Mobile
Adding to its various search services for mobile phones, Google has introduced Google Local for mobile, a stripped down version of its web-based local…
Google Launches Local for Mobile
Google's new Local for mobile service is a stripped-down version of the web-based Google Local that puts a heavy emphasis on maps and driving…
15,000 Blogs Added to Topix.net Database
Material from 15,000 blog sources have been added to the Topix.net database. Topix.net already contains material from 12,000 mainstream media sources. Items from blogs…
Google’s Personalized Home Page Now Available in China
A quick note in the state-run China People’s Daily that Google’s personalized home page service (that requires a Google login) is now available (at…
Feedster Beta Testing Podcast Search Tool, Adds “Official” News Provider Search
I just noticed on the Feedster home page that Feedster is now beta testing a “podcast” only search tool that current indexes (there numbers)…
More Google Chatter from Various Sources Including Bill Gates
Yes, it’s another story about Schmidt, Brin, and Page (aka the Google Guys) in the latest issue of Forbes. It’s titled, Google Thinks Small.…
How About We Meet After ad:tech?
We’re booked. Wall-to-wall, end-to-end. Yet invitations for events, parties, briefings, meetings, announcements and panels keep pouring in. Publicists who have clients who work across…
Google Offers AdSense Referral Fees
Google has introduced a new program that allows AdSense publishers to garner fees for referring users to Google. Publishers add a referral button to…
Autonomy Buys Verity
The two largest players in the enterprise search market are now one. Autonomy is purchasing Verity for $500 million, according to this Red Herring…
Multimedia Searching: Speechbot is No Longer Available
Speechbot is no more. Speechbot was an experimental web-based tool from HP Labs (and before that Compaq) that used voice-recognition to create seachable keyword…
Breakfast Conflict
There’s plenty of invites from “off-the-show-floor” events coming in from various companies wanting to make more of an impression than a booth visit at…