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Changes to Yahoo Video Search Page; Image Search Adds Results Page Refinements
Yahoo Video Search made a change last week that allows you to view your results in either a “grid” view or a “list” view…
Details Emerge on Google Force One
When Google co-founders Page and Brin purchased a used Boeing 767 earlier this year, details were sketchy. Today the Wall Street Journal has page-one…
More Sources For Ebooks & Electronic Text
Further to today’s post about Amazon planning to sell electronic books next year, here are some alternative places where you can get them right…
Forthcoming “Amazon Pages” & “Amazon Upgrade” Programs To Sell Books In Electronic Format
Amazon.com, proprietors of the wonderful Search Inside the Book (SITB) program, has announced a new Amazon Pages program that builds on SITB to allow…
Google Print Now Publishing Out-Of-Copyright Works Gained Through Library Scanning Program
Google Print is now publishing the full-text of public domain/out-of-copyright print works it has acquired through the Google Print library scanning project. The official…
Ask Upgrades Desktop Search
Over at Search Engine Roundtable, Barry notes that Ask Jeeves has updated its desktop search application. Looks like mostly incremental (though welcome) improvements, with…
Google Desktop 2 Leaves Beta
As Gary noted, Google Desktop 2 has left beta. In addition to several product enhancements, Desktop 2 also has new third-party panels and expanded…
Pricegrabber Survey Says No Holiday Blues This Year
Pricegrabber has released the results of a holiday shopping survey, and despite consumer gloom reported elsewhere, it looks like online retailers are going to…
Now That’s A Crappy Ad
So I’m in NYTimes.com’s arts section and….Yuck! No! Not this! The display ad, a BOB, is screaming in caps, “ARE YOU TAKING LAXATIVES BECAUSE…
24/7 Real Media Sees Strong Q3
24/7 Real Media reported its Q3 results today. Revenue was up, which was attributed to signing more customers to its SEM managed services offering.…
Yahoo Maps Adds New Features and Tools
Yahoo has upgraded its Maps service, integrating local search results and adding a lot of cool “wow” factors to the service. They’ve also released…
Yahoo Enhances Maps, Integrates Local Search
In a major overhaul, Yahoo has significantly upgraded its Maps offering with cleaner maps and integrated local search results.
Google Blogorama: Two New Official Blogs from Mountain View
Two new “official blogs” from Mountain View! First, as Google Desktop 2 leaves beta (now with more sidebar panels), Google Blogoscoped reports that the…
Think Partnership Acquires Web Diversity
Think Partnership, parent of search marketing firm WebSourced, has acquired UK based Web Diversity for a combination of cash and stock. As part of…
Harsh Words for New Looksmart Vertical
About.com Mutual Funds Guide Dustin Woodard decided to test out one of Looksmart’s recently launched vertical sites, so he focused on the category he…
Riffing on GoogleBase
Over at MediaPost, David Berkowitz has some interesting commentary on the potential ramifications of GoogleBase, the sometimes-on but still mostly offline service that Gary…
Tagging + Online Games: Search that Actually Works!
We’re mostly in the “tagging sucks” camp here at SEW, not because we’re opposed to metadata (we’re not), but rather because the benefits offered…
MapStats Wins MS Virtual Earth Contest
I was just was reading the Via Virtual Earth site and noticed that a winner has been announced in Microsoft’s Virtual Earth Competition for…
Where Tagging Works: Searching for a Good Game
A new site jumps on the tagging bandwagon and actually ends up with useful search results. Why? Because it's narrowly focused on a specific…
UK: Thomson Directories Now Powering Local Search Results On Tiscali UK
A quick note from the UK search scene. Netimperative reports that Thomson Local listings are now being used for local searches on the Tiscali…