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New Research from Stanford on the Truthful Auction Pricing of Keywords
A new research report was just published online from the Stanford InfoLab! that might worthy of your attention. Here are the details. Note: The…
On Microsoft Live, Live.com and Start.com Personalized Portals
Plenty of coverage of Microsoft’s new Windows Live services today: Live from San Francisco: Bill Gates on Next-Gen Software Gates: We’re entering ‘live era’…
Ask Jeeves Acquisition Helps IAC/InterActive Narrow Losses
John and Rafat both point out that the IAC/InterActive quarterly earnings call took place yesterday and the Jeeves acquisition made an impact on the…
Web Site Measurement Hacks
Measuring the results of a search marketing campaign is a critical activity, but it’s one that can be difficult or painful, especially if you’re…
Google Gears Up to Resume Book Scanning
It’s November 1st, the day Google said they would resume scanning books of all types (including in-copyright materials) from the five libraries they’re working…
Reacteur.com is now Mozbot
Mozbot is a search engine built on top of Google natural and paid search results, with a number of additional features not found on…
Apparel Buyers Really, Really Like Search
New research from Yahoo and Compete, Inc. tracked Internet search and transaction activity related to retail apparel Web sites over one year. The study…
Verizon SuperPages.com Adds Features
Verizon announced today that SuperPages.com now includes user reviews that lets searchers rate the more than 18 million local businesses, a new comparison shopping…
Major Ad Networks Working on Behavioral Targeting
We already have the ability to target ads in relatively sophisticated ways, with various types of matching schemes, as well as geotargeting, dayparting and…
Web Analytics, Demystified
Measurement is a crucial part of a successful search marketing campaign, but understanding and using web analytics tools can be daunting. A new book…
Looking at the Upcoming Holiday Shopping Season at Yahoo Shopping
In his non-stop series of interviews with influential people in the shopping search biz, Brian Smith from ComparisonEngines.com has posted a recent chat with…
AllRecipes.com Cooks Up Smart Searches for Ask.com
I recently blogged that Ask Jeeves was offering a new Smart Search with direct links to recipes from the AllRecipes.com database. Today, the Dayton…
The Yahoo Media Content Beat: Harry Potter Exclusive Video Clip and New Content from “The Week”
A couple of quick items from the Yahoo media content beat. First, Yahoo is the exclusive home of a new video clip from Harry…
Special Logos From Engines For a “Scary” Halloween
Spooky and scary logos from Ask Jeeves, Google, and Yahoo today for Halloween.
Review: Google and Yahoo Hiring Booms
Those of you who look at our blog regularly know that we try to post interesting and “telling” job openings at Google, Yahoo, and…
Is Google Ad-Server Shopping?
The New York Times gave Google about a million miles of ink this weekend with Google Wants to Dominate Madison Avenue, Too [subscription required].…
Looksmart Goes Vertical
Looksmart is turning itself into an About.com style portal, launching 161 vertical search sites in 12 categories including automotive, cities, food, health, home, sports…
IBM, Google Partner on Enterprise Search
IBM plans to integrate its OmniFind corporate search system with Google’s free desktop search and make the package available to enterprise search customers. Infoworld…
Google Working on Open Office, After All
Despite recent articles claiming that a Sun-Google hosted desktop productivity suite and common operating system, ” is way off base,” word comes today that…
Checking Out Books in Libraries
Many libraries throughout the world offer online access to their catalogs. The oddly-named RedLightGreen taps into thousands of these catalogs, allowing you to find…