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AOL Lays Off 700
AOL just announced they would lay off about 700 employees. This is following the closure of the Orlando service center, which accounts for about…
Daily SearchCast, Oct. 19, 2005: Another Google Print Lawsuit, Gmail Gets a New Name in the UK, Yahoo Reports Q3 Earnings, New Smart Answers from Ask Jeeves, and More!
Today’s search podcast covers a publishers group suing Google over Google Print, Gmail Now Known as Googlemail in the UK, MSN adCenter Pilot Launches…
Microsoft’s Ballmer on Chair Throwing and Competing with Google
In comments made at the Gartner’s Symposium/ITxpo and reported by News.com: Ballmer: Trusting Vista, battling Google, the Microsoft CEO made a few comments about…
WebmasterWorld, Threadwatch — Even SEW Forums Down
I’ve been working on a post about the Google Oct. 2005 “Jagger” update but unable to reach either WebmasterWorld or Threadwatch to link to…
GuruNet Officially Becomes Answers Corporation
I guess it’s all in the name. Fact database GuruNet that became Atomica and then changed back to GuruNet is now offically known as…
Association of American Publishers Sues Google over Library Digitization Plan
Well, it appears that Google will be heading to court, again, over their Google Library book digitization program. According to this news release, one…
Gmail Becomes Googlemail in the UK
Gmail is now known (at least for the time being) as Googlemail in the UK. Since January we’ve been blogging about a UK company…
SearchDay Book Reviews: The Big List
A frequent question we get here at Search Engine Watch is “do you know any good books about… [search engines, search marketing, how to…
Google Looking To Do Real Estate Listings On Google Maps?
Good Morning Silicon Valley points to Google Earth digs deeper at the San Jose Mercury News which covers Google talking with CoStar, apparently the…
Tips On Tapping Into RSS For Info
Some very nice tips from Steve Rubel today about how to get more out of RSS feeds. He covers ways to make feeds for…
Searching for a Good Searching Book?
Looking for a book to help you sharpen your searching skills? Look no further—here's a compilation of reviews published in SearchDay over the past…
Daily SearchCast, Oct. 18, 2005: A Baby Named Google, More on Google’s Plans for Wi-Fi in San Francisco, Blogpulse and AOL Announce Partnership & More!
Today’s search podcast covers a baby with the middle name of Google, Yahoo also interested in a piece of AOL, Google Print “Only” interfaces…
MSN’s “Invite Only” adCenter Pilot Launches in the U.S.
Word from Redmond that the MSN’s invitation only adCenter pilot that Danny blogged about on October 13th, was officially launched in the United States…
Yahoo Releases Q3 2005 Earnings
From the news release: “Yahoo had another record quarter and continued to see solid growth across our business. We introduced a number of new…
More Smart Answers from Ask Jeeves
No need for me to go into another long schpiel about how much I like the Smart Answers program (answers directly on results page)…
Yahoo Acquires WhereOnEarth, Provider of Local and Location Based Services
A note on the Yahoo Search Blog alerts us to Yahoo acquiring UK’s WhereonEarth, that amongst many services, can help deliver location based local…
Orlowski Talks Quality Problems at Wikipedia
(via Threadwatch) This time Andrew Orlowski is all over Wikipedia in the article: Wikipedia founder admits to serious quality problems. It’s strong stuff from…
Paid Search Helps the Smithsonian Institution Increase Revenues
One of the best things about living in the DC area is taking advantage of ALL that the Smithsonian Institution has to offer (much…
Survey: Growth of PPC Spending Looks Healthy
Although a new survey of 87 media industry execs by Media Post and Deutsche Bank: Media Execs Bullish On Ad Spending, focuses on Internet…
Banned? Broadband.
Following in bigger brand Budweiser’s path, whose banned Super Bowl ad garnered plenty of online traffic last year, is online retailer Bluefly.com A number…