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Yahoo 360 Kicks It Up…A Notch
A post on the Yahoo 360 Blog points out that you can now “kick” your Yahoo 360 space “up a notch” (ala famed chef…
Google and Comcast are in Talks to Acquire Minority Stake in AOL
Here we go again. More news on the AOL/Microsoft/Google story. The Wall Street Journal has just posted a report that Google and cable television/high-speed…
Google.org (aka Google Foundation) Web Site Has Now Been Updated
Earlier, Danny blogged details about plans for the new Google Foundation. He mentioned in his post that the official Google.org site had not been…
Apple’s Message Stays Polished
What promised to be a speed-typing contest has fizzled into wait-and-see. Apple picked a WiFi black hole in which to announce its highly-anticipated “One…
Yahoo Blog Search Gets RSS Feed
Yahoo dropped me a note to tell me one of my complaints about its new blog search service has been solved. You can get…
New Google Librarian Center Opens
Phil Bradley points to what looks to be a new Google Librarian Center, where a quarterly newsletter for librarians is promised, presumably with info…
UK Government Pondering Changes To Searches On Suicides
I saw this come up on Threadwatch and someone’s just posted to our SEW Forums about it, as well. Clampdown on chatrooms after two…
Looking For Secret Google Subdomains
With all the watching of Google subdomains and what they might indicate, such speculation over a Google Calendar, Google Blogoscoped points to research Tony…
Some Interesting Stats on RSS Usage
With the major search players finally getting into feed and blog search in a big way, a new study from Yahoo and Ipsos suggests…
MC Hammer Visits Google
Honestly, I saw Dirson post about MC Hammer visiting Google and thought, "Do we need yet another celebrity visits Google mention?" I decided no,…
Google Maps & Maps API Draw From Different Data
Google Maps and Their Data Providers over at O’Reilly Radar looks at how for Google Maps, data comes from NAVTEQ while the Google Maps…
Which SEO Company To Trust?
Readers Concerned about SEO Ethics from Jim Hedger at Search Engine Guide looks at questions he’s gotten about how to decide which SEO agency…
Looking At MSN Search Ranking & Indexing Factors
What to Take Away from MSN’s Responses from SEOmoz zooms in on the Community Questions to the MSN Web Search Team article that I…
Brin Comments On No Office Suite Plans, Not Producing Original Content & More
In case you missed it, John points out that Google cofounder Sergey Brin made a surprise appearance at his Web 2.0 conference last week.…
Google Tooth: Google’s Onsite Dentist
If you’re going to give your employees free meals, I guess you’ve got to give them a dentist to take care of the aftermath.…
UK Agencies Push Back On Google Commission Restructuring
I wrote earlier of Google ending/cutting commission payments to agencies in Europe as of January 1. Google under fire for scrapping agency commission from…
Google Testing New Spell Correction In Search Box & Again, A Plea To Post When Such Experiments Happening!
Nice catch spotted via Threadwatch, Google’s Testing New Dictionary Feature at Justilien.com has news and a screenshot of Google testing a new dictionary feature…
Going CMS? Some SEO Issues To Consider
Search-Engine Friendly Content Management Systems from Shari Thurow over at ClickZ looks at issues to consider if you’re going to a content management system…
Google Gives Google Foundation Update, Though Official Site Remains Mum
Google has given an update on what its Google Foundation is doing. The charitable group, promised as part of its IPO, has been funded…
Big.com For Really Big Results; How About The Majors Offering The Same?
Search marketer Laura Thieme mentioned in an email to me loving Big.com. Hmm. Never heard of it. Taking a look, it’s pretty cool. Basically,…