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Google Scholar Does Some Advertising
A quick follow-up to Danny’s blog post from about 10 days ago over Google placing small ads in college papers that lead users to…
Wink & Web 2.0 Search Panel
Web 2.0: Looking for new ideas in search is a short rundown on new entries into the search space talking at the Web 2.0…
Google Enterprise OK For US Government Secrets?
Google: Fit for intelligence work? from Federal Computer Week looks at Google’s enterprise search being used by some US government networks and some experts…
Video Search Grows in Attention and Usefulness
Paul R. La Monica, over at CNN/Money has written the article: I want my WebTV!, and asks if video searching is the “next” big…
Google Merges Maps & Local, Brings North America Out of Beta
Google Local and Maps are now a single unified service, known as Google Local. “Google maps has always integrated local listings, and I think…
Finding Treasure in Boards and Forums
Most people turn to the web as a primary information source these days, but there's a lot of great stuff in traditional forums and…
New Content Added to Elsevier’s Scirus Science-Specific Database
Scirus is a specialty web database that focuses on science-specific material from publishing powerhouse Elsevier. Scirus combines open web material with content from many…
A New API From Yahoo: Yahoo Shopping User Product Review
Web Developers might be interested in learning that earlier today Yahoo released the Yahoo Shopping User Product Review API. The User Product Review service…
Free Searchable Version of Da Vinci’s Notebooks Now Available
Over on ResourceShelf (aka my other site) our Deputy Editor, Shirl Kennedy, has posted the news that askSam is at it again. This time,…
Daily SearchCast, Oct. 5, 2005: Google And Sun Partner On Toolbar, Yahoo Acquires Upcoming.org, AOL Adds Saved Searches, Finding Movie Info, Saving The Ask Jeeves Butler & More!
Today’s search podcast covers more on Google and Sun partnering to distribute the Google Toolbar and other cooperative moves, Yahoo buying events listing service…
Intel Uses Nearly-new Ad Units for Yahoo! Takeover
If you find yourself at Yahoo!’s home page on Thursday, you’ll see Intel’s implementation of what Yahoo! calls its “Expando East” and “floating element”…
Court Says Yahoo Speech Engineers Can Continue Working
A California judge has not issued a restraining order and 12 speech software engineers at Yahoo will be able to continue their work for…
New Video Engine Debuts; Chat With Founder of TVEyes/Podscope
Two video search items on my desktop today. First, word of a new video search engine named SearchforVideo. I plan to take a longer…
Calishain and Her Kebberfegg
Our friend and fellow Web Search University faculty member, Tara Calishain, has release yet another new RSS tool named Kebberfegg (Keyword Based RSS Feed…
Play The Google Earth Contest
Some Google Earth devotees out they might be interested to learn about a new Google Earth contest from a Denver company. From the site:…
New Save Jeeves Blog & Campaign
Barry at Search Engine Roundtable points to the new Save Jeeves blog, started by a former Ask Jeeves employee who wants the butler mascot…
ClickTracks 6 To Offer New Analytics Features
ClickTracks 6 is coming out on October 12. The popular web analytics tool, which I use myself, will offer a variety of new features…
VNU Buys Into Blogs; Denton Giggles to the Bank
This is the first blog publishing deal that feels really corporate. A pact was reached between Nick Denton’s Gawker Media and VNU, publisher of…
Group Formed To Help Develop Mobile Search
Group Plots Future of Mobile Search from ClickZ covers a new "Mobile Search Working Group" that’s been formed by the Mobile Marketing Association. The…
Yahoo Acquires Upcoming.org Events Listing Service
Yahoo has announced on its search blog that it has acquired events listing and calendar service Upcoming.org, which it expects will help improve the…