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University of Michigan Official Comments on Google Library Lawsuit
The University of Michigan Library is one of the five libraries Google plans to digitize materials from. The Michigan Daily article: U backs Google…
Dr. Kai-Fu Lee Begins His Job as Head of Google China
Asia Pulse reports that Kai-Fu Lee has begun his job as the person in charge of Google’s operations in China. He begins his job…
Microsoft Quashes Search Relevancy Report
New Search Engine From Microsoft Gets Cool Welcome from the Wall Street Journal (paid reg. required) delves into the rumors we heard in August…
Google: The Telecom Provider, Leases Massive Amount of Space in NYC
The NY Post article (reg. required, free): Google Feeling Lucky, offers a massive amount of fuel to the Google, your telecom company story. According…
Loomia & podOmatic’s AutoCatcher For Podcasts
Two for the podcasting crowd, a new podcast search engine called Loomia and the AutoCatcher service from podOmatic that keyword-scans for new podcasts each…
Mossberg Says Yahoo Mail Superior to Gmail
Walt Mossberg’s column today offers a review Gmail and the new Yahoo Mail. Which service gets the nod? Yahoo Mail. Score one for Yahoo…
Country-Specific Search Engines & Telephone Directories
Phil Bradley’s updated his Country Based Search Engines page, so if you’re looking for a search engine serving a particular country, it’s a good…
Meta Searching for Relevancy, Using Your Own Rules
Myriad Search is a new tool from Aaron Wall’s Free Open Source SEO Tools site that allows you to play around with search results…
Googlers Tapped To Forecast Launches
Putting crowd wisdom to work on the Google Blog covers how the company uses its own staff as a predictive market to forecast things…
Google TV Coming – Expect Both GiVo & TVSense
Spotted via Inside Google, news from Adam Lasnik of a job posting for a product manager for Google TV. Google TV? Yeah, we and…
SEO Book Files Legal Response To Traffic Power Suit
OK, one more item on the Traffic Power-SEO Book case. Sorry — just a lot happening with it today. SEO Book’s Aaron Wall’s attorney…
SEMPO Says No, SMA-NA Says Yes To Fight Against Traffic Power
Further to my earlier post on the Traffic Power story, some were wondering how the two US search marketing organizations would respond to the…
WSJ Dissects Traffic Power Complaints & Search Engine Bans
Sites Get Dropped by Search Engines After Trying to ‘Optimize’ Rankings from the Wall Street Journal (paid sub. required) revisits the Traffic Power case…
More On Google WiFi Client
Google WiFi Client Explained from Om Malik is a quick, nice follow up on some of the Google WiFi stuff. In short, people ARE using…
Maps & Resources Tracking Hurricane Rita
As Hurricane Rita bears down on Texas, we’re obviously hoping for the best. Some new resources for those who want to track the storm’s…
Myriad Search: Meta Search Your Way
A new meta search engine allows you to compare results from the four top web search engines, and tweak their relative importance in the…
Mobile Access + Local Search + GPS
A new article from News.com: Tech turns phones into back-seat drivers, reports on a presentation at Demofall today of the Destinator Anywhere Server. It…
blinkx.TV Adds Video Content from HBO
blinkx.TV is now making program highlights, show previews, additional footage, etc. from HBO (Home Box Office) keyword searchable via their database. HBO content is…
SES Stockholm 2005 Speaker Openings
Just putting out a quick note on behalf of Chris Sherman, who is organizing our SES Stockholm show next month. He’s got a few…
Paid Search to Displace Online Display Ads by 2010
Paid search will garner more revenue share than online display advertistments within five years, according to a new market forecast by Jupiter Research. According…