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Traffic Power Suit Could Be Quashed Through Anti-Slapp Motion
Legal Showdown in Search Fracas from Adam Penenberg at Wired looks at the lawsuit by Traffic Power against SEO Book’s Aaron Wall, alleging that…
Dispatch From Search Marketer Dazzlindonna, Hit By Katrina But Safe
Via SEO Book, search marketer Dazzlindonna — as she’s known on search forums — shares her experiences of having survived Hurricane Katrina. She lives…
Ruling In Google-Microsoft Dispute Over Lee Comes Next Tuesday
Judge to rule Tuesday in Kai-Fu Lee case from News.com says that a ruling on whether Kai-Fu Lee can leave Microsoft and become head…
Mac Mozilla Chief Mike Pinkerton Joins Google Firefox Team
Via Dirson, news that Mike Pinkerton of the Mozilla Mac browser project is jumping over to Google’s "Firefox" team. Pinkerton suggests it may mean…
Dig A Hole Through Earth Via Google Maps
Awesome! The next time one of my kids asks what would happen if they dug down through the earth — at least where would…
Google Appoints Former Microsoft Employee Head Of Google Israel Office
Gary wrote earlier that Google was to open an office in Israel. Via the SearchMarketing.co.il blog, Google opens Israel branch at Globes has further…
Googlewhacks Show More Signs That Google’s Increased Its Index; Time To Drop The Hamburger Count
Yesterday, I wrote about signs that the Google index size has increased despite the fact that the home page number, as usual, remains firmly…
Miva Partners To Give Mirror Group Contextual Ads
Miva has signed a deal to provide contextual ads to the Mirror Group Newspapers, which includes the Daily Mirror, The Sunday Mirror, The People,…
Google & GEICO Settle Dispute
Geico, Google settle lawsuit from Reuters notes that Google and Geico have settled their dispute over ads linked to terms that are also GEICO’s…
Are you an “Algoholic?”
Do you obsess over your search engine rankings? Do you spend countless hours fiddling with your web pages, tweaking text and experimenting with various…
Chasing Search Engine Algorithms: Wisdom or Folly?
Properly optimized web sites can achieve top rankings in web search results. But when search engines change, should you follow suit? Even the experts…
SES San Jose 2005 Coverage
A final post about our SES San Jose 2005 show! Over at the Search Engine Watch Blog, I’ve posted a round-up of news coverage…
August 2005 Search News Recap Posted
The latest edition of my monthly Search Engine Report newsletter is now online, recapping tops stories in search from the past month. You can…
Andy Beal Back Blogging At Marketing Pilgrim
I wrote earlier of Andy Beal departing his former company WebSourced and the Search Engine Lowdown blog he created. News from him now that…
SES San Jose 2005 Coverage Wrap-Up
There was a ton of news out of our Search Engine Strategies show held last month in San Jose. I’ve been collecting links of…
Daily SearchCast, Sept. 7, 2005: Google Turns 7, Issues On Google House Ads, Praise For Pay-Per-Call, The Chinese Search Landscape, Likely Legal OK On Google Libraries, New Tools To Find Missing People Post-Katrina & More
Today’s search podcast covers issues raised over Google running house ads for its own product and also letting employees advertise, a postive article about…
The Wall Street Journal Tackles Blog Search
Last week, Chris published an excellent roundup of weblog/rss search tools in SearchDay. Today, it’s the Wall Street Journals turn to dive into the…
Sponsored Search Links Accounted for 34% of Online Ad Impressions During One Week Period
Some new numbers released today show that search sponsored links made up 34 percent, or nearly 13 billion, of online advertising impressions for a…
Japan’s Mitsui Invests in Feedster
A news release sent to SEW Blog alerts us to the fact that Feedster from Japan’s, Mitsui and Co has made an investment in…
Hey President Chirac — French-Based Thomson Sold Off Search Technology You Now Want To Fund
Earlier I wrote of the French government wanting to provide loans to help develop a European-based multimedia search engine, an effort to help counter…