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Google Update Underway — More Sign Of A Coming Index Increase?
I wrote earlier that there were signs that Google was increasing its index size. More signs are coming now — as well as more…
Ask Jeeves CEO Interviewed, Says Online Scams Could Slow Adoption of Personalized Search Tools
The vnunet.com article: Scams hold back personalised search, discusses how phishing and identity theft could cause problems in the adoption of personalized search tools.…
Google Guys Are Top Powerbrokers
As Google celebrates its seventh birthday the NY Daily News reports that the “Google Guys” (Sergey Brin and Larry Page) have debuted on Vanity…
Questions Raised Over Google House Ads & Employees Advertising Via AdWords
Google’s had questions raised over the fairness of house ads that it runs for its own products and services plus the ability for employees…
Some Advertisers Loving Pay Per Call
Online advertisers turning to pay-per-call from the Associated Press looks at pay per call search ads, citing some advertisers loving it. One florist says…
Yahoo Accused Of Helping China Jail Journalist By Revealing Email Address
Rights group says Yahoo’s cooperation helped China jail journalist from the Associated Press has Reporters Without Borders saying Yahoo gave the Chinese government information…
Opening Day In Microsoft-Google Fight Over Kai-Fu Fee
Courtroom showdown for Microsoft and Google from News.com covers the opening arguments in this week’s court fight over whether Google China chief Kai-Fu Lee…
Legal Experts Say Google Library Digitization Project Likely OK; Will It Revolve Around Snippets?
Courts Unlikely To Stop Google Book Copying from InternetWeek has legal experts saying that copyright law over indexing books appears to be on Google’s…
Redirection Resources
Trying to understand more about redirection as it applies to seach marketing? Todd over at Stuntdubl lists a few resources you may want to…
Yandex Big In Russia, Google Gaining
The new Multilingual Search blog has a short brief on Russian search engine Yandex, apparently the most popular in the country. But Google is…
Google Loses Another Employee To Odeo; Yahoo Gains Nokia Guru
Some employee shifting news, this time someone from Google’s Blogger service jumping over to Odeo plus Yahoo gaining a noted Nokia employee. Dirson notes…
Happy 7th Birthday, Google!
Threadwatch notes it’s Google’s official birthday today. How old? That would be 7. Happy Birthday, Googlers! Postscript from Gary: If you feel like reminiscing…
Travel Search Engines Bump Hotels From Top Search Listings
A study out from SEM technology firm SEMphonic finds that travel sites like Expedia, Orbitz and Hotels.com push out actual hotel sites such as…
Search Engine Marketing, Inc.
It takes a wide spectrum of experience, knowledge and skills to design and run an effective search marketing campaign, particularly if it’s a major…
The Business of Search Engine Marketing
An excellent new book focuses both on tactics as well as the managerial and organizational tasks required for effective large-scale search marketing campaigns.
Daily SearchCast, Sept. 6, 2005: Microsoft Temper Tantrums, Google Size Increase?, Getting Listed In Technorati’s Blog Finder, Post-Katrina People Finding Effort & Images On Google Plus More
Today’s search podcast covers allegations that Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer had a temper tantrum involving cursing and chair throwing over an employee defection to…
Katrina Missing Persons Meta Search Tools from Lycos and Yahoo
Lycos has a new Search Katrina Missing Persons Sites meta search service now up. In one go, it checks listings from more than 35…
Google’s China Situation Better Than You Might Think — And Other China Search News
The China Internet Network Information Center has released a new China Online Search Market Survey Report (PDF file) outlining the search market in China…
Google Patents Method to Determine Equivalent Descriptions Based on Information Needs of Searcher
Word from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office today that Google was awarded a patent today that involves technology allowing the searcher to conduct…
First Mobile Client for Google Talk Released
That didn’t take long. A quick post to point out that MessageVine, a company offering mobile IM tools to communications industry and corporate, market,…