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Spyware Changing Google Results
Program hijacks Google searches, gives fake results from the Washington Post talks about yet another program that replaces Google search results. There’s been a…
Google Wallet Payment System Seeking Fraud Operations Director?
Gary spotted a job opening (and here) for a "Fraud Operations Director, Merchant Payment Solutions" position at Google. Google already has people that look…
Around the World with Google Earth
The first time anyone uses Google Earth, the reaction is invariably “wow.” Having the ability to seamlessly zoom and pan on satellite imagery of…
Hacking Google Earth
Google Earth's vivid satellite imagery has a serious goshwow factor, but the program also offers a lot of useful tools and data sharing features…
Revisiting Technorati’s Blog Finder & Listing Issues
A look at Technorati's new Blog Finder service and how blog owners an improve the odds of being found within it.
Post-Katrina Images On Google Maps, Elsewhere, People Finding Project & Wiki Resources
Post-Katrina Images are now up on Google Maps, at least for New Orleans. There’s also a variety of other images you can view, as…
Looking At ClickTrack’s BidHero
Over at Search Engine Guide, BidHero Brings Bid Management to the Masses from Jennifer Laycock a new, low-cost bid management tool called BidHero now…
When & Why You Should Buy Your Name
Beaten at Your Own Name: Buying Your Brand from Kevin Lee at ClickZ looks at why brand holders might decide it makes sense to…
Google’s Pizza Ambassadors: Winning Computer Science Graduates One Slice At A Time
Honestly, just when you think you’ve heard it all. Spotted via Dirson, apparently Google hires college students to order pizzas for their "computer science…
“I’m Going To F*king Kill Google” – Alleged Ballmer Temper Tantrum
The Microsoft-Google fight over Dr. Kai-Fu Lee takes another bizarre turn as allegations are levied in court documents that Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer had…
Google About To Increase Index Size?
I’m still working on my revisit to the entire Yahoo-Google size debate, but we may be about to see the long-expected response of Google…
Daily SearchCast, Sept. 2, 2005: Katrina Resources, Google On Link Selling, Microsoft Into Pay Per Call?, New Technorati Blog Directory, Teaching Students To Be Search Savvy & More
Today’s search podcast covers Hurricane Katrina resource and a call by the Red Cross for banner space, is Microsoft getting into pay-per-call, Google on…
Technorati Launches Technorati Blog Finder
Technorati has just launched the Technorati Blog Finder, a beta service, that is supposed to help users find blogs by subject. How does it…
Google Launches Google Local In China
I’ve been meaning to mention long-time search marketer Shakil Khan’s new blog on life in China, Chinawhite, where he’s going to be touching on…
More Hurricane Katrina Resources & Banner Space Appeal
Below, a rundown on how Craigslist is being used to help people search for temporary housing, aid and missing loved ones, a way to…
Think’s Purchase Of Proceed Interactive Officially Off
Proceed Acquisition Won’t Proceed at ClickZ covers how a planned acquisition of search marketer Proceed Interactive by Think Partnership — parent company of WebSourced…
On Search, Students, and Libraries
As a librarian I was happy to read Jim Hedger’s post, Hey Yahoo, Google and MSN – School Kids Use Search Engines Too: where…
Yahoo War — Pit Two Terms Against Each Other To See Who Wins By Count
We’ve written many, many times before that search result counts can mean little in terms of actual popularity. With that caveat in mind, have…
Search Forums Roundup: Sep. 2, 2005
Today’s SearchDay, Search Engine Forums Spotlight, features our weekly links to this week’s hot topics from search engine forums across the web: French To…
Google’s Matt Cutts On Link Selling: Sites Might Not Pass Reputation; Buyers Might Get Targeted More
Google spam fighter Matt Cutts says selling links might not get a site banned, but it might prevent it from passing along reputation. Meanwhile,…