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New Google Talk Offers Instant Messaging & Voice Chat
As widely expected, Google waded into the instant messaging space today with the debut of Google Talk, an IM client that also offers the…
Daily SearchCast, Aug. 23, 2005: Google Sidebar Puts Photos, Feeds & More On Your Desktop, Google IM Coming?, Search Popularity Stats And More
Today’s search podcast covers the new Google Desktop Search with Google Sidebar feature to show web feeds, photos, headlines and other things, an expected…
Google Awarded Geocoding Patent
Since patents are all the rage these days I thought I would toss out the following: Google was awarded a patent today. The patent…
Yahoo and Viacom Announce Search Advertising Deal
Yahoo and media conglomerate, Viacom, announced today that Yahoo will provide paid search advertising and other services to Viacom’s web properties including CBSNews.com, BET.com…
NetRatings: Google Top Ranked In July 2005 Though Others Show Rises
I’ve posted the latest stats from NetRatings for search engine popularity for July 2005 on our Nielsen NetRatings Search Engine Ratings. As with comScore…
Share Your Search Results with Jeteye
Are you ready for some Jetpaks? Jeteye, a new shared search service, launches in beta today. The company’s founder, David Hayden, told Media Post:…
Hitwise: Google Also Tops In July 2005 & Awesome Report On US Search Landscape
Similar to the comScore data I just posted, the latest Hitwise stats show Google was the most popular search engine in the US, in…
Google Top Search Engine In July 2005; Toolbar-Based Queries Grow & Yahoo Tops There
I’ve posted the latest comScore search engine ratings for July 2005 on our comScore Media Metrix Search Engine Ratings page. As is usual, Google…
Google Rumored To Launch Instant Messaging Tomorrow
Google to Deliver Instant Messages from the Los Angeles Times has unnamed sources telling the paper that Google will launched an instant messaging service…
A Closer Look at Yahoo Audio Search
Yahoo's recently released audio search engine is an impressive tool for both searcher and music/audio junkies, but this first beta release has rough edges…
Ask Jeeves Unleashes More Smart Answers
Long before MSN, Yahoo, or Google began including answers (not just links) for specific types of ready reference questions in web results sets, Ask…
We’re Live!
The blog’s up at last! A little background on why we finally decided to blog is here. Thanks very much for taking a look.…
MSN Says We’ll Slow Down The News & Feed Crawling
Yahoo’s Jeremy Zawodny noticed that MSN Search seemed to be overactively hitting his RSS feed, prompting MSN Search to respond via its blog that…
Happy Belated Birthday to Sergey Brin
We’re a day late in extending Happy Birthday wishes to Google Co-Founder Sergey Brin! According to our sources, he turned 32 yesterday.
SimplyHired Maps Jobs via Google Mash-Up
Job search database, SimplyHired.com, has just released a feature that allows the searcher to map job opportunities with Google Maps. Details and directions, here.…
Google Desktop Search 2 Offers New Sidebar Widgets, Outlook Integration & More
Google has released a new version of its desktop search tool. Now in beta, Google Desktop Search 2 offers features such as integration with…
Google Enhances Desktop Search
Google has released a new version of its desktop search tool, offering features such as integration with Outlook, a sidebar with nifty widgets to…
Report: Google, Yahoo “Talking” To Publisher of Classified Ad Papers
Are Google and Yahoo considering hooking-up in one form or another with a large publisher of classified advertising newspapers and web sites? According to…
Miva’s Pay-Per-Call Service in the UK Goes Live in September
The Netimperative article: Miva launches pay-per-call service, reports that Miva’s (aka FindWhat) pay-per-call service will go live in the UK on September 13th but,…
Blogger Unveils New Features that Might Help Slow Blog Spam
Google’s Blogger team has unveiled two new features that could potentially help slow the amount of spam coming from Blogger/Blogspot hosted blogs. First, up…