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Feedster Launches Top 500 Blog List
Sure to fuel upset among those not listed and joy for those who are, Feedster has launched a new Feedster Top 500 list of…
A9 Officially Launches Maps Service; Block View Imagery Added for More Cities
If you’ve come across the story today about A9 launching a map service and it sounds familiar, it just might be. About 6 weeks…
Miva (aka FindWhat) & Yahoo Setting Paid Listing Patent Dispute
Miva settles patent case with Yahoo for $8 million from the Associated Press covers how Miva — the former FindWhat — has settled a…
MSN Begins Rolling Out “Add-Ins” for Search Toolbar
Chris Butler, program manager at MSN, has posted a note on MSN Search’s WebLog that the MSN Search Toolbar team has just released their…
Nielsen//NetRatings: 11% of Blog Readers use RSS
The results of a new study out today from Nielsen/NetRatings (PDF) shows that 11% of blog readers use RSS to access headlines and read…
Yahoo Will Launch VoIP Service & Google Planning GoogleNet With Free Wi-Fi?
Internet analyst Safa Rashtch from Piper Jaffray said in a note today that Yahoo will launch a VoIP service in the next two weeks.…
SES Chicago 2005 Agenda & Speaker Development
As chair SES Chicago 2005, I’m in charge of preparing the agenda and selecting speakers for sessions. Interested in speaking? Here’s everything you need…
Universities, Search and IR Research
Stefanie Olsen does a great job offering a look at several search and info retrieveal research projects underway at various universities in the US.…
Google’s Q2 Financial Report Hits EDGAR Database
Number crunchers might be interested to learn that Google’s Q2 2005 official quarterly report (53 pages) hit the SEC EDGAR database today. The report…
Searching for Movie Reviews with the Movie Review Query Engine
Philipp’s post today about searching for movie reviews with Google reminded me to post about a wonderful specialized (OK, vertical) movie review database that…
UK TV Listings Engine Releases List of Popular Search Queries
Danny recently blogged an overview of TV Genius, a new tv programme search site for the UK. Recently, the company released a list of…
Yahoo Expands Ambassador Program and Adds Services for Certified Affiliates
The Media Post story: Yahoo Beefs Up Training For Search Marketers, has details about the folks in Sunnyvale expanding access to its Ambassador Program.…
Preparing Feeds for Inclusion in Become.com Database
Part 2 of Shari Thurow’s interview with Jonathan Glick from shopping research and comparison engine, Become.com, is now online. This time around the interview…
U.S. District Court Judge Issues Written Decision in Geico v. Google AdWords Case
Out-Law.com reports that the judge in the Geico v. Google case recently released a written version of her ruling in a case that made…
Ask Jeeves Sponsored Listings Program Formally Opens
The Ask Jeeves Sponsored Listings program that Danny wrote about earlier this month has now formally opened to any advertiser, rather than just existing…
Murdoch Wants Blinkx
According to a story in the LA Times, News Corp is in talks to acquire multimedia (video and audio) search engine Blinkx. Stories about…
Screw Size! I Dare Google & Yahoo To Report On Relevancy
Ah, summer. Time to play on the beach, head out on vacation and if you’re a search engine, announce to the world that you’ve…
Early Release of Findory’s Personalized RSS Reader Now Online
One of the highlights of SES for me was being able to spend some face-to-face time with Findory’s CEO, Greg Linden. Greg and I…
Microsoft Adds Local Search and MSN Spaces to MSN Mobile
MSN is joining many other players (the big names as well as many smaller companies) by adding local search* (listings from Yellow and White…
What Should Google Learn From Netscape?
Industry experts tell Elizabeth Montalbano from the IDG News Service that Google should never underestimate the power of Microsoft. Never take Microsoft for granted,”…