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The Google IPO: One Year Later; Details of Correspondence Between Google and SEC Revealed
As we approach the first anniversary of the Google IPO later this week (Friday, to be precise), expect to find LOTS of stories that…
Another 44 Million Pages Added to Gigablast Index
Gigablast has posted a new total size count. The new total listed on the Gigablast home page is at 2,068,530,608 pages indexed. That’s up…
Google Gives Publishers Opt-Out From Library Scanning Project; One Group Still Not Happy
Details on the Google Blog. The biggest change is that Google will allow publishers who are members of the Google Print program to explicity…
Search Forums Roundup: Aug. 12, 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: Search Engine…
More on the Total Database Size Battle and Googlewhacking With Yahoo
The total web database size claims that Yahoo released this week continue to have people talking. It’s so not a big deal, at least…
Far Out! Virtual Neptune From Ask Jeeves Goes Live (-;
Technical issues at the Ask Jeeves SES party on Monday made the debut of their new Virtual Neptune (VN) service an impossibility. However, this…
Yahoo Invests $1 Billion in Chinese E-Commerce Site
Yahoo has confirmed that they’re investing $1 Billion in China’s, Ailbaba, an online e-commerce company. The investment will give Yahoo a 40% stake in…
Answers.com and Opera Announce Partnership
According to a News.com story and this news release, access to the Answers.com database will be built into the Opera web browser toolbar. The…
A Conversation With the Co-Founders of Smarter.com
I recently blogged that comparison shopping engine, Smarter.com, will soon be moving into China’s search marketplace. Today, Brian Smith from ComparisonEngines.com, has posted an…
Hitwise Reports that Google Continues to “Dominate” General Web Search While Yahoo Number One in Local Search
Tekrati does a nice job summarizing a recent Hitwise Market Snapshot that shows Google still “dominates” consumer web search but Yahoo is the leader…
Battelle: Google Will Not Acquire Meetro
John says that the Google will not be acquiring the social networking/location-based software provider meetro. Stories and rumors about a possible acquisition have been…
Highlights from the SEW Blog: Aug 11, 2005
Featured posts from the Search Engine Watch blog, as well as our customary search headlines from around the web.
New Yahoo Site Explorer To Provide Linkage Data, Bulk Submit
During the Search Engine Q&A on Links session here at SES today, Tim Mayer from Yahoo said his company is launching (not live yet)…
More Session Summaries from Search Engine Strategies
Day three of Search Engine Strategies has just ended and Rustybrick, Phoenix and others continue to do a great job posting detailed session summaries…
Google’s Matt Cutts Launches Blog
Google software engineer Matt Cutts is well known to our readers, attendees of our SES shows to those who read up on search issues…
More Vertical Search News
InternetNews.com and Media Post have word of new vertical search products from LookSmart and KnowledgeStorm. You’ll also read about GlobalSpec (a vertical for engineering…
Yahoo Launches Pay-Per-Call in the UK and Ireland
Yahoo launches pay-per-call service Source: Netimperative The service is already available in Yahoo Cars and will be introduced into Yahoos other e-commerce properties, Shopping…
Puzzled by Yahoo’s Konfabulator Purchase? Don’t Be
Amid the flurry of other recent announcements, Yahoo’s recent purchase of Konfabulator maker Pixoria hasn’t drawn much attention, but I think it’s a brilliant…
Google Improves Wildcard Matching
Word on the Google Blog that they’ve improved the underlying algorithm used with their wildcard (*) search operator. This includes allowing softer pattern matching,…
Why Yahoo Bought Konfabulator
Yahoo's recent purchase of Pixoria, developer of the quirky but seriously cool Konfabulator platform, has many pundits scratching their heads—what on earth would a…