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Gigablast Now Offering Government Info Search Tool
I mentioned last week that Gigablast had just released beta versions of two specialty search sites. Well, that appears to have just been the…
Ask Jeeves UK Begins Offering “Local Search” Services
Over the weekend I noticed that Ask Jeeves UK is beginning to roll out some local search services. You’ll now find clickable links on…
Google SMS Adds Stock Quotes
It looks like Google has added another feature to their SMS search tool. You can now use Google SMS to find stock quotes. Yahoo’s…
New Click Fraud Calculator
How much click fraud is there? When I’m asked, my answer is honest. Who knows? We’ve had a few stats and estimates, but depending…
Belated Happy Birthday, Marissa
Gray Hat News tips us and others to the fact that Google’s Marissa Mayer — who we often quote on all matters Google —…
A Growing Compilation of “Hacks” for Google Earth
Earlier today, Danny posted about Google Maps Mania, a site that compiles various mapping projects. On a related note, GoogleEarthHacks.com is a new site…
Blending Local Search with Social Networks
A major trend in search, especially in the local search arena, is to include user-created content in addition to “official” listings for businesses and…
Measuring Brand Value Of Search Ads
Trying to tell if your search ads have branding value? Paid Search Ads and Site-Side Brand Metrics from Kevin Lee at ClickZ offers some…
Google Maps Mania For Centralized Look At Google Maps Projects
Spotted via Tara, Google Maps Mania is a much needed resource covering those making use of Google Maps in various ways. See the right-hand…
Local Search, From Locals
Online yellow pages are great for finding nearby businesses, but nothing beats a recommendation from a local in making a decision to patronize a…
Search SEW With YubNub Command & YubNub Mobile
Danny blogged a great overview of YubNub, a service that “gives you a command line interface for search” a couple of weeks ago. Two…
Google SMS Graduates from Google Labs But Remains in Beta; Web Demos Now Available
Those of you who watch Google closely might be interested to learn that sometime yesterday (about 24 hours or so after Yahoo released (beta)…
Google Wins Domain Name Dispute
This news release points out that Google has emerged victorious in a domain name dispute. “Google Inc., filed a complaint with the National Arbitration…
Yahoo’s Blog & RSS Search Engine Outed
Yahoo said a blog and RSS search engine was something it was considering. Steve Rubel has come across what looks to be the test…
Search Forums Roundup: July 8, 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: Reporting Click…
Gigablast Releases Travel and Blog Search Verticals
I just noticed that Matt Wells over at Gigablast has released Gigablast Blogs and Gigablast Travel. These new specialty engines (verticals, if you like)…
Ask Jeeves: Barry Diller Ponders Leaving Google Ad Network
The AP article: Barry Diller turns to Ask Jeeves for answers, takes a look at how Jeeves might fit into Diller’s IAC/InterActiveCorp an organization…
Gmail Interface Now Available in Four More Languages
A post on the Google site page points out that versions of the Gmail interface are now available in Danish, Finnish, Swedish and Polish.…
Google Joins Jeeves and Yahoo in Providing Currency Conversions
Via Google Blogoscoped, word that Google has joined Ask Jeeves and Yahoo in offering online currency conversion rates posted directly onto web results page.…
China News For Google, Baidu & Yahoo
Lots of news in terms of China and search, ranging from Google perhaps eyeing Baidu, Baidu saying it’s happy staying independent and Yahoo China…