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eTools.ch Swiss Meta Search Engine Redesigns
eTools.ch is a meta search engine that hits major global and Swiss search engines, now out with a new look and design.
Searching The Activist Web
Need to search the activist web? Activista indexes content from activist, protest and vegetarian/vegan recipe web sites as part of its mission to expose…
The European Search Landscape
Google dominates the search scene in Europe, but that may change, and more quickly than people imagine, thanks to increased competition among the major…
Testing For Click Fraud Rates
Marketing Experiments decided to test how much click fraud Google might detect through an experiment (free registration required). Findings? An individual just clicking over…
White Hat – Gray Hat – Black Hat
White Hat Now In The Cesspool? over in our Search Engine Watch Forums has members debating whether staying within search engine guidelines can still…
The State of Search in Europe
What is the state of search in Europe and how do the major players see search developing over the coming years?
A New Web Engine From France: Mozbot
We’ve learned that last week Mozbot, a new web engine from France, launched in beta. Mozbot has a partnership with Google to provide web…
Google Video Copyright Infringement Seems To Continue
Google has removed the copyrighted material (The Matrix Revolutions and some television programs) from their video database after it was discovered last week. However,…
Unoffical Patch Lets Google Video Viewer Play Non-Google Hosted Content
A bit of news from last week, ‘DVD Jon’ edits Google video from News.com covers how a third-party patch for the Google Video Viewer…
Google & Other Search Engines: The WMDs Of Copyright Infringement
The world seems to be waking up to the fact that search engines are potentially widespread copyright infringers, though it’s Google, as usual, that…
New UK TV Programme Search Site
TV Genius is a new site for those searching for TV shows in the UK. No, it won’t show you video. It’s just a…
Yahoo Begins Promoting Their “Clean” Interface
For years I’ve heard from many people that Yahoo’s home page is “busy” and difficult to navigate and use. I’ve also gotten the feeling…
Become.com Launches Product News Search
Become.com, the shopping vertical that offers a “focused” database containing product reviews and other buying information, (see SearchDay’s positive review from April 2005) has…
Japan: Mobile Version of Yahoo Shopping Now Available and Searching With Your Cameraphone
The InfoWorld news brief: Yahoo launches cell phone shopping in Japan lets us know that the service has just gone live. Presently, the Yahoo…
Survey Looks At PR Aspect Of Search Listings
Brands suffer from negative PR on Google from NetImperative looks at a survey that examines not how companies are placed in search results but…
Search Retailers Versus Search Marketers
Are you all about getting sales from search engines? If so, Kevin Lee in Search Engine Sales vs. Search Engine Marketing at ClickZ wonders…
Eyetracking Study Reveals How Users View Google
Last spring, search marketing firms Enquiro and Did-It collaborated with Eyetools, a specialist in eye tracking technology, to study how users interacted with Google…
Cost Per Action Ads At Snap
Kevin Ryan offers a few thoughts on how cost-per-action ads work over at Snap.com. Cost per action? Yes, you decide what action you want…
Google CEO Schmidt Visits China; Interest In Baidu Buyout?
Google hovers as Baidu readies IPO from TheDeal.com covers how Google CEO Eric Schmidt has been spotted recently in China meeting with officials of…
Google Wins Click Fraud Case Against Auctions Expert
Last year, news came out that Google was suing one of its own AdSense affiliates alleging click fraud. Google Wins $75,000 In Click Fraud…