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Official Google Toolbar For Firefox Comes This Week, But Don’t Comment!
Google is to release a version of its Google Toolbar specifically for Firefox later this week. Watch the Google Toolbar site for news of…
Keeping an Eye on Google
A new report offers fascinating, in-depth insights on how users interact with Google search results, based on studies using eye-tracking technology.
Ask Jeeves, Google, and Yahoo Offer Special 4th of July Logos
Holiday logos from Ask Jeeves, Google, and Yahoo are online today to celebrate Independence Day in the U.S.
Good News — Ian Turner Found!
Search marketer Ian Turner, missing since last Sunday, has been found. More details to be found on this Threadwatch thread, as they emerge. Postscript:…
New Web Engine From China Now Online
Word that Chinese portal provider Sina has launched a new search engine named iAsk. According to an AFX story the engine was developed internally and will…
Amazon Sued Over Copyright Infringment In Google-Powered A9 Image Search
Amazon Sued for Copyright Infringement from the Associated Press covers how Amazon is being sued by Perfect 10, an adult magazine and web site,…
Search Forums Roundup: July 1, 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: Google Sued…
Happy Canada Day; Ask Jeeves Posts Holiday Logo
To Our Canadian Readers, Happy Canada Day!!! Here’s the holiday logo posted on Ask Jeeves. I didn’t spot a holiday logo when I visited…
News of a Google “Premium Content” Program Begins Surfacing
Word of a “deep web” initiative that will make some premium content accessible on Google is beginning to leak out. According to the Beta…
Google, Yahoo, MSN, Ask Jeeves, AOL, A9 Agree To Release Everything At Once
Worried that one of their competitors might release something that hasn’t yet been released this week, major players have agreed in principle to unveil…
Earnings Season is Just a Few Weeks Away
Today is the final day of the second quarter which means that we’re just a few weeks away from another round of quarterly earnings.…
Possible Copyright Violations Found in Google Video Database
Via our colleagues at Inside Google and Google Blogoscoped, we learn of several examples of copyright material apparently being distributed without permission via Google…
The Illustrated Google Master Plan
I’ve had a laugh when I’ve seen the marker board "master plan" in one of the lobbies at Google with its copious notes of…
Have You Seen Ian Turner?
NOTE: Ian has now been found safe. More details as they emerge here. Search marketer Ian Turner, pictured above, has been missing since Sunday…
AOL Begins Rolling Out New Video Search Engine
Today, AOL begins rolling out their new, improved, and free video search service (beta) and so far, pardon the pun, I like what I…
Behind the Scenes at the Major Engines
All of the major search engines, to one degree or another, provide insights into what they’re working on in their research and development labs.…
Yahoo My Web Tagging & Why (So Far) It Sucks
In my Yahoo My Web: An eBay For Knowledge article out today, I cover the promise that Yahoo My Web has for potentially improving…
The Birth of A9 Maps; Block View Imagery Added for More Cities
With the release of API’s for Google Maps and Yahoo Maps, non-developers might be start thinking that there is nothing new in the world…
Yahoo My Web: An eBay For Knowledge
Yesterday, Chris wrote about the new Yahoo My Web social search network. I expect many will be excited over the tagging component, but I…
Yahoo Maps API Released
It’s about six months until the holiday season but web developers who like to work with maps have already been given a couple of…