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Highlights from the SEW Blog: Jun 15, 2005
Featured posts from the Search Engine Watch blog, as well as our customary search headlines from around the web.
Yahoo Acquires VoIP Net Phone Provider DialPad & Blo.gs Ping Service
Yahoo has acquired acquired VoIP internet telephone service provideer DialPad and the blo.gs ping and blog/feed tracking service. Om Malik and the Dow Jones…
Google Software Gets Bundled
BetaNews is reporting that Google has a deal with WinZip to bundle both of these pieces of software with downloads of the popular utility.…
Search Marketing Isn’t Just Math & Machines
Search is all about math, right? Throw everything into a black box, let the ad management systems run, and you can forget about creativity.…
BlinkxTV Inks Deal with iFilm
iFilm, the treasure chest of viral videos, music videos, short films, and more has announced a content deal with Blinkx that will make its…
WashingtonPost.com Says Goodbye to Google and Hello to Yahoo
In case you haven’t noticed, web search and keyword ads on the popular online news site, WashingtonPost.com (also my hometown paper) are now powered…
Google Already Has 3D City Maps
So is Google really working on a plan to create 3D maps of major cities, as rumored last week? Heck, it turns out the…
Google Scholar Link Showing Up For University Users
On Google Scholar noted that some going to Google from within university campuses were seeing a new Google Scholar link on the Google home…
Survey Looks At Spend On Clothing, Personal Care Products & Electronics
Shopping.com has released a new Smart Shopping Index, a quarterly survey of online shopping behavior based on a sample of 1,000 adults in the…
Google Denies Pulling Anti-Clinton Ads
Running Anti-Clinton Banners from DMNews.com has Google saying no. Ads that were initially approved continue to run. However, Google admits that some ads were…
Google Sitemaps Gains List Of Supporting Programs & Web Sites
Via Google Blogoscoped, news that Google has added a new Sitemaps Third Party Programs & Websites page that lists third party programs and web…
Google Video Said To Have User Contributed Clips Up By Summer
Google readying Web-only video search from News.com says relatively little more than what we’ve already known. Google Video, launched in January, will expand to…
Google & Yahoo Services, Side-By-Side
Spotted via Search Engine Roundtable, Google vs. Yahoo! Interface Design despite the title doesn’t really get into interface design issues. Instead, it’s an easy-to-read…
MSN Shopping Partners With PriceGrabber
We wrote in March about MSN beta testing a new shopping search engine. That public beta has since closed. When the improved service relaunches…
Search Engine Roundtable Named Best Search Blog
Barry Schwartz’s Search Engine Roundtable blog has always been one of the best places to keep track of what’s happening on various search forums…
Highlights from the SEW Blog: Jun 14, 2005
Featured posts from the Search Engine Watch blog, as well as our customary search headlines from around the web.
Yahoo News Beats Google News In Jackson Verdict
The fact that Google News uses automation to decide what to feature on its home page versus Yahoo employing human editors is often raised…
Financial Times Carried Hidden Paid Links
Spotted via SEO Book, Hidden Links on The Financial Times Website from Linking Matters spots how the Financial Times was carrying hidden paid links…
My Encounter With Search Spam On Blogger
With 100 million billion trillion new blogs springing up every day, some of them are going to be spam. And with Google operating one…
In-Depth Review of Google Scholar & Why You Should Consider HireWire Press
Some of the most well-known, comprehensive and respected reviews of reference books and databases reviews come from Dr. Pete Jacso, a library science professor…