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Yahoo and Google Rewrite the Information Industry Playbook, Divert Ad Revenues from Newspapers
Information industry consulting firm Outsell has published a new study about how Google and Yahoo have “rewritten the information industry playbook.” Outsell wrote that…
New Compilation of Research Papers by Google Engineers
A new compilation with direct links to eight research papers (the actual papers are not new) by Google engineers is now online. All of…
The Guidelines for Employees Who Blog at Yahoo
Blogging in the workplace is a hot-topic and it’s always interesting to read how various companies and organizations handle or don’t handle personal blogging…
PubSub Launches New Government Info Feed Service
PubSub has launched a new service today called PubSub Government today that allows the user to quickly track news and blog postings about the…
Kayak.com Travel Search Coming to About.com
Kayak.com, the travel metasearch/comparison engine, has announced a deal with About.com to become About’s “premier booking partner” and will provide access to their service…
A Look at Last Week’s iMedia Agency Summit
In his new “Search This” column, Kevin Ryan provides an excellent in-depth review of what was discussed at the iMedia Agency Summit in Amelia…
Broadband Helps Make Local Search a Reality
Greg Sterling from the Kelsey Group has a new article posted at Search Engine Guide that takes a look at how broadband web access…
Tiscali’s UK Portal Now Using Google Web Results
Netimperative reports that as of today the search function at the Tiscali UK portal is now using, or perhaps better said “enhanced” with Google…
Finding Bloggers in Anytown, USA
Last week, Gary blogged about Blogdigger’s new local search feature. Rather than helping you find local businesses or services, Blogdigger local uses some interesting…
Searching for Bloggers Near You
Want to meet local bloggers in your area? A new service from Blogdigger pinpoints bloggers by their physical location in the United States, with…
May 2005 Search News Recap Posted
The latest edition of my monthly Search Engine Report newsletter is now online, recapping tops stories in search from the past month. You can…
Shmoogle: Randomizing Google Results To Show Good Stuff Beyond Top 10
Thanks to Philipp over at Google Blogoscoped for pointing out a new site called Shmoogle. This new service takes Google results and shows them…
Google Announces “Summer of Code” Initiative for Software Developers
Are you a student who likes to write computer code? Then Google might have a way for you to make some cash. Just posted…
“Hear” Selected RSS Feeds
Don’t feel like reading RSS feeds but would rather listen to them? I just noticed that C.E.C. Systems, the company that provides Speegle, is…
Topix.net CEO Speaks; FeedMesh Unified Blog Ping/Update Service Oveview
A couple of RSS-related items that crossed my desk today. First, EditorsWeblog.com reports on recent presentations at the 58th annual World Newspaper Conference and…
New Technical Report from Stanford Discusses Link Spam
The Stanford InfoLab has just posted a new 22 page technical report titled, “Link Spam Alliances.” It might be of interest to some of…
Yahoo Feed Search & Web Search Feeds Update
Last September, my Yahoo, How About A Feed Search Tab? article wished for Yahoo to make it easier for people to find its feed…
What Happened to Google’s Personalized Web Search Demo?
When we posted an overview of Yahoo’s new Mindset search tool last Friday I pointed out that access to Google’s Personalized Web Search was…
Submitting To Yahoo’s Feed Search
Yahoo recently released a Publisher’s Guide To RSS that formalizes some submission tips and procedures for feed owners. In Submitting RSS Feeds To Yahoo…
Become.com Gets More Funding
More dollars continue to fund search verticals. The San Jose Mercury News article: $7.2 million in start-up’s 2nd round, reports that shopping search vertical…