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Take The SEO Quiz
Rand Fiskin has created the SEO Quiz. It’s fun — give it a whirl. Then check out whether you’re at the top of the…
Diller: Ask Jeeves Might Get New Name
According to this Marketwatch.com story, Barry Diller told attendees at the D3 — All Things Digital conference that he is condering a name change.…
Research Workshop On Sponsored Search
Workshop on Sponsored Search Auctions is a workshop covering research about paid listings and sponsored search, being held as part of the ACM Conference…
New Cease-And-Desist Notices Sent To Google
Gary passed along three new complaints at Chilling Effects asking Google to pull material because of defamation concerns. The first involved Relevance S.A., a…
More About Microsoft’s Virtual Earth
A couple of days ago Danny posted about Microsoft’s Virtual Earth service that is set for release sometime this summer. If you would like…
Google Desktop Search Now Available in Many Langauges
A post on the Google Blog points out that Google Desktop Search is now available in several languages. + French + Italian + German…
Search Spend Doubles, Sends Online Retailers 43 Percent Of Their Traffic
A new Forrester/Shop.org report finds that online retailers more than doubled their search ads spend from 2003 to 2004. Of 136 retailers surveyed, they…
Digimarc Desktop Image Search Beta Opens
Not happy with the image search capabilities of your existing desktop search application? A new free beta of Digimarc Image Search software might help.…
Forget Google Print Copyright Infringement; Search Engines Already Infringe
Gary blogged earlier about the Association of American University Presses having concerns that Google Print’s digital library program may be equal to widescale copyright…
Searching for a Good Flick? Ask Yahoo Movies
Amazon popularized the idea of a recommendation service, suggesting books and other products based on what you and other people have purchased. Yahoo today…
Yahoo Launches Personalized Movie Recommendations
Looking for a film recommendation based on your own personal tastes and interests? Check out Yahoo's new personalized movie recommendations, launched today.
Schmidt to Speak in Seattle
Thanks to Greg for pointing out that Google CEO, Eric Schmidt, will be speaking at the University of Washington on Thursday. His presentation is…
Google’s Own Listing Gets Hijacked
I spent yesterday sending four or five emails with a reader who couldn’t believe that search listings on Google actually could get hijacked. Yes,…
A Google Ad Exchange Service? Domains Suggest It Might Happen
The Google Exchange from MarketWatch looks at the possibility of Google offering some type of advertising exchange service. In other words, beyond putting its…
An Upstart Challenger to Web Search Giants
You don’t see many new general purpose search engines emerge these days—the major players pretty much dominate, and it takes a lot of resources…
Introducing a New Web Search Contender
These days, web search is dominated by giants, and it's rare to see the emergence of a new potentially world-class search engine. Meet Exalead,…
Could a New Algorithm Increase Profits for Search Ad Providers?
Phys.org has posted a news release from Georgia Tech University in Atlanta about a new computer algorithm, “that could further increase profits for search…
Yahoo Announces a Challenge for Webmasters, Bloggers, and Web Developers
This morning Yahoo launched the YQ Challenge to find the “most innovative” implementations of their YQ contextual search platform. Yahoo launched YQ in beta…
Some Publishers Not Happy With Google’s Library Digitization Program
When I first learned about Google’s plan to digitize the full text holdings of several large libraries one of the first things that came…
MSN Virtual Earth To Take On Google Earth
Microsoft sends news today that founder Bill Gates has announced a MSN Virtual Earth service is to debut in the summer. The service is…