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Google Sues Froogles Over Its Name
Last July we posted an item to the SEW Forums about Google asking ICANN (the domain name organization) to not allow Froogles (a discount…
Copernic Will Not Be Sold to Mamma.com
Nothing like a government probe to spoil your plans. The deal that had Mamma.com acquiring Copernic is no more. According to this news release,…
Search Engine Rep Spills On Click Fraud
Pay Per Click Advertising Fraud – The Inside Story from Joe Holcomb, senior vice president of marketing at the Blowfish search engine, comments on…
A Review of Social Bookmarking Services
Those of you who are into the social bookmarking and tagging “thing”, might want to take a look at two articles in the new…
Ask Jeeves 8th Birthday & History
Happy Birthday to Me, Happy Birthday to Me on the Ask Jeeves Blog is Ask celebrating its eighth birthday last week. It features a…
Yahoo Shopping Gains RSS Feeds
Spotted via Tara at ReseachBuzz, Yahoo Shopping has gained RSS feeds. A full list is here, allowing you to monitor products in various categories.…
AOL Tweaks Search Interface; Offering Links to ITunes
I noticed a tweak to the AOL Search interface this morning. Until today, a tab labeled “Audio and Video” (cached version) linked to an…
AOL Introduces Pay-Per-Call Ads
AOL Search has quietly launched a pay-per-call advertising program, powered by Ingenio. The program is similar to pay-per-click programs offered by Google, Overture and…
Gmail Gains “Web Clips” Feed Reading Feature
Blogger founder and former Google employee Evan Williams spots a new "Web Clips" feed reading feature that has appeared in Google’s Gmail web mail…
Search Is Also Navigation, So Brands — Are You Well Represented?
It’s been long known that searchers don’t just use search engines to find things but also depend on search to navigate to sites of…
Groowe Releases Firefox Search Toolbar
A past Search Engine Watch Awards winner, the Groowe search toolbar makes it easy to search against multiple search engines from your browser and…
Google Tests Three Ads At Top Of Results
Did you see three ads at the top of Google search results, rather than the one or two that sometimes appear? If so, it…
Search Forums Roundup: Apr. 15, 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: Coke vs.…
Internet Archive Announces Increase to Size of Wayback Machine
Since we all love to toss around total database size numbers, I just noticed that in the past few hours the Internet Archive has…
AOL Doing Some Mobile Search Testing
AOL, who currently offers a bare bones mobile web portal along with a mobile version of AIM has started to beta test some new…
HighBeam Research Launches New Tool For Blogging Community
Those of you who blog might be interested in a new tool that HighBeam research released today. The HighBeam Research Blog Enhancer allows any…
Another Poke At Tags As Search Savior
I’ve been dubious before about tagging in relation to search, but Steve Rubel’s Targeting Through Tagvertising article makes me want to poke at them…
B2B & B2C Search Marketing Closer Than You Might Think
At every SES show, I hear from those involved with business-to-business marketing that they want more content on that topic. OK, I’ve got more…
Yahoo Extends Paid Search Deal With Lycos Europe
Yahoo has extended its existing partnership to provide paid listings to Lycos Europe in what’s called a "multi-year" agreement. The deal covers sponsored search…
Search Engine Algorithms & Research
As a searcher or search engine optimization specialist, do you really need to understand the algorithms and technologies that power search engines? Absolutely, said…