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Yahoo 360 Invites for Sale on eBay; Washington Post Calls Service “Confusing”
Even though Yahoo’s new 360 service took a lashing in a Washington Post review yesterday, several people are selling invites to the limited beta…
Google Joins Yahoo & Ask With Direct Display Of Stock Market Data In Results
Google has joined Yahoo and Ask Jeeves and is now placing a current stock chart and other info directly into search results pages. Previously,…
Decoding Cryptic Windows Processes
Chances are good that you’ve had to resort to rebooting a Windows computer from time to time. In the old days, this was easy—just…
Babelplex Translates Queries For Google
Need to search for something in a language you don’t know, say "digital cameras" in German? Babelplex lets you enter the words you want…
Kids Search Engines
A list of search engines designed for kids or families, either in focus or by filtering out possibly inappropriate sites.
What the lsass.exe? Searching for Windows Processes
Ever wonder what all of those mysteriously-named Windows 'processes' are doing, and how they got loaded on your computer in the first place? Use…
Google & Yahoo Plan Merger; Brin & Page To Depart
The rumors of a Google-Yahoo merger have leaked out, so I’m considering the embargo on that news off and will go ahead and tell…
Google Takes to the Skies and To Your Stomach
For the past three months the SEW editors have been working on a story about several new services that Google has in the works.…
American Blind Vs. Google Trademark Case To Go Forward
Google Takes Hit in U.S. Trademark Case from InternetNews.com notes that American Blind’s case against Google over trademark infringement relating to paid ads is…
New Google Patent May Give Sandbox & Inner Workings Info
A newly filed Google patent — Information retrieval based on historical data — has search boards buzzing on whether it’s providing new insight as…
Search Forums Roundup: Apr. 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: Discuss the…
Local Search: Asking For & Maybe Gaming Reviews
You know local search is maturing when local merchants are ensuring that clients give them positive online reviews. As Local Search Grows, So Does…
Yahoo Search Issues Index Weather Report
I couldn’t be happier. Yahoo picks up the suggestion that many search marketers have wanted (and also see this), an official "weather report" letting…
MSN Search Spoof For Tricking Your Friends
Spotted via Google Blogoscoped, MSN Search Spoof (yep, it’s real) is a seriously cool tool that lets you create fake search results to trick…
Yahoo Slacker Aims For The Student Searcher
Yahoo is embarking on a new product designed to attract students to its service, Yahoo Slacker. Announcing Yahoo! Slacker on the Yahoo Search Blog…
Ask Jeeves Unveils Jeeves900 Search Robot
We’ve long written about everything there is to know about search, including the concept of humanoid search robots that could help you find things…
Breaking Search News for April 1, 2005
It’s turning out to be a pretty busy day for search news, so we’re going to keep an easy recap of special stories you…
Google Rolls Out Branded Google Gulp Drinks
Not satisfied with just offering a new line of Google underwear, Google has also announced today Google Gulp, smart drinks designed to "Quench Your…
No Foolin, Gmail Remains in Beta But Increases Amount of Storage Space
Lots of us were wondering if Gmail would leave beta today, it’s first anniversary. The answer, according to this News.com article, is no. Gmail…
New From Google Labs: Google Ride Finder
New from Google Labs is Google Ride Finder (GRF). This service uses GPS data to pinpoint and map (using Google Maps) the location of…