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Will Gmail Officially Launch on April 1, 2005?
Arik Hesseldahl over at Forbes writes about Gmail being made available to even more people. He reports that “random users” at Google.com are being…
Google X: Icons Above Search Box For Specialty Search
Google X is a nifty new interface for hitting Google’s specialized services. Instead of the usual hyperlinks that site above the search box, allowing…
RSS Delivered via SMS: FeedBeep Opens Beta
A few weeks ago I mentioned a new service called FeedBeep that notifies users of new RSS headlines (based on keywords) via SMS (text…
More On FAST’s Mobile Search & Better Change That Name!
Gary blogged earlier a new mobile search product that FAST has rolled out. FAST Into New Mobile Search from InternetNews.com provides a few more…
The Second Rule Of AdSense Is That You Can Now Talk About Earnings
Back in 2003, Google took a lot of flak for banning its AdSense affiliates from criticizing the service and if I recall correctly, discussing…
Poking At Search Marketing Myths
Popular Search Marketing Myths Debunked from Jennifer Laycock at Search Engine Guide takes a nice look at some of the popular search marketing wisdom…
MSN Announces Paid Listings Program Is Coming
The rumors are finally given official confirmation. MSN has announced that it will launch its own self-serve paid listings program similar to those run…
MSN To Launch Its Own Paid Listings Program
MSN has announced it will enter the paid search arena with a full-blown self-service paid listing program similar to those run by Yahoo and…
A9 is Now in the Weblog Search Business
A brief addendum to Danny’s post about A9’s just announced OpenSearch service. When you review the list of databases already available you’ll see that…
OpenSearch: Add Your Own Search Engine To A9 (Or Potentially, Anywhere)
A9’s new OpenSearch program out today allows anyone with search results to create their own “button” that can be added to the A9 search…
Claria Debuts RelevancyRank: Search Ranking By Behavioral Activity
Claria, the company behind the Gator eWallet software, has released new search relevancy ratings today examining how the top search listings on Google, MSN…
Nomination Round For 5th Annual Search Engine Watch Awards Opens
If you’re a Search Engine Watch member, you can now use this form to nominate search engines that should be put forward as finalists…
Google’s Redirect Hijacking Problem Gets Slashdotted
I’ve mentioned Google’s problem with 302 redirects possibly "hijacking" someone else’s page in passing before, always meaning to do a longer article explaining the…
SEMPO Elects New Officers From Board
Last month, SEMPO elected a new board of directors. Now that board has selected from among themselves a new chairperson, president and other officers:…
Google Local Gains Tools For Businesses
Just launched, the new Google Local Business Center allows US business to find their their listings in Google Local (such as this one for…
Google AutoLink, Meet Butler, Which Enhances Google Results
Upset about Google AutoLink, the new Google Toolbar feature that adds links to web pages that it feels are appropriate? You might try a…
A Glimpse of the Soul of the Machine
Lucene is a popular, open-source search engine that’s freely available for anyone to download and use. Lucene is a basic platform, and because it’s…
How to Hack Your Own Search Engine
Got the itch to go head-to-head with Google, Yahoo and all of the other big search players on the web? A new book provides…
Claria Unveils Behaviorial-Based Search Ranking
Claria hopes its new RelevancyRank system will let it improve the results of major search engines or perhaps offer its own improved search engine…
Looking At ClickTracks Optimizer
Jennifer Laycock does a rundown on key features of the new mid-range ClickTrack Optimizer product released in January. ClickTracks Optimizer Offers Must Have Reporting…