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Escaping MSN Search’s Country Redirection
Annoyingly, the launch of the new MSN search engine came along with a helpful “feature” forcing me to MSN UK, because I’m based in…
Yahoo Japan Launches Blogging Service
Yahoo Japan has launched a free blogging service according to the News.com article: Yahoo Japan launches blog beta. Yahoo Japan Blogs users can post…
New Google Referral Program Pays $20 Per Lead
Spotted via one of our forum threads, a new Google Referral Program that pays $20 for each advertiser or publisher that Google gains through…
Meet the Local Search Engines
Local search has been hot over the past year, with the major search engines jostling for eyeballs, offering new features for both searchers and…
Keeping Them On The Google Farm When The Millions Have Gone
Google’s got a tough problem. Now that hundreds of its employees are struck new found wealth, keeping them around is going to be a…
Your Press Release Point Was???
The point of a press release is to let the world — and in particular the media — know something new that your company…
MSN Search Marketing Plan Prepares for Takeoff
Pamela Parker at Clickz gives offers an overview of the marketing/ad campaign MSN will utilize for the new MSN Search. The article says this…
Another Web Search IPO in the Works
The Reuters article: China search engine eyes IPO informs us that Chinese search provider Baidu.com has plans for a U.S. IPO sometime this year…
Register with Google
Another new service from Google. Could more “business” services be on the horizon? Word from several sources that Big G is now an ICANN-accredited…
MSN Search Switches Engines
Two years after saying it would create its own search engine from scratch, MSN Search has officially released its new technology on its main…
Many MSN Direct Answers Now Online
When MSN rereleased their search beta last November, they joined several other general purpose web engines offering direct answers on search results pages. At…
MSN Search Officially Switches To Its Own Technology
Nearly two years after announcing it would develop its own search technology, MSN Search began feeding the general public results found through its own…
Audio: Interview with Blinkx Co-Founder and CTO
Network World Fusion has posted a 5 minute interview (streaming audio or MP3 download) with Blinkx co-founder and CTO, Suranga Chandratillake. Most of the…
Google’s Top Brass Talk Search
In the past few week’s, a couple members of Google’s leadership have been sharing their thoughts and views in public forums. First, Google’s VP…
NYT On Yahoo’s US Gains & Google’s Endless Betas
We’ve had nearly a year of full-blown search wars, but the New York Times notes in Search Sites Play a Game of Constant Catch-Up…
Yahoo Local & Product Placement On The Apprentice
How A Product Placement Strategy Works from AdAge looks in depth on how Yahoo is promoting its Yahoo Local service through The Apprentice television…
Loquine Glupe SEO Contest Begins
In the spirit of the nigritude ultramarine and seraphim proudleduck SEO contests, the latest one is for being tops on Google by March 1…
Tsunami Ads For Gift Cards? Google, Where’s the Review?
Danny’s item about Google Adwords, reminded me to post something I’m noticing more and more, ads that have little to do with what the…
Scoble On Anti-NoFollow & Blogs As Not Search Kryptonite
Robert Scoble takes a stab at what he calls a “anti-nofollow religion” that has sprung up in The “no nofollow” religion. To be fair,…
Google Employee Advertises Blog On Google?
Dirson has a screen shot of Google employee Mark Jen apparently advertising his blog on Google: Mark Jen Shows AdWords In Some Searches. Jen’s…