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Issues With A9’s Yellow Pages
The USA Today’s Jefferson Graham writes about a few problems he’s noticed with a9’s just released yellow pages plus + images database. You can…
Microsoft: No Plans to Integrate Desktop Search into OS
During a panel about search at the Harvard Business School Cyberposium, Mark Kroese, general manager of information services and merchant platform product marketing for…
Search Forums Roundup: Jan. 31, 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: Google to…
The OC Arrested By Ask Jeeves, Too
Earlier, I posted how A9 got a mention on The OC. Ask Jeeves got an OC-related plug on TV this week, as well. OK,…
Yahoo Plans to License Financial Data
It looks like Yahoo plans to open up a new revenue stream by licensing stock quotes and other financial data. ZDNet’s story: Yahoo to…
More Gbrowser Talk
If you want some more discussion of a possible Google web broswer, Eric Hellweg’s new Technology Review article, Project Googlefox, offers some analysis of…
Revamped Yahoo! Malaysia Launches
According to the article: Yahoo! Launches All-New Yahoo! Malaysia Site, the revamped site was officially launched today. You can find Yahoo! Malaysia at https://www.yahoo.com.my.…
Don’t Waste Time On Web’s Biggest
A new search engine “Web’s Biggest” has come out claiming they are bigger than the other major search engines. Wow, rush on over! Don’t…
A Directory of Over 12,500 Search Tools
I don’t think I’ve mentioned Michael Wong’s directory of search tools since I started blogging here. “Search Engines 2” offers direct links to more…
Google Ousted from Top Spot in Global Brand Rankings
A Reuters article: Apple Edges Google as Top Brand, reports that Apple is now the “most influential global brand” in a survey just released…
Changes Made to Google’s Advanced Search Help Page
It looks like Google has reworked their Advanced Search help page. More info on what you can do with the advanced search interface (in…
Cool Tools: Jux2 and NeedleSearch in the News
I’m happy to see that that two cool tools that we’ve mentioned several times on the blog are discussed in a new Forbes article:…
Questioning Google’s Counts
Search engine counts are never something you should depend on, a topic we’ve discussed many times before. Still, if you’re going to get a…
Q&A With Head Of Yahoo Media Group
Gary wrote earlier about Yahoo forming a new Yahoo Media Group. Spotted via Gary Stein, here a Hollywood Reporter article TV vet Braun reveals…
Video Search Means New Marketing Opportunities?
Rebecca Lieb speculates on what search engines going into video search may mean in terms of marketing opportunities in Moving Targets at ClickZ.
Search Engines Going Mobile
Spotted via Search Engine Lowdown, Search Engines Go Mobile recaps how search engines are reaching out into our cell and mobile phones, focusing mainly…
Impressive Quarter for InfoSpace
Infospace had an impressive Q4 with their profits almost doubling. Accoding to recent company filings. Here are some highlights: Infospace fourth-quarter net income was…
Become.com Shopping Search To Launch
The founders of mySimon and Wisenut have come together to create new shopping search site Become.com. It’s a closed beta right now, but Gary’s…
I A9’d Him? A9 Hits The OC
We’ve only just gotten the second season of The OC over here in the UK, so I haven’t seen the episode just shown in…
Google & Yahoo Employee Blogs
After all the furor over a Google employee’s blog earlier this week, I started categories called “Employee Blogs” for Google, Yahoo and MSN in…