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Where O Where Have My Results Gone, Google?
When searching on Google, it’s not uncommon that if you drill into the listings, Google will come back with the response "In order to…
Looking Back at Google-Geico
A recap and look ahead on the Google-Geico case, this time from MediaPost: Legal Threats Still Loom For Google. Geico pledges to fight on;…
Defining Click Fraud
Sure, concerns are rising about clickfraud — but do we even know how to define what a fraudulent click is? ClickZ gets Google and…
Yahoo!, SBC, and Others Partner to Create Home Entertainment Box
Convergence 2005! About six weeks ago I posted that Yahoo and SBC were planned to extend the types of services available via their partnership.…
Using a Video Camera to Help Organize and Search Your Documents
Here’s an item to place in your future search and retrieve technology file. A report from Technology Research News: Video Organizes Paper Documents, discusses…
Avoiding Road Rage with Yahoo Maps
During the holiday craziness last month, Gary noted that Yahoo quietly rolled out a new feature for Yahoo Maps: Real-time traffic information for 70…
Can Ask Jeeves Move Into The Majors?
Our Ask Jeeves forums moderator Barry Schwartz feels Ask Jeeves has great potential but wondered what it would take to turn that into widespread…
Yahoo Offers Real-Time Traffic Reports
Largely overlooked during the holiday craziness last month, Yahoo introduced real-time traffic information for 70 major U.S. cities.
Update: Google on 60 Minutes
The Google story on 60 Minutes just aired and a summary of the story is now available here. This summary was posted on the…
New Report, The State of Blogs in the U.S.
Since blogs, blogging, and RSS are popular topics of discussion for many people these days, including members of the search engine industry, the following…
Search Engine Banner Advertising
Compilation of articles about how search engines have sold traditional advertising units such as banner ads.
Search Engine Talk
Links to mailing lists, discussion areas and other venues about search engines. Topics range from search engine secrets to improving search results.
Google Will Be Featured on 60 Minutes this Sunday
2005 will get underway with something we saw a lot of in 2004, media attention for Google. At the moment, the company is scheduled…
Traffic to Charity Sites Jumps
Hitwise reports that traffic to humanitarian websites has grown over five-fold since the tsunami disaster December 26, with the sector now representing 0.29% of…
Search Forums Roundup: Dec. 30, 2004
Today’s SearchDay, Search Engine Forums Spotlight, features our weekly links to this week’s hot topics from search engine forums across the web: The Little…
Feedster Announces Winners of Developer Contest
Scott Johnson, VP of Engineering at Feedster, has just announced the winners of the Feedster developer contest. Lots o’ interesting apps to check out…
Personalize the Look of the Exalead Home Page
Here’s a personalization option I recently noticed on the Exalead home page that allows you to customize its look with shortcut links and preview…
What’s in Your Collection of National Geographic Magazines?
Here’s a deep/invisible web database that might be of interest if you’re a collector National Geographic magazines (and other NGS publications) but don’t have…