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Ask Jeeves Launches Desktop Search
Ask Jeeves has launched a beta desktop search application, capping off a very busy year in the desktop search space.
Yahoo Launches Video Search Prototype, New Media RSS Format
Yahoo! has just unveiled a video search beta available via a link on its Yahoo! Next site. The company is also introducing a new…
Ask Jeeves Desktop Search Now Available
We knew it was coming and here it is: Ask Jeeves Desktop Search. I haven’t had a chance to download the app and let…
Coursey: Is Google Forgetting Its Task?
David Coursey isn’t happy with the results he’s been getting at Google and would like the company to spend less time adding more content…
Most Cited Blogs and News Items of 2004
Intelliseek’s weblog intelligence and search service, BlogPulse, has just published their list of the most cited items, weblogs, news sources, and personalities of 2004.…
Referrals to Shopping Sites and Popular Search Terms
Two articles out today highlighting new numbers from Hitwise First, AuctionBytes reports about new Hitwise stats about search engine referrals to shopping and classified…
Google Victorious in Trademark Lawsuit with Geico
Google has won the trademark lawsuit with Geico. From AP: “There is no evidence that that activity alone causes confusion, ” Brinkema said, in…
Reports from SES: Day Two
Barry Schwartz (aka Rustybrick) continues offering highlights from various of SES sessions. Kudos Barry, keep up the good work. Here are links to Tuesday’s…
Baidu Beginning Work on a Film Search Engine
A report from ChinaTechNews says that Chinese search engine Baidu is recruiting technical staff, “to research and develop a new search tool for indexing…
Most Popular Search Terms 2004: Lycos
Another year-end list of popular search terms is out. Today, Lycos shares its 2004 “Web Most Wanted” list.
Trends in Search Engine Marketing
We know that Google and Overture are making bucket-loads of money from selling paid listings, but how much money is being spent on other…
State of the Search Marketing Industry 2004
Jupiter Research and SEMPO (the Search Engine Marketing Professional Organization) have released results of separate surveys providing one of the most detailed looks yet…
Gartner Tells Businesses To Stay Away from Google Desktop Search
In Google desktop search not enterprise-ready from News.com, you’ll read about Gartner telling businesses to avoid GDS in a corporate setting. “We have no…
More on Google vs. Microsoft
Almost immediately after finishing my post below about the new Technology Review article that focus on Google vs. Microsoft, I came across David Coursey’s…
Google Gets Another Magazine Cover
The new issue of Technology Review is out and guess who’s on the cover? Yes, it’s Google. Two covers in less than a month.…
Sullivan Speaks at SES
In: Search Industry Gains Clout, Susan Kuchinskas reports on Danny’s keynote address at SES. One big change in 2004 was the drop in paid…
E-Books Update
In the SearchDay article about Google working with libraries, I mentioned Project Gutenberg. This service has been offering eBooks since 1971. Its founder, Michael…
Say Hello to the Local Search Guide
Media Post reports on the launch of the Local Search Guide at SES in Chicago. The new online local advertising resource will include information…
Google Announces Plan to Digitize Millions of Books
This morning Google is announcing a new program to digitize millions of library books (full text) from five large research libraries (Stanford, University of…
Reports from SES: Day One
Barry Schwartz (aka Rustybrick) is doing an outstanding job posting reports from various SES sessions in the SEW Forums. Here are links to his…