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Yahoo Bolsters Local Business Listings
Yahoo has quietly expanded its local business listings and rolled out a service that gives businesses more control over their listings in Yahoo Local.
Convera Plans to Enter Web Search Marketplace
The Washington Post article: Agencies Find What They’re Looking For, takes a look at Convera, a popular provider of search technology to many government…
More from Yahoo’s Tim Converse
The Yahoo Search Blog has posted the second part of their interview with Tim Converse, engineering manager at Yahoo!’s Content group. Topics this time…
Getting Closer to the Searcher
BBC Online takes a look at My Ask Jeeves (just launched on Jeeves UK) and Blinkx in the article: Search sites get closer to…
The Google Software Downloads Page
The Google web site now includes a page offering one-stop access to all of Google’s downloadable software. On the Google Software Downloads you can…
Getting The Google Text Banner Position
Occasionally you’ll see that some paid listings on Google appear above search results, in a space once occupied by the old CPM-based "premium listings"…
Former US President Clinton Pitches For Search Firm
We’ve had a US presidential candidate pitch a search service before, Howard Dean on behalf of Yahoo Local recently. Now we get an actual…
Getting Beyond Managing Bids
Beyond Bid Management: Breaking Through the Search Volume Wall from Kevin Lee at ClickZ takes a look at the idea of hitting a "search…
Google Plans to Expand Image Ad Program and Other AdSense News
I just noticed a few new items on the Google AdSense site. First, Google will be expanding it’s image ad program. We’ll be accepting…
Google Gains Microsoft Employees, But Only A Handful
Just a brief mention from the Seattle Times on the increasingly popular look at Google grabbing Microsoft employees. Try Google to find alums of…
Google CFO Say Clickfraud Needs Fast Fix
Gary blogged earlier about a Financial Times article on clickfraud. Here’s a related one from CNN, inspired by Google CFO George Reyes telling an…
New Version of Copernic’s Desktop Search App Released
Copernic has released a new version (v 1.2) of its impressive desktop search app. According to this announcement, the new version includes: + Full…
JupiterResearch Rates SEM Firms, Says They Control Most Spending
A new report from JupiterResearch says that search marketing firms, rather than the search engines themselves, now control the majority of search spending in…
Financial Times on Click-Fraud
MarketingVox points us to a Financial Times article about click-fraud. “We used to have a click-through rate of 1 to 2 per cent for…
My Letter To Playboy
Dear Playboy. I never thought I’d be writing you a letter, but I was in my dorm room one day, and… Seriously, after the…
Accoona, Artificial Intelligence and Hype
Gary blogged yesterday’s launch of new search engine Accoona, and has followed up with a closer look in today’s SearchDay article, Accoona Launches, But…
eSearch For South African Queries
Looking to search for South African web sites? eSearch is a new site you might want to try, that came across my desk. It…
Google News Developer Comments on Bias
Searchblog alerts us to an interview with Google News developer Krishna Bharat. The article focuses on bias concerns some have raised about Google News…
Blingo Brings Back Prizes For Search Model
Several years ago, iWon gained an audience quickly by giving away prizes (see my iWon Wins Users article). That didn’t help retain the audience…
Yahoo Makes Acquisition
Chris Gaiter reports in the LA Times that Yahoo has acquired WUF Networks. This Redwood City company provides, to let consumers move their songs,…