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Off To New York To See Yahoo Shopping’s Giant Snow Globe
I’m heading to New York on Wednesday to finally see the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in person. Those in the US know what a…
Search Engine Disclosure: Better, but Still Wanting
How forthcoming are search engines in disclosing their paid placement and paid inclusion policies? They're better than they were a couple of years ago,…
A Conversation with Google’s Georges Harik
Georges Harik, Director of Googlettes (new products) at Google, chats with the Web Talk Radio Guys about Gmail. You can read an edited transcript…
My Yahoo Upgrade Leaves Beta
Matt Hicks at eWeek reports that the My Yahoo beta that’s been around for about two months has gone live. Since launching the beta,…
Google Names Head of European Operations
The Industry Standard reports that Nikesh Arora, former chief marketing officer and member of the management board at T-Mobile, has been named the head…
Google Deskbar API Now Available
If you have some coding skills (C# or Visual Basic.NET for example), Google has released the Google Deskbar API. Google Blogoscope mentions a few…
No Thanks Google, Hello Yahoo, Says Consultant
Earlier this month, Russell Beattie sent a public no thank you note to Google over a job interview. Now he’s signing on as a…
New Search Resources for Engineers
Despite its somewhat ominous name, EEVL is an exceptional guide to engineering, mathematics and computing resources on the web. Now EEVL has added a…
iProspect Claims Google Advertising Professionals Certification — But What About Waiting Period?
iProspect has announced that its entire pay-per-click team has now been certified as Google Advertising Professionals, under a new program that Google launched last…
Tips On Link Building in Link Building 101
Search Engine Watch Forums moderator Nacho Hernandez has pulled together useful resources from articles, books, forum threads and blogs all over the web on…
Google Sues AdSense Affiliate Over Clickfraud
Google has apparently filed suit against one of its AdSense affiliates, alleging clickfraud. More from xBiz (note, this is an industry site for porn/adult…
Vivisimo On Personalization
Raul Valdes-Perez, the CEO of Vivisimo (the company that brings us Clusty) has written a column for News.com about how the “best” search personalization…
Tips On Getting Back Into Google
Pandia has a nice three part article on getting back into Google’s good graces, if you’ve run into trouble: Help, my site has been…
An Exceptionally “EEVL” Search Resource
One of the most respected engineering gateways on the web has just released four new databases providing free access to hundreds of online scientific…
Sergey, Larry, and Eric Announce Plans to Sell Some Stock
Michael Liedtke at the AP reports that Sergey Brin, Larry Page and Eric Schmidt plan to sell some shares of GOOG. The co-founders of…
Adult Magazine and Web Site Files Law Suit Against Google
Red Herring reports that Perfect 10, an adult magazine and Web Site has filed a lawsuit in a Los Angeles Court against Google. The…
Findory Begins Personalizing Web Search Results
Since launching in early 2004, Findory has focused on “personalizing” news and blog content. However, as of this week, Findory is beginning to “personalize”…
SEMPO Seeks Board Of Directors Nominations
SEMPO is now accepting nominations to fill thirteen board of director seats. Nominations are open through December 3. Members are to be elected in…
PremierGuide Profile
The Silicon Valley Business Journal offers a profile of local search player PremierGuide in the article: Alchemy: Local ads good as gold. PremierGuide fulfills…
Welcome to the Babelplex
Here’s a new tool called Babelplex that leverages the mechanical translation technology from Yahoo (Babelfish) and Google. Babelplex allows the searcher to build a…