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Google Opens European HQ
Google Blog and this Channel News Asia article: Google sets up shop in tech-oriented Ireland, informs us that Google has just opened it’s “European…
Search as a Platform: The Panel
Jeremy Zawodny provides an excellent “unofficial transcript” of the “Search as a Platform” panel at the Web 2.0 Conference. The panel consisted of: +…
Most Searched For Shopping Brand?
What’s the most popular search for brand in the shopping category? Amazon? Walmart? Nope, according to some just released stats from Hitwise, it’s eBay.…
The Virtual Reference Service
One more plug for libraries today. A reason you might not be able to find what you’re looking for with Google (or any other…
Couldn’t Find On Google? Tell “Can’t Find On Google”
Can’t Find On Google is a cool site to let you post what you couldn’t find when searching on Google (or rightly, another search…
More Full Text Books
Well, Google Print for books is here. Amazon’s “Search Inside the Book” has been around for a while. It’s worth mentioning that several other…
Google Print Invites Publishers To Expand Content
Google Print is moving into a new chapter with the launch of a new program to gather up content from publishers. I’ve posted a…
Google Board Member Says Browser Not Going to Happen
At the Web 2.0 Conference Google board member John Doerr said that Google is not going to enter the browser space. “Browsers are going…
Google Print Opens Widely To Publishers
Google's nearly year-old Google Print program is set for a huge expansion of content through the launch of a new program today allowing publishers…
Snap To It: New Search Engine Launches
Yesterday Stefanine Olsen reported from the Web 2.0 conference about a new project from Idealabs’s, Bill Gross. Details in this blog post. Today, Olsen…
Semel Says Yahoo Needs No Merger
Yahoo CEO Terry Semel spoke at an investment conference in New York today and this article: Yahoo chief sees no need to join media…
Legg Mason Owns Lots of GOOG
Reuters reports in: Legg Mason owns large stake in Google common stock that the Baltimore-based asset management firm owns about 13 percent (4.3 million…
More From The Microsoft Search Champs
Microsoft’s Search Champs have been hearing from Microsoft Research today about various projects, none of which is under NDA. And that’s not surprising, given…
Finding Canadians
Today, Canada411.com added a few new features to their service. They include: +A new reverse telphone number lookup + Reverse address lookup, + Partial…
Search Everything You’ve Seen
Allow me to suggest a personal search option that I would like to see one or more of the “big guys” offer in the…
Google Investor Relations Site Opens
No, don’t get excited — investor.google.com is not a new feature where you can build your custom stock portfolio at the Google stealth portal.…
Kanoodle Gets Self-Serve Contextual Ads, Too
I try to keep coverage of contextual ads to a bare minimum, because they aren’t search. But earlier, we did mention that FindWhat had…
New DoubleClick Search White Paper: Stats But Not Clarity
DoubleClick, in conjunction with its Performics subsidiary, has released a new Search Campaign Considerations white paper (link is to PDF file). Based on data…
Last Week Clusty, This Week Clush
Last week Chris and I wrote about the release of Clusty, a new consumer search product from Vivisimo. Today, we learn of a new…
Gmail Alerts via an ATOM Feed
Several stories out there today like this one: Gmail Atom Feed Coming? that discuss a new button that’s now appearing on Gmail and how…