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Learning About Search Engines From Google Engineers
Want to learn how Google works? A new archive of publications by Google employees offers deep insights into many aspects of the search engine's…
Google Alert Automatically Tracks Your Favorite Topics
Google Alert lets you automate the process of running regular queries, sending you an email whenever any new content is added to the Google…
Google Releases Orkut Social Networking Service
Google has quietly launched a social networking service called orkut, named after Orkut Buyukkokten, a Google employee who developed the project during personal time…
Eurekster Launches Personalized Social Search
Personalized search has long been promised as an important next step for increasing relevancy. Now it comes not from Google or Yahoo but instead…
The Search Engine Update – Number 165 – Jan. 21, 2004
Search Engine Watch editor Danny Sullivan recap of top search engine stories from early January 2004.
Today’s Newspapers Around the World
Want to see what today's print version of your favorite newspaper looks like online? Two services offer reproductions of dozens of newspapers from around…
2003 Search Engine Watch Awards – Nomination Form
Nomination form for the 2003 Search Engine Watch Awards.
Local Search, With A Visual Twist
Metrobot combines an excellent local search engine with a unique graphical interface that makes it easy to locate businesses in a dozen major U.S.…
Day of Reckoning in Search Engine Advertising
Overture's announcement that it plans to separate contextual advertising from regular search results has garnered kudos from the search engine marketing community. Will Google…
Google, Yahoo Add New Search Features
Both Google and Yahoo have added new features designed to make it easier to find and track certain types of information that was previously…
Who Powers Whom? Search Providers Chart: January 2004
Shows which major search providers power the web's major search engines, in chart format, for January 2004.
Search Engine Marketing Resources From SEMPO
The Search Engine Marketing Professional Organization's web site offers a wealth of resources for both search marketers and information professionals alike.
Past Search Providers & Search Results Charts
Provides access to previously published charts showing search providers and how various search results pages are powered.
Local Search: The Hybrid Future
Last year at this time there was really no such thing as 'local search.' Fast forward twelve months and local is one of the…
2003’s Most Wanted Search Terms
The most popular search terms of the past year reveal as much about the interests of searchers as they do about the perceived 'personalities'…
The Search Engine Report – Number 86
Search Engine Watch editor Danny Sullivan's recap of top search engine stories from December 2003.
Super Searchers on Madison Avenue
In the high pressure world of advertising, researchers need to be both good and fast. In the most recent addition to the Super Searcher…
Google’s (and Inktomi’s) Miserable Failure
A search for miserable failure on Google brings up the official George W. Bush biography from the US White House web site. Dismissed by…