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Searches Up, Dude! Ask.com Sponsors Surf Contest
Search and surfing will converge in Half Moon Bay, California in early 2007, when the Mavericks Surf Contest takes place. Known to surf pros…
Yahoo! Helps Children’s Charity Search Engine For Christmas
DonorsChoose.org and DonorsChooseGift.org got a visit from a purple-clad Santa this week. In place of the gifts they usually give to their high-end customers,…
Kevin Rose Launches New Look For Digg Homepage
Digg just had a remodel. As Kevin Rose describes in his blog today, the site no longer uses fixed widths, while prominent spots have…
Google Officially Says “No” to Reciprocal Linking?
Barry again had the scoop on a hot story over the weekend which has spawned a discussion in the WebmasterWorld Forums. On Friday, there…
Google AdSense Outlaws Pics By Ads
The Google AdSense team sent out a letter today detailling their new position on using images to draw attention to the ads on a…
2006 Top Searches
Following Yahoo’s release on December 4 of its top searches for 2006, last week AOL, Lycos and MSN Live released their top searches for…
Google Buys Swiss Mapping Company
Adding to the Google Maps and Earth, Endoxon was acquired by Google today. The Swiss-based mapping company offers Google a base of operations in…
Keyword Research Best Practices
Barry pointed out a great response to thread at Search Engine Watch forums by Paid Search Guru Ian McAnerin. A member had asked Forum…
NHN Corp Has Expansion Plans Starting With Japanese Search
NHN Corp, whose sites include Naver the leading Korean search engine, announced expansion plans starting with the Japanese market, according to an Associated Press…
Highlights from the SEW Blog: Dec. 18, 2006
Featured posts from the Search Engine Watch blog, as well as our customary headlines from around the web.
Craigslist: Not Your Average Business Model
Seems most financial analysts have a hard time understanding Craigslist’s business model. The concept of free just does not sit well with them, according…
SEOmoz Does Cartoon of SES Chicago
The creative team over at SEOmoz have published a great comic recap of Chicago SES. Capturing with cartoon irreverence many of the better known…
Jaxtr Providing Phone Links To Social Networks
Jaxtr launched a phone application that connects people at social networks and blogs without needing to download a desktop application. Basically you put in…
Yahoo!’s Overture Korea Renews With Top Korean Engine Naver
Yahoo! announced it has resigned their agreement to provde Naver, Korea’s leading search portal, with their sponsored search listings. Overture Korea and Naver have…
Google Apps Gets a “D”
For Domain Registration, that is. Google announced today that Google Apps for Your Domain now offers domain name registration services via eNom and GoDaddy.com,…
Search Forums Roundup: Dec. 15, 2006
Today’s SearchDay, Search Engine Forums Spotlight, features our weekly links to this week’s hot topics from search engine forums across the web: Search Marketing…
Search Engine Forums Spotlight – Dec 14, 2006
Links to the week's topics from search engine forums across the web: Search Marketing Jobs Slow Down? - Making the Most Out of AdCenter…
Microsoft Using Baidu PPC Ads. Does Google Know?
Okay this seems a little too like the end game of DodgeBall…. Microsoft agrees to serve Baidu paid listings in its Chinese online properties.…
Internet users searching for a home has doubled
According to the Pew Internet & American Life Project, the number of Americans who have looked online for information about a place to live…
Wikia to Offer Free Web Hosting
Wikia, the for-profit company set up in 2004 by Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales has announced that Wikia will be launching a free application hosting…