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Ask.com Challenges You To Stop The Fat Naked Man From Dancing
Phil Bradley spotted an ad in the London Metro today, asking you to take the Ask.com Challenge and win prizes by searching. ChallengeAsk.com has…
Google: Not TV Network But TV Adjunct
Via Threadwatch, a transcript of a conversation between ABC reporter Alan Kohler and Richard Kimber, managing director of sales and operations for South East…
Google Tells Mobile Internet Providers To Stop Blocking Them
ZDNet reports that Google’s Chris Sacca, head of special initiatives at Google, spoke at Oxford University and said mobile operators are trying to block…
Yahoo China’s President Xie Wen Resigns After Six Weeks
PC Advisor reports that Xie Wen, president of Yahoo China, has resigned after only six weeks on the job. Zeng Ming, senior vice-president of…
Exalead CEO Warns Of “Google Monster” & Closed Yahoo & Microsoft
The Multilingual Search Blog covers Exalead CEO Francois Bourdoncle taking a big stick and swinging at Google in a keynote talk at SES Paris.…
Highlights from the SEW Blog: Nov. 28, 2006
Featured posts from the Search Engine Watch blog, as well as our customary headlines from around the web.
Search Headlines & Links: Nov. 27, 2006
Below, a recap of stories posted today and since last Wednesday to the Search Engine Watch Blog, along with other items we’ve spotted but…
Q&A On Google’s Belgium News Agreements
This week, news emerged about an agreement between Google and two Belgian author groups that were suing it over copyright issues. Below, a short…
Matt Cutts On Site Problems & Mistakes To Avoid
Ever wonder what is going through the head of a Matt Cutts (Googler) while he is sitting on a site reviews panel reviewing sites?…
The Complete Google Master Plan
Google Operating Systems located and posted the Full Google Master Plan 1.0. Remember about a month and a half ago, the Google Master Plan…
Search Forums Roundup: Nov. 27, 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: Hack Your…
Beginning Steps
The pages in this section offer background and primer material for those getting started with search marketing, including:
Google Settles With Some Belgian Publishers Over Belgium News Inclusion
Via Techmeme, news that Google has settled with two Belgian publishing groups involved in a lawsuit against it over content included in Google News…
Google Sending Out AdSense Holiday Gifts
It is that time of the year again. We have our first report of a Google Adsense holiday gift from WebmasterWorld. The gift appears…
Google Video France Sued For Copyright Infringement
Reuters reports Google France was sued by Flach Film, a French film producer, for copyright infringement. They claim their video, “The World According to…
Google To Go To Belgium Court Finally
The AP reports that Google is finally going to show up in court to present their side of the case in the Belgium copyright…
Google Blog Results Search Creep
Andy Boyd found Google testing blog search results at the bottom of the Google search results. He posted a screen capture here, as you…
Yahoo Image Search Bug Showed Sex Images For Innocent Search
Yesterday, on Thanksgiving, The Register reported that a search at Yahoo Images for franchise returned very offensive and disturbing images. I will not describe…
Extended Indented Google Results Bug?
Philipp Lenssen spotted listings with more than one indented results for a search on get fuzzy. The first two results were from comics.com and…
Google Book Search Catches Victorian Plagiarists
We tend to assume that plagiarism is a reasonably modern day phenomena but a fascinating article from Paul Collins “Dead Plagiarists Society” illustrates that…