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Google Expands Mobile Text Ads Beta
Google has expanded its mobile ads beta test beyond the U.S., U.K., Japan and Germany to eight more countries: France, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, China,…
PCNames Domain Search
The PCNames domain search engine does exactly what might be expected of it – it searches for domain names and returns results with details…
Ask.com, Google, & Yahoo Fight Raising SEC Fees
The Washington Post reports that the SEC wants to charge new fees for accessing and displaying real-time stock quotes. IAC (Ask.com), Google, Yahoo and…
Google To Add 500 Jobs In Dublin, Ireland
Reuters reports that Google is going to be adding 500 new jobs in the Dublin, Ireland office. This will make the Dublin office fairly…
Google Holding $200 Million In Escrow For Possible YouTube Copyright Cases
First Google was rumored to be keeping $500 million back from the YouTube sale to settle possible legal problems. Then Google CEO Eric Schmidt…
Loki And ‘Location Pull’
If you’re not aware of it, Loki is one of the more interesting developments in local search. It’s a downloadable toolbar from Skyhook Wireless,…
The Intersection of Local Search, Mobile & WiFi
“Convergence” is one of those buzzwords that’s been around forever, loosely used to describe the blending of media and technologies into one unified platform.…
Coping with Convergence: Local Search Meets Mobile and WiFi, Part 1
While many industry and internet specialists agree that a genuine convergence between technology and content for mobile has been achieved, many questions still remain…
Search Headlines & Links: Nov. 14, 2006
Below, a recap of stories posted today to the Search Engine Watch Blog, along with other items we’ve spotted but not blogged separately: From…
Video Search Beyond YouTube
Google’s recent purchase of YouTube is yet another sign that video search is one of the hottest areas on the web today. But while…
New Demographic Heatmaps From HotPads
HotPads is a map-based rental housing search site. The site has launched new heatmaps that contain interesting demographic information showing such data as age,…
Program Note: Danny & I Are In Vegas
Danny is currently on a plane to Vegas and I am already in Vegas. News here will probably be much slower than a normal…
Google Officially Buys YouTube
Yesterday, Google announced that they have officially closed the deal on YouTube, acquiring them for “3,217,560 shares, and restricted stock units, options and a…
AskTheLocal UK Shopping Search Engine
AskTheLocal is a shopping search engine with a subtle difference; rather than find websites that offer particular products it matches the search query with…
InfoSpace Launches Kid-Friendly Search Engine Zoo.com
InfoSpace has launched kid-friendly search engine Zoo.com, which provides web and news search. Intentionally there is no image search at launch. The content comes…
Video Search Made the Internet Star
The average person can find fame for themselves on the Internet with the advent of user generated video and social media. Nothing in the…
Search Headlines & Links: Nov. 13, 2006
Below, a recap of stories posted today to the Search Engine Watch Blog, along with other items we’ve spotted but not blogged separately: From…
Merge Historical Maps With Current World In Google Earth
Google Earth in 4D from Googling Google is a very nice catch about how Google Earth now allows you to view historical maps within the…
Google Video Getting Caption Search; Customizing The Player & More Features
This weekend, the Google Operating System blog wrote up a trifecta on Google Video. It explained that Google Video is apparently to allow you…
Yahoo Publisher Network Executives Leaving Yahoo
PaidContent.org has confirmation of rumors from Valleywag that two top executives in the Yahoo Publisher Network group are leaving Yahoo. Bill Demas, the Senior…