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Search Headlines & Links: November 1, 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…
Watch Full Length Current & Classic NHL Games on Google Video
As a longtime Vancouver Canucks fan, I can vividly remember the 1994 Stanley Cup Game 7 where unfortunately, they lost the Cup to the…
Video from Search Engine Strategies AdSense Booth
If you have yet to go to a Search Engine Strategies conference, the Google AdSense team will let you see it in action with…
Ask.com To Power Lycos Search & Search Ads
Reuters reports that Ask.com has reached a deal with Lycos to power their search engine and search ads. Lycos is the 5th “most popular…
100 Million Sites = Search Wins
CNN reports that the Internet has now crossed a significant milestone; there are 100 million operating websites. The Web’s growth has been accelerating: “There…
Zotspot Wants To Share The Search Wealth
One could plausibly argue that it’s crazy to do anything in the general (“horizontal”) search marketplace. But new engines continue to launch. The latest,…
Yahoo’s Tim Converse Colors SEOs
Tim Converse, the “spam fighter” at Yahoo, has a fun post he named Search engine optimization (SEO) from black to white. He tries to…
New adCenter Blog & adCenter Lab Features
There is a new location for the adCenter blog, it is now at https://adcenterblog.spaces.live.com/ (yea, the whole live.com thing). Also, adCenter labs released updates…
New Conference: “Elite Retreat” With ShoeMoney & SEOBook
ShoeMoney, aka Jeremy Schoemaker, has informed me of an event he is co-running named Elite Retreat. The two-day event is will cover topics on…
Google Click Fraud Settlement Payments Received
I reported this morning that Google Advertisers Receiving Settlement Payouts for the refunds they were rewarded based on the Google Click Fraud Settlement. The…
Live Search Box Allows You To Add Live Search To Your Site
Microsoft’s Live Search Blog informed us of a new feature where you can add the Windows Live Search box to your site. I have…
Update On Google’s 2nd Publication Ad Test
PPC Discussions received an update from Google on the next steps he should take for his Google newspaper ad test. Here are some select…
Quick Access to Cool Yahoo Features
Today’s SearchDay article, A Closer Look at Yahoo Shortcuts, is the third in our series looking at the special features search engines have implemented…
A Closer Look at Yahoo Shortcuts
Continuing our four-part series on the special information sections creeping into general search results, today we take a look at Yahoo Shortcuts.
Search Headlines & Links: October 31, 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…
Smarter Launches Visual Search
Seems that just last week I mentioned a shopping comparison engine launching a color search feature. Well, this week it’s Smarter’s turn to take…
SnapShot: A Better Version Of Alexa
Compete, Inc. is a B2B firm that conducts consumer-oriented research for large clients. Now the company has released SnapShot, a free tool that anyone…
Google Buys Wiki Maker, JotSpot
The Google Blog announced that they have bought JotSpot, a Wiki maker software solution. JotSpot updated their site to include an FAQ on Google,…
Ask.com’s Revenue Increases 62 Percent
IAC posted Q3 earning results, and part of that included results for Ask.com. Bloomberg reports that Ask.com’s revenue increased 62-percent but at a cost…
SideStep Buys TravelPost
SideStep acquired TravelPost for a combination of cash and stock. TravelPost will become a wholly owned subsidiary of SideStep. According to the press release,…