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Google Mobile Ads Found In U.S.
Gary Price spotted Google testing mobile ads on Google Mobile search on his Treo. We know Google has been testing mobile ads in the…
Citysearch Adds SMS-Based Local Search For Mobile Phones
Citysearch formally launched its text-based mobile local search service today: CS411 (27411). There’s also a send-to-phone feature (see, e.g., “Hotels, Burbank CA“). Doing the…
Windows Live Search Adds linkfromdomain Command
Windows Live Search has added a new linkfromdomain command designed to show you all the sites that a particular domain links to. For example,…
Daily Kos Says No Thanks To Google News Inclusion
Via News.com, news of a news site that wants out of Google News not over a copyright dispute but simply because they don’t like…
Google To Install Solar Panels To Help Power The Googleplex
The Google Blog announced that Google’s next ambitious project is to install solar panels on the rooftops of the Googleplex to help power the…
MSN Belgium Drops Some Newspapers, Negotiating On Inclusion After Cease & Desist
Earlier, we touched on the fact that Copiepresse was threatening to go after MSN for carrying Belgian newspapers in the way it went after…
Teaching Others to Search with Power
For those of us who spend most of our time using search engines, searching comes almost as second nature. For most people, however, getting…
Teaching People to Search Like Pros
In a new book, veteran instructor Greg Notess showcases the strategies and methods he uses to teach people not just to search, but to…
Search Headlines & Links: October 16, 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…
How Can Search Engines Rank Results? Let Bill Count The Ways
20 Ways Search Engines May Rerank Search Results from Bill Slawski at SEO By The Sea looks at the many ways search engines can…
Goodbye Google Sandbox, Hello Google Minus Thirty Penalty
The Google Sandbox concept used to be the idea that a new site couldn’t rank well on Google until a certain time period had…
CBS News Partnering With Yahoo; CBS News Stories In Google Earth
Yahoo adds CBS news to video lineup from the Associated Press covers how Yahoo News will be getting CBS News video clips from 14…
Forget Elvis, Google Is Everywhere, Says The New York Times
Planet Google Wants You from the New York Times looks at Google being everywhere, as "ubiquitous as brushing your teeth." Actually, the Times didn’t…
Highlights from the SEW Blog: Oct. 16, 2006
Featured posts from the Search Engine Watch blog, as well as our customary headlines from around the web.
Search Headlines & Links: October 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…
Google AdSense Launches Multiple Channel Feature
For those publishers that do a lot of testing and tracking to increase Google AdSense earnings, you will be happy to know you can…
Google Wins Case Against Maughan Over Search Results Snippets
Eric Goldman reports that Google has won the Maughan v. Google case where Mark Maughan filed a suit against Google for the content displayed…
Consumer Satisfaction Doesn’t Equal Market Share
Earlier this week J.D. Power and Associates released the findings of its “2006 Residential Online Service Customer Satisfaction Study.” The study, based on a…
Yahoo To Hold 3rd Quarter Earnings Conference Call 10/17
Yahoo will hold their third-quarter earnings conference call on Tuesday, October 17, 2006 at 2:00 PM PT / 5:00 PM ET. The live Webcast…
Upload Videos To Google’s Picasa
Philipp Lenssen reports that you can upload your videos to Google’s Picasa web albums if you wanted to. Philipp links to this sample video…