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Yahoo Travel Upgrades Maps, Adds More Features
Earlier this week Yahoo upgraded its Travel Guides with more dynamic mapping (including satellite and hybrid maps), more community features and the addition of…
Clusty Labs & Clusty Cloud Creator
Given that Clusty has just had a birthday they’re celebrating by introducing the Clusty Labs. If you’re familiar with Google Labs you’ll know exactly…
Washington Post On Google’s I’m Feeling Lucky Button
The Washington Post has a nice article on Google’s “I’m Feeling Lucky” button. Even though fewer than one percent of Google searchers use the…
Eric Schmidt Warns Politicians That Elections Will Forever Change
The Financial Times reports that Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google, warned politicians at a Tory party conference in Bournemouth that the outcome of general…
Yahoo Rolls Out PPC Ads In Mobile Search Results
Yahoo is launching (in beta) paid-search ads in mobile in the U.S. and expanding its test program in the U.K. Only a “select group…
How Google’s Q&A One Box Results Work
The Google Operating Systems blog has slides from Peter Norvig’s presentation at UC Berkeley on how the Google One Box Q&A results work. He…
Put Google Gadgets & No Clickthrough Needed Google Search On Your Site
Niall Kennedy has a good summary of Google’s Universal Gadgets that can now be put on the Google Personalized Homepage, Google Desktop, Google Pages…
The Google Literacy Project
Reuters reports that Google, in conjunction with LitCam and UNESCO’s Institute for Lifelong Learning, has formed The Literacy Project. The site, hosted at Google.com,…
More on Ask.com’s Rebranding Effort
Today’s SearchDay article, Rebranding Ask.com, Part Two, continues guest writer Rae Hoffman’s interview with Ask.com’s Senior User Experience Analyst Michael Ferguson on how the…
The Search Engine Report – Number 118
Search Engine Watch editor-in-chief Danny Sullivan recaps top search engine stories from September 2006.
Rebranding Ask.com, Part Two
Ask.com's Senior User Experience Analyst Michael Ferguson continues his discussion of the company's rebranding, offering tips and suggestions for anyone considering updating or modifying…
The Search Engine Update – Number 230 – October 4, 2006
Search Engine Watch editor-in-chief Danny Sullivan's recap of top search engine stories from the second half of September 2006.
Search Headlines & Links: October 3, 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…
vFlyer Seeks To Overcome Classifieds Fragmentation For Sellers
From a marketer’s point of view, one of the undesirable characteristics of the Internet in general and the local Internet in particular is audience…
Ask.com Sponsored Listings 2.0 Launched
Ask.com launched a version 2.0 of their sponsored listings program yesterday. The new features include a daily budgeting solution, a variable refill account self-service…
Google Base Store Connector
Have an eBay store? How about a Yahoo store or an Amazon store? If yes, and you want into Google Base, you can now…
How To Game Digg & Why You Shouldn’t
Peter Da Vanzo shows how you can pay someone to Digg your content for a fee. SEO Blackhat reveals a guaranteed way to get…
A Look At Google’s Copyright Battles
News.com has another great article named Copyright tussles for Google. It reviews some of Google’s copyright cases and how Google is trying hard to…
Mobile Phone Search: The Problem & Solutions
An excellent News.com article highlights some of the major problems with mobile search and explores some of the solutions and opportunities available to vendors…
Get 20 Years For Meta Tag Abuse
Via Google Blogoscoped, Meta tag abusers face 20 years in prison from The Register covers how a new law in the US might land…