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Cost-Per-Keyword Increases Slightly In Q2
MediaPost reports that keyword prices for the second quarter have pretty much remained flat from the previous quarter. The DoubleClick’s Performics study showed a…
Google’s Matt Cutts Answers Questions On PageRank
Ever since Google has become popular, SEOs and webmasters have been trying to uncover the hidden secrets of Google’s PageRank. Last night, Matt Cutts…
How Ask.com Rebranded and Increased Traffic
Ask.com took a big risk when it retired its iconic butler mascot and rebranded its site with a new look, features and tools. Before…
Rebranding Ask.com
How do you engineer a major overhaul to your web site to increase traffic and user satisfaction? Ask.com's Senior User Experience Analyst describes the…
Google’s New SearchMash Test Site
Google’s gained a new unbranded site called SearchMash where it plans to test user interface ideas without Google’s brand somehow skewing the tests. Below,…
Search Headlines & Links: October 2, 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…
Why IAC’s Pronto Will Succeed: Partnership With Ask
There are many reasons to like Pronto among the many crawler based shopping search engines: – Comprehensiveness (read last week’s press release) – Upcoming…
Need A Costume For Halloween? Try The CostumeZee Costume Search Engine!
This is an entirely commercial operation, but with Halloween looming on the horizon, one that may prove useful. CostumeZee is a search engine that…
Amazon’s A9 Becomes, Well, Sort Of Nothing
Amazon’s A9 saw the loss of its driving force Udi Manber to Google earlier this year. Now two years after its launch, A9 itself…
Copiepresse Upset Ruling On Google Wasn’t Visible Enough
Last week, Google complied with a Belgian court order and posted the ruling against it in a copyright suit on the home page of…
The Accent Is On Search
An interesting article in Pandia about an overlooked area of search – Searching Google for words with accents. The bottom line is that it’s…
Yahoo Hack Day’s Success & Yahoo Mail API Coming
It sounds like Yahoo’s first open Hack Day was a big success, featuring even a performance by Beck. Yahoo’s Bradley Horowitz has a nice…
Reading Other People’s Gmail Via Bloglines
Using Bloglines to snoop on people’s private Gmail from Martin Belam looks at how he accidentally stumbled upon email feeds that individuals are posting…
Google Buys Birthplace Garage
Google has purchased the garage where the company developed after its initial birth at Stanford University. Actually, they’ve purchased the home of Google vice…
Highlights from the SEW Blog: Oct. 2, 2006
Featured posts from the Search Engine Watch blog, as well as our customary headlines from around the web.
Search Headlines & Links: September 29, 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…
Search Forums Roundup: Sept. 29, 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: Can We…
Yotophoto For Finding Free Photos Fast
Yotophoto is a fast and easy to use image search engine. There are plenty of image search engines available of course, but that’s no…
Yahoo China Sues Hongyi’s Qihoo For Unfair Competition
Reuters reports that Yahoo China is suing Qihoo, claiming that 360safe spyware software is prompting users to uninstall the Yahoo Toolbar. The spyware software…
Yahoo Hack Day Starts Today
Yahoo is holding Hack Day today and Yahoo’s Jeremy Zawodny is excited about it. He compiled a list of ways to stay on the…