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Chicago Tribune Does Big Search Package
The Chicago Tribune is running a big package on search today. There’s little new or suprrising for regular readers of this blog, but you…
Google Book Search Adds “Find It At The Library” Link
The Google Book Search blog announced a feature named “Find this book in a library.” How does it work? I went to a book…
Mining for SEO Gold in Search Engine Patents
The major search engines are all frequent filers of patent applications. While most of these documents make for fascinating reading, do they offer any…
Bush Bio Changes For Miserable Failure Query Due To White House Change
Since 2004, a search on Google and Yahoo for “miserable failure” has almost always ranked the the official George W. Bush biography tops. Link…
SideStep Launches Syndication Platform, Partners with Forbes.com
SideStep today launched its syndication platform, “a simple and easily customizable platform that provides a consistent user experience between SideStep.com and partners who want…
Do Patents Point to SEO Gold?
Do patents, white papers, and other publications authored by search engine employees provide clear guidance to how to optimize Web pages? A panel of…
Search Headlines & Links: September 20, 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’s Belgium Fight: Show Me The Money, Not The Opt-Out, Say Publishers
I’ve had a long talk with the group that so far has successfully sued Google in Belgium over indexing, a talk that leaves me…
Customizing Your Own Search Engine, Continued
In in today’s SearchDay article, Your Search, Your Way, Part Two, SEW correspondent Phil Bradley continues his look at a new generation of search…
Mid-September 2006 Search News Recap Posted
If you’re a Search Engine Watch member, the latest edition of Search Engine Update newsletter has been posted. It recaps top stories in search…
See Google Results As If You Are In Another Country
This morning at the Search Engine Roundtable, I reported that you can now easily Check Your Google Results in Any Country. How? Well, go…
The Unchanging Search Interface
Why Search Sucks & You Won’t Fix It The Way You Think from me on my personal blog Daggle covers a session I did…
Again, The Need For Search Ad Revenue To Stand Alone
Has the search bubble popped, given Yahoo’s warning yesterday about declining ad revenue? That warning generated a stock plunge that has hit both Yahoo…
Google Webmaster Central’s Vanessa Fox & Amanda Camp Interviewed
Seattle 24×7 has an excellent conversation with Vanessa Fox and Amanda Camp of Google on Google Webmaster Central and working at Google. Both Google…
Microsoft To Enter Chinese Market With China Telecom
People’s Daily Online reports in Microsoft opens search market with China Teleco that Microsoft is starting push their way into the Chinese search market…
Google Base Drops Search Box As Part Of Usability Improvements
The Google Base Blog announced that they have updated the Google Base home page to make it easier to use. Garett Rogers over at…
Yahoo Teams Up With Gore’s Current TV
The news is buzzing about the Current TV and Yahoo partnership. Current TV, founded by Al Gore, and Yahoo announced the launch of The…
Zillow Adds ‘Owner-Generated’ Content
Real estate search site Zillow.com has added personalization features and the ability for homeowners to publish their own information beside Zillows home-valuation “Zestimates.” A…
Citysearch Launches in San Diego
Venerable local search provider Citysearch has launched a new site in San Diego, California. Recently, Citysearch has added “insider lists” (users’ local favorites) and…
Your Search, Your Way, Part Two
Today, we continue our look at personalized search services, focusing in depth on offerings from Yahoo and Eurekster.