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a9 Has Patent Application Published
InternetNews.com reports that a9 (an Amazon subsidiary) hopes to have some its technology patented. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office recently published…
A9 Debuts Visual Yellow Pages
I’ve long been fascinated by France Telecom’s Yellow Pages site, Pages Jaunes that I wrote about last year. Why? The directory features…
Poor Relevancy and Automated Search Ads
Greg Linden points to interesting BoingBoing post about some “silly” Adword ads from Amazon and eBay showing up on Google. I’m glad…
More Full Text Books
Well, Google Print for books is here. Amazon’s “Search Inside the Book” has been around for a while. It’s worth mentioning that…
Google Stock Survives First Big Test
Overture’s stock price, especially in the year before it was purchased by Yahoo, went up and down like a yo-yo. Google might…
Blending the Best of Google and Amazon
With little fanfare, Amazon.com subsidiary A9 launched its long-rumored Google powered search engine last week. But A9 goes beyond Google, offering a…
Search Gains Importance at Online Retailers
Searching is rapidly overtaking browsing as a primary way people find and buy products online, and the major online retailers have all…