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Business Searching Beats Sex Queries & Who’s Handing Out The Query Data?

There’s a new paper out saying that business topics have ousted sex topics as top searches. Forget the findings, however. In the…

By Danny Sullivan · 14 Sep 2006

Industry

Researchers Debate Whether To Study The AOL Data

When the AOL privacy case broke earlier this month, I wrote about how the intention of releasing the data was honorable despite…

By Danny Sullivan · 23 Aug 2006

Analytics

Hitwise: Google & Yahoo Make Tiny Gains In July 2006

Today I look at figures from Hitwise, as part of my series on search engine rating figures that have recently been released…

By Danny Sullivan · 23 Aug 2006

Industry

Daily SearchCast, August 22, 2006: AOL Firings Over Search Privacy Issue; Evaluating Search Engine Rating Figures; Saving Addresses For Mapping Sites & More!

Today’s search podcast covers AOL firing execs over the search privacy issue; how to evaluate search engine popularity figures; Google gets your…

By Danny Sullivan · 22 Aug 2006

Analytics

NetRatings: Tiny Google Decline, But Not The First Time & Yahoo Growth

Yesterday I looked at the latest figures out of comScore that showed Google seeing its first drop in search share for nearly…

By Danny Sullivan · 22 Aug 2006

Industry

Nielsen NetRatings Search Engine Ratings

The latest Nielsen NetRatings statistics for search engines and portals, with a look at reasons for gains and losses.

By Danny Sullivan · 21 Aug 2006

Industry

AOL Fires CTO & Two Employees After Search Records Slip Up

The Wall Street Journal just reported that AOL has fired the Chief Technology Officer, Maureen Govern, and two other employees after releasing…

By Barry Schwartz · 21 Aug 2006

Analytics

comScore Figures Show First Google Decline For Nearly A Year, But What To Believe?

The latest search engine share figures from comScore are now out, and Google’s nearly year-long continued rises have came to a halt…

By Danny Sullivan · 21 Aug 2006

Industry

Daily SearchCast, August 15, 2006: AOL Sets Off Search Privacy Crisis; Google Webmaster Central Offers Cool Tools & Support; Yahoo Expands Site Explorer; 1,000 Pizzas For Google & More!

Today’s search podcast covers AOL’s release of search records and the ensuing privacy crisis that followed; Google’s support for site owners enlarging…

By Danny Sullivan · 15 Aug 2006

Analytics

Yahoo, MSN, & Google Fall In Customer Satisfaction Survey

The American Customer Satisfaction Index has been released and Yahoo, MSN and Google all fell in points from last year’s results. If…

By Barry Schwartz · 15 Aug 2006