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Eric Schmidt: Google Will Give Higher Rankings to Content Tied to Verified Profiles
Google's former CEO Eric Schmidt suggests in his upcoming book that search engines will give priority and higher rank to content created by those with verified accounts. "The…
Philosophy and Search: The Big Three Founders and the Philosophers
Does the thinking of Google's Sergey Brin and Larry Page, Yahoo's Jerry Yang and David Filo, and Microsoft's Bill Gates mirror some…
Microsoft-Yahoo Fight Heats Up
Microsoft’s unsolicited bid to acquire Yahoo is heading down an unpleasant path. This week, Microsoft is reportedly undertaking a proxy fight, sending…
Whither the Yellow Pages Industry?
At the Kelsey Group's DDC Conference last week, speakers and attendees pondered the future of the Yellow Pages industry, and where it…
Bill Slawski Uncovers Possible Barter System Patent At Microsoft
Bill Slawski, of SEO By the Sea, has posted more patent applications. This time Microsoft has applied for a bunch, including Bill…
Microsoft to acquire Social Media Sites?
Dave Naylor speculated late last week that Digg will be bought by Microsoft. This is based on a statement by Kevin Rose…
Ego Bidding Gone Wild
What happens when the ego gets in the way of smart bidding and positive ROI? Tony Wright talks about the danger of…
Gates Plans to Spend Remaining Time Focusing on Search
Microsoft chairman and founder Bill Gates said yesterday that he plans on spending his remaining 15 to 18 months of active duty…
Google and Yahoo! aren’t keynoting at CES this year
Bambi Francisco of MarketWatch will be roaming around the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) next week — along with an estimated 70,000 daily…
Bill Gates To Work Part Time at Microsoft in 2008
Tons and tons of news coverage on Bill Gates’s announcement he has given up his “chief software architect” role now and will…
Search Headlines & Links: May 31, 2006
Below, a recap of stories posted today to the Search Engine Watch Blog, along with other items we’ve spotted but not blogged…