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MSN, Yahoo Seek SEO People To Help Them Rank Better
There’s still the occasional person who I encounter who thinks that SEO overall is somehow wrong to do or something the search engines frown upon. Yahoo!, MSN &…
Yahoo “Project Panama” Testing New Ad Ranking System
Last August, we covered how Yahoo planned to launch a new paid listings model more like Google AdWords, where clickthrough and other…
Google Mobile Ads Tested In Japan
Bloomberg reports that Google has successfully tested the deployment of advertisements on mobile phones in Japan. The ads displayed on mobile phones…
Search Forums Roundup: Apr. 7, 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:…
Daily SearchCast, April 6, 2006: Google Makes Middle Of Page Refinement Experiment Official; Search Marketing Magazine Coming; Search Technologists Talk & More!
Today’s search podcast covers Google saying that its middle-of-the-page query refinement experiment is officially part of regular search results now; a search marketing…
Google & Earthlink To Win San Francisco Wireless Contract
Google & Earthlink are one step closer to providing wireless Internet access to San Francisco. News.com points to an AP story reporting…
Google Confirms Midpage “See Results For” Results Out Of Testing — What Should They Be Called?
I griped recently about Google not committing to some of its user interface experiments. Well, they have with one of them, those…
First Street Named After Search Technologist
Word via Stephen Green about the University of Waterloo’s Professor Frank Tompa getting a street named after him. And the search connection?…
Google’s Many Vertical Search Products & Other Services
While Google Real Estate might not be a standalone vertical search site for Google, they’ve got plenty of other ones. Barry pinged…
AdWords Referral Program Available for AdSense Publishers
Google has launched a new AdWords referral program for AdSense publishers where publishers can earn $20 when they refer a new advertiser…
Hacking Google Maps
A new book in the popular O'Reilly 'Hacks' series shows you how to find and create your own mashups, overlaying all kinds…
AdWords Adds Position Preference Feature; Opt-Out For Positions You Don’t Like
News from our Search Engine Watch Forums that Google is rolling out a new “Position Preference” feature allowing advertisers more ability to…
The Thrill & Danger Of Measuring Relevancy Through Ego Searches
Last week, you may recall that Ask got a rave review from the Wall Street Journal. Robert Scoble saw that, then did…
Clear Channel Radio Signs Exclusive Deal With Google to Provide Search And Ads
Niall Kennedy informed me of a Reuters report that Clear Channel Communications has signed a deal for Google to provide search, paid…
Yahoo Finance Adds Message Board Ratings
Reuters reports that Yahoo Finance has released thread ratings to its stock message boards. Thread ratings is a fairly basic feature of…
Stupid Newspaper Publishers, Search Engines Are Your Friends
I left newspaper reporting about ten years ago because it was clear the industry had no idea how to transition to an…
Google Related Links Now Out; Challenges Yahoo’s Year-Old Y!Q Links
Google Blogoscoped spots a new Google Labs release, Google Related Links. We wrote about these appearing last month, but there was no…
Baidu, Google Dominate Chinese Search Market
A new report from iResearch finds that Baidu and Google combined have a 90 percent market share of the Chinese search space.…
Deleted Gmail Account? Kiss Your Email Goodbye!
Worried that the government’s going to force Google to hand over your email? Fret not. Just delete your account. Do that, and…
April Fool’s Day 2006 & Search
I don’t do any work over the weekends, so I’m playing some catch-up on Saturday’s April Fool’s Madness in the search world.…
Google’s New Local Business Ads
Google has launched, as expected, Local Business Ads. The official overview page from Google can be found here. ClickZ has their write…
Ask.com Gets Good Mossberg Review in WSJ
Gary Price points to a write up by tech guru Walter Mossberg in the Wall Street Journal, where he says “Ask holds…
Google TV Coming Soon?
Today, there have been a couple of people bringing up the topic of Google hiring TV engineers. They both point to an…
Justice Department Subpoenas Data From 34 Others Companies
Google, Yahoo, MSN and AOL are not the only ones subpoenaed to give over their data to the government. InformationWeek reports 34…
Google Adds Continuous Playback to Google Video
Philipp Lenssen reports that Google Video has added continuous playback. What that means, if is you are watching a specific video you…
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