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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 &…

By Danny Sullivan · 07 Apr 2006

PPC

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…

By Barry Schwartz · 07 Apr 2006

Mobile

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…

By Barry Schwartz · 07 Apr 2006

Industry

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:…

By rumo · 07 Apr 2006

Industry

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…

By Danny Sullivan · 06 Apr 2006

Industry

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…

By Barry Schwartz · 06 Apr 2006

Industry

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…

By Danny Sullivan · 06 Apr 2006

Industry

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?…

By Danny Sullivan · 05 Apr 2006

Industry

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…

By Danny Sullivan · 05 Apr 2006

Industry

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…

By Jennifer Slegg · 05 Apr 2006

Industry

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…

By Chris Sherman · 04 Apr 2006

Industry

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…

By Barry Schwartz · 04 Apr 2006

Analytics

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…

By Danny Sullivan · 04 Apr 2006

Industry

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…

By Barry Schwartz · 04 Apr 2006

Industry

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…

By Barry Schwartz · 04 Apr 2006

SEO

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…

By Danny Sullivan · 04 Apr 2006

Industry

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…

By Danny Sullivan · 04 Apr 2006

Analytics

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.…

By Danny Sullivan · 03 Apr 2006

Industry

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…

By Danny Sullivan · 03 Apr 2006

Industry

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.…

By Danny Sullivan · 03 Apr 2006

Industry

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…

By Barry Schwartz · 31 Mar 2006

Industry

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…

By Barry Schwartz · 30 Mar 2006

Industry

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…

By Barry Schwartz · 30 Mar 2006

Industry

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…

By Barry Schwartz · 30 Mar 2006

Video

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…

By Barry Schwartz · 30 Mar 2006

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