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Weinberg on Blocking Certain Types of Search Queries and the Precedent It Might Be Setting
Nathan Weinberg at InsideGoogle reports that Google and MSN might be blocking certain query strings used by “script kiddies” and other hackers. Nathan reports that he hasn’t been…
The Day After: Points In The Search Trust Sweepstakes
Since Google first started growing in stature, people have wondered if (or when) they might start passing along private information to governments…
Daily SearchCast, Jan. 19, 2006: Google Fights US Government Request For Data; Google Earth Gets Ads; People Search For A9, Google And Yahoo Earn High Satisfaction Marks & More!
Today’s search podcast covers the US Department Of Justice fighting Google for search data that AOL, MSN and Yahoo released; seeing dates on…
Keynote Says Google, Yahoo Preferred in North America
Keynote Systems has released the results of its annual study of North American searchers and their satisfaction with search engines. The study…
Survey: Google, Yahoo Still Favorites in North America
For the second year running, a Keynote Systems study says Google provides the most satisfying search experience among North American users, despite…
Ask Jeeves: Cache Includes the Date and Time Pages Were Last Cached
I was doing some searching with Ask Jeeves today and noticed that that cached pages that Jeeves includes in its database now…
Still Seeing “Blue Pins” on Some Google Maps; Google Now Testing Paid Links in Google Earth
Although some sites are reporting that the Google Maps “blue pin test” is no longer visible, I’m seeing the blue pins on…
Report: Chinese Searchers Prefer Google Over Homegrown Baidu
Keynote Systems, a research firm that does annual studies of North American searchers and their satisfaction with search engines, has released its…
Study: Google #1 in China
Despite trailing Chinese traffic leader Baidu, Google is rated the best search engine in China, according to new research from Keynote Systems.
Google Names New Managing Director in UK; European Job Recruitment Drive Begins
According to this Netimperative article Google has just named Mark Howe as the new managing director of their UK operations. Howe has…
TV Transcripts and Still Images No Longer Part of Google Video
Both Danny and I, independently of one and another noticed that the searchable transcripts (and still images) from television shows (via tv…
Satisfy Your Web Ego with egoSurf
If you’re into satisfying your ego by web surfing, Phil Bradley points to egoSurf, a site whose motto is, “know your place.”…
Search Spend Was Up Last Quarter
New online spending stats from a Deutsche Bank survey of 60 media executives found that last quarter (Oct-Dec. 2005), 65 percent said…
Logos On Rooftops Probably Not Aimed At Google Maps
Boing Boing points to Advertising with Google Maps, which suggest that merchants like Target and others are tapping into satellite views on…
See How Evil Google Is On Your Google Personalized Home Page
Gary wrote earlier of a site that lets you rate whether Google is evil or not, based on news items each day.…
Results from MSN Search Added to Jux2 Tool Metasearch and Results Comparison Tool
About a month ago I posted about the return of metasearch, search engine overlap and results comparison tool Jux2, after it was…
Google Base & The v7ndotcom elursrebmem SEO Contest
Damn — just when I thought I could ignore the latest SEO contest, it does something interesting. First, Greg Rockstar Boser notes…
New York Times On AdSense Earnings & Revenue share
New York Times published a piece on AdSense today, featuring Shawn Hogan of Digital Point discussing his AdSense earnings (roughly $10k per…
Tools that Optimize Web Content for Mobile Web: Google Joins Skweezer and IYHY
Since lots of web content has not been optimized for the mobile web, thanks to Nathan Weinberg* at InsideGoogle for the news…
Google Testing New Refinement/Clustering Links — Sign Of Google Base In Web Search?
Maybe it’s new — maybe not, but another Google query refinement test is out in the wild, as covered in our SEW…
Search Forums Roundup: Jan. 13, 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:…
Ad or Promo? Google Pitching CSI, NBA Video On Google Home Page
A reader of John’s Searchblog points out that Google is now advertising or promoting (you decide) fee-based videos (CSI and the NBA)…
Daily SearchCast, Jan. 12, 2006: Google Analytics Reopens Slowly; Humor: Google Trademarking “Beta”; What Domain Data Does Google Know On Your Site; Searching For Acroynms & More!
Today’s search podcast covers Google Analytics beginning to let new people in; fun with the idea of Google getting a trademark on…
BusinessWeek Article Offers Look at Net Censorship in China
The BusinessWeek article: The Great Firewall of China, by Ben Elgin and Bruce Einhorn offers analysis of the current state of Internet…
Google’s Patent Application for Click-to-Call Advertising Published
A newly published patent application (first filed on June 30, 2004) shows that Google is looking to patent a method to provide…
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