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Baidu.com Goes Public, Shares Soar
Chinese web search engine Baidu.com (Google is a minority shareholder) went public today with its IPO on NASDAQ. Shares opened at $66 more than tripling the IPO price…
Goodman on Yahoo’s Publishing Network
The always thought provoking Andrew Goodman says that much of the commentary and discussion about Yahoo’s new contextual ad program thus far…
Google Anticipated Potental Problems in Lee Hiring
The MS/Google “search war” (aka the hiring of Dr. Lee) continues with newly unsealed court documents showing that Google anticipated possible “issues”…
Daily SearchCast, Aug, 3, 2005: Yahoo Publishers Network Launched, Search Ranking Penalty Boxes, Ask Reduces Paid Listings & More
Today’s Daily SearchCast covers the launch of Yahoo Publishers Network, the search “penalty box”, Indexing Summit 2 at SES San Jose, Google…
Yahoo Opens Customer Calling Facility in Oregon
About 3 months ago I blogged that Yahoo would be opening a customer service office in suburban Portland, OR. Oregon Public Radio…
On the SMS and Mobile Search Beat
The Forbes article: Web Search Hits The Streets, offers a recap of what SMS search is about and includes mentions of Google,…
Is Google Planning to Open an Office in Russia?
Like I said yesterday, hardly a week goes by without hearing about potential new locations for Google offices and research facilities. Today,…
Search Engines Differ More than You Think
It’s easy to think of search engines as black boxes that are essentially all alike, with Yahoo, Google, Ask Jeeves and MSN…
Search Engine Results Continuing to Diverge
A new study suggests that the overlap between search engine results is less than it was even a few months ago, and…
Yahoo Files For Several Patents
SEW will regularly feature newly awarded search-related patents and just published patent apps, beginning with a look at Yahoo.
Baidu.com Gets Ready For IPO
Although a specific date hasn’t been set yet, stories about Chinese web search engine Baidu.com, and its upcoming IPO continue to appear.…
Local Paper Profiles InsiderPages.com
The Whittier (CA) Daily News article: Web search engine finds niche in local advertising, provides a profile of local search/social networking tool,…
Revisiting Hijacking & Redirects: Moving To A Solution
Cast your mind back to May, when I wrote about the Google AdSense page getting “hijacked” by another site for searches on…
New Ask Jeeves Sponsored Listings Program Launched
The rumors are over. Ask Jeeves has officially announced a new automated paid listings service today, Ask Jeeves Sponsored Listings. It will…
Google Analytics? New Domains For Those Who Like To Speculate
Since the blogosphere is always ripe with speculation, I’ll toss an item out. Does Google have plans to either begin offering expanding…
Goin’ Mobile With Technorati
I’ve been wondering when one of the well-known RSS/XML engines (Feedster, Technorati, Daypop, Bloglines*) was going to be the first to offer…
And Now, A Yahoo Sandbox?
Debate still continues on whether Google has a "sandbox," the idea that new sites simply can’t rank well for anything that perhaps…
Google Ads, a Feud, and a Barren Rock
Stories from the Canadian Press and Reuters report about how ads on Google are coming into play in a an argument betweeen…
Yahoo Yammys To Honor Online Video Through Contest
Yahoo wants to drum up interest in its Yahoo Video search service, so it’s handing out "Yammys" to recognize what it thinks…
And More On Search Hiring!
At the end of my post about Yahoo raiding IBM for employees, I originally concluded, "Where have all the engineers gone? Off…
Yahoo Hiring From IBM
We don’t need no stinkin’ Microsoft execs like Google, says Yahoo. We’ll rob IBM! Yahoo Is Wooing I.B.M. Technical Talent from the…
Technorati Founder and CEO Chats with BusinessWeek
Technorati’s Founder and CEO, David Sifry, chats with BusinessWeek about competition from the “big guys”, system architecture, growing pains, advertising, and a…
New Google Backlink Tool
Quick note about a new tool to show backlinks to a domain as listed in Google. OK, so we all know (or…
Lee Hits China For Google, Didn’t Foresee Non-Compete Problems
Spotted via InsideGoogle, Kai-Fu Lee in China from the Seattle Post-Intelligencer blog covers how Dr. Kai-Fu Lee — the former Microsoft exec…
Goodman Revisits AdWords Changes & Importance Of Clickthrough
The Importance of Clickthrough Rate (CTR): Has it Changed? from Andrew Goodman at Traffick is a very long look at recent changes…
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