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Google Sues Froogles Over Its Name
Last July we posted an item to the SEW Forums about Google asking ICANN (the domain name organization) to not allow Froogles (a discount shopping site) to use…
AOL Doing Some Mobile Search Testing
AOL, who currently offers a bare bones mobile web portal along with a mobile version of AIM has started to beta test…
Another Poke At Tags As Search Savior
I’ve been dubious before about tagging in relation to search, but Steve Rubel’s Targeting Through Tagvertising article makes me want to poke…
Search Engine Algorithms & Research
As a searcher or search engine optimization specialist, do you really need to understand the algorithms and technologies that power search engines?…
Google Wants Your Video
Google is taking what it calls the first step toward a video search service, asking for submissions from anyone who wants to…
Real Time Traffic Alerts via SMS
With another round of new SMS (text messaging)and mobile web search news going on this week, I want to mention another in…
Jobs at Google and Yahoo
I’m always reviewing job openings in the web search biz. They can be a great way to see where a company might…
Larry Page Returns As University Commencement Speaker
The Michigan Daily reports that Google co-founder Larry Page will deliver the commencement address to the graduates of the University of Michigan…
Local Search Goes to China
The local search boom is truly global in scope. Baidu.com, the large web search engine from .CN that Google is a minority…
Search Google Local via Your Cell Phone
Google has introduced mobile phone access for its local search service, and has managed to squeeze just about all of the features…
Google Debuts Local Mobile
Google has added a new service that enables cell phone users in the U.S. to use a remarkably robust version of Google…
Search Forums Roundup: Apr. 8, 2005
Today’s SearchDay, Search Engine Forums Spotlight, features our weekly links to this week’s hot topics from search engine forums across the web:…
Searching Books at Google; Comparing Coverage with Amazon’s Search Inside the Book
For several weeks I’ve noticed that using the trigger word “books” or “book” in a Google search always included a OneBox with…
Media Companies Buy Keyword Ads
I’ve noticed some media organizations (NY Times, Washington Post, etc.) purchasing keyword ads from Google, Yahoo, and other services for a long…
Update: NY Gubernatorial Candidate Removes Google Ad
Elliot Spitzer, a Democrat running for governor of New York has pulled the Google ad that Danny blogged about yesterday. The keyword…
Google Using ODP Titles In Addition To Descriptions
Google has long used Open Directory descriptions in some cases for the web pages it lists. While that usage seems to have…
Talking With MSN Search
Spotted via Search Engine Roundtable, Interview with MSN’s Web Search Team from Rand Fiskin at SEOmoz covers a range of topics, such…
Online & Search Spending Rose In First Quarter 2005
Internet Ad Spending Up In First Quarter from MediaPost reports of a new study finding online ad spend continued to grow in…
Ars Technica Reviews Desktop Search Tools
Via Greg Linden’s blog, Ars Technica tests and recaps major desktop search tools in Windows desktop search tools. From the conclusion, MSN…
Google Removes Child Porn Post & Reports To FBI
Child Pornography Complaint at Chilling Effects illustrates how Google received a complaint of child pornography in its Google Groups service, causing the…
Jux2 Results Pages Receive Makeover
Results pages on Jux2, the 2005 Search Engine Watch Award winner for best meta search engine have just received a makeover. You…
Google Images Wins Cherry Tomato Challenge For Attribute Indexing
Tim Bray tests whether Google, Yahoo and MSN image search services can find images that make use of keywords only within the…
Yahoo Has Google’s Mojo: Round Two
Second sight from The Guardian has gotten a lot of comment I’ve seen for being the second piece in as many weeks…
Better Search Privacy Needs Addressing Overall
What Search Sites Know About You from Wired looks at the issue of search privacy. As usual, Google gets to be the…
Yahoo Auto-Linker Tool For Adding Links To Content
Philipp Lenssen from Google Blogoscoped has created Yahoo Auto-Linker, which taps into the Yahoo API to automatically insert links into any content…
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