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Shoppers Search For Deals, Then Buy
A study conducted by shopping service Shopzilla finds that 59 percent of consumers are starting shopping online at a search engine rather than going directly to a merchant,…
Ads On Ask & Could Paid Listings Take Prime Position?
In The Search Interface Of The Future from MediaPost, David Berkowitz looks at future history, envisioning a move where Ask Jeeves puts…
Tagging Not Likely The Killer Solution For Search
In case you’ve missed it, there’s been an explosion of interest in “tagging,” the idea that if everyone labels photos, blogs and…
Yahoo Posts Ad Guidelines & Ad API Info
Yahoo has posted new guidelines about what’s acceptable in its search advertising plus some information about its long-standing API system for advertisers.…
Google News Says Au Revoir to Agence France Press Content
Less than a week after Agence France Press (AFP) filed a lawsuit against Google alleging copyright infringement of its content by Google,…
NetRatings Search Popularity & Loyalty Figures For Jan. 2005
I’ve posted new, improved search-specific stats from NetRatings painting a picture of search popularity in the US for January 2005. In the…
Snapfish Gets Reeled In by Hewlett-Packard
Ready for another acquisition in the photo sharing and storage space? Yes, it’s not exactly search but after today’s news about Yahoo…
Full Text Court Filings: Agence France Press v. Google
Last Friday, news broke of Agence France Press filing suit against Google in U.S.District Court alleging copyright infringement. Here’s the SEW Blog…
BlowSearch Offers Source Exclusion; When Will The Majors Do The Same?
Another Search Engine Strategies, and another show where I heard plenty of advertisers asking yet again for the ability to pick and…
5th Annual Search Engine Watch Awards – Nomination Form
Nomination form for the 5th Annual Search Engine Watch Awards.
Engine Manipulation, Verticals, and the Library
Adam Penenberg offers a profile of WebGuerrilla’s Greg Boser in the Wired article: Search Rank Easy to Manipulate. While I’m sure many…
Google Unveils Google Code
Google has just launched a new “one-stop shop” for web developers called Google Code. Google tells Search Engine Watch that it is…
Colin Powell Invades Google
Google’s notable for having many Democratic dignitaries show up, but worth a note that former US Secretary Of State Colin Powell —…
Where Did Google X Go?
Earlier today Danny blogged about the new Google X interface from Google Labs. Now, a day after launching the service, it’s already…
France: Google Loses Appeal of Trademark Case
Google has lost an appeal of a trademark infringement case in France and will have to pay $100,300 in damages. The court…
Will Gmail Officially Launch on April 1, 2005?
Arik Hesseldahl over at Forbes writes about Gmail being made available to even more people. He reports that “random users” at Google.com…
The Second Rule Of AdSense Is That You Can Now Talk About Earnings
Back in 2003, Google took a lot of flak for banning its AdSense affiliates from criticizing the service and if I recall…
MSN Announces Paid Listings Program Is Coming
The rumors are finally given official confirmation. MSN has announced that it will launch its own self-serve paid listings program similar to…
MSN To Launch Its Own Paid Listings Program
MSN has announced it will enter the paid search arena with a full-blown self-service paid listing program similar to those run by…
Claria Debuts RelevancyRank: Search Ranking By Behavioral Activity
Claria, the company behind the Gator eWallet software, has released new search relevancy ratings today examining how the top search listings on…
Google Local Gains Tools For Businesses
Just launched, the new Google Local Business Center allows US business to find their their listings in Google Local (such as this…
Claria Unveils Behaviorial-Based Search Ranking
Claria hopes its new RelevancyRank system will let it improve the results of major search engines or perhaps offer its own improved…
Search’s Long Tail
If you’ve somehow missed discussion of "The Long Tail," it’s a reference to a landmark article of the same name by Wired…
Search Engine Showdown Posts New Items
Greg Notess (also a librarian) has posted a couple of new and interesting items on his Search Engine Showdown site. You’ll find…
On Google Jets, Google Bras & Removing Michael Wolff’s Talk From Google
SiliconValley.com points to a transcript of keynote speech by Vanity Fair columnist Michael Wolff, where he tells a story of Google founders…
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