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After ‘(Not Provided)’ & Hummingbird, Where is Google Taking Us Next?
Google unleashed a one-two punch of moving entirely to secure search and rolling out a brand new algorithm known as Hummingbird. Here's why heading forward you need to…
LookSmart Launches Optimal Pricing PPC Model
LookSmart has introduced a new pay-per-click pricing method they’ve dubbed Optimal Pricing. The model prices according to traffic type, quality, and volume…
SEW Awards Finalists Named
The editorial team here at Search Engine Watch is proud to announce the finalists for the 2009 Search Engine Watch Awards. We…
International Social Media Strategy: One Size Does Not Fit All
While the social media space is becoming more defined every day, it's still the Wild West; especially when you look to take…
How Will Wikia Grow The Index?
When Wikia Search was released last night, Jimmy Wales explained they used a “placeholder index” for the search. While this may be…
Ask and LookSmart Send Out Click Fraud Settlement Letters
Seems Lane’s Gifts are not the only ones getting money back from LookSmart and Ask for click fraud, letters were sent out…
Highlights from the SEW Blog: August 6, 2007
Featured posts to the Search Engine Watch blog in the past week, along with recent search-related headlines from around the Web.
LookSmart Loses CEO Hills
The Australian IT reported that LookSmart’s CEO David Hills resigned effective today, but will continue in an advisor capacity until a replacement…
Search Wikia Asks Users to Share the Load
Wikia, the commercial site led by Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales, is taking the next step toward launching its open source, human-assisted Web…
Search Headlines & Links: July 30, 2007
Want a snapshot of the day’s search marketing news? Here we’ve collected today’s top news stories posted to the Search Engine Watch…
Wikia Grabs Search Crawler Grub
The open search engine being developed by Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales has bought the search crawler Grub from LookSmart, according to IDG…
Metacrawler Obovo.com Goes Mobile
Obovo.com, a metacrawler search portal, which searches and returns results from MSN Live Search™, Gigablast™, LookSmart™, and Alexa™ is now available through…
Search Wikia Launches Open Source, Distributed Crawler
Wikia, the commercial site led by Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales, is taking the next step toward launching its open source, human-assisted Web…
Search Engine Results Chart
Chart shows how major search engines get their results from crawlers, human directories or via payments.
LookSmart Goes Offline
I needed to check something at LookSmart today around noon EST – site would not load. I reached out to a few…
Ask.com Renews Deal with LookSmart
Ask.com and IAC Advertising Solutions announced today that it would renew its license with LookSmart AdCenter for Publishers through 2009. The LookSmart…
Diigo Offers “Social Annotation” Tool
Combining bookmarks with sharing, tagging, annotation and very powerful search tools, Diigo is an appealing, evolutionary step forward in how we find,…
Daily SearchCast, June 16, 2006: Bill Gates Stepping Back At Microsoft; Eric Schmidt Speaks On Google Issues; Google Gets Dayparting & More!
Today’s search podcast covers Microsoft chairman Bill Gates giving up his chief software architect role and going part time in two years;…
Big.com Gets Ask Results, Toolbar
I mentioned how useful Big.com was back in October, making it easy for those with low vision to see things more clearly…
MSN Windows Live Search Getting Answers Service; May Partner Or Acquire Eurekster
Via Threadwatch, Microsoft Gets Social from BusinessWeek has news that Microsoft may be buying or partnering with Eurekster to bring social search…
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…
Daily SearchCast, March 23, 2006: Google Tries On Social Tagging; LookSmart To Close Zeal Directory; Google’s New Seasonal Search Query Data & More!
Today’s search podcast covers Google getting its feet wet with social tagging; Google News ousts a press release provider after a prank; LookSmart’s…
Highlights from the SEW Blog: Mar. 23, 2006
Featured posts from the Search Engine Watch blog, as well as our customary search headlines from around the web.
LookSmart’s Zeal Directory To Close
Once a potential rival to the Open Directory, LookSmart had decided to close its volunteer-driven Zeal directory at the end of this…
Google Agrees To $90 Million Settlement In Class Action Lawsuit Over Click Fraud
Search Engine Watch has learned that Google has agreed to a $90 million settlement fund in the class action lawsuit filed by…
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