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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…
Experian Parent Buys PriceGrabber For $485 Million
Well, that didn’t take long. Little more than a month after PriceGrabber CEO Kamran Pourzanjani told me that his company would “continue…
Web Search History: Before Google Answers and Yahoo Answers There Was “Answer Point” From Ask Jeeves
How about some web search industry history? Long before two major search engines, Google and Yahoo offered Google Answers and Yahoo Answers,…
Looksmart Goes Vertical
Looksmart is turning itself into an About.com style portal, launching 161 vertical search sites in 12 categories including automotive, cities, food, health,…
Big.com For Really Big Results; How About The Majors Offering The Same?
Search marketer Laura Thieme mentioned in an email to me loving Big.com. Hmm. Never heard of it. Taking a look, it’s pretty…
Talking With Google’s Matt Cutts
Interview Of Matt Cutts from Aaron of SEO Book is a nice talk with Matt Cutts, Google’s spam fighter, webmaster relations guru,…
Yahoo Paid Inclusion Redirection & Hijacking Confusion
Paid Inclusion Making Yahoo Results Seem Hijacked? looks at the confusing situation one of our forum moderators Jeff Martin found when looking…