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Typo Domain Spotting Tool & Domain Registration Stats
I’ve got some domain name related items I’m throwing into this post: a new typo-domain spotting tool from Microsoft, new stats on the difficulty of getting a short…
Microsoft Launches Windows Live Academic Search
Microsoft has rolled out Windows Live Academic Search, a targeted search service focused connecting students and researchers with peer-reviewed scholarly information.
Microsoft To Launch Windows Live Academic Search Tomorrow?
Gary Price believes Microsoft may be releasing the rumored Windows Live Academic Search tomorrow. Dean Giustini has seen it in action and…
Google Hires Orion Search Engine Creator; Gets Extraction Algorithm
Back in September, SEW Forums moderator Edel “Orion” Garcia posted a thread about a new search technology under development. It was coincidentally…
SDForum To Host GeoSearch & Mapping Session With Google, Yahoo, MSN, & Ask.com
Search SIG announces that Google, Yahoo, MSN and Ask.com will be on a panel named MapOFF! to take place at Yahoo headquarters…
MSN Search Goes Down
Uh oh. MSN Search is dead at Threadwatch covers MSN Search being down. Nearly three hours later, I checked and got the…
MSN Web Spam Patents Applications & Algorithms Explored
Bill Slawski has an excellent write up on web spam through the eyes of patent applications and published papers. During Bill’s research,…
Three New Microsoft Search Patent Applications
Gary Price reports on three new Microsoft patent applications that were published yesterday. One on spam, the others on advertising. The first…
Ballmer: My Kids Are Banned From Google
I’ve got to hand it to Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer. He believes in his products enough to demand family loyalty. In an…
Yahoo & Microsoft To Build Storage Centers In Grant County, Washington
MoneySense.ca reports that Yahoo and Microsoft have plans to build huge data centers in Grant County, Washington. Tim Snead, city administrator, said…
Ad/Content Compatibility
Clicked on a link in a BusinessWeek.com e-mail newsletter this morning, and landed in the publication’s video center. Was pleased to see…
Do Aerial Maps Violate Our Privacy?
These Maps Are Nice to Look at, but Not Smart from the LA Times revisits the entire "do aerial maps show too…
Daily SearchCast, March 15, 2006: Google Must Give Up Query Data; Google Payments Takes On PayPal; Yahoo Tests New Home Page; New Home Price Discovery Tool & More!
Today’s search podcast covers Google to be ordered to hand over search query data; Google buys 3D software company; Google Payments offers PayPal…
MSN To Launch Click to Call Soon?
MarketingVox reports on a BusinessWeek article that shows signs that Microsoft will launch a click to call service within its search engine.…
Microsoft to Launch Video Service Under Windows Live Video
TechWeb reports that Microsoft is going to launch a video service to challenge Google Video during April of this year. The service…
Google to Keynote SES China
We are excited to announce that Mr. Johnny Chou, President of Sales and Business Development for Greater China, Google China, will be…
Search Forums Roundup: Mar. 10, 2006
Today’s SearchDay, Search Engine Forums Spotlight, features our weekly links to this week’s hot topics from search engine forums across the web:…
Daily SearchCast, March 8, 2006: Windows Live Search Launches; A New Relevancy Test; TeraGoogle & Google Social Search Plans & More!
Today’s search podcast covers Microsoft launching a new search engine under the Windows Live brand; a new relevancy study finding Yahoo and Google…
Microsoft Again Says It Will Beat Google In Six Months, Then Recants
Last week, the president of Microsoft Europe, Middle East and Africa Neil Holloway put down a new timetable for beating Google on…
MSN adCenter: Mac users need not apply either
Hot on the news that adCenter fails to support Firefox users, particularly by giving security warnings when Firefox visitors land on a…
Justice Department vs. Google Court Date Pushed Back for Second Time
News.com reports that for the second time now, the courts have postponed the court date of Justice Department vs. Google. The case…
Windows Live Expo Classified Ads Service Launched
The Microsoft folks announced the launch of Windows Live Expo. Windows Live Expo is a “dynamic social listing service that allows members…
Highlights from the SEW Blog: Mar. 1, 2006
Featured posts from the Search Engine Watch blog, as well as our customary search headlines from around the web.
Statements To US Congressional Hearing On Chinese Internet Censorship
Gary Price has an excellent listing of prepared statements of testimony before United States House of Representatives from yesterday. We even have…
Gates Outdoes Brin & Page on Single Largest Payday
The New York Post reports that Bill Gates brought in $298.8 million last week by selling off 11 million shares of Microsoft…
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