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France’s Géoportail Mapping Site: La Demande C’est Fantastique!
The French answer to Google Earth, the indirectly government funded Geoportail, launched Friday and was immediately overwhelmed with visits from eager French citoyens (citizens) and other curious would-be…
Microsoft Employees Use Google More Than MSN?
Philipp Lenssen reported on a Andrew Hitchcock post that detailed search engine usage by search engine firm. It appears that Microsoft employees…
It’s Not Just Google With Disappointing Results
We have been poking hard at Google for disappointing search results, but Google is not the only search engine that has been…
Canada’s YellowPages.ca Launches New Local Search Site
Since this is Local Search Day at Search Engine Watch, here’s some additional news. Canada’s yellow pages publisher, Yellow Pages Group, which…
Google Sub Sub Domain Issues Clearly Visible
Threadwatch reveals some more examples of issues Google is having. They note a search on queer forum returns CraigsList 97 times out…
MySpace Looking To Auction Search To Google, Microsoft or Yahoo
We heard last month that MySpace is interested in partnering with Google or Microsoft. Now Yahoo appears to be in the running.…
Tips On Across The Engines Ranking From SEO Book
People are beginning to remember again that there are search engines beyond Google. This reawakening is one reason why I added the…
‘Search: Thy Name Is Google’
Last week, MediaPost reported on an Outsell report, “How Information Providers Can Keep Pace With User Demands For Time-Saving Solutions,” which showed…
World Cup: Google Does The Logo Thing; Yahoo & Ask Have Smart Shortcuts
Google’s sporting a special World Cup-version of its logo in honor of the start of the World Cup today, while Yahoo and…
Hitwise: Google Nearing 60% Of Queries In US
Just over a week ago, NetRatings said Google went over the 50 percent mark in powering web searches in the US. New…
Funny Example Of Why DMOZ Titles Are Bad In Search Results
Threadwatch posted a funny example of why DMOZ (ODP) directory titles should not always be used in the Google search results page.…
Calacanis Dings AOL Search
Jason Calacanis has written a forthright piece on the importance of fixing AOL search. He’s examined Google, Yahoo, MSN and AOL Search,…
Search Forums Roundup: May 26, 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:…
NetRatings: Google Tops 50 Percent Mark In US Web Searches
New stats (PDF) out from NetRatings show Google now handles half the web searches in the United States: Search Engine April 2005…
YouTube Dominant In Video Search, Now an Acquisition Target?
The short answer is “yes.” The site — shall we call it the “MySpace” of video :) — is now the dominant…
MSN Talking Acquisition With Wireless Ad Provider
ThreadWatch links to a Wall Street Journal report that shows MSN is in talks to buy a wireless ad provider, Third Screen…
Search Engines Using Search Ads To Promote Themselves
In the past week or so, I have been reporting on the different ways search engines use search ads to promote their…
Google Behind Others On Catching TechMeme’s New Name
SEOMoz reports that Google has been having issues ranking and indexing TechMeme.com, the new name for TechMemorandum. Yesterday, Google did not rank…
Windows Live Local Adds Traffic and Sharing
Yesterday some people spotted Microsofts roll out of aerial photography in the UK (and Canada). That was part of a set of…
Daily SearchCast, May 23, 2006: Google Removes Sites Over Hate Speech From News; Google Bug Makes Your Site Seem To Disappear; MSN Gives ODP Description Opt-Out (Hurray!) & More!
Today’s search podcast covers Google removing some sites from Google News over hate speech issues; a bug that causes Google to report…
Google Continues To Gain Market Share While Others Lose
comScore released their latest stats on the “Share of Online Searches by Engine”. Google gained April 2005 to April 2006 6.6 percentage…
MSN Allows Webmasters To Opt Out Of ODP Titles
Huge props to MSN Search for enabling Webmasters to tell MSN not to display a site’s ODP directory title in the MSN…
Tim Cadogan Talking At Yahoo Analyst Day
Tim Cadogan, vice president of search, up now at Yahoo Analyst Day, talking about search monetization. He starts by saying the consumer…
Last Day for SES London Early Bird Discount
SES London is coming up in two weeks, and it’s shaping up to be the best U.K. show yet. We’ve added a…
Google Bug or Webmaster Bug? Google Responds To Shared Server Bug Issue
Matt Cutts responded to the Google anomaly we reported last week, where Google was displaying a different site’s information from the same…
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