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A Conversation With the Co-Founders of Smarter.com

I recently blogged that comparison shopping engine, Smarter.com, will soon be moving into China’s search marketplace. Today, Brian Smith from ComparisonEngines.com, has posted an interview that covers a…

By Gary Price · 11 Aug 2005

Industry

Search Forums Roundup: Aug. 5, 2005

Today’s SearchDay, Search Engine Forums Spotlight, features our weekly links to this week’s hot topics from search engine forums across the web:…

By rumo · 04 Aug 2005

Industry

Better Search Means Helping People Get Things Done

The ZDNet article: Yahoo’s new search master, offers a profile of and comments from Prabhakar Raghavan, a legend in the world of…

By Gary Price · 04 Aug 2005

SEO

More on Search Engine Penalties

Today guest writer Marcela De Vivo wraps up her look at search engine penalties, describing those applied by Yahoo and MSN. Yahoo’s…

By rumo · 04 Aug 2005

Industry

Search Engine Penalties at Yahoo & MSN

In the second of a two-part article, we look at search engine penalties applied by Yahoo and MSN, and how webmasters can…

By Marcela De Vivo · 03 Aug 2005

SEO

In the Search Engine Penalty Box?

Search engines have rules for what’s acceptable—and not acceptable—for content, linking, and many other factors that are used to calculate relevance. Some…

By rumo · 03 Aug 2005

Industry

Coping with Search Engine Penalties

Search engine penalties are present and pervasive, and are a primary method used by search engines to control webmasters. Unless webmasters understand…

By Marcela De Vivo · 02 Aug 2005

Industry

A9 Enhances Toolbar with Cool New Feature

Word from A9 that they’ve just released a new version of their toolbar for Firefox and IE. I’ve listed the new features…

By Gary Price · 02 Aug 2005

Industry

Search Engines Differ More than You Think

It’s easy to think of search engines as black boxes that are essentially all alike, with Yahoo, Google, Ask Jeeves and MSN…

By rumo · 02 Aug 2005

Industry

Yahoo Files For Several Patents

SEW will regularly feature newly awarded search-related patents and just published patent apps, beginning with a look at Yahoo.

By Gary Price · 01 Aug 2005

Industry

Search Forums Roundup: July 29, 2005

Today’s SearchDay, Search Engine Forums Spotlight, features our weekly links to this week’s hot topics from search engine forums across the web:…

By rumo · 29 Jul 2005

Mobile

Goin’ Mobile With Technorati

I’ve been wondering when one of the well-known RSS/XML engines (Feedster, Technorati, Daypop, Bloglines*) was going to be the first to offer…

By Gary Price · 29 Jul 2005

Industry

Google & Search Pulling From Offline Real Estate Ads

First Craigslist, Now Google: Newspaper Classifieds Woes Worsen from Poynter covers two research reports out that highlight how search engines — in…

By Danny Sullivan · 29 Jul 2005

Events

Mobile Search – SES San Jose 2005

The search engines understand how important mobile devices have become, and they’ve responded with an increasing number of moves to get stake…

By Ses Staff · 27 Jul 2005

SEO

When Not to Use Search Engines

Turning to our favorite search engine has become reflexive for most people seeking information. But search engines aren’t always the best tools—there…

By rumo · 27 Jul 2005

Industry

Thinking Outside the Search Box

Sometimes, looking beyond search engines is the best, if not only way to find the information you're looking for.

By Mary Ellen Bates · 26 Jul 2005

Industry

The Daily SearchCast: SEW Blog’s Podcast Comes Tomorrow

As I’ve watched interest in podcasting grow, it seemed the right time for Search Engine Watch to try the new medium. And…

By Danny Sullivan · 26 Jul 2005

Industry

Search Forums Roundup: July 22, 2005

Today’s SearchDay, Search Engine Forums Spotlight, features our weekly links to this week’s hot topics from search engine forums across the web:…

By rumo · 22 Jul 2005

Events

Writing For Search Engines – SES San Jose 2005

One of our oldest session is Writing For Search Engines, which returns to SES San Jose 2005. Honestly, so many sites could…

By Ses Staff · 21 Jul 2005

Industry

Ask Jeeves The Search Engine Interviewed — Circa March 2000

I keep seeing references going around recently to a funny interview with Ask Jeeves — meaning Ask Jeeves the search engine. It…

By Danny Sullivan · 21 Jul 2005

Analytics

Share Of Surfing Time On Search Still Healthy

OPA: Consumers Spent More Time On Content, Less On Search, In June from MediaPost alerts us to the fact that the Online…

By Danny Sullivan · 21 Jul 2005

Social

It’s All in the Name: IceRocket Will Become BlogScour

Looking for more weblog/feed search news? If the answer is yes, here’s a link to the News.com article: Mark Cuban to relaunch…

By Gary Price · 20 Jul 2005

Events

Search Algorithms: The Patent Files – SES San Jose 2005

Search Algorithms: The Patent Files is new for SES San Jose 2005. Search patents have always offered interesting information on how search…

By Ses Staff · 20 Jul 2005

Industry

A Chat with Rob Solomon from Yahoo Shopping

Brian Smith over at Comparison Engines has published a Q&A interview with Rob Solomon, Yahoo Shopping V.P. From the interview: Q: What…

By Gary Price · 19 Jul 2005

Events

Meet The News Search Engines – SES San Jose 2005

Meet The News Search Engines is both a new and old session for SES San Jose 2005. It’s old in that we’ve…

By Ses Staff · 19 Jul 2005

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