Search engines.
Google, House Ads & Competing With The Hand That Feeds
Andrew Goodman has a brief complaint about doing a search on Google and finding one of the horizontal ad positions used as a house ad to promote how…
My Letter To Playboy
Dear Playboy. I never thought I’d be writing you a letter, but I was in my dorm room one day, and… Seriously,…
Accoona, Artificial Intelligence and Hype
Gary blogged yesterday’s launch of new search engine Accoona, and has followed up with a closer look in today’s SearchDay article, Accoona…
Wishing For Better Anchor Text Searching
I’ve written before that on my wishlist would be for Google and its competitors to offer the ability to search for links…
Accoona Launches, But Isn’t Ready for Prime Time
New search engine Accoona launched with great fanfare last night, but hold the applause. It's a promising start, but testing shows Accoona…
Spin the MSN Search Wheel
IMediaConnection offers a look at one part of Microsoft’s ad campaign for their new search engine offering comments from two experts and…
Former Compaq CEO Takes Top Job at Search Company
Eckhard Pfeiffer, the former CEO at Compaq, has been appointed as CEO at new business search engine Accoona. Accoona, set to launch…
Search Forums Roundup: Dec. 3, 2004
Today’s SearchDay, Search Engine Forums Spotlight, features our weekly links to this week’s hot topics from search engine forums across the web:…
MSN Rank Checker & Other Gadgets
Search engines have generally disliked rank checking tools, so what a surprise to read on the official MSN Search Blog a tip…
Shopping Search Tips For Advertisers & Merchants
Chris has blogged earlier about articles appearing this week as part of SearchDay’s Shopping Search Week 2004. In addition, he’s also drafted…
What’s New at NexTag, PriceGrabber, Shopping.com and Yahoo Shopping
Shopping search isn’t just about finding the lowest price on products any more. The major shopping and product comparison services have significantly…
Working With Google Scholar — And More Approved Cloaking
Leigh Dodds provides a great rundown in his Google Scholar piece about one aggregator’s experience in getting content prepared for entry into…
Microsoft Blogger Scoble Sticks With Google — Though MSN Deserves A Break
He might work for Microsoft, but blogvangelist Robert Scoble says he’s sticking with Google over his company’s own search engine for now.…
Lycos Reselling SEO
There’s discussion on our forums about Lycos reselling SEO services, causing some firms to wonder if more search engines will do the…
What’s New at Shopzilla, Froogle, and MSN Shopping
It’s been a busy year for the major shopping search services. BizRate re-engineered its search engine and changed its name to Shopzilla,…
Snap.Com Profiled
The Pasadena Star-News offers has published a profile of Idealab’s Snap.com. [Snap.com] replaces the traditional “pay-per- click’ search model, in which an…
Mamma Has Plans to Acquire Copernic
Mamma.com, the Montreal-based metasearch engine has signed a letter-of-intent to acquire Copernic. Copernic, also a Canadian company, offers several desktop and enterprise…
More on Search Engine Disclosure
In yesterday’s Search Engine Disclosure: Better, but Still Wanting, I wrote about a new report by Consumer WebWatch, which evaluated the current…
Updated Version of Creative Commons Search Engine Now Available
A news release on the Creative Commons site lets us know that an “updated version of their Nutch-based search tool is now…
Keeping Secure When Using Robots.txt
Many know that the robots.txt file is a way to prevent search engines from spidering content. However, using it may also cause…
Short Review Of Shopping Search Engines
From the San Jose Mercury News, Sites tell where to shop on the Web is a nice, short review of shopping search…
Site Building Blocks For SEO Success
Shari Thurow takes a look a key site architecture issues to consider if you’re looking for better performance with search engines. From…
Search Engine Disclosure Improving, says Consumer WebWatch
Back in 2001, consumer watchdog Commercial Alert filed a complaint with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission against a number of prominent search…
PremierGuide Profile
The Silicon Valley Business Journal offers a profile of local search player PremierGuide in the article: Alchemy: Local ads good as gold.…
Search Engine Forums Spotlight: Nov. 19, 2004
Today’s SearchDay, Search Engine Forums Spotlight, features our weekly links to this week’s hot topics from search engine forums across the web:…
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