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How search engines work, compete, and change. 2,752 articles
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Search Engines Turning Trademark Law Upside Down

Search engines, most notably Google, are pushing the limits of trademark law, allowing anyone to use these protected marks in advertising. Some trademark owners are fighting back.

By Patricia Hursh · 18 May 2004

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Google Porn Filter Still Making Mistakes

A report finds porn filtering at Google still has serious problems in blocking innocent material by mistake, despite much publicized criticisms last…

By Danny Sullivan · 05 May 2004

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All Music, All But Invisible

The All Music Guide is one of the most comprehensive, extensively cross-linked and easy to use musical resources on the web. It's…

By Chris Sherman · 05 May 2004

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Exploring Search Engine Overlap

Think all search engines provide essentially the same results? Think again. A new comparison tool shows that the major search engines have…

By Chris Sherman · 27 Apr 2004

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Spam Rules Require Effective Spam Police

Rules about spam mean nothing without effective enforcement by the rule makers, the search engines. Will they ever publish an offenders list?…

By Danny Sullivan · 26 Apr 2004

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Mastering Search Engine Advertising

Buying your way to the top of search results may seem easy, but managing an effective search engine advertising campaign requires a…

By Chris Sherman · 21 Apr 2004

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Image & Multimedia Search Complaints

Covers complaints by web site owners and artists about multimedia search services.

By Danny Sullivan · 20 Apr 2004

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Managing Search Marketing Campaigns

While search engine paid placement campaigns can be immensely profitable, effective bid management can be time-consuming and can quickly become a drawn…

By Laura Thieme · 19 Apr 2004

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Google Drops Restrictions on AdWords; Amazon’s A9 Launches

Google, in response to the growing litigation involving the use of third party trademarks as keyword inventory within its AdWords program, has…

By Jeffrey Rohrs · 14 Apr 2004

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Google Tops, But Yahoo Switch Success So Far

New WebSideStory stats say Google's most popular, but they also reveal that Yahoo's recent replacement ofGoogle results with its own technology doesn't…

By Danny Sullivan · 04 Apr 2004

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Google Tops, But MSN Growth Good & Yahoo Switch A Success So Far

New stats from web analytics firm WebSideStory highlight the news often heard before: Google's most popular, when it comes to search. But…

By Danny Sullivan · 01 Apr 2004

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WebSideStory’s StatMarket Search Engine Ratings

A compilation of ratings data released by WebSideStory's StatMarket and similar web traffic analysis firms.

By Danny Sullivan · 01 Apr 2004

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New Look In July, New Search Engine Later, Says MSN

MSN announced a redesign for its MSN Search service last week, a cosmetic change that better delineates paid placement listings. But the…

By Danny Sullivan · 25 Mar 2004

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Ranking the Quality of Online News

How good are the 4,500 news sources from around the world that Google News continuously crawls? Newsknife is an intriguing measurement tool…

By Greg Jarboe · 24 Mar 2004

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Affiliate Programs: Moneymakers or Brandbusters?

Search engine affiliate programs offer the promise of greatly increasing your online exposure and sales, but be careful: They can also displace…

By Anne Kennedy · 23 Mar 2004

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Yahoo News Upgrades To Take On Google News

Yahoo released a new version of its news search engine late last week, a new move in what may be a modern-day…

By Greg Jarboe · 22 Mar 2004

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Ask Google: What Does the Web Think Of…

Curious to know what the web has to say about a person, place or thing? An amusing tool searches Google and shows…

By Chris Sherman · 16 Mar 2004

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Outsourcing Search Engine Marketing

Search engine marketing is crucial for the success of online businesses -- but should you take on search marketing in-house, or outsource…

By Jennifer Laycock · 11 Mar 2004

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Searching for Public Companies Around the World

A new search engine focuses solely on investment-related information from more than 12,000 companies around the world.

By Gary Price · 08 Mar 2004

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A Fun Multi-Search Tool

Queryster lets you quickly get results from ten different search engines, simply by clicking an icon. It's a great way to compare…

By Chris Sherman · 23 Feb 2004

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Yahoo! Birth of a NewMachine

Yahoo is rolling out a brand new search engine today, with its own index and ranking mechanisms, casting aside its long-standing use…

By Chris Sherman · 18 Feb 2004

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Yahoo! Birth of a New Machine

Yahoo is launching a brand new search engine today, with its own index and ranking mechanisms, casting aside its long-standing use of…

By Chris Sherman · 18 Feb 2004

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Changes At MSN & Yahoo

Search engine marketers have long been awaiting changes at Yahoo and MSN. Finally, signs of transition are beginning to appear in the…

By Danny Sullivan · 16 Feb 2004

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Search Engine Watch 2003 Award Winners

Search Engine Watch has released its annual list of outstanding web search services for 2003. Your favorite search engine is among them,…

By Chris Sherman · 09 Feb 2004

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Hack Your Own Search Engine Crawler

Want to build your own customized search tool that can search the web, explore online databases, and mine virtually any other type…

By Chris Sherman · 04 Feb 2004

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