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New Search Patents: June 22, 2006 – Google File System, Microsoft Blocks, and Yahoo Autonotifications
Google patents the Google File System, Microsoft claims a Functional Object Model for mobile devices, and Yahoo! (Overture) describes an autonotification process…
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…
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…
New Search Patent Applications: June 19, 2006 – Autolinking, and Better Advertising through Deletion Predictions
Four patent applications from Google describe fighting spam in emails, providing product review searches, moving large amounts of data, and autolinking. Yahoo…
Yahoo To Reduce Search Ad Minimum Bid In UK To 5p?
I reported this morning at the Search Engine Roundtable that Yahoo may be reducing the minimum bid price from 10p to 5p.…
MSN’s Hand Crafted Results (Fake? – Shame On Me!)
“MSN Hiring People to Hand Code SERPS” at SEO Blackhat is a nice catch from the MSN Search jobs page talking about…
Yahoo Sued For Trademark Infringement Using Google AdWords
DenverPost.com reports that Yahoo was sued by lovecity.com for bidding on the lovecity.com trademark in Google AdWords. Reportedly, Yahoo placed bids on…
Getting The New York Times More Search Engine Friendly
Online newspapers have often ignored search engines, or viewed them with mistrust, relying on the power of their brands to drive traffic.…
A Look At Google’s Oregon Operation & Yahoo Leaves Pasadena
Niall Kennedy summarizes a NY Times article about Google’s Oregon center and Yahoo and Microsoft’s exploration in areas like that. The Google…
Search Companies Energetically Seeking Electricity
The Wall Street Journal reports that the search companies, including Microsoft, Yahoo, Ask and possibly Google are looking to find cheap electricity…