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Google Press Releases Now Available Via Feed

Spotted via Steve Rubel, Google is now issuing press release notifications via a feed. Non-feed releases are here; feed is here. Steve…

By Danny Sullivan · 30 May 2005

Industry

Yahoo Launches Personalized Movie Recommendations

Looking for a film recommendation based on your own personal tastes and interests? Check out Yahoo's new personalized movie recommendations, launched today.

By Chris Sherman · 24 May 2005

Industry

Yahoo Announces a Challenge for Webmasters, Bloggers, and Web Developers

This morning Yahoo launched the YQ Challenge to find the “most innovative” implementations of their YQ contextual search platform. Yahoo launched YQ…

By Gary Price · 23 May 2005

Mobile

Personalization for the Mobile Web Searcher

TheFeature’s Peggy Ann Salz conducts an interview with search engine personalization expert Barry Smyth about using personalization to improve the online experience…

By Gary Price · 23 May 2005

Industry

ODP Forum Closes Status Check Service; Time For The ODP To Close?

Been wondering what’s going on with your Open Directory submission? The Resource Zone site has long offered a way to ask ODP…

By Danny Sullivan · 23 May 2005

Industry

Google News Study Finds Bias But Not Favoritism — But Study Also Has Flaws

A study has found that Google News results are significantly more likely to have an ideological bias than Yahoo News, though the…

By Danny Sullivan · 20 May 2005

Industry

Reactions To My Google Personalized Home Page

So the My Google service — ahem, Google Personalized Home Page — is now out. What’s being said? Here’s a round-up of…

By Danny Sullivan · 20 May 2005

Mobile

SMS Search Provider Licenses Technology for Use in China

Last October I blogged about a new info service available from a Bay Area company named Synfonic that provides stock quotes, local…

By Gary Price · 19 May 2005

Industry

Yahoo Surveying Web Searchers

Michel from El Telendro dropped me a note about a survey that Yahoo is asking random web search users to complete about…

By Gary Price · 19 May 2005

Industry

Accoona Now Offering Some D&B Data

The China Daily reports that web engine Accoona is now offering a small amount of company info from the Dun & Bradstreet…

By Gary Price · 19 May 2005