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MapQuest Versus The Mapping Upstarts
Competitors Nip at MapQuest’s Biz from the Associated Press looks at how mapping leader MapQuest, owned by AOL, is being threatened by improved mapping services and mashup features…
Google & Yahoo: The New VCs?
Two articles out this week cover how Google and Yahoo are duking it out not with each other but instead with venture…
Lycos Europe Ordered By Dutch Court To Reveal Member’s Identity
Dutch Court Orders Lycos To Reveal Client’s Identity from Dow Jones has the supreme court in The Netherlands ordering Lycos Europe to…
Kazaa Ordered By Australian Court To Block Searches
Via Russell Beattie, Search terms on Kazaa to be blocked from ZDNet Australia has the rather disturbing order of an Australian court…
TiVo To Offer TV Ad Search
TiVo Users Soon Can Search for Ads from the Wall Street Journal covers a new "feature" from TiVo planned for next spring…
Bill Gates: MSN Search Will Soon “More than Match” Google in Terms of Relevance
In an interview with Information Week, Bill Gates talks about Microsoft Research and speaks briefly about search and of course mentions a…
The Google Battle For Hiring Tech Talent (Yahoo Sez They Win)
From the Wall Street Journal, Google ignites hiring frenzy is yet another article on how Google and other companies are after tech…
Daily SearchCast, Nov. 23, 2005: Google Testing Click-To-Call, CBS Talking With Google & Yahoo, WebmasterWorld Listings Drop From Google, Preview Of SES Chicago 2005 & More!
Today’s search podcast covers Google spotted testing click-to-call ads in its search results, CBS talking video search ideas with Google and Yahoo,…
Google and Yahoo talking to CBS About a “Slew” of Video Opportunities
Although this Reuters article is headlined: CBS says in talks with Google for video search, it also points out that CBS has…
SES Chicago Early Bird Discount Deadline Tomorrow & What’s Going On At The Show?
Our last big Search Engine Strategies event of the year comes to Chicago from Dec. 5 to 8. I wanted to summarize…
Birth Of the Open Content Alliance, The “Un-Google” Project
A Man’s Visition: World Library Online isn’t about the US Library Of Congress & Google-backed World Digital Library program announced today but…
Add To Google & Save To Yahoo My Web Buttons Out
Nick at Threadwatch discovers a new Add To Google button, while I’m also overdue to discuss the new Save To My Web…
The Google-Riya Rumor and Image/Face Recognition Searching
Ready for some material for your “Google is Going to Acquire” rumor list? Om Malik (a very trustworthy source) places the rumor…
Yahoo Search Marketing Searches for a Content Specialist
I spend some time each week reviewing job openings at Yahoo, Google, and other search companies. Sometimes, these listings can provide clues…
UK: Send Maps to Mobile Phones With Multimap and Other Send to Phone Tools
Netimperative reports that online mapping service Multimap has added a “map to mobile” feature that allows the searcher to send the url…
Alibaba’s Chief Vows to Beat Google in China
In a conversation with reporters, Jack Ma, the CEO of China’s Alibaba (the same people who now runs Yahoo China) has, “vowed…
Access Local Gas Prices via SMS with Synfonic
When we chat about SMS-based (text messaging) search we usually include the big players including Google, Yahoo, MSN (their real-time traffic alerts…
Yahoo Personalizes Shopping, Adds Community Features
Continuing its efforts to tap into personal and collective knowledge in search, Yahoo has enhanced its shopping service with a number of…
More on the End of Yahoo/AOL Talks
We blogged late last week that Yahoo had dropped out of the running for a piece of AOL. More details about what…
Yahoo To Have Podcast Creation & Hosting Service
Via Scripting News, Podcasts Help Drive Demand for High-Volume Hosting has Yahoo saying it wants to go beyond podcast search with a…
MSN Begins Beta Testing New Homepage
MSN officials have posted that they’re now testing a beta version(s) (IE only for now, Firefox support “coming soon”) of the MSN…
Yahoo Recruiting Google’s Matt Cutts
You’ve seen this type of thing before, but time for another chuckle — Google’s Matt Cutts gets a mistaken recruitment email from…
Mashups a Go-Go! New Mashups from MSN Virtual Earth and Yahoo Maps
It’s good to see more map mashups coming from developers working with both MSN Virtual Earth and Yahoo Maps. Here’s a look…
Yahoo China Relaunched With Pure Search Focus & New Majority Owner
Yahoo China has been acquired by Alibaba.com and relaunched as a pure search service. Here’s the rundown on the changes and some…
Yahoo No Longer Bidding for Piece of AOL
Reuters and the Wall Street Journal report that Yahoo is no longer interested in getting a piece of the AOL pie. After…
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