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Learn About Open Content Alliance Book Scanning at the University of Toronto
Book digitization has been going on at the University of Toronto Libraries for some time. In fact, I wrote about scanning at UT and included a link to…
Microsoft’s Ray Ozzie: “We Knew Search Would Be Important”
We’ve read numerous comments from Microsoft’s Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer in the recent past about web search and Google in particular.…
Recap Of SEW Forums Live Event At Disneyland
I was on vacation over the past two weeks in Southern California, but I took a few hours off to leave my…
Flight 949, Where Are You?
It’s easy to check on the status of major airline flights in the U.S. and Canada, either through Ask Jeeves, Google or…
Daily SearchCast, Nov. 8, 2005: Google’s Jagger Update, Book Search Developments, Google Base As Database For Everyone, Programming TiVo Via Yahoo, The Google Guys’ 767 & More!
Today’s search podcast covers updates at Google and Yahoo, developments in book search at Google, Amazon and MSN, Google growth into new…
A New Report on Estimating Link Spam
Here’s a new 21 page (pdf) technical research paper from the Stanford InfoLab that takes a look at link spam. It might…
Why We Use Various Search Engines
InternetRetailer has done some nice charts off of a Majestic Research/comScore report looking at why we use particular search engines (for Google,…
NYT On Google As Threat To Other Businesses
Threadwatch points to Just Googling It Is Striking Fear Into Companies from the New York Times, yet another piece that will fuel…
New Ad Targeting Options May Fuel Privacy Worries
Both MediaPost and AdAge have stories on a session at Ad:Tech yesterday on a panel about how search engines are starting to…
Yahoo Enhances Maps, Integrates Local Search
In a major overhaul, Yahoo has significantly upgraded its Maps offering with cleaner maps and integrated local search results.
Major Ad Networks Working on Behavioral Targeting
We already have the ability to target ads in relatively sophisticated ways, with various types of matching schemes, as well as geotargeting,…
The Yahoo Media Content Beat: Harry Potter Exclusive Video Clip and New Content from “The Week”
A couple of quick items from the Yahoo media content beat. First, Yahoo is the exclusive home of a new video clip…
Special Logos From Engines For a “Scary” Halloween
Spooky and scary logos from Ask Jeeves, Google, and Yahoo today for Halloween.
Google Tweaks Web Search Features Page With Info About Inline Image Results
Since many of you follow every one of Google’s move (even the very small ones), I thought I would toss out a…
Microsoft Announces MSN Book Search; Joins Open Content Alliance
Microsoft, yes good old Gates, Ballmer and crew, are getting in on the online books digitization game and more. I can’t say…
Germany: Publishers Plan Online Book Service
This Reuters article out of Germany: Publishers to build own online book network, comes as no real surprise. Why? Back in June,…
SEW Forums Live In Anaheim Next Week
Just a reminder that our SEW Forums Live Anaheim 2005 event happen at the Disneyland Hotel next week. Unlike our SES shows,…
China Says No To Wikipedia, Dislikes Taiwan Change On Google Maps & Chinese Activist Takes Yahoo’s Yang To Task For Helping Maintain “Evil System”
Wikipedia is apparently no longer accessible to those in Shanghai and other parts of China, reports say, while Boing Boing reports a…
Yahoo Drops $20 Monthly Minimum Spend Requirement
Over in our SEW Forums, Yahoo announced in the Yahoo Eliminating $20 Minimum PPC Spend thread that the $20 monthly minimum spend…
The MSN PageRank 2 Controversy & Search Engines Needing To Offer Domain Management Tools
As part of the current Google update underway, it’s been noticed that MSN now has a PageRank score of 2. What’s the…
Shoppers Use Web as Research Tool Before Heading to the Store
An article by Wendy Davis on the Media Daily News site: Study: Tech Purchasers Consult Web First, takes a look at some…
Google Oct. 2005 Update “Jagger” & Contacting Google About It
Noticed changes to Google results? Many have, and now it’s official. An update is on, and Google’s Matt Cutts gives advice in…
Microsoft’s Ballmer on Chair Throwing and Competing with Google
In comments made at the Gartner’s Symposium/ITxpo and reported by News.com: Ballmer: Trusting Vista, battling Google, the Microsoft CEO made a few…
Tips On Tapping Into RSS For Info
Some very nice tips from Steve Rubel today about how to get more out of RSS feeds. He covers ways to make…
Searching for a Good Searching Book?
Looking for a book to help you sharpen your searching skills? Look no further—here's a compilation of reviews published in SearchDay over…
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