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Overture Extends Deal With Microsoft As MS Builds Its Own Technology
A news release let’s us know that Overture has extended their relationship with Microsoft through June, 2006. Under the terms of the extension, Overture will continue to provide…
The Return Of More Evil Than Satan
Way back in 1999, one of the first famous Google blips came up. A search for more evil than satan found Microsoft’s…
MSN Search Press Roundup
Here’s a look at some of the press coverage that the MSN Search beta launch is receiving today. + Microsoft Launches Search…
New MSN Search Blog
Like Yahoo and Google, MSN has launched a new blog about their search engine.
Search Engine Size Wars V Erupts
As Chris blogged, Google has raised the stakes in the search engine size wars by claiming an index of 8 billion pages.…
Testing the New MSN Search
Chris gives you our overview on the new MSN Search technology. Meanwhile, I’ve been banging away to see how search syntax and…
Microsoft Unveils its New Search Engine – At Last
After months of speculation and two 'preview' releases, Microsoft has taken the wraps off of its new MSN search engine, the first…
No, Microsoft’s Not A Google Killer. Nor A Yahoo Killer
John Battelle has a nice post, Can We Please Bury The Netscape Metaphor, pushing back on the idea that Microsoft will roll…
Dogpile Enhances Search Results
Dogpile rolled out new “IntelliFind” technology today that focuses on gaining a deeper understanding of user intent at query time and limiting…
Popularity Doesn’t Always Equal Usefulness (or Importance) of a Search Tool
Some numbers from Hitwise were released the other day about the traffic smaller web engines tools have been getting some press attention.…
MSN Search Technology To Debut (Again) This Week
Rumors are swirling that MSN plans to release its new search technology this week. But why’s that big news? After all, hasn’t…
Stale & Split Image Databases Fuel Google Conspiracy Theories
A post at AnandTech raises concerns that Google Images fails to find pictures of US soldiers involved in the Abu Ghraib prison…
Searching For Images
All sorts of talk over the weekend about Google’s image database is only updated twice a year. Yes, it’s true. I’m sure…
A Look at Eurekster
The New Zealand Herald article: Hunting what’s hot in social networks, takes a look at Eurekster and its founder, Grant Ryan, who…
Yellow Page Companies To Buy YellowPages.com
BellSouth and SBC Communications are to purchase YellowPages.com, which they apparently hope can be built into an online business index for the…
Google-BellSouth Partnership — Not Quite Revolutionary
AdAge examines the new Google-BellSouth deal to explain why the two partnered: Why the Google-BellSouth Yellow Pages Deal Happened. Frankly, there’s nothing…
Desktop Search & The Search Marketer
Fredrick Marckini weighs in on how desktop search may impact search marketing: Google’s Desktop Search Could Change SEM Forever, from ClickZ. A…
Special Logos for Election Day
Both Ask Jeeves and Google have special logos for Election Day 2004 in the U.S. Clicking the Ask Jeeves logo searches for…
No Thanks To Google Interview
We’ve had some past mentions about Google recruiting wins from Microsoft, such as Google On Hiring Spree For Nooglers? and this item.…
Report: Yahoo Emerges as Leading Bidder for MarketWatch.com
Last week it was widely reported that online business news publisher MarketWatch.com was up for sale. Today, The Deal reports that Yahoo,…
Campaign Contributions and Search Companies
Lots of stories and posts about Fundrace, a tool to see if your neighbor donated to a politcal candidate in this election…
Yahoo Adds Local, Web and Image Search To Mobile Lineup
We’ve said several times that mobile and sms search tools are rapidly gaining steam in the U.S. Today, Yahoo Mobile has introduced…
Google CEO: “We are not building a browser”
In the notes I posted after the Google conference call last week, I mentioned that the company doesn’t plan to go the…
Yahoo Announces Size Increase to Image Database
Word from Yahoo this afternoon that they’re announcing a size increase, what they’re calling an upgrade, to Yahoo Image Search database. According…
New Metasearch Engine: Info.com
The Chicago Sun-Times reports that a new metasearch engine from Info.com (great domain name) is launching today. Info.com employs 10, mostly Web…
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