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[2004-12-27] Yahoo's Top Searches of 2004
Based on results culled from millions of Yahoo Search users, the top searches of 2004 give unique insight into this year's consumer interests and trends.
[2004-12-26] Google Buying Flickr?
Adam thinks that Flickr will be bought by Google early next year. This isn't the first "Google wants to buy Flickr" rumor I've heard, but it is the first one I've seen on a blog.
[2004-12-23] More iProspect Acquisition News
Some more interesting details regarding the iProspect acquisition by Isobar Worldwide are revealed by Mediapost.
[2004-12-23] Slate to thank for hyperlinks?
I'm catching up on e-mail as my flight is delayed in O'Hare and came across the following tidbit about Slate Magazine in the latest Edupage mailing ...
[2004-12-22] Statistical Model For Planning Search Engine Ranking and Clickthru
Internet marketing agency Portent Interactive has published their statistical model for planning search engine ranking and clickthru.
[2004-12-22] Isobar Acquires iProspect
Just this morning I was thinking to myself that iProspect had been keeping a low profile recently. Now we know why...
[2004-12-21] Search Engine Company Unveils Custom Topic Search
Gigablast, an internet search engine corporation, unveiled its "Custom Topic Search" (CTS) tool.
[2004-12-21] FAST Enhances Verizon's Search Capabilities
FAST announced that Verizon Information Services has deployed FAST AdVisor to enhance the search capabilities of Verizon SuperPages.com's expanded site.
[2004-12-21] Celebrex Lawsuit Demand Driving up Keyword Prices?
According to a post on over on InsideGoogle, "Celebrex Soars, At Least In Ad Dollars", we learn that ...
[2004-12-21] New Library Archive to Challenge Google Print
According to IWR, ten major international libraries have agreed to combine their digitised book collections into a free text-based archive hosted online by the not-for-profit Internet Archive.
[2004-12-21] Is Click-Fraud and Issue for Search Marketing?
Brian Morrissey of DM News looks at whether search marketing click-fraud is a serious issue or if the threat is overblown.
[2004-12-21] Yahoo and Google in Same Space, Different Business Models
Interesting report by Michael Liedtke that looks at how Yahoo and Google appear to compete in the same industry, but with different business models.
[2004-12-21] Web Worm Uses Google To Spread Virus
Gary Price at the Search Engine Watch forum has details of a new web worm that uses Google to spread.
[2004-12-20] Security Flaw Found In Google Desktop Search
A serious security flaw was discovered in the Google Desktop Search application by a Rice University teacher and two students.
[2004-12-20] Online Directories Need More Consumer Input
A story by MediaPost points out the need for online directories to incorporate ratings, reviews and social networking elements to draw consumers (traffic) to their sites.
[2004-12-20] The Search Engines Want Your Desktop
I had a chance to meet Brian Morrissey for the first time, at SES Chicago. We had chance to sit down and chat about a whole host of search engine issues, in particular desktop search.
[2004-12-20] New UK Search Engine Launches
Netimperative has some details of the Seekport search engine's expansion to include United Kingdom listings.
[2004-12-20] Interchange To Expand Paid-Search
Interchange has entered into an agreement to sell 822,000 shares of its common stock to institutional investors for $18.25 per share in a private placement transaction.
[2004-12-20] Google Rumored To Limit Adwords To One Ad Per Page
Several sources point to a rumor that Google is going to limit each search result to only one AdWords ad.
[2004-12-20] Ask Jeeves Divulges Top 2004 Searches
The resilient search engine, Ask Jeeves, has released its list of top keyword searches conducted in 2004. The list is based on searches performed at Ask.com.
[2004-12-20] Verity Teams with Yahoo for Web Search
According to Matt Hicks of eWeek, enterprise search software provider, Verity, has partnered with Yahoo to display sponsored search ads with internal search results.
[2004-12-19] Yahoo News was most cited news source by blogs in 2004
According to Intelliseek, Yahoo News was the most cited news source on blogs in 2004. Congrats to the Yahoo News team ...
[2004-12-19] Google Suggest Dissected
Slashdot points to a bright chap named Chris, who has managed to dissect the code behind Google's new "Suggest" tool.
[2004-12-19] The Yahoo Blog Is Not All Recipies
Over on the Unofficial Yahoo Webog ... as opposed to my weblog, which is even less Yahoo and less official ...
[2004-12-17] Blinkx Launches Video Search Engine
Just a day after Yahoo launches their own video search engine, Blinkx announces theirs, according to CNet.
[2004-12-17] Google and Microsoft Fight Desktop Search Wars
New article in Business Week about the battle of the desktop search engine wars (yes Jeff, I agree, *yawn*).
[2004-12-17] Geico Claims it has the Victory Over Google
According to Tech Law Advisor, GEICO is claiming they won the case against Google, not the other way round.
[2004-12-17] Yahoo Search Blog Was Created To Reach Influencers
Nancy Evars, one of the creators of the Yahoo Search blog, says that their blog was not created for PR, but rather as a way to reach "influencers".
[2004-12-17] Proof That Search Engines Love Blogs
Here's further proof that search engines just love blogs. Check out what Yahoo! Search returns when you search for "time's man of the year 2004."
[2004-12-17] Some Comment Spammers Have Blogs Too
Would you be surprised to know that some people who work in the search engine industry know who is responsible for a lot of comment spam ... I met some of them recently.
[2004-12-16] Search Engine For TV
blinkx announced the availability of blinkx TV, the first search engine that allows you to search TV across news, sports and entertainment programming.
[2004-12-16] Yahoo Partners with Verity on Enterprise Web Search Application
Yahoo has partnered with enterprise software company Verity to release an enterprise web search application.
[2004-12-15] Find.com To Launch Directory with ThomasB2B
Find.com has teamed with ThomasB2B.com to give searchers access to the business listings of more than 550,000 industrial suppliers from 29 countries.
[2004-12-15] Google Software Downloads On One Page
The Google Blog team has just made Christmas easier. They announced a new page on Google where all of the Google software downloads are neatly available for download from a single web page.
[2004-12-15] Most Searched For Gifts On Yahoo
If you are having trouble deciding what to buy for gifts Yahoo has come to the rescue. Greg Gunwall, Sr. Product Manager of Yahoo! Shopping tells us what others are searching for and buying.
[2004-12-15] Google To Scan Millions of Library Books
Google announced yesterday that they have agreements with several large libraries to scan books whose copyrights have expired.
[2004-12-15] MSN Desktop Search Feedback
Since Microsoft officially announced the availablity of the MSN Desktop Search their blog has received over 100 comments which includes some interesting and useful feedback.
[2004-12-15] Semantic Web for Toddlers
You may have noticed that it's been a while since I've posted anything to my blog. Well, I've been in firefighter mode at work and honestly haven't had time to give much insight on the current events affecting the search / marketing industry.
[2004-12-15] Google Dominates Holiday Searches
Hitwise announced in its Internet usage report that Google is dominating the holiday search engine traffic.
[2004-12-15] Google Wins Geico LawSuit
According to wire services, U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema rejected a claim by auto insurance giant Geico, which argued that Google should not be allowed to sell ads to rival insurance companies that appear whenever Geico's name is typed into the Google search box.
[2004-12-15] Improvements to Google Adwords Content Network Yields Results
Just had an interesting conversation with Mike Mayzel of Google, about the changes they made to their contextual ad network over the past 12 months.
[2004-12-14] The State of Search Engine Marketing - SEMPO Study 2004
The Search Engine Marketing Professional Organization ( SEMPO ) recently completed its first comprehensive survey of the search engine marketing industry.
[2004-12-14] Local Search From Yellow Pages Association
With local search providing online information on businesses located in a community, Internet Yellow Pages and Search Engine companies are joining forces at a rapid rate.
[2004-12-14] Google Works with Libraries to Expand Print Program
The Libraries of Harvard, Stanford, the University of Michigan, the University of Oxford, and The New York Public Library Join with Google to Digitally Scan Library Books and Make Them Searchable Online.
[2004-12-14] Rocketinfo Releases Preview of RocketNews Search API
Rocketinfo has released a preview version of the RocketNews Search Application Programming Interface (API).
[2004-12-14] WebFeat Granted Federated Search Technology Patent
WebFeat has been granted a patent for its federated search technology by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
[2004-12-14] AOL's Top Search Topics
AOL Search announced the year's top searches based on what people and topics received the highest volume of online queries on the AOL service and AOL.com.
[2004-12-14] Ask Jeeves To Launch Desktop Search Wednesday
Ask Jeeves will launch their new Ask Jeeves Desktop Search (AJDS) application on Wednesday. We caught-up with Senior Vice President, Jim Lanzone for an exclusive interview.
[2004-12-13] Hot Search Engine Strategies in Cold Chicago
I enjoyed chatting to Susan Kuchinskas about the upcoming SES Chicago and how the flurry of new search engine technology will impact search engine marketers.
[2004-12-13] WebSourced to Launch New In-House Search Engine Marketing Services
So here is our big announcement. Under the radar of everyone, we successfully wooed SEO rock-star, Heather Lloyd-Martin and persuaded her to head up our new in-house search engine marketing consulting and training services.
[2004-12-13] Tom Foremski on Google and Yahoo Culture
It's interesting that Tom Foremski wrote this today--the day I got to meet him in person ...
[2004-12-13] Email and Browser URL Extraction and Search via a Personal del.icio.us
A few minutes ago, I needed to send a note to Russell about Yahoo Desktop Search.
[2004-12-13] Ten Steps To A Well Optimized Website - Step Eight: Link Building
Welcome to part eight in this search engine positioning series. Last week we discussed website submissions. In part eight we will be covering the importance of link building and developing inbound links to your website.
[2004-12-13] InterSearch Merges With PPC Search Company
InterSearch has completed its merger with Walnut Ventures., a San Francisco-based owner and operator of several performance based PPC search engine properties and search enhancing products.
[2004-12-13] Blogging The Microsoft Way
I haven't said much of anything yet about MSN Spaces, but it's been amusing to watch the reaction to their lame attempt at censorship of blogs.
[2004-12-13] Micosoft Introduces MSN Toolbar Suite Beta
Microsoft introduced a beta version of its new MSN Toolbar Suite, with desktop search functionality.
[2004-12-10] Google Launches 7 Foreign Language Editions of Google News
Google announced late last night that they have launched seven non-english editions of their extremely popular Google News service.
[2004-12-10] Yahoo Will Launch Desktop Search ... Eventually
Nothing's better that to announce something that will happen in the future. You get the publicity without actually having to deliver the goods.
[2004-12-10] AOL Partners With Copernic For Desktop Search
America Online is offering a beta version of their desktop search utility, which is powered by Copernic. This download is available to all AOL members. The AOL/Copernic partnership also indicates that desktop search has become another hot spot for search developers.
[2004-12-10] Read People's Minds with Google
Google has launched a new tool called Google Suggest that will suggest search terms as you type them.
[2004-12-10] AOL to Use Copernic for Desktop Search
AOL is not very good at keeping secrets. News is out that AOL's desktop search solution will be powered by Copernic, which pretty much assures that an agreement is in place between the two companies.
[2004-12-09] Friendster and Eurekster Launch Personalized Search
Friendster and Eurekster have launched personalized Internet search and navigation services on Friendster networks in eight countries.
[2004-12-09] Accoona a Fool to Enter Search Engine Arena?
The Motley Fool throws in its two cents regarding the launch of Accoona. It seems they think the industry might be too mature for a new contender to catch-up.
[2004-12-09] Any Question About Yahoo Local Products?
Yvette Irvin of the Yahoo search blog is asking for your questions ... if you have them, about Yahoo Local Products.
[2004-12-09] Charlene Li Looks at Search Engine Loyalty
Charlene reveals some data from a Forrester report she recently completed on the loyalty (or fickleness) of search engine users.
[2004-12-09] Multiple Search Engine Universe
For the past three years, Google dominated the search engine field. Just 12 months ago, Google provided nearly 80% of all search results viewed on the web, including the organic results displayed by Yahoo.
[2004-12-09] Self Appointed Guru’s, Black Hat SEO, Link Exchanges, and Other Things That go Bump on the Internet
If you have a web site and are looking for traffic, then I am sure you have done your fair share of research on the internet. With so much at stake and your web site's success or failure hanging in the balance, there is a wealth of information to be had on the internet to fix whatever problem might be ailing your web site.
[2004-12-09] Google Looking at Alternative Media Search Patents
Susan Kuchinskas looks at some patents, recently filed by Google, and how they might hold clues to the search engine's future plans.
[2004-12-09] Google Opens R&D Center In Tokyo
Google officially opened their R&D doors in Tokyo, Japan last week with a series of open houses to celebrate and outreach.
[2004-12-08] MSN Beta Search Phenomenon
I don't fully understand the algorithm's involved with the new Beta search from MSN but I have to say as a site owner I love it.
[2004-12-08] MSN Lists Search Engine Vacancies at JobsInSearch.com
JobsInSearch.com, the specialist job site for the search engine industry, have announced that MSN Search have chosen JobsInSearch.com to list their search engine related vacancies.
[2004-12-08] Keyword Research for Blogs
Our friend, Amanda Watlington, has been keeping a low profile since her departure from iProspect, but she resurfaced at SES San Jose and appears to have moved on to better things.
[2004-12-08] Google Earns Nine Cents Per Search Engine Query
John Battelle's Searchblog has some interesting Google earnings per search query data revealed by Majestic Research.
[2004-12-08] Blingo, a Search Engine For Prize Lovers
There is news of a new search engine named Blingo, which is trying a business model similar to iWon.com.
[2004-12-08] JupiterResearch's Search Engine Marketing Agency Constellation
We participated in Jupiter's survey and were one of the top 14 firms included in the data. Some nice information, but one thing bugs me.
[2004-12-08] Search Engine Strategies Chicago - December 13-16
You have your ticket, right? I know it's going to be boo-chilly in Chicago, but you can't possibly miss SES Chicago.
[2004-12-08] Yahoo!'s Year End Party Celebration
According to the Yahoo search blog one hell of a party took place Saturday celebrating another great year for Yahoo Inc. and its employees.
[2004-12-08] Google Guys Interviewed by Barbara Walters
Barbara Wawa featured the 10 Most Fascinating People on tonight's 20/20. I really don't like "Babs" so we hope you enjoy the sacrifice we suffered to bring you this transcript and screenshot. ;-)
[2004-12-07] Searching with Artificial Intelligence
The Accoona Corporation has launched a new search engine. The company's Web-Search Platform, www.Accoona.com, features a breakthrough Artificial Intelligence powered search engine.
[2004-12-07] Copernic Desktop Search is First to Fully Support Mozilla Firefox Browser
Copernic today launched version 1.2 of their desktop search tool, which brings a host of new improvements and capatibility with Mozilla's Firefox browser, the first desktop search to do so.
[2004-12-07] Bill Clinton Helps Launch Accoona Search Engine
Bill Clinton helps launch the Chinese backed search engine and gives them words of encouragement that would make Google cringe...
[2004-12-07] SEM Agencies Direct Majority of SEM Spending in U.S.
JupiterResearch reported that Search Engine Marketing (SEM) agencies now direct the majority of SEM spending in the United States.
[2004-12-07] Danny Sullivan Explains Google to Playboy
I tried to convince my wife that I needed to read the Playboy issue that featured Google co-founders Page and Brin. After she gave me the "talk to the hand" speach, I gave up.
[2004-12-07] MSN Search Improving Spelling Correction System
The MSN Search team is focused on improving the system its search engine uses to correct spelling mistakes of searchers.
[2004-12-07] A Look Inside the World of Yahoo Search
Part 2 of the insightful interview that we mentioned last week with Yahoo Engineering Manager Tim Converse has been published in the Yahoo blog.
[2004-12-07] MoreGoogle Becomes LostGoggles
Earlier this summer, WebProNews featured an article highlighting a utility designed to enhance the Google user experience. The utility, called MoreGoogle, altered Google's search results by featuring a thumbnail image of the sites that are present.
[2004-12-07] WebSourced Parent Completes $15.05 Million Private Placement
CGI Holding Corporation announced that the Company has raised gross proceeds of $15.05 million through a private placement of its common stock and warrants.
[2004-12-06] Search Revenues & Conversions Nearly Triple After Thanksgiving
A note in the MediaPost column discusses the recent rise in revenue for marketers advertising in search engines ...
[2004-12-03] The Expansion of Interchange
Interchange has expanded its technology infrastructure through capacity enhancement in its Los Angeles data center operations, and through the addition of a new data center in Chicago.
[2004-12-03] Google's Secret Branding Power Is Inspiration
Battelle talks about Google's UK engineer recruiting tour and the Easter Eggs being laid down by Urs Hölzle of Google ...
[2004-12-03] "Ken Jennings" Yahoo Searches Skyrocketed 318%
When super smart Ken Jennings finally answered wrong on Jeopardy Yahoo search results for his name shot up 318%.
[2004-12-02] Google Enhances Discussion Groups
Forbes has a report on Google's recent upgrade to Google Groups. Yet another smart way for Google to generate revenue without having to share it with a partner.
[2004-12-02] New Phishers Use Google as Bait
CNet reports on a new phishing practice...building fake ecommerce sites that are found via the search engines.
[2004-12-02] Google PageRank is for Entertainment Purposes Only?
Barry Schwartz reports that Google is telling toolbar users that the PageRank displayed is for "entertainment purposes only" and is not the same PageRank that it uses in its algorithm.
[2004-12-02] Most Of Google Remains In Beta
Danny Sullivan points out that most of Google is still in beta. For those of you with Search Engine Watch subscriptions ...
[2004-12-02] Its Not All About Google Anymore
Webmasters that stick to the old ways and focus entirely on Google are missing out on a lot of search traffic these days if they are not also well ranked by Yahoo and MSN.
[2004-12-02] New Version of Google Groups Launched
Shannon Bauman, Associate Product Manager of Google Groups announced the launch of a new and improved Google Groups.
[2004-12-02] Yahooligan Discusses Blog Comment Spam
The Yahoo blog is getting more interesting. A post today features a lengthy interview (for a blog) with Tim Converse, an engineering manager in Yahoo!'s Content group.
[2004-12-02] MSN Search Team Announces Beta Extentions
The MSN Search team announced in their blog a number of new beta extentions to the MSN search engine offered by outside developers.
[2004-12-02] Drudge Report Is Third Most Searched For News Source
According to Google Zeitgeist, the internet based Drudge Report is the third most searched for news source as of October, 2004.
[2004-12-02] Google CFO: Click Fraud Threatens Our Business Model
At an investor conference Wednesday, Google CFO George Reyes stated -- I think something has to be done about this really, really quickly, because I think, potentially, it threatens our business model.
[2004-12-01] AOL's Multimedia Search Has New Agenda
Singingfish which was acquired by AOL a year ago has revamped their multimedia search engine for the public.
[2004-12-01] Search Engine Snap.com Reveals Revenues
Mike Bazeley has some interesting data on new consumer search engine, Snap.com. Created by Bill Gross, Snap vows not to keep any secrets.
[2004-12-01] Experienced Travelers Don't Use Search Engines
MediaPost released some data about online travel searches and how only .47% of all online travel traffic is coming from the major travel search engines.
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