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[2005-03-31] Yahoo 360 Reviewed
While, I like what I see so far and I think 360 is very compelling as a personal blogging tool, it has some serious shortcomings that most veterans will not like. Also, I am wondering if I gave Yahoo! the idea for this project way back last June when I speculated how Google might merge Blogger and Orkut into a "trusted network" of bloggers. Hmmm...
[2005-03-31] Transparency at MSN Works
MediaPost reports that when MSN unveiled its new search engine, it put up a Web page, Inside MSN, which collects user comments on the product and posts them for all to see.
[2005-03-31] Search Engine Metrics... Organic Search vs. Paid Placement
Let me preface this report by citing advertisers in 2004 have spent 4 Billion dollars on search engine marketing according to the Search Engine Marketing Professional Organization (SEMPO).
[2005-03-30] Search Google for Stock Quotes
I know, I know, free stock quote sites are everywhere. But, since you use the Google search field for just about everything else, why not use it to get your stock quotes as well... To retrieve the quote, just enter into the search field the operator "stock:" followed by one or more stock symbols:
[2005-03-29] Yahoo Has Its Mojo Back
I've seen numerous folks commenting on Om Malik's recent posting about Yahoo: How Yahoo Got Its Mojo Back. In it he credits several things...
[2005-03-29] Google Buys Urchin
Google has purchased the web site stat company Urchin. Urchin is a competitor to companies such as Webtrends which help webmasters track visitors.
[2005-03-29] Google Acquires Web Analytics Firm Urchin
Google has announced the acquisition of Urchin Software Corporation, a San Diego, California based web analytics company.
[2005-03-29] goWholesale Launches Community Forum and Local Auction Search
This week goWholesale launched new features on its web site, including a Community Forum and Advance Local Search for bulk online auctions.
[2005-03-28] Oodles: A New Classified Search Engine
What do you get when former Excite.com executives, fresh from taking (very) early retirement, reunite to figure out a better way to sift through online classifieds...
[2005-03-28] A Tale Of Search Engine Noise
I used to have a NetMeeting site. It's the reason I still have a warm spot in my heart for Google. I was just telling some people about why Google has a better brand name in my mind than other search engines.
[2005-03-27] Looking at Desktop Search
The Washington Post is running a story on the various DTS apps available. They seem to favor Google and MSN above the others, but the point I found most interesting was this...
[2005-03-26] Yahoo's Efforts to Outshine Google
Om Malik posts a great commentary on Yahoo's ongoing bid to win blogger and techie favor - i've said so before, and i'll say it again: They're doing a great job...
[2005-03-26] Google Search Cheat Sheet
I know this isn't much of a tip, but hey, it's Easter weekend so this is all I've got. Google has a Web Search Cheat Sheet on their site ...
[2005-03-26] Feedster Accused of Spamming Search Engines
Tim Yang is claiming that the claim your feed function at Feedster is spamming Google et al...
[2005-03-25] AFP's Dispute with Google Has Unfortunate Results
Search Engine Guide has details of an unfortunate victim of the recent dispute between Google and AFP (a French based news service).
[2005-03-25] The Flickr Analogy
Earlier today, we invited a group of folks to Yahoo for a preview of Yahoo! 360. Danah Boyd wrote a bit about the event this evening.
[2005-03-25] Sending Gmail To Your Mobile Phone
Did you know you can have Gmail forward your new mail to your mobile phone? It's very simple, and takes just minutes to set up. Don't want all your email sent? Apply a filter to what you send.
[2005-03-25] RSS And Search Intergration - The Next Big Play
Richard MacManus at the Read/Write Web posts some thoughts and observations on the integration of RSS and Search - Among other things, he notices that Bloglines, that now belongs to IAC's ASK, has had a very Search focused makeover.
[2005-03-25] Yahoo Knows Where Koreatown Is...
As usually happens a search for restaurants leads to a wild goose chase and exercise in evaluating the latest options in local search.
[2005-03-24] Firefox Extensions For Google Users
It seems 39% of my website's readers are browsing with Mozilla Firefox, with a dwindling 49% on Internet Explorer. In light of this, I thought it would be useful to list all the Firefox extensions I could find that perform some sort of function relating to Google.
[2005-03-24] Yahoo Search And Creative Commons Announce Partnership
Yahoo Inc., a leading global Internet company, today announced the launch of Yahoo! Search for Creative Commons beta (), a service that provides Internet users with access to the largest collection of Creative Commons content on the Web.
[2005-03-23] Australian Search Engine in Dodgy Domain Reg Scandal
Australian Search engine Ansearch finds itself in hot water over some particularly ill thought out domain name purchases.
[2005-03-23] Barry Diller Plans To Grow Ask Jeeves
InformationWeek has Diller's thoughts on what they plan to do with Ask Jeeves ...
[2005-03-23] Google X Clone Gets A Cease & Desist
The English would say that Google "has some cheek". Why? After announcing Google X - a Google interface that clearly copies ...
[2005-03-23] Is Google Pulling the Deskbar in favor of the Toolbar?
One of my readers asked me why the Google Deskbar page (www.deskbar.google.com) was down so I checked it out.
[2005-03-22] How Will IAC Purchase Change Ask?
When the week began, those who follow the search engine industry were greeted with news of Ask.com's impending purchase by IAC, owner of Internet properties like Ticketmaster and Expedia.com. The sale was made for a reported at about $1.85 billion, not a bad sum for the 4th place search engine.
[2005-03-22] 4INFO Mobile Search lands $8M in Funding
Mobile Search firm 4INFO have secured $8M in funding from VC firm Draper Fisher Jurvetson.
[2005-03-22] Google Getting Heavy with Google X Cloners
Barry Schwartz posts a translated french email allegedly sent from Google to one of the sites cloning the short lived Google X ...
[2005-03-22] Search Engines using Smoke and Mirrors to Hide Flaws
Over at the ABestWeb affiliate forums X10, who deal in consumer electronics, are announcing a new feature to their affiliate program: A free website, all ready to go. Some of the members are concerned over "duplicate content" penalties and the X10 rep steps in to dispel a few myths about Search engines and ranking penalties.
[2005-03-22] Google Deleting AFP from Google News
According to DMeurope, Google has started removing AFP content from Google News, after the French news agency filed a $17.5m law suit for copyright infringement.
[2005-03-21] AFP Sues Google
Agnece France Presse announced they would be suing search engine Google for their use of AFP news, images, and headlines without permission.
[2005-03-21] SEO Blog Power Revisited
Blogs are still a mystery to many people. When hearing about blogs, many people still equate them with personal online diaries, or the high profile political blogs.
[2005-03-21] Q & A With Become CTO Yeogirl Yun
Last week, Become.com sent out a press release that talked about it's patent pending ranking algorithm dubbed AIR.
[2005-03-21] ZoomInfo Resume & People Search
More niche Search hits the mainstream press as ZoomInfo.com is featured on New Scientist as well as AP today.
[2005-03-21] Google Backs Down in AFP Case
It appears that Google is backing down in the Google News vs Agence France Presse case.
[2005-03-21] Size Matters + Slippery Slope = Trouble Ahead
This morning I listened to a raging debate between Robert Scoble and Cory Doctorow that you can find ...
[2005-03-20] Jerry Yang on Buying Flickr
Notes from one of the first PC Forum sessions, while hanging out in irc://irc.freenode.net/#pcforum just after Jerry said something about how most bloggers are bad bloggers and new competition from real writers will crush us...
[2005-03-19] More Autolink discussion
Matthew Gertner: Why Autolink (and Greasemonkey) is evil: They may provide fleeting satisfaction, but anything close to widespread adoption is going to create a big mess.
[2005-03-18] Blogs Equal SEO Power In Searches
They are truly search engine optimization powerhouses. Before your eyes glaze over, and you start to yawn, keep in mind that many of your brand new blog visitor traffic arrives from search engines.
[2005-03-18] Google opens new site for developers: code
A guy at Google, Chris DiBona, who I've met several times and has always been nice to me, and Greg Stein have opened up Code.Google.com.
[2005-03-18] CustomizeGoogle.com Toolbar
Nice, looks like someone took Mark Pilgrim's Butler tool that we talked about a couple of days ago, improved on it ...
[2005-03-17] Another Look At Linking Technologies
I've taken another look at linking technologies (Microsoft's failed Smart Tags in a beta of IE 6, Google's Autolink, and now GreaseMonkey are examples).
[2005-03-16] Yahoo 360 Fuses Social Networking and Blogs
AP reports that Yahoo is preparing to introduce a new service that blends several of its Web site's popular features with blogging and social networking.
[2005-03-16] Vertical Search Creates Buzz In Silicon Valley
Om Malik writes about the buzz surrounding vertical Search on Sandhill Road. On explaining vertical, he says ...
[2005-03-16] Yahoo 360 Connects Friends, Blogs and Photos
Editor's Note: At the end of this month, Yahoo has indicated they will be launching a comprehensive social network service called Yahoo 360.
[2005-03-16] WebTrends Delivers Faster SEO With WebPosition Enhancements
WebTrends, the web analytics market share leader and a business unit of NetIQ Corporation, today announced the latest upgrade to the industry's leading Search Engine Optimization solution, WebPosition Gold 3.
[2005-03-16] Google Loses Trademark Infringement Appeal In France
The BBC News UK edition reports that Google has lost their trademark infringement case appeal.
[2005-03-15] Microsoft To Announce AdWords Competitor
Since Microsoft embraced the search industry, they have been committed to making MSN Search a relevant and viable alternative to other industry leaders like Ask, Google, and Yahoo.
[2005-03-15] Google Local Now Easier To Update
Google has today made it easier for businesses to update their information in Google Local.
[2005-03-15] Google Offering Gmail Randomly Without Invitations
It seems that Google is moving past the requirement that an invitation is necessary to create an account on Gmail.
[2005-03-15] MSN Search Ads May Not Be Auction Based
Goldman Sachs makes a good point: if and when MSN comes out with its own paid search advertising program to repatriate revenues on sponsored listings near search results ...
[2005-03-15] NCAA Basketball Tournament Picks Via AOL
Have you filled out your bracket yet? Well, you might want to take a look at the latest info from AOL Search, showing which teams are the most popular right now.
[2005-03-14] Search Marketing Industry Expected To Consolodate
Mediaweek predicts that we will see continued consolidation in the SEM space, as more companies make the decision to look for an acquisition partner.
[2005-03-14] Transparensee's Discovery Search Engine
In Grokking Transparensee, John Battelle of the said the following: This is powerful stuff when you think about it ...
[2005-03-14] The Factbites Search Engine Beta
What do you get if you cross a search engine with an encyclopedia? No, not Answers.com, you get Factbites.
[2005-03-13] Has Flickr Been Sold To Yahoo?
I just asked Caterina Fake of Ludicorp whether it was true that Flickr has been sold to Yahoo.
[2005-03-12] Google Mobile Launches
A Threadwatch reader, Michel emailed me a little earlier to point out that mobile.google.com had apparently, and very quietly launched.
[2005-03-12] eBay the Latest to "Get" Local Search Potential
At first I wasn't sure about eBay's new Kijiji service, essentially an international answer to Craigslist.
[2005-03-12] To Portal or not To Portal? Wrong question.
It seems that the portalization of Google comes up now and then. I just ran across ...
[2005-03-11] I Say Use The Controversial Google Toolbar
The Google Toolbar Beta 3 has been stirring controversy and outright anger by many web site owners and advertisers since it was launched.
[2005-03-11] Customize Google News... Why?
Maybe I'm seriously missing something and you can help me out here. I've been known ...
[2005-03-10] Walt Mossberg Comes Out Against Google Autolink
Walt Mossberg weighs in on Google Autolink in tomorrow's paper (WSJ.com subscription required). Basically his stance is consistent ...
[2005-03-10] Lunchtime Blogging Presentation by Charlene Li
Forrester analyst and blogger Charlene Li spoke to a packed room of marketing, PR, and other interested folks today at Yahoo.
[2005-03-10] Google: The Fastest Phonebook on the Web
There are many web phone number directories, but none as close to your fingertips as is Google's search field.
[2005-03-10] Google: The Fastest Phonebook on the Web
There are many web phone number directories, but none as close to your fingertips as is Google's search field.
[2005-03-10] Google Considers Changes To AutoLink
Walt Mossberg weighs in on Google Autolink in today's Wall Street Journal. Basically his stance is consistent with what he wrote in 2001 on Smart Tags.
[2005-03-10] Google News Adds Powerful Customization Feature
Google News (amazingly still called a beta!) has added a very powerful customization feature today.
[2005-03-09] Keeping Private Matters Private in Google Desktop Search
Google Desktop Search is a great tool-if you've got nothing to hide on your computer from anyone else who might sit down and do a search-innocently or not.
[2005-03-09] ActivePoint Announces TX5 Discovery Engine System Suite
Contextual natural language search provider ActivePoint announced the availability of its TX5 Discovery Engine system suite.
[2005-03-09] Google's Communication Strategy - Wrong, wrong, wrong!
As i navigate around the blogosphere, and the Search forums i keep hearing the same thing: "Google is not part of the conversation".
[2005-03-09] The Power of Google Advanced Search
When you need to find something on the web, just key the search term in Google and hit enter right?
[2005-03-09] Google Bans Itself for Cloaking
The Google cloaking farce continues. As Danny reports, Google has indeed owned up to inadvertent cloaking...
[2005-03-08] The Blogger Google Fired Gets Hired
According to InformationWeek, Mark Jen, the guy who only lasted a few weeks after a controversy over blogging at Google, has landed an engineering job at Plaxo, the company that helps people keep up-to-date contact lists.
[2005-03-08] Hello Google Desktop Search, Goodbye Yahoo Desktop Search
Finally there's a desktop search product that's actually useful to me: Google Desktop. I had tried the previous version of GDS a bit ...
[2005-03-08] Desktop Search Engine From T-Online?
According to posters at WebmasterWorld, T-Online is getting ready to launch their own desktop search engine, using Copernic technology.
[2005-03-08] What Traffic Google Giveth, AutoLink Taketh
In late 2000 Google introduced two innovative services that revolutionized the web. The first, Google AdWords, was a breakthrough advertising paradigm that enabled thousands of online marketers to attract more traffic to their websites.
[2005-03-08] ESPN Wants to Hire Search Experts
Kyle McDoniel, Director of Business Operations for ESPN.com, sent us a note about some positions they have open in the search field.
[2005-03-08] Yahoo Says Don't Bother Blogging
The Yahoo! Buzz Index blog reports that searchers are increasingly seeking out blogs on specific topics.
[2005-03-08] SES Scandal
Yes, I saw the girls and yes, I've seen the uproar about the indecency. I wasn't going to mention it, but Kim Krause gives some thoughful comments.
[2005-03-07] Doc Searles Weighs In On Google Autolink
Thought he'd been a bit quiet... "Anyway, here's the problem: Google is an advertising company, more than a search company.
[2005-03-07] MSN Search Team Taking Flak over SES Party
The MSN Search Team are taking a bit of a kickin' in the comments on their blog entry about their SES NYC party.
[2005-03-07] Google's Grating Silence
TheStreet's Kevin Kelleher talks about Google's secretiveness when it comes to talking to Investors and says that this is all well and good in good times, but Investors won't stand for it in bad...
[2005-03-07] Google Brings Desktop Search Out Of Beta
There is a running joke about how Google never brings any of their innovations out of the beta stage. The thinking is, if something breaks, Google can always say it was still in beta testing.
[2005-03-07] Google Caught Cloaking and Keyword Stuffing?
A short while ago, Threadwatch member Adam_C discovered what for all appearances seems to be Google pulling dirty SEO tactics on it's own pages and thus going against it's own guidelines in an effort to rank highly within it's own results.
[2005-03-07] Yahoo Not a One-Trick Pony
While Google may be picking up the "one-trick pony" tagline - with 98% of revenues coming from search - Yahoo demonstrates why they might have a better model for low-risk growth.
[2005-03-07] Kanoodle Launches LocalTarget
Kanoodle, a leading provider of sponsored listings for content pages and search results, today announced the launch of Kanoodle's LocalTarget, currently the only available sponsored links product built solely for local targeting on content pages.
[2005-03-07] Kanoodle Goes Local
Kanoodle have launched Kanoodle LocalTarget which they say is the first sponsored links program for local targeting.
[2005-03-07] Google Desktop SDK Opens Up Possibilities
With the potential ability to integrate the capability of Google search into any number of applications, the release of the GDS SDK has caused a noticeable stir.
[2005-03-07] Advertising Search Marketing Services
The wonderful image you see here is courtesy of Tim Bray and apart from being pretty funny, i wanted to post it in order to talk about how Search marketing services are advertised.
[2005-03-04] SES was big biG BIG this Year
According to Jupiters Alan Meckler SES final figures were something to behold this year ...
[2005-03-04] Google Autolink Prevented by JavaScript
Chris Ridings pings me to let me know about an effort underway to get Google to provide an opt-out to the controversial AutoLink tool.
[2005-03-04] Anyone use Jeeves for Image Search?
Because they say they've improved it: Until this week, we relied exclusively on the relevance algorithms provided by our partner Picsearch, which provides the roughly 500 million-image index for Ask Jeeves.
[2005-03-04] Google May Launch UPC Code Autolinks
This is getting ridiculous. Marissa Mayer from Google told the Washington Post (reg. required) that more Google Toolbar autolinks are in the works, probably using other numbers you can already type into Google's query box to get special results.
[2005-03-04] Does Google have a Goal?
Interesting post at Aways-On that runs through a whole barrage of Google services, Betas and improvements to demonstrate that none of them appear to have any short-medium term profit making capabilities.
[2005-03-04] Competition in Search
If you want to see just how competitive the search space has gotten, you need look no further than the complete mix of tools that I use on a regular basis.
[2005-03-03] MSN To Use Your Files To Personalize Search?
WebProNews Editor's Note: Microsoft is kicking an idea around about developing a personalized search function on MSN Search using personal content stored on an individual's computers.
[2005-03-03] SES, or Hell?
Great conference, as usual. From hearing Danny interview Jerry Yang, to learning new things from the panelists on the Compelling Ads and Landing Pages session ...
[2005-03-03] Visiting Yahoo! Japan
In about 5 hours I hop on a flight from San Jose to Japan. I'm visiting Yahoo! Japan for a few days.
[2005-03-03] Google Bashing In Vogue
I had no idea. I mean, it wasn't on my calendar and I'm sure I didn't see the search engines create a special logo to mark the event; but it appears that this week is Chicken Little Week.
[2005-03-03] Paid Search Backlash - Earn Rupees!
John Battelle talks about a paid search backlash this morning ... I don't know how you all feel out there, but I sense a backlash of sorts building toward paid search.
[2005-03-03] Google Offers Inside Look At Operations
At the EclipseCon 2005 conference, a noted Google engineer offered a rare look at how Google approaches their method of operations during a keynote speech.
[2005-03-03] Click Fraud Making Headlines Again
Two major headlines today on click fraud, the first comes from Mediapost reporting from SES NY who say ...
[2005-03-02] Search Marketers Clueless about Blogs
B.L. Ochman reporting on the interest in Blogs at Search Engine Strategies in New York City ...
[2005-03-02] Technorati Searchlet Broken
I started testing the new Technorati searchlet in January. This is a bit of code you stick on your blog that gives you a Technorati-based search capability for your blog.
[2005-03-02] Weird? Baskin Robbins Celebrates Yahoo!'s 10th Birthday...
Yahoo!'s 10th birthday is today. To celebrate, they're giving away... a scoop of ice cream, courtesy of Baskin Robbins.
[2005-03-02] Yahoo Shows Up Late To The Party
What better way to celebrate your birthday? Attend a trade show! Well, at least it was in NYC. 10-year-old Yahoo! announced at...
[2005-03-02] Yahoo! - 10yrs Old Today!
Yep, Yahoo! is 10yrs old today, ahh... makes you think of scabby knees and catapults no? (jumpers for goalposts...)
[2005-03-02] Basic SEO Answers For CFDynamics' Newsletter
I just completed a question and answer session with CFDynamics, a ColdFusion Hosting company. The questions were geared towards their hosting customers with a basic understand of the search engines but little or no understand of search engine optimization or search marketing
[2005-03-01] Yahoo! Search Web Services Launch!
Yeay ... I'll write more about this later, but it's really late in NYC, I'm stuck on bluetooth/verizon since the Hilton's network sucks, and I'm getting tired.
[2005-03-01] Overture - The Brand that was Never Meant to Be
First we had GoTo.com, then Overture, now... Yahoo! Search Marketing Solutions Pamela Parker reports for Clickz ...
[2005-03-01] Yahoo Introduces Yahoo Search Developer Network
Yahoo Inc. a leading global Internet company, today announced the launch of the Yahoo! Search Developer Network...
[2005-03-01] The unGoogle - Wired Talks to Terry Semel
Terry Semel, Yahoo's Chairman and CEO has been whispering sweet nothings in Wired's ear about Yahoo's strategy and where it differs to Google.
[2005-03-01] Rank And Page Position Still Rule
Editors Note: The Search Engine Strategies conference kicked off in New York yesterday. As usual, there are a number of panels featuring some very useful and educational information.
[2005-03-01] Yahoo's Tim Mayer Proposes More Tags
The Index Summit session had a heavy focus on the new "nofollow" tag that allows a site owner to tell the search engines that a particular link ...
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