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[2005-12-30] Only You Can Help Digital Maps
With an array of mapping technologies, satellite images, and aerial photos, map and local sites under the purview of Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, and AOL still need the kind of information only local users can provide.
[2005-12-29] Cutts, Zawodny, And The SEJ Awards
One last nod from the Search Engine Journal's Search Blog awards showed who the voters thought would be most likely to flame a spammer to crunchy blackened bits.
[2005-12-29] Opera, Google Extend Search Placement
Google is the default search option in the Opera web browser for PCs, and the two firms have extended their agreement to place Google on Opera browsers made for smaller devices.
[2005-12-29] Search Moguls Embrace Hollywood
Financial Times men of the year, Google co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page, will be billed as executive producers of an indie film by an old college friend.
[2005-12-29] Google Base Is In The Red
The homepage for Google Base has been tweaked a bit, with a much simpler look-and-feel and a few links in red.
[2005-12-29] Shoppers Start At MSN, Yahoo
Internet users may be using Google to sift through all the world's information, but a slightly higher percentage of online shoppers start their trips on Yahoo and MSN.
[2005-12-29] 2006 Predictions
It is that time of year again. Between the extra helpings of turkey soup and sandwiches, writers of every stripe are making lists of predictions for the coming twelve months.
[2005-12-29] 2005 Search Engine Journal Blog Awards
Many thanks to the readers and responders who nominated our blog as one of the top search engine optimization related blogs of 2005.
[2005-12-29] Search Related Philanthropic Foundations
This happens every year. The Yuletide holidays leave a massive hole in the world of search engine news. To be blunt, practically nothing major is happening at this time.
[2005-12-28] Google Clarifies Base Jump Change
Google has now officially acknowledged the placement of jump pages in Google Base, a change that had been quietly implemented recently.
[2005-12-28] Four Net Players And A Market
Yahoo, Microsoft, Google, and Time Warner's AOL all want to provide a nice return to shareholders as much as they want site visitors to click on ads, maybe even more so.
[2005-12-28] Microshoo? Let's get the Rumors Started
Computerworld speculates that Microsoft and Yahoo! may be teaming up to compete against Google in the search space.
[2005-12-28] Web Designer's Guide to Search Engine Optimization
Search Engine Optimization or SEO is the buzz word you will see everywhere in the internet nowsadays. Designing a website today is no longer about aesthetics. It must not only look good, it must be visible to the search engines as well.
[2005-12-28] Microsoft Should Buy NewsGator
Niall Kennedy, of Technorati, has the news that Google will release a feed API in early 2006.
[2005-12-27] Google Ads Helping Non-Profits
A little giving by the search advertising company has gone a long way for several charities, as Google waives its usual ad fees for non-profits that qualify for its program.
[2005-12-27] More Search Awards From SEJ
Search Engine Journal is taking a bit longer than anticipated in releasing its inaugural Search Engine Blogs awards, but a couple of new results have been announced.
[2005-12-27] Google Rates A Lawsuit Over VoIP
Rates Technology sued Google in October over the Voice-over-Internet-Protocol component in Google Talk, but Google's investment in AOL could render that moot.
[2005-12-23] Google Debunks AOL Chatter
After seeing several thousand news stories and blog posts about the $1 billion investment Google made in Time Warner's AOL, Google has come out to address some of the more hotly-debated issues about the deal.
[2005-12-23] Bloglines Talks Growth And Pirates
Mark Fletcher, Bloglines founder, has been a part of the Ask Jeeves family since February. The service has seen growth, its attendant pains, and a makeover for the downtime plumber.
[2005-12-22] Google Stuff, Minus The AOL Bit
It only seems like the Google deal with AOL was the only thing the search advertising company did this week; this is a quick look at some news out of the Googleplex.
[2005-12-22] John Battelle's Search Predictions for 2006
John Battelle is on his third year predicting the upcoming year in search. Some snippets...
[2005-12-22] Wink Offers Search Engine for Tags
SiliconBeat points to Wink, a new search engine that allows you to search for "tagged" content.
[2005-12-22] Jews For Jesus Go After Google
A Christian evangelical group known as Jews For Jesus filed suit against Google in federal district court claiming a blog hosted through Blogspot (a Google property) infringes on the group's trademark.
[2005-12-22] Latest Google Trademark Suit Against Blogger
Reuters has an interesting report that Google is being sued for trademark infringement - nothing new there - but this time its for allowing a Blogger to use a trademark on a blog hosted by Google's Blogspot service.
[2005-12-22] 2005 Search Blog Awards Debut
Loren Baker's Search Engine Journal sponsored the 2005 Search Engine Blog Awards and recently announced the winners of the inaugural competition.
[2005-12-22] Kai-Fu Lee Court Saga Ends
Microsoft and Google have brought an end to their legal battles over Dr. Kai-Fu Lee, who has become famous for defecting to Google to helm their operations in China, and led to Microsoft suing to compel him to comply with his one-year non-compete agreement.
[2005-12-21] Yahoo Search Guys Go Webcasting
Jeremy Zawodny and Tim Mayer, known for their search work with Yahoo, have a webcast/podcast planned for debut.
[2005-12-21] Google Deal For AOL Finalized
It's a done deal, as Time Warner accepted the $1 billion bid from Google for a 5 percent stake in AOL, who had been poised to accept an offer from Microsoft before Google's late push. Google gets its content provider, and AOL gets a spot in Google's far-flung ad network.
[2005-12-21] Yahoo Wants Firefox Users To Switch
One Firefox user visiting Yahoo's home page was surprised to see Yahoo invite him to switch his default search option from Google to Yahoo in three easy steps.
[2005-12-21] Fun with Technorati Charts
On his blog, Niall Kennedy shows us how to create custom Technorati charts.
[2005-12-21] Google and AOL Make it Official
The news is out and just about everything speculated is true. From the press release...
[2005-12-21] Google Launches Personal Zeitgeist
Google's Personalized Search has added a new feature, Trends, which shows analysis of your personal searching history, a sort of personal Zeitgeist.
[2005-12-21] Ask Jeeves What's The Word
As IAC/InterActive's search engine prepares to make debuts in Europe in 2006, the Ask team has implemented some new features for searchers.
[2005-12-20] Yahoo Puts Bang Into Search
Tis the season to wait in traffic, wait for a parking space, wait in line; holidays can be such a weight on a person. Yahoo has delivered a better bang for getting search results, so people don't have to spend as long typing.
[2005-12-20] AOL Wants Graphic Content On Google
As part of the $1 billion dollar deal with Google, AOL wants contextual ads appearing on Google's search results to yield some space to graphical advertisements. Google has been delivering graphic ads on numerous sites throughout its network of publishers...
[2005-12-20] Technorati Unloads a Ton of New Features
Can't you just feel Technorati's lead widening in blog search?
[2005-12-20] Search Engines, Teens, and the Southern Oracle
In a study that is both interesting and destined to get more attention than it should, A Couple of Chicks Marketing has published the findings of a 125-student survey on search engine use and online travel brands.
[2005-12-19] Google Money A Prelude To AOL IPO
By investing $1 billion in AOL, Google may be placing AOL in a position to go public as a separate company and could reap a big return.
[2005-12-19] Japan Wants Its Own Search Engine
Japan's government is a little jealous of the money being made by Google and plans to meet with 20 companies to discuss creating a rival search engine.
[2005-12-19] AOL, You've Got SEO
As part of the deal with Google, the search advertising company will teach AOL how to optimize its pages for best placement in the Google rankings.
[2005-12-19] Time To Grow For Ask Jeeves
The IAC/InterActiveCorp property will add about 130 more staffers to its search engine crew at Ask Jeeves.
[2005-12-16] Search Engines to Clash with Phone Companies
BusinessWeek looks at pending law reform that could give telephone and cable companies a lot of control over internet sites such as Google, Yahoo, Amazon, eBay and more.
[2005-12-16] AOL: Google, Yes; Microsoft, No
A five percent stake in AOL could be the price the search advertising giant has to pay to keep Microsoft from moving in and becoming AOL's partner on search and advertising.
[2005-12-16] Google Space Could Expand Beyond London
The experimental Internet browsing center set up and staffed by Google at London's Heathrow Airport could be an experiment repeated elsewhere.
[2005-12-15] Experian Credited With PriceGrabber Buy
Comparison shopping site PriceGrabber.com has been acquired by Experian and will be part of Experian's existing initiatives in interactive marketing.
[2005-12-15] Google Extends Firefox
A couple of new Firefox extensions emerged from Google Labs. The extensions offer Firefox users extra functions when browsing the web. Blogger Web Comments, created by Google software engineer Glen Murphy, lets users see what bloggers are saying about the page being viewed.
[2005-12-15] It's...Another Yahoo Index Update
The Sixth Weather Report from Yahoo Search should be completed sometime today, and site publishers will want to look and see where they may be placed.
[2005-12-15] Alexa Allows Personal Search Development
Alexa is a little-known search company owned by Amazon, which is primarily used by search marketers as a basic statistics provider.
[2005-12-15] Google Launches Blog Comments Firefox Extension
Google has launched a new Blogger Web Comments Firefox extension that shows surfers what bloggers are saying about any page they're viewing in their browser.
[2005-12-15] Google Adds Music Search Results
Reuters has details of a new "one box" feature for music.
[2005-12-15] Yahoo! Hammered Over Konfabulator Successor
In my post on Monday about software hits and misses, I gave the new Yahoo! Widget Engine 3.0 a definite 'miss' verdict for the moment as this version for Windows really doesn't appear to be worthy of unleasing on an unsuspecting public as this growing comment thread in the support forum clearly indicates.
[2005-12-15] David Vise Answers Questions on Google
Washington Post writer and author of The Google Story, David Vise, was online earlier today to answer a whole host of Google questions - including one from an "Andy of Raleigh, NC" :-)
[2005-12-15] Yahoo’s Top Searches Of 2005
Yahoo has released their look back at the top searches of 2005. Britney Spears appears to have had a great year (surprising to me).
[2005-12-14] Microsoft's Plans for Google?
Greg Linden offers his thoughts on how Microsoft can put a hurting on Google. Sparked by this comment in the New York Times (sub)...
[2005-12-14] Search Use Grows; Ask Jeeves See Biggest Jump
ClickZ reports that search volume rose 15 percent in the five months between June and October of this year, according to details from Nielsen//NetRatings. Ask Jeeves saw the biggest jump in market share.
[2005-12-14] Howard Stern And Yahoo, Sirius
Internet portal powerhouse Yahoo announced on Wednesday exclusive, Internet video coverage and an audio webcast of the party celebrating Stern's moving to Sirius satellite radio.
[2005-12-14] Syndication Is No Replacement For Email
At the Syndication Conference in San Francisco there are a lot of believers in RSS as a replacement for email marketing. I can't disagree more and finally ... I found two speakers yesterday who still believe in email. Now, I have a vested interest here ... my company iEntry Inc. which publishes WebProNews derives about 70% of our revenue via email ads in our newsletters. We have RSS feeds too!
[2005-12-14] Opera Could End If Google Sings
When it comes to market capitalization, Google is definitely a prima donna of substantial girth; the next aria it sings could be a swan song for the Norwegian-made Opera browser.
[2005-12-13] Alexa Embraces Web Developers
Amazon.com's Alexa unit has been turned into a web service, to allow developers API access to the search engine's database.
[2005-12-13] Topix.net Leaps Into Web 2.0
The massive news site has revamped its look and feel, added a section for top stories in the blogosphere, and enabled users to comment and post stories directly to the site.
[2005-12-13] Opinmind Splits Out Positive and Negative Blog Views
Michael Arrington is pointing this morning to Opinmind, a new blog search engine.
[2005-12-13] Technorati Bakes Up Red Hot Kitchen
David Sifry, the man behind blog search and tagging engine Technorati, has launched an alpha version of a new feature called Explore. Technorati's Kitchen features the latest in blog technology cooked up by Sifry and his staff.
[2005-12-13] Gada.be Back in Google
Brian Livingston summarizes recents events with Chris Pirillo's Gada.be - a metasearch engine for RSS feeds.
[2005-12-13] Amazon Offering Alexa Index to Everyone
JB takes a look at Amazon's decision to offer up use of Alexa's index to anyone wishing to pay a modest fee.
[2005-12-13] AOL Reveals Top Searches for 2005
AOL Search today announced the year's top searches based on the topics that received the highest volume of online queries on AOLSearch.com, the AOL.com portal and the AOL service during 2005.
[2005-12-13] Talk Digger 2.0 Blog URL Metasearch Simply Rocks
The team at our agency has been gushing of late over Talk Digger and I can certainly see why.
[2005-12-12] Irish Luck To Bring More Google Jobs?
700 more positions at Google's Dublin-based European headquarters may be opening soon, and bring to 1,000 the number of people working in Dublin for the search advertising company.
[2005-12-12] Interview with Barry Schwartz (RustyBrick)
Here's the next installement in the series of Monday interviews called "Spotlight on Search".
[2005-12-12] MSN Paying Searchers, Redux
Bill Gates may entice Google searchers to give MSN Search a try by offering the ultimate incentive: cold hard cash from the Microsoft money pile.
[2005-12-12] MovableType on Yahoo! Web Hosting
As of today, it's official. You can get MovableType on Yahoo! Web Hosting.
[2005-12-09] Just Say No To SEO Copywriting?
While a handful of speakers at SES Chicago emphasized the importance of keyword placement in pages, a copywriter thinks it's the wrong approach.
[2005-12-09] Del.icio.us Got Yahooed
After much speculation and rumor, it appears the Sunnyvale portal powerhouse called Yahoo is becoming even more trendy and purchasing Del.icio.us. The announcement showed up on the del.icio.us blog earlier today.
[2005-12-09] Yahoo Goes Modular On Video Search
New modules displayed on the front of Yahoo's Video Search page make some of the newest online video content from both Yahoo and the web available at a single click.
[2005-12-09] Matt Cutts Knows You Bought Links
Forget about trying to slip reciprocal links past the master of the Google search algorithm. Fuggedaboutit. He knows why your PageRank dropped like a lead balloon.
[2005-12-08] Who Has The Best Search Engine Blog?
Search Engine Journal wants nominations from the Internet community for the site they think represents the best search engine blog out there today.
[2005-12-08] The Greased Pig of Search is About to Get Caught
The greased pig of the search world is about to get caught. Apparently the pig is a prized ham after all.
[2005-12-08] AIT Lashes Out At Click Fraud
"I've fought a holy war within myself," said Clarence Briggs, CEO of web-hosting company AIT. He was referring to the soul-testing decision to join and take over the lead in a class action click fraud lawsuit against Google Inc. For Briggs, the head of a multi-million dollar and one of the oldest domain hosting services, it was a decision about whether to become a click-fraud tycoon himself or take measures to combat it.
[2005-12-08] Finding Your SEM Niche
Ecommerce on the Internet continues to expand exponentially. The big question is always how to mark your piece of that huge pie. As a marketer, the trick is finding things to set you apart and a large part of that is finding and developing a niche. WebProNews publisher Rich Ord listened to some masters impart their wisdom on just this very topic.
[2005-12-08] SES Chicago Ends With a Blast
Update ... As I suggested in my comment below the WebProNews team was stranded in Chicago last night. Over 7 inches of snow fell at O'Hare halting many flights. Unfortunately, by the time American Airlines canceled the flight late last night all area hotels were booked. After many calls,we found a few rooms at the hotel we have been at all week ... the Hilton in downtown Chicago. We took the Blue Line train because cabs were virtually useless in the heavy snow. We ended up walking about 10 blocks in the snow from the station to the Hilton. All of this of course beats what many others went through.
[2005-12-08] Google Earth May Embrace Mac OS X
No longer must the Cult of Mac look on wistfully while Windows users enjoy playing with Google Earth, as the search advertising company works on developing an Earth for Apple computer users.
[2005-12-07] Microsoft Upgrades Tech For MSN China
A licensing deal with Basis Technology extended the existing agreement Microsoft had in place for using the multilingual Rosette platforms on MSN Search.
[2005-12-07] J'Accuse! Google Draws Ire From Europe
Publishers associated with the European Publishers Council have had enough of search engines sponging off their provided content and making billions without sharing the wealth.
[2005-12-07] SES Chicago: RSS Blogs and Search Marketing Panel
The last session I attended on day two of the Chicago Search Engine Strategies conference was RSS Blogs and Search Marketing moderated by Danny Sullivan.
[2005-12-07] SES Chicago Day 2 Wrap Up
This is the first SES conference I've been to where there were no large scale events sponsored by any of the major search engines.
[2005-12-07] On Topic With Topix.Net
WebProNews editor Mike McDonald spoke with Chris Tolles, VP Sales and Marketing for Topix.net, to get his thoughts on blogs and news; and, we picked up some hints on a soon-to-be unveiled service from the company.
[2005-12-07] Search Marketing for the U.S Hispanic Market
As the U.S. Hispanic population continues to grow and Hispanic online shopping increases, smart search marketers will find ways to incorporate that segment into their marketing plans.
[2005-12-06] AOL Dumping Google For Microsoft
A joint effort between Time Warner and Microsoft will see them co-develop an advertising network to compete with services from Yahoo and Google.
[2005-12-06] How AdSense Lowers Site-Self-Esteem
While AdSense makes it easy to monetize a Webpage or a weblog, are Webmasters selling themselves short by putting their prime real estate on sale for a fraction of its worth? Google has the luxury of exploiting not only their own effectiveness and reach, but also the ignorance of the online marketer.
[2005-12-06] Why Your Book Should Be Indexed
Forget about the legal battles where fair use and copyright issues come into play; the real trick for authors and publishers is to learn exactly how online book search can help people find their books in the first place.
[2005-12-06] Fewer Page Views Can Be a Good Thing?
Bloggers have been delivered an excellent syndication opportunity through RSS (really simple syndication). But for the blogger that has advertising on his site, the RSS capability that is a blessing by extending the reach of the content, can be a curse too as RSS readers allow subscribers to view content without visiting the site from which it originated.
[2005-12-06] In Search Engines, Web Standards and Semantics Rule
Not adhering to web standards is like rollerskating down the freeway. You might get to where you're going, but it's inefficient and fraught with peril.
[2005-12-06] The State Of Search Engine Marketing
Search engine expert Danny Sullivan gave a glowing account of the search engine marketing world today in his keynote address at SES Chicago.
[2005-12-06] News Search Engines Talk
I just left the "Meet The News Search Engines" session at SES Chicago. The speakers were Chris Tolles of Topix.net and Nathan Stoll of Google. Later, we will be hearing more about news search from WebProNews Editor Mike McDonald who interviewed Chris following after the session. There are lots of interesting plans for news search coming from Topix.
[2005-12-05] Looking For Video Search
As search engines build up their capabilities for indexing and delivering video, a session at SES Chicago detailed how to get videos properly noted by various engines.
[2005-12-05] The Voice Of Podcast Search
Metadata won't be enough for fulfilling user needs with podcast search; the next generation of that search will feature voice recognition.
[2005-12-05] The Missing Element in Search Engine Marketing...Creativity
In the "technical" world of search engine marketing, we often get so tied up in optimizing our pages, getting our databases crawled, determining what's happening with Google's latest update, and building our link popularity that we think in much too linear a fashion.
[2005-12-05] The Importance of Page One
In 2004, 91% of the traffic generated for Galleon's 84 websites came from page one of search engine results. This was a third straight year for an increase in page one referrals since Mark Neal and his team at Galleon began tracking this type of data in 2002, when page one traffic steered 86% of searchers their way.
[2005-12-05] The 'Defining Characteristic' of Next-Gen Web Search
Good article in the Financial Times last week about Yahoo and what the company is doing in the face of the growing and stiff competition in the search business by the likes of Google and Microsoft.
[2005-12-05] Search Around The Globe
The likes of Yahoo, Google, and MSN dominate search around the world, and a session at SES Chicago gives some insight on how publishers can take a shot at being more of a search presence globally.
[2005-12-04] Google Analytics Is Pretty Good
I've been using the Google Analytics service for a few weeks on WebProBlog ... and I give it two thumbs up.
[2005-12-03] John Battelle at Yahoo!
As part of the weekly speaker series that our Technology Development Group runs (well, really Chad does all the work), John Battelle visited to speak of a room packed full of Yahoos.
[2005-12-02] Sending It All To Google Base
Google's new Base service accepts bulk uploads of data in either tab-separated or XML formats, and offers some tips on making the process go more smoothly.
[2005-12-02] Blinkx, Times Online UK Offer Desktop Search
The PC desktop search utility gets another entrant to the field, as video search company Blinkx has partnered with the Times Online to present the Desktop Smart Search service.
[2005-12-01] Wikipedia is the Next Google
Fear. You can just feel it in the air, can't you? There is fear everywhere that Google has become too powerful. As John Battelle notes, the tide of public opinion is starting to turn from loving Google to fearing them.
[2005-12-01] Podcast Audio Search Has Arrived
I just got an email from Neville letting me know he had submitted our podcast, For Immediate Release, to Podzinger.
[2005-12-01] All Tomorrow's Google Blogs
While many people probably have their favorite blogs from the search advertising company subscribed to and displayed via a favorite feed reader, some may prefer to bookmark one page to see them all.
[2005-12-01] Yahoo, Firefox Partner In Asian Market
In China, Korea, Japan, and Taiwan, the default homepage and search engine in Mozilla's Firefox browser will be provided by Yahoo instead of Google.
[2005-12-01] Privacy Concerns May Impact Google Analytics
Business is up for one web analytics provider after Google rebranded Urchin and launched a version of it as a free service, and that could be due to privacy questions.
[2005-12-01] WebProNews Covering SES Chicago
WebProNews will be covering SES Chicago in force next week with myself, Mike McDonald, Chris Richardson and Jason Miller all sending in reports.
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