Newsletter Archive: 2009


Bing.com, First Big Challenge for Google
Whether it ends up being akin to Custers last stand or not, Microsoft has just announced Bing, as it desperately tries to find a way to take market share away from Google.

Date: 2009-05-29
Google Microformats and Rich Snippets
The annual Google Searchology conference held recently revealed some interesting offerings in the search marketing field. Google had introduced personalised search and universal search through the same event in previous years.

Date: 2009-05-28
Microsoft Needs to Spend Millions to Make Us Doubt Google
Are you sure youre using the best search engine available? What if I told you that you, your friends, and your family spend almost half their time looking at search results that arent relevant?

Date: 2009-05-27
Wolfram Alpha, Can it Compare to Google?
Last week saw the official launch of a new search engine, sorry a computational knowledge engine, named Wolfram Alpha. This new engine had no gimmick Search Mistress spokeswoman (think the former msdewey.com), or ex- Google employee...

Date: 2009-05-26
Google Debates Beta Status of Big Offerings
It is curious that the most recognizable brand in the world, Google, seems to be afraid to truly step out into the real world in many instances. As pointed out by Michael Arrington at Tech Crunch, 4 out of the 5 core Google apps offerings are still in Beta.

Date: 2009-05-21
Why Are the Search Engines Fixing Something That's Not Broken?
You've heard if the expression "If its not broken, dont fix it," right? Apparently the search engines havent. The "ten blue links" that have served the search engines well for over a decade could be going the way of the dodo and I cant help wonder just how much of this is driven by the desire for innovation rather than the actual need for it.

Date: 2009-05-20
Google to Departing Employees: I'm Afraid I Can't Let You Do That Dave
Im intrigued by the WSJ revelation that Google is using an algorithm to try and determine which employees are most likely to resign from the company.

Date: 2009-05-19
Almost Real Time Google Results - What's New in the Past 24 Hours!
Search, from a users perspective, is all about timeliness, accuracy and relevance. Give me the web content most closely aligned to my search needs and make sure its up to date (and preferably accurate).

Date: 2009-05-18
Google Temporarily Unavailable
To some people, it was the first sign of the apocalypse: Google was down. Yes, the Google and yes, actually down. (You can see why this might look like the beginning of the end.) As with many end-of-days scares, however, this one proved to be a false alarm.

Date: 2009-05-15
Class Action Status is the Holy Grail of Google Trademark Lawsuits
Ive honestly lost track of the number of trademark lawsuits brought against Google, but how about we add one more to the pile? Firepond is stepping up to the plate, but whats interesting about its approach is not its claim that...

Date: 2009-05-14
The Google Times? Not Anytime Soon
Apparently Google was doing some window-shopping recently but decided to pass on one item for sale; a stake in the Grand Daddy of Them All, the New York Times.

Date: 2009-05-13
Google Getting Twitterpated?
With the media-sweetheart microblogging service eyeing the search market, is it any wonder than any mention of any of those buzz words from a Googler gets everybody all excited about Google-Twitter convergence?

Date: 2009-05-12
Energize email marketing with Web analytics
Web analytics can be a low-cost pot of gold for email marketers, providing timely and mission-critical insight on how to:

Date: 2009-05-11
Twitter Plans to Squash Google's Spider?
Twitter is always making news. Now they are putting together a robust search service that may help them get that news out faster and more efficiently than Google itself. Rafe Needleman over at cnet put together a report shortly after speaking...

Date: 2009-05-08
Google HQ Moving to DC?
It seems that the most news about Google these days comes from their relationship with politicians and political-bossprocess in Washington, DC rather than making money selling advertising through its search engine.

Date: 2009-05-07
Yahoo & Microsoft Meaningful Moments
Stacy (YHOO) gazed at the single white rose. The diamond tennis bracelet. The silver Porsche 911 997 GT2 topped by a red bow and an oversized tag reading IM SORRY. She turned to Brad (MSFT).

Date: 2009-05-06
Search, The Next Generation
Have you seen Wolfram Alpha? Wolfram Alpha is a search service being released this month that, depending on who you listen to, will either change the internet forever, or provide another useful research tool.

Date: 2009-05-05
AOL Buys Out Google
According to new reports, AOL is positioning itself to break free from the shackles of its current stakeholders. The first initiative will be to buy out Googles 5% stake in the company.

Date: 2009-05-04
Mobile Benchmark Study: Yahoo in Top Spot
Finally, some good news for Yahoo! They have snagged first place for mobile search in a benchmark study for March 2009. Gomez, Inc. and dotMobi joined together to rate mobile sites across several areas.

Date: 2009-05-01
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