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Yahoo Beta Releases Yahoo Local Search Engine
Yahoo today released a beta of Yahoo Local, available at http://local.yahoo.com. Yahoo! Local integrates proprietary Yahoo! Search Technology, Yellow Pages and maps offerings, and unique...
Getting Into Google’s Head
Garrett French has come out of underneathe his rock (after his WebPro split) and is now with Andy Beal at Search Engine Lowdown, blogging the...
Web Users Love Search Engines
Majority of Users Prefer Search Engines for Fast Information Over two-thirds of those polled by Harris Interactive and MSN feel Web searches are the fastest...
Google’s Hello is pretty awesome!
Google acquired Picasa and got Hello as a gift! With the acquisition of Picasa, Google got a nice little utility on its hand. The software...
Doubling Up on Google
Google and Doubling of Search Results Have you ever searched for something on Google and noticed that a website has a double listing – a...
Forbes Begins to Serve Text Advertising Links in its Content
Forbes Serving Text Advertising Links in its Content​ Looks like content embedded text links may soon become a normal part of online advertising. Forbes.com is...
WebPosition Gold 3 Launched by WebTrends
WebTrends, the web analytics unit of NetIQ Corporation, plans to launch version 3 of WebPosition Gold at the Search Engine Strategies Conference & Expo this...
WorkZoo Delivers Job Search Engine for Webmasters
WorkZoo this week launched a free service for web site owners who want to provide career content for their visitors. WorkZoo’s job search engine now...
Topix News Search Engine
Topix.net Goes Live With New Look and Features​ ​​​​Topix.net, one of the MOST useful news aggregators and search tools on the open web has gone...
Lycos Sold to Korean Company Daum Communications for $95 Million
Lycos has been bought by a South Korean company rumored to be Daum Communications, the firm who also tried to acquire Mail.com. Spanish newspaper Expansion...
Google Responds to MyDoom Virus Attack
Google yesterday responded via blog to reports that they fell victim to a DOS (deny of service) attack on their search engine by a new...
Yahoo and Google Aiding Chinese Net Censorship
Reporters Without Borders yesterday deplored the “irresponsible” policies of major US Internet firms Yahoo ! and Google in bowing directly and indirectly to Chinese government...
Overture Offers New Search Marketing Tool
Overture has introduced a new search engine marketing/advertising keyword management tool which is supposed to save users time when planning online keyword advertising campaigns. Overture...
Search Engine Stock Offering Timeline
Bambi Francisco at CBS MarketWatch put together an excellent historical timeline of search engines going for the gold in the search commerce field. 1996: Search...
Google, Yahoo and Other Search Engines Under Virus Attack
Apparently Google, Yahoo, AltaVista, and Overture are all under attack by a version of the MyDoom Virus. MSN Search is working. Storm Center Reports: Latest...
Google Search Serving 503 Server Error
Reports are flying in from across the country that Google’s search engine hasd not been working for the past hour in the United States (11:30...
Google Sued For Age Discrimination
As Google grows and grows, so will its similarities with the problems faced in the tradtional corporate world. The AP wires report that a former...
What Yahoo Search Wants in its Index
Yahoo just updated their site guidelines. Here’s a look: Pages Yahoo! Wants Included in Its Index * Original and unique content of genuine value *...
23 Reasons Google Could Become a Penny Stock
Google is a great website, but a lesson of the dotcom bubble is that a great website is not always a great business, advises Dr....
eBay Taking Search Engine Optimization Seriously, Looking for SEO Specialist
Seems like everyone is starting to take SEO seriously now, except Seth Godin! Like many other large ecommerce systems, sites, and others who may have...
Recently Awarded Search Engine Patents
A Selection of Recently Awarded Search-Related Patents & Recently Published Search-Related Patent Applications Search engine with natural language-based robust parsing for user query and relevance...
Minor security bug in GMail reported
A GMail user named Ahmed Motaz reported a possible security flaw in the Google’s upcoming emailing service GMail. The problem is related to the ‘CheckAvailability’...
Search Engine Advertising Boosts Yahoo Japan
Yahoo Japan Corp. today reported that first-quarter profit surged 83 percent on gains from advertising and online sales. SUGOI! Annual profit growth may slow to...
Why Yahoo! Messenger irritates me?
Of all the instant messengers out in the market, I prefer Yahoo! the most. The reason being simple, it works. But well, having used it...
Majority Uses 2 Word Phrases in Search Engines
OneStat.com today reported that most people use 2 word phrases in search engines. Of all the search phrases world wide, 30.09 percent of the people...
Search Engine Optimization Book Offered Free to Charities
Aaron Wall has made his recently revised best selling SEO Book available to charities free of charge. Hiring a quality search engine optimization firm can...
BlowSearch Adds MultiLanguage Search
BlowSearch, a leading provider of Internet search tools, will provide users with the ability to obtain search results in Spanish, Danish, Dutch, French, German, Italian,...
Yahoo Completes Global Yahoo Search Rollout
Yahoo today announced the worldwide availability of the Yahoo! Search Technology platform. The announcement comes as Yahoo! Kimo/Taiwan launches Yahoo! Search Technology replacing their former...
“Kerry Edwards” Auctioning off KerryEdwards.com
If only I was a Kerry, or an Edwards, or both… for the feelgood story of the week – Kerry Edwards, part time bail bondsman,...
Microsoft Buys Outlook Search Tool Lookout
Microsoft just acquired Lookout, a Outlook add on which gives users the ability to easily search email and Outlook related fiels, filling in a huge...