Search Engine Journal

Google is testing software that lets users search the Google search engine directly from their Desktop, bypassing browsers.

The downloadable software for users of Microsoft’s Windows operating system puts a Google search box in the desktop taskbar.

Using the free tool, people can search for information on the Web while in a Word document or e-mail application. But instead of launching a browser, the Deskbar will display results in a small window in the lower right of the screen.

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Lycos Inc. filed suit against paid search publisher Overture, now owned by Yahoo, and has stopped using Overture’s text advertisements on its Web-search pages. Lycos is now using paid listings from Google AdWords.

In a complaint filed in Massachusetts federal court on Oct. 17, Lycos, the Web portal unit of Spain’s Terra Lycos, said Overture breached a services agreement requiring Overture to gain Lycos’ consent if control of their relationship were to be turned over to a Lycos competitor.

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Ask Jeeves Adds Smart Shopping Search
Ask Jeeves, Inc. today announced the addition of Smart Search(SM) for Products to Ask.com, the latest in a series of “smart” searching tools designed to make it easier and more intuitive to find information online. Just in time for the holiday shopping season, Smart Search for Products supports a variety […]

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Ensight’s Jeremy Wright takes the diabolical angle on Google’s IPO Rumors in his piece, Google IPO is Evil. Here’s a clip.

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Is the White House blocking search engine indexing of government web pages which feature information on the Iraq War?

2600 reports “WHITE HOUSE’S SEARCH ENGINE PRACTICES CAUSE CONCERN”

As the war in Iraq continues, is the White House intentionally preventing search engines from preserving a record of its statements on the conflict? Or, did their staff simply make a technical mistake?

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With all of the IPO and Microsoft rumors flying around the Google rumor mill (the fact that Google News is frontpaging these rumors is what may be most interesting), I found this satire on NewsForge today, makes for an interesting scenario.
Nestle Buys Google
Nestlé announced that its sweetened offer to buy the Internet search engine company […]

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Microsft’s failed attempt to buy Google is another sign of the growing popularity of the privately-owned king of search engines.

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