Search Engine Journal

Upon going public with its business revenue while filing for an IPO yesterday, Google - an extraordinary company, plans to open its initial public offering in an extraordinary way. Google detailed its plans for a Dutch Auction in its S-1 filing to the Security Exchange Commission yesterday.
Google intends to manage a Dutch Auction for […]

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There are search toolbars and then there is Viewpoint Toolbar. It does what an average search toolbar does and takes it one step ahead. It uses Yahoo! search engine technology to display results but the difference is the visual representation of the search results. The toolbar shows the usual search result as a web page […]

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What is a Pay-Per-Click (PPC) Search Engine?
Uptil now, the Search Engine (SE) world has been basically governed by Free Search Engines, i.e. Search Engines which rank various web sites for free. However, with the emergence of numerous PPC SEs, the scenario of SEO has undergone a sea-change. But first, what is a PPC SE? Put […]

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So here we are at the peek of an industry fluctuating with myths and rumours, with unprofessional sorts attempting to get on the SEO bandwagon, web host companies, web designers, scam artists and the list goes on. To my surprise, I even found an article of mine “SEO Myths & Rumours Exposed” (co written with Ian McAnerin) ripped apart and parts of information contained within some bodge, scam artists attempt at selling SEO secrets for $19.95. Yep, you know the one, send out heaps of spam and hope to sell a poor and ineffective product to those unsuspecting people who think there are some big secrets holding back their website.

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Google filed for an IPO today with the Security Exchange Commission making their revenue and business structure public knowledge. Here is an excerpt from the filing which lists Yahoo and Microsoft as Google’s largest Risk Factors.
An investment in Google involves significant risks. You should read these risk factors carefully before deciding whether to invest […]

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Google Inc., filed to raise as much as $2.72 billion in an initial public offering (IPO) that will give the company more funding to compete against Yahoo, Microsoft and others focuing on the search engine, online advertising and browser industries.
Google chose Morgan Stanley and Credit Suisse First Boston to manage the initial public offering, […]

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Time Warner’s America Online turned in a better than expected performance in the first quarter of 2003 with a little help from paid search and broadband. According to reports from analysts, paid search brought in revenues of $27 million in Q1 from an AOL partnership with Google. Google powers the AOL search engine along with […]

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Yahoo Search Portal and Verizon Wireless today announced that Yahoo Messenger is now available on Verizon Wireless’ Mobile IM service. Starting today, Verizon Wireless customers can use their wireless phones to access their pre-existing IM accounts with Yahoo Messenger to send and receive instant messages. Verizon Wireless Mobile IM brings the familiar PC IM experience […]

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Google has now taken an extra step in cross integrating its search functions within itself. Now when a user searches for certain terms on Google Image Search, images from current news stories are shown in a gray box at the top of the screen. Google will serve a thumbnail image along with a news headline […]

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Search Engine Related Patents
A Selection of Recently Awarded Search-Related Patents & Recently Published Search-Related Patent ApplicationsGoogle is awarded another U.S. Patent. New patents for IBM, NEC, and CNET are also included. Special thanks to Gary Price at ResourceShelf for bringing this information out into the light.
Recently Awarded Patents Ranking search results by […]

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