Search Engine Journal

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 reported that on July 22 the board approved the sale to an unnamed Korean company, and that the company asked for $170 million. The company reportedly receive four bids.
Doug Mehus suggests […]

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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 version of the MyDoom virus.
Seems like with a looming IPO, being a huge corporate influence, and multiple acquisitions Google has now taken a seat next to Microsoft at the virus […]

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The Internet’s ability to target consumers and deliver TV-like advertisements are two reasons why online advertising spending is rapidly growing and will overtake the amount spent on magazines by 2008, according to a report by JupiterResearch (JUPM). By then, online ad spending will total $15 billion, compared to magazines’ $14.5 billion, said Gary Stein, a […]

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Reporters Without Borders yesterday deplored the “irresponsible” policies of major US Internet firms Yahoo ! and Google in bowing directly and indirectly to Chinese government demands for censorship and called for a code of conduct to be imposed.
Yahoo ! has been censoring its Chinese-language search-engine for several years and rival firm Google, which recently took […]

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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 Performance Marketing, a division of Overture Services, Inc., today announced the launch of Search Optimizer, an enhanced campaign optimization product designed to help advertisers maximize the effectiveness of their Overture sponsored […]

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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 goes public
(all IPOs are split-adjusted prices. Source: Dealogic)
Jan. 1996: Google founders collaborate on search engine called BackRub
April 1, 1996: Lycos goes public at $4 a share
April 4, 1996: Excite goes public […]

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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 MyDoom search engine use
(initial analysis. more details, and eventual corrections, will be posted as they become available)
The latest version of MyDoom, which started arriving in […]

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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 am - 12:30 pm EST).
There has been no statement released by Google as to why the search engine is not working.
Here is the error:
Server Error
The service you requested is not […]

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Ask Jeeves, Inc. today announced that it has extended its relationship with Google as a provider of sponsored advertising links on Ask Jeeves’ global search and portal brands through 2007.
The extension renews the agreements with the Company’s flagship sites, Ask Jeeves (Ask.com) and Ask Jeeves UK (Ask.co.uk) - all of which will serve Google […]

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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 Google employee has started a lawsuit which accusses the online search company of discriminating against age.
AP Wires Report:
Online search engine leader Google Inc. casts itself as an enlightened employer that […]

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