Entries from December 2004

GuestColumnist

Video Search By Yahoo: Duplicate Content Issues

December 20th, 2004 by GuestColumnist | 1 Comment

Video Search By Yahoo: Duplicate Content Issues
While I was at the SES Conference (which I really need to make sub categories for, I’ll get to it one day) Jeremy Zawodny blogged about the new Yahoo Video Beta Search. In a later blog entry at the YSearchBlog, says that they made a number of improvements […]

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Sushubh

Yahoo Video Beta Search

December 20th, 2004 by Sushubh | No Comments

Yahoo Video Beta Search
Looks like next step for the search engine companies after desktop search is to compete in the Video Search Market. AOL already has a solid presence in the market with their Singingfish startup they acquired sometime back. Now Yahoo! has rolled out their beta Video Search engine. Reports already suggest that both […]

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GuestColumnist

Press Releases & Search Engine Optimization

December 20th, 2004 by GuestColumnist | 1 Comment

Press Releases & Search Engine Optimization
About two weeks ago was the one year anniversary of the search engine roundtable and I decided to give the much spoken about PR Web a try. As many of you know, PRWeb is known as the “backdoor to search engine optimization”, so I wanted to give it a try.
Last […]

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GuestColumnist

George W. Bush Beats Out Bloggers for Time’s Man of the Year

December 20th, 2004 by GuestColumnist | No Comments

George W. Bush Beats Out Bloggers for Time’s Man of the Year
Despite high hopes Bloggers have been beaten for the honour of Time’s Person of the Year by President George W Bush, but in an upside Time has announced its first Blog of the Year with the title going to John Hinderaker and Scott Johnson […]

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Sushubh

Security Flaw Found in Google Desktop Search

December 20th, 2004 by Sushubh | No Comments

Security Flaw Found in Google Desktop Search
Google practically sparked the fire in the dynamite called Desktop Search genre. Since then, we have seen entry of Microsoft with MSN Desktop Search and Ask Jeeves. Yahoo! would be releasing their version using X1 technology next month. But Google’s own entry has not been without its own controversies.
Initial […]

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Loren Baker, Editor

Local Search Guide Backed By Yellow Pages Association, Kelsey Group, and SEMPO

December 17th, 2004 by Loren Baker, Editor | No Comments

Local Search Guide Backed By Yellow Pages Association, Kelsey Group, and SEMPO
With local search - providing online information on businesses located in a community - as the catalyst, Internet Yellow Pages and Search Engine companies are joining forces at a rapid rate. To provide a central resource that captures these developments, the Yellow Pages Association […]

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JimHedger

Shopping Cart Search Engine Optimization

December 17th, 2004 by JimHedger | No Comments

Shopping Cart Search Engine Optimization
I had a few interesting conversations about shopping carts last week. (Note to Yahoo, anyone who has two interesting conversations about shopping carts in the same seven-day period needs better online entertainment options. Please step up the pace.) Actually, shopping carts are fairly interesting, if only because they are […]

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Loren Baker, Editor

Microsoft Purchases GIANT Anti-Spyware

December 17th, 2004 by Loren Baker, Editor | 1 Comment

Microsoft Purchases GIANT Anti-Spyware
Here’s an interesting story. Microsoft, who’s Internet Explorer browser is full of holes which make it able to accept browser programs and add-ons which sometimes can be spyware, has now purchased an Anti-Spyware company. Something kind of stinks here.
Why not fix Internet Explorer security holes so spyware cannot infect the […]

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Loren Baker, Editor

Apple iTunes Hits 200 Million Sales

December 17th, 2004 by Loren Baker, Editor | No Comments

Apple iTunes Hits 200 Million Sales
Apple announced yesterday that over 200 million songs have been sold via the iTunes online music store. According to Eddie Cue, Apple’s VP of Applications, the amount of sales/downloads from iTunes has vastly accelerated since its launch in April 2003.
It took Apple nearly a year to sell 50 million songs. […]

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Loren Baker, Editor

Yahoo Games and GameSpot Partner for Gaming Content

December 17th, 2004 by Loren Baker, Editor | 2 Comments

Yahoo Games and GameSpot Partner for Gaming Content
Yahoo Games and GameSpot a web source for unbiased gaming information, today announced a partnership through which GameSpot’s comprehensive PC and video game content offering will be provided to Yahoo Games users, starting in the first quarter of 2005.
As video games become increasingly popular among a broader consumer […]

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