Search Engine Journal

Google Releases Updated Picasa Photo Sharing and Management Tool
Google today released Picasa 2, a free photo management software that makes it simpler than ever for people to organize, edit and share their digital pictures. Google’s new version of Picasa offers photographers of all skill levels easy-to-use tools that automatically organize even the largest photo collections […]

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Vivisimo Expands Past Steeler Country and into France
Vivisimo who has positioned themselves as THE clustering search engine, today announced plans for the expansion of its Pittsburgh headquarters in a new location and for the establishment of a Paris office to help support the growing worldwide demand for the company’s award-winning products.
“Over the past twelve months, […]

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Is There a Future for LookSmart?
Former search giant LookSmart has reissued investor guidance numbers for the last quarter of 2004. Posting lower revenues than expected, the beleaguered firm admitted it overestimated potential revenues by about $2million and underestimated quarterly losses by about $700,000.
The erroneous projections, originally issued in late October stem from poor […]

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Microsoft to launch RSS aggregator
MSN is expected to begin quietly testing RSS aggregation and blog search Tuesday evening US Pacific Time.
Reports indicate that the new service has been developed in partnership with Moreover Technologies, a will include aggregation and search to MyMSN.
“RSS is getting a lot of traction and we see it as a […]

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Microsoft Aims to Block AdSense
Don’t titles rule! ‘Extremely Critical’ Flaw Threatens Internet Explorer Users was announced a few days ago. In that article, it tells users that “Microsoft is recommending that users turn off the “Drag and drop or copy and paste files” option in Internet Explorer and set security levels to high for the […]

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MSN Search Beta to Begin Roll Out to Production
In a recent post over at the MSN Search Blog named Beta Ramp-Up, Oshoma Momoh, General Manager, MSN Search Program Management tells us that MSN will “begin turning up the dial and direct more of our users to the Beta.” Some have been reporting MSN Beta results […]

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Yahoo! Desktop Search Beta is out
The drama continues with Yahoo! rolling out their own version based on X1 technology in the newly created and already flooded Desktop Search market. Google has made everyone and I repeat everyone to standup and take notice. So much so that even unknown brands in the market like Blinkx are […]

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Bill Gates claims nearly 1 million users for MSN Spaces
In an interview with News.com, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates has claimed that MSN Spaces has “close to a million people”, an amazing figure given the short length of time since the launch of the English speaking service, but he indicates that this figure may include the […]

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The Power Of The “Niche” - Choosing Keywords People Actually Use
Keywords and keyphrases are the search words and terms Internet surfers use to find the products, services or information they are looking for.
Choosing the right keywords and phrases for your search engine optimization (SEO) program is critical to its success. The right keywords drive targeted […]

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The Search Engine Showdown
If you’re anything like me, you have a favorite search engine and you’re loyal to it. You never use any others (which made this research difficult for yours truly), insist yours is the be-all and end-all and you even go so far as to deny any shortcomings it may have. But is […]

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