Search Engine Journal

SEO Inc. Babes Respond to SES Controversy
About a month and a half ago we reported on the controversy over the SEO Inc. The controversy was over have “Expo Babes“, women in attractive attire standing by the both to promote SEO Inc. Danny Sullivan was able to track down SEO Inc.’s people and ask them a […]

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Google Profits Double, Powered By AdSense and Expansion
Like Yahoo! before it, Google announced a significant increase in Q1 revenues. Profits were US$369.2 million on revenues of US$1.26 billion (vs. revenues of US$651 million in Q1 last year), beating analysts’ expectations.
Growth appeared to be driven in part by international expansion. Here’s the full release with financial […]

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Yahoo & Target Partner in Online-Offline Photo Deal
Yahoo! has partnered with U.S. retail giant Target to later this year allow consumers to manage/order prints online and pick them up at a local Target store. This closes the loop for Yahoo!’s photo site (Yahoo! just purchased Flickr) and extends it into the physical world.
That benefits Yahoo! […]

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A9 Rolls out Block View Local Search in 5 More Cities
Amazon’s A9.com expanded the reach of its Yellow Pages with “Block View” technology to include five additional U.S. cities this week: Fargo (Fargo?!?), Houston, Miami, Phoenix and Washington D.C. As a result of this expansion, A9.com Yellow Pages’ now counts 26 million images […]

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eBay Auction Profits Surge on More Buying and Selling
eBay announced first-quarter earnings yesterday of $256.3 million, or 19 cents per share. The online auction giant’s earnings were up from $200.1 million, or 15 cents per share in the same period of 2004. eBay attributes its surge in income to more buyers and sellers using […]

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Google Advertising Professional Update
Google offers free link AdWords coupons: Qualified Google Advertising Professionals receive sets of five credits worth $100 each. Non-Qualified Google Advertising Professionals receive sets of three credits worth $50 each. It also looks like there is a yearly quota of 60 credits. As you sign up more accounts I believe you earn […]

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Yahoo and MSN Welcome Google to Personalized Search Market
Google launched its My Search History today which personalizes and saves search behavior. Search Engine Watch’s Chris Sherman even made the bold statement that with Google My Search History one does not even need bookmarks anymore. Sherman also pointed out the difference of saving of pages as […]

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Don’t Use a Public Computer With Desktop Search
If a desktop search tool is installed, pause or disable it. Better yet, don’t use the computer. Anyone who has access to your computer can tap into your private files and Internet travels. Kim says - “Keep sensitive information out of your desktop search programs”.
Google’s Desktop Search, […]

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Microsoft Security Update has RSS feeds
Microsoft security update e-mail would will be discontinued in July. However, you can subscribe to their RSS feed.
This feed delivers the headlines on major security update releases, which are usually released on the second Tuesday of each month. To subscribe, add this URL to your RSS reader: http://www.microsoft.com/security/bulletins/updates.xml
The Security […]

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Google My Search History
Google just announced Google My Search History, a method to “view and manage your search history from any computer.” Chris Sherman has a detailed write up about this new product by Google, where he begins by writing; “Say goodbye to bookmarks: Google has rolled out a seriously cool search history feature that […]

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