Search Engine Journal

Google GMail on the SONY PSP
The Sony Playstation Portable (Sony PSP) is the #1 item on my Christmas list this year and today some screen shots of a Sony PSP accessing Google GMail even added to my anticipation of finding one in my stockings this year. Dirson points to some shots on Flickr of Gmail […]

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Opera Browser Denies Google Takeover
Yesterday there were some rumors floating around about a highly regarded source (with old connections to Yahoo! Search Engine) talked about a possible Google takeover of the Norway based software company Opera Software ASA that develops the popular Opera web browser.
However, the Opera Company has today clarified that they have not […]

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Google GMail Mobile and New Features
One day there may be an official phobia related to fear of email in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. An obvious moniker would be “emailopobia.” Or maybe it will be swept broadly into a more general fear of the Internet and the exponential growth of information online—a […]

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HowStuffWorks Receives Funding, Builds Partnerships
HowStuffWorks, the informational web site rich in useful and original content,well indexed in the major search engines, has received a “significant investment” from financier Carl Icahn. Reuters reports that the investment was in the amount of “tens of millions” of dollars.
In addition to the investment, HowStuffWorks will also be adding more […]

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Ingenio Pay Per Call Adds New Bidding and ROI Features
Ingenio, the pay per call search advertising provider which provides locally targeted PPCall advertising for partners such as Local.com, Infospace, AOL, Miva and possibly Yahoo Local, has added two new features.
Received this rundown from Ingenio this morning that the new features include auto-bidding and conversion management. […]

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Google Music Search & Google’s Vertical Push
Google is introducing a new music feature according to Reuters and SEW. When users search for, say Madonna (the example used at SEW), they’ll see some information: a picture and links to a page about Madonna and a link to the alliterative “more music results for Madonna.” (Click that […]

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Yahoo Search Engine Plans New Update
Another Yahoo Search Engine index update has been announced by Tim Mayer on the Yahoo Search Blog. Tim writes that the sixth major Yahoo update will happen this evening:
“We will be making changes to the index tonight. You should see some changes in ranking as well as some shuffling of […]

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Google Opera Acquisition Rumor Makes Sense
There is a rumor floating around today that Google may be acquiring the Opera browser (and its 1% market share). Opera is an independent browser funded by search engine advertising. When someone performs a search on the Opera default search box, they are served partnered Google results. Opera’s revenue is […]

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AOL to Drop Google AdWords For MSN adCenter?
Last week, during the SES show, I heard the rumors about the possibility that AOL will be dropping Google AdWords for MSN’s adCenter product “really soon.” But I haven’t had time to post the information here until now. Gary Price has some information at the SEW Blog and […]

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Local.com and Looksmart’s Furl Power Local Search Tagging
Local.com and LookSmart have partnered to add LookSmart’s Furl.net bookmarking, tagging & archiving technology (somewhat similar to del.icio.us), which will be powering the “Save” feature on Local.com. Furl will allow users to easily save and organize pages found on Local.com whicle the addition of Furl to the Local.com […]

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