Search Engine Journal

MSN Adds Instant Answers for Movie Showtimes…Kind Of
Interesting entry over at the MSN Search blog; MSN has added an “instant answer” functionality for movies, making it more than just your run-of-the-mill find a movie theater and showtimes kind of deal. Searchers can actually browse movie genres, movie ratings, and other film-related phrases. Here’s an example:
childrens […]

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Wikipedia on the iPod - Encyclopodia WikiPodia?
Just ran across this link today about a version of Wikipedia which is available for download on the Apple iPod - Encyclopodia. Totally Wicked-pedia idea, having the Wikipedia available for viewing on iPod - and scheduled updates.
“Encyclopodia?
Encyclopodia is a free software project that brings the Wikipedia, which is one […]

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MySpace is Yahoo Serious About Email and Instant Messaging
MySpace may be getting an upgrade in Instant Messaging and email as rumors are spreading that MySpace is trying to entice Yahoo employees to defect. The buzz started when Valleywag reported a rumor that MySpace is trying to grab up Yahoo’s Manager of email and IM, Brad […]

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Google and Sony Bring Blogger to Cell Phones
Google and Sony Ericsson are now working together to integrate Google’s Blogger on Sony Ericsson mobile phones. Google and Sony claim to be the first in the US cell market to provide pre-loaded blogging application with a tight integration to the mobile camera and easy set-up for mobile […]

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Google Launches Google News Mobile
Google has announced the addition of Google News to their mobile offerings, bringing the informational goodness of Google News to cell phones, train stations, and waiting rooms all over the country. On the Google News Mobile site Google says that “You can access top headlines, browse through news categories, or search […]

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Business.com Provides Search & Contextual Results to Entrepreneur.com
Business.com has reached a content distribution agreement with Entrepreneur.com where Business.com’s contextual search results will be served on Entrepreneur.com and SmallBizSearch.com. Business.com’s search listings and contextual advertisements will be served on Entrepreneur.com while Business.com will also power the search and directory results for SmallBizSearch.com.
“Entrepreneur.com has long been recognized […]

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Yahoo Sues MForma & Past Employees for Stealing Mobile Game Secrets
Today Yahoo sued seven former employees who alledgedly stole Yahoo company secrets when they left Yahoo for mobile games company MForma Group, a privately held company with about $100 million in annual revenue. Yahoo is also suing MForma Group and said it will seek an […]

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Yahoo Mobile Gets into GeoTagging with ZoneTag
Yahoo, the parent company of Flickr and del.icio.us, is expanding its tagging capabilities beyond normal search and social sharing onto the mobile camera phone. Yahoo has just Zonetag, a geotagging software which automatically provides images with a tag (or caption) labeling the place where the photo was taken.
Made available […]

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Barry Diller Speaks on Ask.com at Search Engine Strategies
“I’m convinced that we will gain people who want to use Ask.com as a first or second choice in search.” A confident IAC CEO Barry Diller addressed the Search Engine Strategies crowd today in New York on the relaunching of Ask.com, which includes the new branding of […]

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Dumbfind Offering Free Trial for Search Tagvertising
Dumbfind began a free trial for advertisers with Adsonomy; which serves advertisements to users related to the results of a specific search by analyzing the actual search results and not the keywords. Adsonomy is a tagvertising product that offers more opportunities for advertisers to serve ads based upon the […]

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