Search Engine Journal

Windows Live Local & Maps Adds Traffic & Social Sharing
Microsoft has updated their Windows Live Local service, adding real-time traffic flow and incident reporting and MSN Spaces & Messenger integrated social networking tools that enable users to save and share their favorite local experiences. The service is also expanding its beta release to […]

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Ask.com European Maps and Aerial Imagery
Adding to this week’s European UK maps and aerial image rollout by MSN Live Windows, Ask.com has also reminded us (via employee Gary Price’s ResourceShelf blog) that they too have some rather detailed aerial imagery and street maps for most of Europe.

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Topix and AP Sign News Distribution Deal
From the Official Topix Blog, Chris Tolles announced that Topix has signed a deal with the Associated Press: “to guide users to the most authoritative source of breaking news across the country by applying our clustering and localization technology to a feed of AP stories.” More from the official […]

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Sphere Added To Time.com
Via TechCrunch, Time.com has added the nifty Sphere It bookmarklet to a variety of Time.com articles. More from TechCrunch:
“While this type of exposure is excellent for new startup Sphere, it’s also great for the blogosphere. I would imagine the average Time.com reader is not fully aware of what blogs have to offer […]

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World Cup Firefox Extension & FIFA blinkx Search
Can you feel the anticipation to the World Cup heating up in all kinds of media channels? GOAL! is hitting the movie theatres, sports reporters are digging into potential championship scenarios, and even web browsers and search engines are getting into the action.
Multimedia search engine blinkx has partnered […]

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MySpace & Google or MSN Hooking Up Over Search?
Despite the sponsored listings in MySpace search being served via Yahoo Search Marketing, Revolution Magazine is reporting that, with over 43 million searches performed per month, MySpace is talking with Google and MSN Search about powering the MySpace Social Network.
MySpace, the social networking portal, is believed to […]

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Measuring Link Value with Text Link Ads
Text Link Ads has developed a new calculator tool which measures the dollar value of links on web sites. The Text Link Ads Calculator is quite useful for webmasters as a fun way to see what the worth of their site links are, but is of great value to […]

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Google Click-To-Play Video Ads for AdWords
Google has just announced that they have found a way to effectively monetize Google Video beyond the Google Video Store model they are currently using. Google Click-To-Play Video Ads will be a part of the Google Adwords content network; in a sense - AdSense Video.
At launch, video ads will be […]

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Windows Live Local Expands in UK
Microsoft’s Windows Live Local aerial imagery has updated with new & clearer images in the United Kingdom. LiveSide says that although the new expansion of Live Local UK is an improvement, European Local imagery is still behind that of the US and its local search engines.
From LiveSide :
At the Windows […]

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Search Engines Pose Security Risks, According to McAfee
This via Pandia; “McAfee has published a study on the security risks of Internet searching together with the spyware-expert Ben Edelman.”
Here’s a few snippets from the report:
“We find most leading search engines similar in the safety of the sites they link to, though MSN is the safest […]

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