Librarians’ Internet Index Adds New Search Technology One of the most trusted and quality oriented directories on the Internet, the Librarians’ Internet Index (or LII.org) has recently undergone some changes to its search and navigational features. Gary Price has the scoop on ResourceShelf : The new Librarians’ Internet Index database is online today powered by [...]

InsiderPages Chooses FAST to Improve Site Search InsiderPages, which just had its Web 2.0 makeover, has chosen FAST to improve its site search. I also received comScore data with the press release, which shows the following metrics (a limited audience of local sites). comScore August uniques (000): ServiceMagic – 2,233 InsiderPages – 1,150 Yelp – [...]

MySpace.com vs YouTube : Online Video Wars MySpace and YouTube are beginning to duke it out over which site serves the most online videos and according to a couple of recent studies, it is still undecided which site streams the most content. Yahoo Video and Google Video are both fairly active in the online video [...]

Wallop Social Network (Microsoft Spin-Off) Launches Wallop has been waiting a long time to get going. Finally it has launched in beta (or limited beta). Microsoft spun it off and it’s now VC-backed. According to Michael Arrington it will rely on a consumer-pays model and have no ads. According to Rafe Needleman at CNET it’s [...]

Sproose.com Social Search Engine Launches in Beta A new social search and personalization engine joined the mix today as Sproose.com has opened in Beta form. Sproose.com provides a peer-moderated ranking, prioritization and community networking solution for individuals and affinity groups, with a focus on utilizing user and group information to produce the most relevant results [...]

Google Transit Adds 5 New Cities Google Transit, the Google Maps & Public Transportation Mashup, has expanded outside of Portland, Oregon to 5 new destinations. The new Google Transit destinations include Tampa, Florida, Honolulu, Eugene, Oregon, Pittsburgh, and Seattle. Most of the towns on this list make great sense for Google Transit given their existing [...]

Google Promoting Google Base Listings in Product Searches In preparation for the online holiday shopping season, Google plans to integrate Google Base into its main web search results. According to information a Google official shared with those attending the Professional eBay Sellers Alliance (PESA) Summit, Google will be serving an alternative Google Base search box [...]

Del.icio.us Hits 1 Million Member Mark Think only the elite opinion leaders of the tech and online worlds are using social bookmarking services such as Yahoo’s del.icio.us? Think again. Social bookmarking and social media is moving beyond its core grassroot following and bringing in more and more users daily, with the help of Yahoo!. Yahoo! [...]

Beware of Trackback Submitter : WordPress Blog Spam Upon fixing the comment template and files here at Search Engine Journal today one of the first trackbacks to come in reminded me of the downside of having a popular WordPress blog with comments enabled; comment spam. The comment spam reads as follows: Search Engine Marketing This [...]

DMA’s Certification Program in Search Engine Marketing The Direct Marketing Association (DMA) is now offering a Certification Program in Search Engine Marketing which will be inaugurated at DMA06, DMA’s Annual Conference and Exhibition. DMA06 will be held October 14-19 in San Francisco. With cooperation from the major search engines Yahoo!, MSN, and Google, the DMA [...]