LookSmart seems be trimming their suite of search related products as they have closed the doors on the Wisenut.com website, which was once a respected search engine technology and helped to power LookSmart search. Wisenet has been swept under the carpet for years as LookSmart has repositioned itself as a paid search network & enterprise [...]

[Photo from Dvorak.org, which broke the story] These black Volkswagon Beetles with video cameras mounted on them have been seen patroling the streets of London, capturing footage of unsuspecting innocents. Is Google behind this? Expect Google Street Views of London popping up sometime soon on Google UK.

Google is testing the ability to search its web search by time, such as posts in the last 24 hours, week, month and incremental months and years. Freshness is becoming more of an important trait in ranking and more and more sites are adding blogs, news rooms and articles to keep up with the demand. [...]

Lately AOL has been taking some intriguing steps in their relationship building with the website publishing and marketing world. This week, AOL’s controversial Netscape Open Directory Project took a peep from behind the curtain and launched the Open Directory Project Blog. Why? DMOZ and AOL have been very silent while bloggers have been exposing the [...]

If you’ve read my previous post on Valueclick and its lead generation practices, you already know about my experience with incentivized leads the ad network delivered. Valueclick is not the only company under scrutiny by the FTC, reports ClickZ. “At a conference in New York yesterday, an Internet industry stock analyst familiar with several firms [...]

The Google Operating Systems Blog got the scoop today that Google has acquired mobile social networking site, Zingku. Zingku’s site has a small note informing users that indeed the company has entered into an agreement with Google. We’ve entered into an agreement to have Google acquire our Zingku service. New users: New user account sign-ups [...]

If you are serious about search engine optimization, Google Analytics is NOT for you. I know it’s tough to look past the (non-existent) price tag, ease of use and conversion tools — but trust me when I say that Google Analytics is a flawed program for your needs. #1 – Limitations of Technology The first [...]

Yahoo and DivX have formed a global agreement to offer consumers who download DivX video software tools a co-branded version of the Yahoo Toolbar along with a Yahoo tools loaded version of Internet Explorer 7. The new Yahoo partnered DivX tools will launch in November 2007 and will replace the Google search tools which were [...]

Microsoft hosted its Searchification Day yesterday and unveiled its new multi-tier, media integrated Live Search experience. We’ll be having a wrap-up on the new Microsoft Search, but in the meantime, I’d like to direct you to former Googler Vanessa Fox’s excellent account & coverage from the event on Search Engine Land : Live Blogging: Microsoft [...]