Search Engine Journal

Sitting in on the Blended Search track at SMX West, the first presentation of the day is on blended search with representatives David Bailey from Google, Cris Pierry of Yahoo Search and Raju Malhotra of MSN Live Search.
Vanessa Fox is hoting the panel on universal search and introduces the session with an example of […]

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Google, along with five other telcom companies, is investing $300 million into the construction of an 10,000 km undersea cable to carry data to and from Asia. The high-speed fiber optic cable, known as Unity, will run between the US and Japan, and will have a capacity of up to 7.68 Tbps.
Unity is expected to […]

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Last week I wrote my first post here on SEO competitive research and promised to follow up on exploring your competitor’s most effective techniques. But before that let me first share my thoughts on defining who actually to compete with. Finding your direct competitors is one thing but deciding whose strategies to research and learn […]

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Yahoo is introducing an open approach to the results being displayed by its search engine. Soon,  Yahoo search result would contain not just your traditional search engine results but a more fruitful and useful information, which  would also encourage third party participation.
Yahoo aims to help web site owners no matter what their size is, an […]

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Yahoo finally opens up its much anticipated Digg-like content portal, Yahoo! Buzz. Yahoo! Buzz is an extension of Yahoo.com and is similar to top social bookmarking site Digg but in a more controlled environment.
Yahoo! Buzz would contain major news event, intriguing videos or images, extra-ordinary blog posts, that will be selected based on […]

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It might really be difficult to be at the helm of a giant web company that is being touted for takeover by another giant company. For Yahoo’s Jerry Yang, it is inevitable not to speak about the ongoing issue facing Yahoo the past couple of weeks.
Good for Yang, despite all the issues he could still […]

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Two U.S. pension funds have now sued Yahoo over their efforts to thwart off a Microsoft takeover, and instead entertain less profitable alternatives.  The lawsuit was filed on February 21, 2008 by two Detroit retirement systems that claim Yahoo is “pursing all manner of value-destructive third-party deals” while resisting Microsoft’s $44.6 billion offer.
The lawsuit also […]

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A group of hackers known as “Cult of the Dead Cow” recently released a Google Web auditing scanner that allows users to search a specific website or domain for exploitable flaws through the search engine. The tool, known as the Goolag Scanner, is intended for website owners to audit their own web pages.
The Goolag […]

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Microsoft is replacing the outdated and flawed “last ad clicked” approach in measuring ad campaign performance. Through its Engagement Mapping Engagement ROI tool, Microsoft is giving its advertisers better control and monitoring of their ad campaigns performance or exposure whether display, rich media or search.
Engagement mapping takes into account all various touchpoints and experiences […]

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I love the Internet! But, at times it can be tough love, not because of the Internet itself, but because of human roadblocks and obstacles that are placed in the way, preventing smooth navigation of the Information Superhighway.
Here are ten of my top annoyances. Feel free to add your own in comments.
1. Hotels that charge […]

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