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Yahoo Beta Releases Yahoo Local Search Engine
Yahoo today released a beta of Yahoo Local, available at http://local.yahoo.com. Yahoo! Local integrates proprietary Yahoo! Search Technology, Yellow Pages and maps offerings, and unique...
Getting Into Google’s Head
Garrett French has come out of underneathe his rock (after his WebPro split) and is now with Andy Beal at Search Engine Lowdown, blogging the...
Google’s Hello is pretty awesome!
Google acquired Picasa and got Hello as a gift! With the acquisition of Picasa, Google got a nice little utility on its hand. The software...
Forbes Begins to Serve Text Advertising Links in its Content
Forbes Serving Text Advertising Links in its Content​ Looks like content embedded text links may soon become a normal part of online advertising. Forbes.com is...
WebPosition Gold 3 Launched by WebTrends
WebTrends, the web analytics unit of NetIQ Corporation, plans to launch version 3 of WebPosition Gold at the Search Engine Strategies Conference & Expo this...
WorkZoo Delivers Job Search Engine for Webmasters
WorkZoo this week launched a free service for web site owners who want to provide career content for their visitors. WorkZoo’s job search engine now...
Topix News Search Engine
Topix.net Goes Live With New Look and Features​ ​​​​Topix.net, one of the MOST useful news aggregators and search tools on the open web has gone...
Google Responds to MyDoom Virus Attack
Google yesterday responded via blog to reports that they fell victim to a DOS (deny of service) attack on their search engine by a new...
Overture Offers New Search Marketing Tool
Overture has introduced a new search engine marketing/advertising keyword management tool which is supposed to save users time when planning online keyword advertising campaigns. Overture...
Search Engine Stock Offering Timeline
Bambi Francisco at CBS MarketWatch put together an excellent historical timeline of search engines going for the gold in the search commerce field. 1996: Search...
Google Sued For Age Discrimination
As Google grows and grows, so will its similarities with the problems faced in the tradtional corporate world. The AP wires report that a former...
What Yahoo Search Wants in its Index
Yahoo just updated their site guidelines. Here’s a look: Pages Yahoo! Wants Included in Its Index * Original and unique content of genuine value *...
23 Reasons Google Could Become a Penny Stock
Google is a great website, but a lesson of the dotcom bubble is that a great website is not always a great business, advises Dr....
eBay Taking Search Engine Optimization Seriously, Looking for SEO Specialist
Seems like everyone is starting to take SEO seriously now, except Seth Godin! Like many other large ecommerce systems, sites, and others who may have...
Recently Awarded Search Engine Patents
A Selection of Recently Awarded Search-Related Patents & Recently Published Search-Related Patent Applications Search engine with natural language-based robust parsing for user query and relevance...
Minor security bug in GMail reported
A GMail user named Ahmed Motaz reported a possible security flaw in the Google’s upcoming emailing service GMail. The problem is related to the ‘CheckAvailability’...
Search Engine Advertising Boosts Yahoo Japan
Yahoo Japan Corp. today reported that first-quarter profit surged 83 percent on gains from advertising and online sales. SUGOI! Annual profit growth may slow to...
Majority Uses 2 Word Phrases in Search Engines
OneStat.com today reported that most people use 2 word phrases in search engines. Of all the search phrases world wide, 30.09 percent of the people...
Search Engine Optimization Book Offered Free to Charities
Aaron Wall has made his recently revised best selling SEO Book available to charities free of charge. Hiring a quality search engine optimization firm can...
BlowSearch Adds MultiLanguage Search
BlowSearch, a leading provider of Internet search tools, will provide users with the ability to obtain search results in Spanish, Danish, Dutch, French, German, Italian,...
Yahoo Completes Global Yahoo Search Rollout
Yahoo today announced the worldwide availability of the Yahoo! Search Technology platform. The announcement comes as Yahoo! Kimo/Taiwan launches Yahoo! Search Technology replacing their former...
Microsoft Buys Outlook Search Tool Lookout
Microsoft just acquired Lookout, a Outlook add on which gives users the ability to easily search email and Outlook related fiels, filling in a huge...
Pay Per Click Keeps Growing
There may be a time coming soon where the only way to have your website found under highly competitive keyword phrases in the major search...
Crystal Semantics Launches Textonomy Reveal
Internet content and search company, Crystal Semantics, has come to the rescue of those frustrated by the failure of current search technology. The launch of...
Paid Inclusion Going the Way of the Dodo
Late last week, Ask Jeeves announced it was going to cease its paid submission program and allow webmasters to submit sites to its database for...
Search Engine Hacking Suspect Now a Microsoft Employee
A MSN Search employee has been arrested on allegations that he hacked and stole private search engine technology from the AltaVista search engine. The alleged...
Googles.com Taking Action Against Google
Googles.com is taking action against Google and challenging the Google trademark status on various products. This is not the first time a company or estate...
Dulance Offers Search Engine Advertising Blocker
A company called Dulance has just unleashed a vicious hound of a piece of software on the search engine marketing world, ironically, in an attempt...
Google Update – IPO, SERPS, Open & Outsourcing, GMAIL
Over the past seven years, it is fairly safe to say that the use of search engines has revolutionized our methods of finding and valuing...
Find.com – New Business Search Engine
A new search engine focusing on business and industry was released earlier last week. Find.Com is a very interesting tool that seems to combine the...