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Yahoo Adds Popup Blocker to Toolbar
The Yahoo! Companion toolbar has added an optional popup blocker that offers different features for dealing with popup window advertising. The new Yahoo Companion Toolbar...
Shopping Search Engines Perfected by Google and Ask
Ask Jeeves and Google have dived into the Shopping Search Engine front, joining Yahoo, MSN, and other Shopping Search sites like Shopping.com, BizRate, and MySimon....
Microsoft Search Worries Google and Yahoo
Microsoft Search Engine worries Google and Yahoo With 3.3 billion searches conducted every month in the U.S., and a lucrative advertising market swelling to $1.6...
Keyword Ownership: What is It and Where is it Headed?
A number of such services regularly email me offering keyword ownership of premium keywords for $300/year. They say that anyone can type the keyword I...
Localized Search – The Future of Internet Yellow Pages
In the U.S. there are an estimated 10 million small businesses yet only 250,000 are currently participating in paid search. The question at hand is...
LookSmart Listings Waives Fee with Holiday Program
LookSmart is waiving its $29 account set up fee for the holiday season. One of the top web directories, it has had a hard time...
Ask Jeeves Adds Smart Shopping Search
Ask Jeeves Adds Smart Shopping Search Ask Jeeves, Inc. today announced the addition of Smart Search(SM) for Products to Ask.com, the latest in a series...
Google IPO is Evil
Ensight’s Jeremy Wright takes the diabolical angle on Google’s IPO Rumors in his piece, Google IPO is Evil. Here’s a clip.
White House blocking Search Engines?
Is the White House blocking search engine indexing of government web pages which feature information on the Iraq War? 2600 reports “WHITE HOUSE’S SEARCH ENGINE...
Google to Get Sweeter, Nestle buys Google (satire)
With all of the IPO and Microsoft rumors flying around the Google rumor mill (the fact that Google News is frontpaging these rumors is what...
How Much is Google Worth?
You don’t need a search engine to find opinions about this topic: How much Google would command if it were to go through with a...
Later Gator! Gator Changes Name to Claria
Gator, the controversial AdWare company that earlier in the month sued to have the label of *spyware* detached from their ad serving technology, today announced...
Yahoo Acquires BT’s Dot Music
Yahoo gets DotMusic Not really search engine marketing news, but relevant to the Search Engine Wars, Internet portal Yahoo may be stepping into the online...
SEO: Paths & Security
I work for a decent-sized international charity as the Director of IS / IT. One of our bigger projects this year has been redoing our...
Amazon Launches Book Content Search
Amazon’s Search Inside the Book Amazon.com today announced the launch of its latest innovation, Search Inside the Book. This is a new search service which...
Mooter Search Engine- Pooter, Scooter, Rooter?
Ok, I checked out the info on Mooter, a new Australian search engine and can say this… the logo is interesting. If anything, I find...
To Get Discovered: Discover Others!
Navel gazing. A fabulous habit. With the amount that happens in North America it’s a wonder it isn’t a full-contact Olympic sport. Navel gazing is...
Getting ugly over at GoGuides
When the internet was swelling with paper millionaires Disney tried to cash in. With poorly guided inefficient systems Disney began to hemorrhage cash. Instead of...
Be Systematic
There are loads of rules for Search Engine Optimization (SEO). Things like “Use metatags” (or: don’t use metatags), “don’t use frames”, “use text links wherever...
Local and Geographic Search
As more and more brick and mortar businesses market themselves online, search engines (“gateways to the Internet”) have reacted by becoming more like an advertising...
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Local search: the next big thing in pay per click
Local search: the next big thing in pay per click This month Overture announced a trial of their technology for local pay per click search...
WebAdvantage.net Adds Four New Search Engine Marketing Clients
WebAdvantage.net (http://www.webadvantage.net), a full-service emarketing agency, announces that the acquisition of four new search engine marketing clients: Zurich North America, NatureMade’s Vitamin Herb University, Science...
FindWhat.com Gets E-Commerce Tools
FindWhat.com Gets E-Commerce Tools Search provider FindWhat.com (Quote, Company Info) announced on Wednesday plans to acquire Mirva, a provider of online storefronts and other e-commerce...
How to get your site into DMOZ (Netscape Open Directory)
How to get your site into DMOZ Everyone talks about getting their site listed in the Open Directory Project, better known as DMOZ, but not...
Yahoo puts Inktomi to the test | CNET News.com
Yahoo puts Inktomi to the test | CNET News.com Yahoo is expanding tests of search technology from its recent Inktomi acquisition in preparation for a...
Google AdSense Adds New Text Ad Formats
Google AdSense Adds New Text Ad Formats Google Adsense has developed two new advertising formats for the publishers of its text ad network. Previously, publishers...
Google co-founder: No rush for IPO
Google co-founder: No rush for IPO Despite frenzied speculation of an imminent public offering of the search giant, company co-founder Sergey Brin says he’s still...
Consumers Rate Online Search, Portals, and News
Consumers Rate Online Search, Portals, and News E-businesses are getting better overall in the view of their customers, but performance varies widely from company to...
Yahoo mulls dumping Google engine
Yahoo mulls dumping Google engine Yahoo Australia search producer Peter Crowe revealed that the company had started testing Inktomi’s search engine on projects at a...