WebCrawler Search Engine Turns 10 Years Old
WebCrawler, probably the most bought and sold search engine on the web – and one of the first, celebrates its 10th birthday today. WebCrawler was...
Google Partners with RealPlayer for Toolbar Distribution
Google and RealNetworks announced today that the Google Toolbar is being distributed with RealPlayer 10 downloads. Now, not only Googlers will have the Google Toolbar...
Yahoo Showboating New Yahoo Search Technology
The new Yahoo Search Technology isn’t only being used on Yahoo for run-of-the-mill web searches. Like they have done with adapting Overture Ads to most...
MSN Newsbot Search Engine Get Personal
Microsoft’s MSN portal launched Newsbot last year, a fine effort of indexing and making news stories searchable in the shadow of Yahoo and Google News....
Broadband Used By 68 Million Americans
Broadband is the online choice for over half the Internet users in the US. According to a survey of 2,200 Americans over 18, released Monday...
Search Engine Optimization for Secure Server Pages and Dynamic URLs
Search engines do have the ability to spider secure-server-hosted pages, but often these pages require either that a visitor fill out a form or log...
Google Experimenting with Search Keyword Suggestions
Google has helped me on many occassions. I admit it, I’m not the perfect speller. And sometimes, my keystrokes may be a little bit to...
Researchers Develop 3D Search Engines
We’ve seen the future of search engines and they will not be powered by solely words. According to AP wires, computing researchers at Perdue and...
Why writing for the Web is different than in print
As you sit down and start thinking how you are going to write the content for your new website, or if you are contemplating a...
Google Starts Regionally Targeted AdWords Advertising
Google today will introduce the next chapter in Google AdWords Advertising, the ability for U.S. and international advertisers to target Web surfers by their city...
Google Gmail – User Review and Preliminary Impressions
Google GMail has been the talk of the search advertising and privacy hounds for over two weeks now and before printing anymore stories on GMail...
Google Allowing Bids on Trademarked Names
Search engines work on word and character association. That’s a fairly obvious simplification of how an extremely complex algorithm can detect a topic or theme...
Amazon’s A9 Search Engine Launches
Amazon has staked its plot in the search engine neighborhood by knocking on the doors of Yahoo, MSN, and even Google with its A9 Search...
Internet Users Loyal to Their Search Engines
In a study released today by iProspect, 56.7 percent of Internet users use the same search engine or directory when they are looking for information,...
Copernic and InfoSpace Partner for Search Engine Technology
Copernic today announced an agreement with search engine company InfoSpace, Inc., to offer Copernic’s Enterprise Search indexing technology for site search through InfoSpace’s network of...
Google May Change GMail Advertising Model Due to Complaints
The complaints against Google’s GMail and its use of AdWords Contextual Advertising to show text ads targeted to actual email content may have driven Google...
Yahoo and eBay Targeting China’s Online Market
Yahoo and eBay are targeting their online auction growth efforts on a likely fast growing Internet market, China. Yahoo announced on Tuesday it was on...
Google GMail Facing Heightened Privacy Obstacles
Google is facing yet more privacy obstacles on the path of introducing its Google GMail free emailing service to the masses. The big privacy controversy...
Yahoo & Google Follow Government Pressure on Gambling Ban
We Bet it won’t be Found on Google or Yahoo… The US Justice Department is serious about its crackdown on online gambling. Last year they...
Claria (Gator) Files IPO on Wake of Search Engine Advertising Boom
On Thursday Claria, formerly Gator, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday to go public – adding to the list of companies such...
John Kerry vs. George Bush in Google Race 2004
Ever wonder how well the presidential candidates are doing not only in the national polls, but also in search engine results? Why not, with the...
Were You Bamboozled by Google?
It’s still happening. “Florida,” “Boston,” “Ginger,” and “Brandy” are just a few of the many Google updates that have hit within the last few months....
FindWhat to Integrate Pay Per Call Advertising in Paid Search Listings
FindWhat.com, a leading developer and provider of pay per click search engine advertising, announced it has entered into an agreement with Ingenio, Inc., provider of...
Search Advertising Boosts Yahoo Performance, Will Ask Jeeves Follow?
Last night Yahoo, the online search, content and community giant, posted first quarter reports that were astonishing. According to the Yahoo performance reports, Yahoo earned...
Ask Jeeves Adds Famous People Search
Ask Jeeves introduced “Famous People Search” on Ask.com as a continuation of the company’s mission to provide its users with direct access to frequently searched...
Yahoo Stocks Soar on $550 Million Advertising Revenue
Yahoo shares soared 14% Thursday after the company reported quarterly results that blew past analysts’ estimates and Yahoo also announced a stock split. A resurgence...
Vibrant Media Partners with Overture, Serves Search Keyword Advertising on Site Text
Vibrant Media, a pioneer in contextual keyword advertising, this week unveiled IntelliTXTSM, a new online advertising product that enables publishers to monetize the previously untapped...
Google GMail Heats Up with Privacy Questions and Investigations
Google email (GMail) is launching and offering Internet users a new experience in web based email. However, the Google email with its AdWords/AdSense contextual ad...
Google-opoly: The Motivation Behind Google Gmail
Just before the close of business on Wednesday, Google announced that it will be launching Gmail, its new free e-mail service set to offer 1000...