Yahoo! Toolbar BETA with Anti-Spy plays favorite with Adwares
The recently launched Yahoo! Toolbar BETA with Anti-Spy is in the news for the wrong reasons. Apparently, the beta toolbar does not select the option...
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Yahoo Search Delivers Cheap Gas Prices
Finding the prices at the gas stations too much to handle this summer travel season? Yahoo is offering a new search engine shortcut to help...
Google Search Going Intranet
Google is sharpening the search tools that it sells to companies, schools and government agencies, hoping to mine new revenue sources as it strives to...
Online Retailers Showing Increased Sales & Profits
Online sales sped past the $100-billion-mark in 2003, surpassing all industry expectations. According to The State of Retailing Online 7.0, an annual Shop.org study conducted...
Google Losing IT’s Cool?
Since November 2003, the good folk at Google have found themselves on a public relations roller coaster. As the biggest and most popular search tool...
Microsoft’s MSN Gets Serious About Search
Microsoft and MSN is pumping up the volume on search, and not just a web search engine. Yusuf Mehdi, MSN’s top executive, announced the company...
Yahoo Goes After Spyware with New Companion Toolbar
Yahoo has released a beta version of its downloadable toolbar in the US that will detect and remove unwanted software (AKA spyware) installed on user...
500 Google Domain Names Registered in Last Month
On May 3rd ResourceShelf’s GaryPrice posted a list of domain names that were registered in April and included the word Google. Many of our readers...
What’s next for Google? Here are some ideas!
Google has had a meteoric rise to stardom. I remember an article I saw in PC World Indian Edition in the year 1999 which mentioned...
Yahoo Releases Yahoo Messenger 6.0
Yahoo just officially launched their new Yahoo Messenger 6 upgrade after weeks of beta testing by Yahoo users (Search Engine Journal editors included). The upgrade...
Will Google be the next Netscape?
To draw a parallel between Netscape & Google in their fight against Microsoft, it is necessary to examine the various similarities between the two situations...
Dogpile Toolbar: Yet another search toolbar or something more?
Every other search engine now has its own toolbar. Even individual sites have started offering their own toolbars! In fact, if you are a web...
All About Seruku Search Web Tool
This week we have another example of innovative and useful work coming from a small company in the search and info retrieval space. Say hello...
Google vs Googol – Family Wants In On IPO
Google may be taken to court over a “googol” by the family of Professor Edward Kasner. Kasner, who invented the word “googol” in the 1930s...
Google Proposes AdWare & Spyware Guidelines
Google today proposed guidelines for Internet download software such as advertising ware, browser helpers, or search toolbars. Google states that they have become “alarmed by...
Google Confirms GMail Bug Issued 1,000 Gigabytes of Email Storage
Some Google GMail users were surprised to log in this week and see their abnormal 1 gigabyte of free email storage space transformed into a...
Reciprocal Linking: A Disturbing Trend in Search Engine Marketing
In the world of Internet Marketing, and Web site promotion, nothing changes faster than the parameters that rule good Search Engine rankings and placement. This...
Search Engines & Web Portals Going 1GB Email Crazy
Making news yesterday, Lycos Europe introduced a paid 1GB email service which beat the slow paced Google GMail launch. However, GMail’s functionality may make it...
Yahoo Results Getting More Similar to Google
According to results gathered from Thumbshots.com and their new ranking tool, Yahoo search results are getting better and more relevant. Thumbshots Ranking is a new...
Yahoo Proposes DomainKeys to Fight Spam
Yahoo on Tuesday released an e-mail standard that prevents spammers from hiding behind legitimate e-mail addresses. Yahoo’s proposed standard, known as DomainKeys, would embed outgoing...
Study Shows Target Demographics Important in Search Engine Marketing Campaigns
A new Search Engine User Attitudes Survey perfermed by iProspect confirms that knowing the characteristics of your target audience plays a significant role in a...
Google GMail – The Email Experience
I got in to the oh-so-awesome GMail network courtesy of a friend last week. Now, another e-mail id to look after? That is not exactly...
Yahoo to Cash In On Google Investment
Yahoo is expected to further cut ties with search engine Google by selling its stake in Google which was bought when the two Internet destinations...
GuruNet Files for $7.8 Million IPO
Google is not the only search engine type service filing for an initial public offering. GuruNet has filed for an IPO on the Nasdaq Small...
Kelsey Group Publishes Local Advertising & Vertical Directory Report
In a new 63-page white paper entitled, “Going Deep: Vertical Digital Directories,” The Kelsey Group examines the role of vertical directories in local advertising. A...
Reciprocal Linking – For Search Engine Rankings or Web Traffic?
Understanding What Reciprocal Linking Means If you have been marketing on the internet for any length of time you have surely heard that reciprocal linking...
Google AdWords Plans to Give Advertisers a Jumpstart
Google AdWords has introduced an ad placement and search term consulting service dubbed Jumpstart. According to the Rugles Search Blog, the service is for anyone...
Google Banner Ads Accepted by Webmasters
Last week Google announced that they are beginning to integrate banner ads into their AdWords / AdSense contextual advertising “network.” The banner integration was seen...
Marketing with Google’s Froogle Product Search Engine
Google’s shopping search engine Froogle has been around for 18 months or so, but not too many folks really knew about it until Google added...
FCC Wants US To Go Broadband Wireless Using TV Bands
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has proposed that wireless devices and wireless broadband providers be able to operate in unused bands of broadcast television spectrum....
4 E-Commerce Digital Marketing Strategies For 2022
Forbes
January 11, 2022
If you manage e-commerce digital marketing campaigns, these strategies can save you time and help grow your traffic, sales and your bottom line. See More
Eight Ways Businesses Are Adopting Innovative Streaming During Social Distancing
Forbes
May 20, 2020
Streaming video technology is more important than ever. See More