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[2005-04-29] Fun And Games With Google Images
New Zealand digital designer Grant Robinson has created two incredibly fun applications that utilize Google Images. One is an addicting game called Guess-the-Google and the other is a photo montage creator called Montage-a-Google.
[2005-04-28] Is it Search or Advertising?
Yahoo, unsurprisingly, is taking steps towards being a banner ad-serving company via its network of content publisher partners.
[2005-04-28] Search Engine Fight: Yahoo Lunch vs Google Lunch
My wife and I have this inside joke about fighting. It was inspired by the film Zoolander, when Zoolander and Hans were competing against each other on the runway and Mugatu says...
[2005-04-28] But Is It Search?
Yahoo, unsurprisingly, is taking steps towards being a banner ad-serving company via its network of content publisher partners. Google recently announced their own progress in this area, which included allowing animated banners, and a new CPM-based pricing system.
[2005-04-28] Yahoo Search Marketing Kicks Off Think Big Contest
Yahoo! Search Marketing, formerly Overture Services, announced the launch of its "Think Big" contest, which will award one small business with 10 million free ad impressions across the Yahoo! network.
[2005-04-28] Search All Of Google With Xtra-Google
How would you like the ability to search all of Google from a single static page? Does the idea of using Google to do a keyword search while it's associated with a popular term and/or site appeal to you...
[2005-04-28] Gmail Clips Test RSS Advertising
With RSS continuing to be adopted as a form of content distribution and as subscriptions to RSS feed increase, advertising with RSS feeds has been moved to the front burner.
[2005-04-28] Blogger Alleges CNN Trying to Lower His Google Rank
CNN has launched a sophisticated Google attack designed to lower the rank of posts critical of the network by introducing spam into the comment stream ...
[2005-04-27] The Google Zeitgeist (or What’s Hot and What’s Not?)
Ever wonder what the heck people search for on Google? Wonder no more! Google summaries it's history of search terms each week, month and year, categorized by various subjects and countries of origin.
[2005-04-27] Successful Link Development Tips and Guidelines
Reader Question: I often get emails from search engine marketing companies who claim that they can get high-quality links pointing to my Web site. They usually mention a PageRank (PR) of 7 to 9. Since my site needs more link popularity, I am tempted to give it a try. Will subscribing to this program help my site's link popularity?
[2005-04-27] AdSense Ads Appearing In RSS Feeds
There have been a number of reports concerning the appearance of Google AdSense ads in an RSS feed of note. While this particular service appears to only be in a testing phase, it does demonstrate Google is finally embracing RSS, at least in an advertising sense.
[2005-04-26] Google Updates PR: Is This Still Meaningful?
It used to be like this: when Google conducted an update of their search-related services (PageRank, backlinks, or SERPs), everyone who followed the search industry would rush to the first forum they could find to post how the update affected them. There was normally a great deal of excitement mixed with stark disappointment (for those who lost ground).
[2005-04-26] Google Has A Suggestion For You
There's another Google search page that looks just like Google.com, but it can offer you search term suggestions based on what you are keying into the search box.
[2005-04-26] Multiply Gives Social Search A Shot
Social networks like Friendster and Orkut are often viewed with excitement when they are first launched. However, with the proliferation of social network-based services (Yahoo and MSN have each started one), the luster seems to wear off shortly after the public becomes aware of them.
[2005-04-25] Stairway to Voyeur Heaven
I'm on about 10K dialup up right now, having had no broadband for the last 24 hours. I had planned to write up a great Google article for today, but my internet situation, plus spending Saturday relearning my CSS "skills" so I could make a few changes to the site, and continually refreshing the page as I watched my son's new CD...
[2005-04-25] Google to Let Advertisers Target Sites
Google is beta testing a new feature for AdWords that will allow advertisers to choose which sites their ads will appear on - Site-Targeted Ads.
[2005-04-25] Google Rolling Out Significant Changes To Adwords
In the coming weeks, Google will be rolling out a significant change to the content targeting side of its AdWords program.
[2005-04-23] Gmail Enables Clips - for Some
As reported earlier, Google is starting to roll out RSS feed reading in Gmail for some users.
[2005-04-23] Google’s Record Earnings and the Blogger
With the recent reports of Google's massive surge in profits ($369million) for the first quarter of 2005 I can't help but wonder how much of it is due to bloggers like us.
[2005-04-22] Google Personalizes Their Search Experience
Yesterday, Google officially (beta-wise) removed the wraps on their venture into the personal search arena. Judging by early impressions, Google's personal search service appears to be receiving a warm welcome.
[2005-04-22] Google is Updating Page Rank - Future Page Rank Tool
The word on the street from those who watch such things is that Google is currently doing a Page Rank update.
[2005-04-22] View Google Maps on TiVo!
Google Maps is one of the coolest of Google applications , and anyone using TiVo knows that it is one of the most essential products for your home entertainment.
[2005-04-22] Bloggers Spot the Google Browser
Google has consistently denied it is working on a web browser, even as Firefox's developers openly discuss how they are jumping to go work for the search giant.
[2005-04-21] Google AdWords: Are Changes In The Format Afoot?
Recently, there have been rumblings about upcoming changes in the AdWords presentation format. There are reports and examples of structural alterations in AdWords placements, as well as upcoming changes in the way people view Google's advertisements.
[2005-04-21] Bloomberg Saying Google May Announce Fourfold Increase In Profits
Bloomberg is reporting that an average of 25 analysts points to Google posting profits of $246 million, or 92 cents a share, in tonight's quarterly earnings report.
[2005-04-21] Google’s New ‘My Search History’
Google has just added the biggest risk to your searching privacy to date-the new My Search History feature. It's a cool thing ...
[2005-04-21] A9 Yellow Pages Expands To Five More Cities
Gary Price at Search Engine Watch announces that A9's visual Yellow Pages, which let you walk down the street and persue storefronts, are now available in Washington DC, Phoenix, Miami, Houston and Fargo.
[2005-04-21] Google Search History Foreshadows Google Tags
Google today launched a new opt-in feature called My Search History that aggregates all of your personal web searches into a searchable date-stamped blog-like archive.
[2005-04-21] Google's Profits Skyrocket
Google continues to demonstrate exactly why their share price should be over $200-a-share and why they are still the king of search.
[2005-04-20] Google Penalties: Getting Them Removed
Jane stared at the computer screen with a mixture of disbelief and horror. Her website had disappeared from the Google listings, and her Google toolbar showed a grey line.
[2005-04-20] Amazon A9 Search Engine: CEO Q&A
Yesterday there was a lively keynote by Udi Manber, the ceo of Amazon's A9 search engine.
[2005-04-20] Can Google Reach $250?
John Battelle reports that Safa Rashtchy, a seniot research analysts, just initiated coverage on Google with an Outperform rating and a target price of $250.
[2005-04-20] Google Goes Portal With "My Search History"
Google Labs unveils the latest Google service: My Search History. The short story is that Search History saves every search you make ...
[2005-04-20] Search Engine Ingredient Labels?
Halley recently wrote about the lack of search engine transparency in Search Products On The Supermarket Shelf and said ...
[2005-04-19] Tivo Close To A Deal With Google and Yahoo
The word is that Tivo is working to close a deal with Google, Yahoo or both, that would allow Tivo customers to search for video on the web and download it to their televisions.
[2005-04-19] Blog SEO Power Continues To Grow
Business world. That two word phrase, when entered into the Google search interface box, gives back 461 million returns.
[2005-04-19] Snap Adds Suggest
John Battelle reports that Bill Gross' excellent Snap.com search engine now has a suggest feature, where as you type, it suggests possible searches.
[2005-04-19] Yahoo Completes the Overture
Yahoo Inc. completed the process begun in 2003 with the purchase of Overture Services Inc. by bringing them into the brand and calling them Yahoo Search Marketing for the U.S. market. Yahoo will extend the renaming to everywhere except Japan and Korea and the Overture name will stand there.
[2005-04-19] Comparing Search Engine Results - My Experiment
A couple months back I was covering the launch of a new shopping search engine. As part of my event coverage I was allowed to be part of the beta group, prior to the launch only a handful of people [mostly employees and family members of employees] were able to take part in the Become beta test.
[2005-04-19] Using the New Google Local for Mobile Phones
Last week, Google announced that it had ported Google Local-the easiest way to find local business information on the net-to your mobile phone or device. If your device has an XHTML-supporting (WAP 2.0) browser and you have mobile web service with your wireless provider enabled, your life on the road just got easier!
[2005-04-19] New! Use Google Text Messaging to get Directions
A couple weeks ago, I published Googling from your Mobile Phone-no Web Browser Needed!, which turned out to be one of the most popular articles yet. It showed how Google SMS (Short Message Service, otherwise known as text messaging) enables you to send Google queries as text messages over your mobile phone and in a return text message get precise answers to your questions.
[2005-04-19] Do I Search for database, data-base or data base?
There are quite a few compound words that are sometimes found combined into one word, sometimes separated into multiple words and sometimes connected together with a hyphen. If you are searching for one of these words, is it important which format you use to search?
[2005-04-18] Voyeur Heaven: Finding Unprotected Video and More
We've all got a little voyeurism in us. That's why the recent article, Clearing Google Search History to Maintain Your Privacy sent my visitor counts off the charts  .
[2005-04-18] A Look At Search Engine Click Fraud
I'm not sure how much steam is left in the click fraud story, but it continues to be the hottest topic in search.
[2005-04-15] Google Video Is Like Flickr On Steroids
Google Video lets you search through transcripts of television content, and if what you are looking for is found it will show you the relevant transcript sections along with a still image clip of the broadcast.
[2005-04-15] Official Google Adsense Consultants
What do you think about the idea of Google licensing people to act as Adsense consultants? ...
[2005-04-15] Screencast Looks At Issues Underlying Google Autolinks
There don't seem to be too many people who are in the middle on the issue of Google's Autolinks feature. Some think it's great.
[2005-04-15] New Algorithm Measures Require New Means for Optimization
A lot has been happening over at Google lately. Last month we saw a substantial algorithm change, probably the biggest one since the "florida" update of 2003.
[2005-04-14] Targeting Through Tagvertising
Editor's Note: In today's issue, Steve takes a look at a new phenomenon in advertising called "tagvertising". For example, many web users employ this form of bookmarking to keep track of items of interest, essentially, tags become online bookmarks.
[2005-04-14] Shouldn't Metadata Be Everywhere?
Today, debates about metadata protocols seem to move glacially. But the need for much more labeling of business objects (like products) is getting more pressing as the search metaphor leaks into everyday life ...
[2005-04-14] New Adsense Format For Google?
According Darren Rowse (from Problogger.net) Google is secretly testing new Adsense format.
[2005-04-14] Danny Sullivan Throws Water on Tagging
Search guru Danny Sullivan is dubious that tagging will be the great savior for search.
[2005-04-13] Working at Google = Fun!
Jen Fitzpatrick (Director, Engineering at Google) points out a video they've put together highlighting all the benefits of working at Google.
[2005-04-12] Click Fraud Exposed
Joe Holcomb is the Senior Vice President of Marketing for BlowSearch. Over at his personal blog, he has written one of the most eye-opening reports on what is going on with click fraud.
[2005-04-12] Google Launches Mobile Local Search Feature
Yesterday, Google announced a new service aimed at mobile gadget users who are frequently on the go and may be in need of local search services.
[2005-04-11] Ask Jeeves Exec Joins InfoSearch Board of Directors
Leading online media firm InfoSearch Media announced today that Claudio Pinkus, 48, has joined the Company's Board of Directors. Mr. Pinkus brings 25 years of strategic technology management experience to InfoSearch Media, with specific expertise in the search engine market.
[2005-04-11] Google Q&A
Google Search now has new functionality that will attempt to answer what it perceives to be a question that you've keyed into the search box. It's called Google Q&A.
[2005-04-11] Why Search Marketing Will Continue Growth
An interesting article from the Washington Post takes a look at what makes Google such a success.
[2005-04-11] Google's fresh link filter discussion on SEO Radio
Google's alleged fresh link filter is on the minds of many website owners and search engine optimization professionals. If indeed, Google is filtering new links into web pages, and not providing full link popularity transfer, then SEO is a whole new ballgame.
[2005-04-11] Links: Your questions answered
What are links?
Links are the pathways created by website owners that lead from one website to another. The internet was built on this series of interconnections between sites. Links are seen on virtually every page on the internet, ready to be clicked by the mouse, and send the internet surfer to another page either on the same site, or to a different website entirely.
[2005-04-08] TurboScout: a New Meta Search Engine
A 21 year-old undergraduate from Singapore launched TurboScout.com, a new search tool that helps Internet users to access and compare original results from over 90 search engines across 7 categories on a single web page, removing the hassle of retyping keywords into different search engines.
[2005-04-08] Google United - Google Patent Examined
Google's newest patent application is lengthy. It is interesting in some places and enigmatic in others. Less colourful than most end user license agreements, the patent covers an enormous range of ranking analysis techniques Google wants to ensure are kept under their control.
[2005-04-07] Google to SEM Firms: You Don't Own Your Clients, We Do!
Disturbing news circulating the SEW forums about Google's attitude to search engine marketing firms. We've known this for a long time and it is common knowledge among most SEMs, yet few people realize that Google and Yahoo are constantly trying to "absorb" clients brought to them by an SEM firm.
[2005-04-07] Google Testing Alternate Searches
Google is testing a new feature called "Alternate Searches" intended to enhance the user search experience. Other search engines like Yahoo! or AskJeeves have included in their results pages some suggestions of related searches.
[2005-04-07] Aggregators: the Risk and Reward
Part of any good PR person's job is to stay up on current events. Some may assume this job is even harder with the advent of blogs. While the quantity of content does increase, you can still work smart and not hard to collect and process only the news relevant to you and your target clients/industries.
[2005-04-07] Google's Specialized Number Search
When you search for a number in Google, it's not necessarily going to do it's normal web search, looking for pages with that number in them.
[2005-04-06] Maps for the Masses from Google
Google has upped the ante again in the white-hot local search area, integrating Keyhole satellite mapping into Google Maps. I wouldn't believe it if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes. The coverage is already extensive... and best of all, free.
[2005-04-06] Google Video Makes It Personal
At a cable television conference on Monday, Google co-founder Larry Page indicated the mildly maligned Google Video is going to begin solicitation of personal videos from people who want to contribute.
[2005-04-05] Ask Jeeves Launches Ask Jeeves Espana
Ask Jeeves has announced the first of many new sites to be launched in Europe, Ask Jeeves Espana. Currently available at http://es.ask.com , the search service is expected to formally launch this summer at www.askjeeves.es.
[2005-04-05] What if Intelliseek Bought Technorati?
The more I think about Intelliseek, the more I think they'll either try to muscle Technorati out of their market or they'll buy 'em.
[2005-04-05] Search Engines, Personal Info & Big Brother Paranoia
Wired is running an interesting story on what Search engines know about you, with choice quotes from Danny Sullivan and Daniel Brandt, him of the Brandt Rant™ fame...
[2005-04-05] Google Video Wants Your Vlog
At a cable television conference in San Francisco, California, Google co-founder Larry Page outlined his company's vision for their video search service, Google Video.
[2005-04-05] Google Adds Satellite Images To Google Maps
Google's recent acquisition of the Keyhole Corporation appears to paying dividends for the search engine. Today, Google announced the integration of Keyhole's technology into their Google Maps search engine.
[2005-04-05] Click Fraud to be Tested in Court
We knew it would come, and now it has. A consortium of advertisers have filed a class action suit in Arkansas, against a total of eleven Search engines including Yahoo! and Google over alleged click fraud...
[2005-04-04] When It Comes to Tagging, You're It
BusinessWeek takes a good look at tagging (sometimes called folksonomies) from an interesting perspective - the threat they pose to search engines...
[2005-04-04] Vertical Search Engines Proliferate
The San Francisco Chronicle takes a look at the recent flurry of new search engines catering to specific vertical markets.
[2005-04-04] Yahoo FareChase Launches Beta for Hotels
The new Yahoo! FareChase hotel product offers a variety of powerful search, sorting, and refining capabilities, which are presented to users through an easy-to-use interface.
[2005-04-04] Google Speeds Up Firefox Searches
When you key a search term into Google it often has a pretty good idea of what it is you are looking for. For example, if you key in "microsoft" it's likely you are looking for the Microsoft.com page, and Google puts it up in the top search results position.
[2005-04-04] Evolution of the SEO Tool Set
With the discovery and consequent analysis efforts over the contraversial Google Patent that has fueled small amounts of paranoia and large privacy concerns recently, some SEO's are rethinking their toolsets.
[2005-04-04] Blinkx 3.0 Gives Users First Fully Integrated Search Tool
Blinkx, the smartest thing on your computer and on the Web, today announced the release of blinkx 3.0, the world's first fully integrated search tool.
[2005-04-04] Google to Host Vlogs?
InternetWeek reports that Larry Page said today that the company will soon let the general public upload self-produced videos to Google's servers, partly in an effort to learn more about how to more efficiently search and display information about video-based data.
[2005-04-02] Taking Yahoo 360 for a spin
What a dilemma - six invitations to sign up to Yahoo 360°, the new social networking offering from Yahoo that launched in beta earlier this week. Which do I choose? So as not to offend anyone, I've accepted the first one I received based on the email date/time stamp.
[2005-04-01] Searching TV Shows with Google Video
No, the Google Video search tool is not for finding naughty videos-use Yahoo Video for that (please, if you have kids, set on it's filter). Google Video, on the other hand, is a product of Google Labs and it enables you to search their growing archive of televised content, by looking for words in the transcript.
[2005-04-01] Gmail Has A Present For Members
Today marks the 1-year birthday for one of the most talked about web-based email services ever developed, Google's Gmail.
[2005-04-01] Introducing Google Gulp
Just when you thought Google had settled on their business model and secured their place in the search engine industry, they go introduce a new item. This newest product, called Google Gulp may wind up leaking Google's domination into the sports drink industry.
[2005-04-01] Yahoo And Google Consider Merger?
Lots of fun to be had today, but we're hearing rumors that Yahoo and Google are getting ready to announce a merger.
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