Articles Sorted By Search Engine(3094) Articles in this category are broken down by search engine. These articles primarily cover business oriented issues.
Legal Issues(129) From lawsuits, to dealing with governments, the articles in this category cover the domestic and international legal issues facing search engines.
Quintura, Staking the Future on Semantic Mapping
Date: 2006-05-15 Source: Search Engine Guide
A new desktop search tool, Quintura, is betting that a new user interface based on the concept of semantic mapping is just the ticket they need to win the search lottery. It's a powerful concept in understanding how people search and something we identified in our previous research. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Microsoft Going After Google
Date: 2006-05-03 Source: Search Engine Guide
For Microsoft, the month of May has come in like a triumphant lion. When you are used to being the king of the pride, nothing says success like taking big chunks of business from the competition and over the past few days, Microsoft has scored big gains in its fight against Google. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Why Search May Not Fragment
Date: 2006-04-24 Source: Search Engine Guide
As search becomes an increasingly important online staple, I believe the question of where all that activity will take place also takes on increased importance. For that reason, I’d like to play devil’s advocate (in this case, the devil being the established search players, Google, Yahoo and MSN) and offer some reasons why we might continue to consolidate our search activity on these familiar partners. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Google Takes the Rap for the Tech Gang of 4
Date: 2006-04-11 Source:
Earlier this week, the board of directors of a well trafficked grassroots online news-source decided to pull Google AdWords from their site. The decision was based on the outrage its members felt over what they perceive to be Google’s collaboration with Chinese Government (PRC) officials to censor or otherwise limit content available through Google China. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Is Google No. 1 Forever?
Date: 2006-04-06 Source: Search Engine Guide
Having been the engine of choice for nearly five years, Google is synonymous with search. Because Google is the first thing most folks think of when they think about search, it is the most important search marketing venue, at least for the vast majority of SEOs. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Psst, Try My Search Engine and I’ll Give You a Turkey!
Date: 2006-02-20 Source: Search Engine Guide
The desperation shown by Yahoo! and MSN represents their admission of the importance of search in the new online ecosystem. I recently mentioned to someone that MSN has already conceded the first round of the search game to Google. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
The Search Experience has a De Facto Standard (for Now)
Date: 2006-02-13 Source: Search Engine Guide
Google's interface has become the de facto standard for search. Even now, all three of the major properties have very similar search results layouts, with only slight variations to distinguish them. It's in those variations, the nuances of design and layout, where the differences in the user experience can be found. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Giving Up Google Maps
Date: 2006-02-08 Source: Search Engine Guide
I never thought it would come to this. As fascinated as I've been with Google Maps and their fantastic satellite views, I've found a new love. Windows Live Local, the beta version of Microsoft's own aerial photo maps is powered by Virtual Earth and smashes Google to tiny bits when it comes to impact and imagery.
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Yellowpages.com Takes Local Search Mainstream
Date: 2006-02-02 Source: Search Engine Guide
Similar to other IYPs, Yellowpages.com pages are crawlable and visible in localized search queries. They also realize that search engines don't have to just be a competitor. They can be a strategic business alliance.
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Redefining the Search Scenery
Date: 2006-01-25 Source: Search Engine Guide
Google dominates today’s versions of search and both Yahoo and MSN are prepared to admit it. In short, the recent past and the persistent present belong to Google. For its formal rivals, the only place to look is the future.
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Search Looms Large
Date: 2006-01-03 Source: Search Engine Guide
With multimedia search and local mobile now widely available, search is not only ever-present, it is simplifying life for all of us. Search will soon edge out email as the most popular web activity. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Google and Yahoo Going VC
Date: 2005-11-18 Source: Search Engine Guide
Google has established a fund to provide development monies to emerging companies before the VC crowd comes along with larger sums and results orientated directives.
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Revolution 2.1
Date: 2005-11-03 Source: Search Engine guide
A vast improvement on personal empowerment from the socio-economic order of the post WW2 corporate-economies, the Internet has provided tens of millions of people the essential tools to become entrepreneurs and add value to their lives and their communities. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
News on the Video Search From Google, AOL
Date: 2005-10-26 Source: Search Engine Guide
With media search and video search in particular becoming a hot new property in the search wars, news has been launched this week about a couple new products that show the major search engines are taking video search seriously.
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A Look at Local Search
Date: 2005-10-03 Source: Search Engine Guide
Until recently, search advertising was a less attractive option for a wide range of street-front businesses then other traditional types of advertising such as print, radio, local TV and the ubiquitous Yellow Pages.
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Don't Buy Junk.com
Date: 2005-09-27 Source: Search Engine Guide
DontBuyJunk takes the narrowing of search results much further than general attributes, allowing me the option of telling it exactly what I need in a product.
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Behemoth Battleground – AOL being sought by Google and Microsoft?
Date: 2005-09-19 Source: Search Engine Guide
This summer, Google and Microsoft have been waging multiple battles across several fields from the courting of business in China to the courtrooms of King County. This week, a new battleground may be opening, this time in the Manhattan offices of Time Warner, the owner of AOL.
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What's All This Talk About AOL and MSN?
Date: 2005-09-16 Source: Search Engine Guide
If you've visited any of the popular technology news sites, or discussion forums in the last day or two, you've likely heard the rumblings about a possible AOL/MSN or Google/AOL or even Yahoo!/AOL pairing that may be in the works.
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If I Had $4 Billion
Date: 2005-09-12 Source: Search Engine Guide
The problem with search is the ease of switching. Going from Google to Yahoo! or MSN is a quick click. There are no barriers to exit.
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School Kids Search Too
Date: 2005-09-01 Source: Search Engine Guide
As far as my brother’s kids are concerned, there is no other search tool worth using except for Google. They say their friends feel the same way.
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Size Less Important Than User Utility
Date: 2005-08-18 Source: Search Engine Guide
The frustration with the major search engines felt by serious search marketers is real. Our clients don’t care about size and neither does their money. They care about being relevant. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
