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.
New Search Engine Spider Crawls Web
Date: 2001-04-23 Source: URLwire
A new search engine using spider technology is "crawling" the net. Located at http://www.Aesop.com , the crawler began crawling in January, 2001 and opened its doors to searchers today after having indexed 2.5 million unique web pages. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Time For The Search Dividend?
Date: 2001-04-02 Source: Search Engine Watch
We may be seeing the beginning of a search dividend coming to searchers, now that several of the major search engines are maturing their new business models. That means instead of the news from the search front being dominated by the latest ways to buy your way into search engines, you may instead be hearing more about actual search improvements. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Account Aggregation Heating Up?
Date: 2001-02-12 Source: Search Engine Guide
Account aggregators will make it possible for us to view our bank accounts online. Not only that, says Yodlee competitor uMonitor, but we'll be able to take action on the information collected from many sources, using one handy password. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
First Annual Infinite Regression Awards
Date: 2001-02-12 Source: Search Engine Guide
This is no time for the faint of heart. While Internet-haters like Michael Eisner put a hex on the online advertising business, it's time to up the ante with facts, figures, and maybe some self-congratulatory Internet industry awards ceremonies. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
The End For Search Engines?
Date: 2001-02-06 Source: Search Engine Watch
The impending closure of Go only underscores the dramatic changes that have been taking place among the major search engines over the past few months. Money is tight; new revenue is being sought anywhere, and no one seems guaranteed a future. Will your favorite search engine be around tomorrow? [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Also-Ran Portals Left to Wither
Date: 2001-01-22 Source: Search Engine Guide
AOL and Yahoo! forge ahead with product improvements, fee-based services, and comprehensive online offerings. The also-ran portals retrench, stung by the weakening advertising market and a loss of confidence from their conglomerate parents. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Portal Wars Now a Clash of Superpowers
Date: 2001-01-10 Source: Search Engine Guide
It's hard to deny that there are only really 3 players left in the portal wars now: AOL, MSN, and Yahoo! The others really don't have the means or brand to compete anymore. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Zapata Kills Net Subsidiaries
Date: 2001-01-09 Source: InternetNews.com
Three years ago, the firm tried to leap into the Net game, by unsuccessfully trying to buy Excite for $1.68 billion in May 1998. In October of that year, Zapata agreed to buy or invest in as much as 31 Web sites, to emulate and compete with Yahoo and Excite, but later backed off. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
The Hit Charade
Date: 2001-01-01 Source: Wired
It's only one line of embedded code among dozens of hidden HTML tags AltaVista and Lycos serve. But it speaks volumes about the boundaries some search engines are willing to cross these days to increase page views and ad revenue. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
I-Search Search Satisfaction Survey
Date: 2000-12-04 Source: Search Engine Watch
Most readers of the I-Search mailing list are webmasters or web marketers concerned with how search engines list their web sites. Consequently, the survey asked readers to respond from both the "webmaster" and "searcher" perspective. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Better results
Date: 2000-11-02 Source: Red Herring
The peer-to-peer part is technical: InfraSearch, like Napster, keeps track of what's stored where, and directs the searchers and the searchees to connect. This technology is highly complementary to existing search engines. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
The Internet Loves a Content Aggregator
Date: 2000-09-11 Source: Search Engine Guide
In any dispute which boils down to questions of control and attitudes toward information sharing, history and the cool people are always on the side of the info aggregator. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Monetizing The Search
Date: 2000-09-04 Source: Search Engine Watch
Even in the strange world of net economics, companies are falling under pressure to show how they'll make a profit. In the search engine business, this is known as "monetizing the search," which means making money in some way off the search results you present. More than ever, monetizing the search is a concern for the search engines. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Search Engine Optimization Firm Sold For $95 Millionpop
Date: 2000-09-04 Source: Search Engine Watch
Search engine optimization is sometimes characterized as a cottage industry, but there are plenty of companies that take an industrial approach to generating traffic for clients. Case in point is Website Results, which was purchased by Internet advertising company 24/7 Media in a $95 million stock deal. That's a lot of cottages. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Go2Net-Infospace Synergies Little Understood
Date: 2000-07-31 Source: Search Engine Guide
Go2Net and Infospace are both relatively unknown companies, but they may do for the seamless delivery of content what Cisco did for networks. Infospace has found a gem in Go2Net founder Russ Horowitz. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
