Articles Sorted By Search Engine(3094) Articles in this category are broken down by search engine. These articles primarily cover business oriented issues.
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Shopping Search Week 2004!
Date: 2004-12-01 Source: SearchDay
Shopping has emerged as one of the most important vertical categories in the specialized search arena, for searchers, advertisers and merchants alike. This week we take a look at what's new and improved in shopping and product comparison search engines. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Search Engine Disclosure: Better, but Still Wanting
Date: 2004-11-23 Source: SearchDay
How forthcoming are search engines in disclosing their paid placement and paid inclusion policies? They're better than they were a couple of years ago, but there's still room for improvement, according to a prominent watchdog group. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Upping the Ante in Localized Targeting
Date: 2004-11-23 Source: ClickZ
If SuperPages' move is an indication of things to come, perhaps the IYP space is morphing into a localized product and services resource portal for consumers. The key for us advertisers is to understand consumers' behaviors as they migrate through this new shopping paradigm and intercept them with relevant messaging at the right point in the process. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
New Search Related Patents
Date: 2004-11-16 Source: SearchDay
Keeping up with newly issued patents for search-related technology can help you spot emerging trends and potentially new competitors to the existing major web search players. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Blinkx 2.0 Adds Smart Folders
Date: 2004-11-15 Source: ClickZ
Desktop search player Blinkx unveiled the latest version of its contextual search product today, adding features that allow a user to initiate a search by dropping a file into a folder. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Linux seller gunning for search
Date: 2004-11-11 Source: News.com
Linux seller Linspire has embedded search capabilities into its newly upgraded operating system in an effort to make looking for news or products as easy as highlighting a word on a Web page or e-mail. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
MSN Search--just good enough
Date: 2004-11-11 Source: News.com
After two years of development, Microsoft's MSN service debuted a new version of its search engine Thursday. It won't beat Google, but that's OK--it doesn't have to. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
New Meta Search Engine Launched at DonBusca.com
Date: 2004-11-09 Source: URLwire
One of the more unique features of the DonBusca search results is the "Site Info" option which allows searchers to see the Google pagerank, Alex information, geographic data, link popularity, keyword density, and Whois information for each site in the results. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
SBC, BellSouth let their fingers do the walking
Date: 2004-11-04 Source: News.com
SBC Communications and BellSouth will acquire YellowPages.com with the goal of building the site into a nationwide online business index, the companies said Thursday. The carriers estimate that they can generate 50 million consumer Web searches per month through the new partnership. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Topix, Citysearch Team for Local Content
Date: 2004-11-04 Source: ClickZ
In a partnership of two local service providers, Citysearch will feature local news headlines from Topix.net on forty of its local guides, and Topix.net will in turn feature advertising from Citysearch's ad network throughout its local news pages. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
The race for Total Search intensifies
Date: 2004-10-23 Source: Pandia
The technology race between Microsoft, Google and Yahoo! is intensifying. This is good news for searchers, who will be offered ever more advanced and user friendly search technology. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Men talk to Google not girlfriends
Date: 2004-10-22 Source: vnunet.com
A poll conducted by MSN Search found that search engines are the first port of call for nearly half of men seeking advice. Family are consulted by a third, while partners are the sounding board of choice for only one in four men. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Search Memories
Date: 2004-10-20 Source: SearchDay
Veterans of AltaVista, Excite and Infoseek reminisce about the early days of web search, and opine about Google, then and now. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
A Conversation with Matthew Koll
Date: 2004-10-18 Source: SearchDay
Matthew Koll is a pioneer in the web search industry. He was the founder and CEO of Personal Library Software, acquired by America Online in 1998. He's currently the founder and CEO of Wondir, a search engine Chris wrote about in 2002. I asked Matt to share his thoughts on the current state of the web search industry. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Idealab chief stakes out new direction in search
Date: 2004-10-05 Source: News.com
Called Insider Pages, the Web site lets people sign up to connect with friends and mine their recommendations for local shops and services. The free product, still in experimental form for Los Angeles residents only, puts a new spin on social-networking services like Friendster by infusing it with the local insider feel of Craigslist. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
